-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Dh6xzV2T3K+B0BAgN1XQh7Tl9yKql02Tjrj5UuHwNibS4Afj4suhwpF2rXPkflKI 0DVJE2AQPSOAJ5ksHbaqxw== 0000950131-00-500060.txt : 20001212 0000950131-00-500060.hdr.sgml : 20001212 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950131-00-500060 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20001130 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001211 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001018164 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING, NEC [7359] IRS NUMBER: 680070656 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15369 FILM NUMBER: 786897 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2320 MARINSHIP WAY STREET 2: STE 300 CITY: SAUSALITO STATE: CA ZIP: 94965 BUSINESS PHONE: 4153315281 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2320 MARINSHIP WAY STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: SAUSALITO STATE: CA ZIP: 94965 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FLIGHTTECHNICS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001129699 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] OWNER STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 520 WEST PALMDALE BLVD SUITE C-1 CITY: PALMDALE STATE: CA ZIP: 93551 BUSINESS PHONE: 6615381150 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 520 WEST PALMDALE BLVD SUITE C-1 CITY: PALMDALE STATE: CA ZIP: 93551 3 1 d3.txt FORM 3 +--------+ /------------------------------/ | FORM 3 | / OMB APPROVAL / +--------+ /------------------------------/ [_] Check this box if no longer / OMB Number: 3235-0104 / subject to Section 16. Form 4 or / Expires: September 30, 1998 / Form 5 obligation may continue. / Estimated average burden / See Instruction 1(b). / hours per response 0.5 / /------------------------------/ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* FlightTechnics, LLC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 520 West Palmdale Blvd., Suite C-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Palmdale CA 93551 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/30/00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 95-4833239 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ___ Director ___ Officer X 10% Owner ___ Other --- (give title below) (specify below) ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint / Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) ____ Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE I--Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial (Instr. 3) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common stock, par value $0.01 per share 1,300,000 D N/A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
FORM 3 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect Security Instr. 4) cisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership Expiration Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5) Date (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv- (Month/Day/Year) Deri- ative ---------------------------------------------- vative Security: Date Expira- Amount rity Direct Exer- tion Title or (D) or cisable Date Number Indirect of (I) Shares (Instr. 5) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock option (right to buy) 11/30/00 5/29/02 Common Stock 1,700,000* $15.00* D N/A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: * See Exhibit C --- FLIGHTTECHNICS, LLC /s/ Hans Ulrich Beyeler 12/11/00 ------------------------ -------- Hans Ulrich Beyeler, President and with power Date of attorney for the other Reporting Persons **Signature of Reporting Person ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. see 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note:File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
EXHIBIT A POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Hans Ulrich Beyeler and Hans Jorg Hunziker, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a 10% beneficial owner of Willis Lease Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor are any of the undersigned assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11th day of December, 2000. FlightTechnics, LLC By: /s/ Hans Ulrich Beyeler ------------------------ Hans Ulrich Beyeler, President and CEO By: /s/ Matthias Mueller --------------------- Matthias Mueller, Vice President and CFO SR Technics Group America, Inc. By: /s/ Hans Ulrich Beyeler ------------------------ Hans Ulrich Beyeler, President and CEO By: /s/ Georg Radon ---------------- Georg Radon, Vice President and CFO Flightlease AG By: /s/ Hans Jorg Hunziker ----------------------- Hans Jorg Hunziker, President and CEO By: /s/ Matthias Mueller --------------------- Matthias Mueller, Head of Business Development SR Technics Group By: /s/ Hans Ulrich Beyeler ------------------------ Hans Ulrich Beyeler, President and CEO By: /s/ Georg Radon ---------------- Georg Radon, Vice President and CFO EXHIBIT B JOINT FILER INFORMATION 1. Name: SR Technics Group America, Inc. Address: 520 West Palmdale Blvd., Suite C-1 Palmdale, CA 93551 Designated Filer: FlightTechnics, LLC Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) Date of Event Requiring Statement: November 30, 2000 2. Name: Flightlease AG Address: DY CH-8058 Zurich Airport Zurich, Switzerland Designated Filer: FlightTechnics, LLC Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) Date of Event Requiring Statement: November 30, 2000 3. Name: SR Technics Group Address: TB CH-8058 Zurich Airport Zurich, Switzerland Designated Filer: FlightTechnics, LLC Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) Date of Event Requiring Statement: November 30, 2000 EXHIBIT C * Pursuant to an Investment Agreement dated as of November 7, 2000 among the Issuer and the Reporting Persons, FlightTechnics, LLC has an option, from November 30, 2000 to May 29, 2002, to purchase between 1,700,000 shares and that number that when added to the 1,300,000 shares acquired on November 30, 2000 would equal 34.9% of the Issuer's then outstanding Common Stock. The purchase price for the 1,700,000 shares is $15.00 per share and the purchase price for the additional shares is $16.50 per share. The exercise of the option is subject to certain conditions being satisfied. Each of SR Technics Group America, Inc. and Flightlease AG own a 50% membership interest in FlightTechnics, LLC, and therefore, may each be deemed to indirectly beneficially own 1,500,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"). The joint filing of this Form 3 should not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons comprise a group within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Act. Each of the Reporting Persons disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares beneficially owned by any of the other Reporting Persons. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----