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Willis Lease Finance Corporation Announces Closing of $392,900,000 in Fixed Rate Notes
COCONUT CREEK, Fla., Dec. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“WLFC” or the “Company”), the leading lessor of
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[{"type":"text","content":"COCONUT CREEK, Fla., Dec. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“WLFC” or the “Company”), the leading lessor of commercial aircraft engines and global provider of aviation services, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Willis Engine Structured Trust IX (“WEST”), has completed the previously announced offering of $337,400,000 in aggregate principal amount of Series A Fixed Rate Notes (the “Series A Notes”) and $55,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of Series B Fixed Rate Notes (the “Series B Notes” and, together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes are secured by, among other things, WEST’s direct and indirect interests in a portfolio of 47 aircraft engines and two airframes, which WEST will acquire from WLFC or its other subsidiaries pursuant to an asset purchase agreement. The Series A Notes and Series B Notes have a fixed coupon of 5.159% and 5.696%, respectively, an expected maturity of approximately six years, an expected weighted average life (based on certain modeling assumptions) of 4.1 years and a final maturity of 25 years. The Series A Notes and Series B Notes were issued at a price of 99.99937% and 99.99686% of par, respectively. The Notes being offered by WEST have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any other securities laws of any jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in, and in reliance on, Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Willis Lease Finance Corporation Willis Lease Finance Corporation (“WLFC”) leases large and regional spare commercial aircraft engines, a...