---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-043274"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AYR"
cik: "0001362988"
company_name: "Aircastle LTD"
filed_at: "2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:33:30.537753+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aircastle CLO Christopher Beers to retire Feb 2025; Sarah Clarkin promoted as successor

## Summary
- CLO Christopher Beers to retire on Feb 28, 2025; he has served in role since 2014.
- Sarah Clarkin, Aircastle veteran since 2006 and current Associate GC, becomes CLO March 1, 2025.
- Beers will stay as Senior Advisor for one year to manage Russian insurance claims and litigation.
- Beers eligible for 2024 bonus and consulting fees; LTIP awards vest on qualifying retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-043274
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AYR
- cik: 0001362988
- company_name: Aircastle LTD
- filed_at: 2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000162828024043274/0001628280-24-043274-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000162828024043274/ayr-20241022.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-043274
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-043274.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-043274.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sarah Clarkin was appointed as Chief Legal Officer at Aircastle LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: Effective as of March 1, 2025, Sarah Clarkin will be appointed as the Company’s Chief Legal Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000162828024043274/0001628280-24-043274-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher L. Beers departed as Chief Legal Officer at Aircastle LTD.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: On October 22, 2024, Aircastle Limited (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Christopher L. Beers, the Company’s Chief Legal Officer, intends to retire on February 28, 2025 (the “Retirement Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362988/000162828024043274/0001628280-24-043274-index.htm

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