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Willis Lease Finance Corporation Announces Proposed Convertible Senior Notes Offering and Borrowed Common Stock Offering to Facilitate Hedging Transactions
COCONUT CREEK, Fla., May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (the “Company”), the leading lessor of commercial aircraft engines and global provider of aviation services, announced today its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) in a public offering (the “Notes Offering”) registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The
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