Edgar Filing: AIR LEASE CORP

AIR LEASE CORPORATION

Date: November 20, 2018

/s/ Gregory B. Willis

Gregory B. Willis

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

November 20, 2018

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

AIR LEASE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-35121

27-1840403

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000N

Los Angeles, California

90067

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 553-0555

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 20, 2018, Air Lease Corporation (the “Company”) commenced a Medium-Term Note Program, under which the Company may issue, from time to time, debt securities designated as its Medium-Term Notes, Series A. Any such issuance will be made pursuant to (a) the Company’s previously filed automatic shelf registration statement (including any amendments, the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-224828), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 10, 2018, as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on November 20, 2018, (b) the base prospectus, dated November 20, 2018, filed with the SEC on November 20, 2018 and included as part of the Registration Statement, and (c) the prospectus supplement, dated November 20, 2018, filed with the SEC on November 20, 2018 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

1.1		Distribution Agreement, dated November 20, 2018, by and among Air Lease Corporation and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC, Arab Banking Corporation B.S.C., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Fifth Third Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, ICBC Standard Bank Plc, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Lloyds Securities Inc., Loop Capital Markets LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, relating to the Company’s Medium-Term Notes, Series A.

4.1		Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2018, by and between Air Lease Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3, filed on November 20, 2018, to Air Lease Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-224828)).

4.2		Paying Agency Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2018, by and between Air Lease Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent and security registrar.

4.3		Form of Fixed Rate Global Medium-Term Note, Series A.

4.4		Form of Floating Rate Global Medium-Term Note, Series A.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.