---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-187264"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYR"
cik: "0001362988"
company_name: "Aircastle LTD"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:47:38.631530+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aircastle issues $650M of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2031 for general corporate purposes

## Summary
- Principal amount $650M, coupon 5.000%, maturity May 15, 2031.
- Issue price 99.636%; interest payable semi-annually on May 15 and Nov 15, starting Nov 15, 2026.
- Net proceeds for general corporate purposes including aircraft acquisitions and refinancing existing debt.
- Notes are unsecured senior obligations, guaranteed by Aircastle Advisor LLC.
- Make-whole redemption prior to April 15, 2031; after that at par.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-187264
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYR
- cik: 0001362988
- company_name: Aircastle LTD
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000119312526187264/0001193125-26-187264-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000119312526187264/d150188d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-187264.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8dbae235d95f931d729c7a434bb08ef125e24abb
  claim: Aircastle LTD incurred senior notes of $650 million with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. at 5.000% per annum maturing May 15, 2031.
  evidence_excerpt: On April 28, 2026, Aircastle Limited (“Aircastle”) and Aircastle (Ireland) Designated Activity Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircastle (together with Aircastle, the “Issuers”), issued $650 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 5.000% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000119312526187264/0001193125-26-187264-index.htm
- claim_id: 59d44f213771c10124a6533a980043142655494b
  claim: Aircastle LTD entered into Indenture with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. valued at $650 million aggregate principal amount (effective 2026-04-28).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 28, 2026, Aircastle Limited (“Aircastle”) and Aircastle (Ireland) Designated Activity Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircastle (together with Aircastle, the “Issuers”), issued $650 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 5.000% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000119312526187264/0001193125-26-187264-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.