UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report: April 1, 2016

 

 

Willis Lease Finance Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-15369

 

68-0070656

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

773 San Marin Drive, Suite 2215

Novato, California 94998

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 408-4700

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o      Pre-commencement communications pursuant Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Explanatory Note

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on April 4, 2016. The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A to correct the purchase price per share.

 

Item 8.01    Other Events

 

CEO Share Buyback

 

On April 1, 2016, in a transaction approved by a Special Committee of the Board of Directors, the Company purchased 60,000 shares of its common stock directly from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Charles F. Willis.  The purchase price was $21.59 per share, the closing price of the Company’s common stock as of March 31, 2016.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Dated April 5, 2016

 

 

 

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dean M. Poulakidas

 

 

 

Dean M. Poulakidas

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

 

 

and General Counsel

 

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