0001104659-11-015801.txt : 20110322 0001104659-11-015801.hdr.sgml : 20110322 20110322164900 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-11-015801 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110316 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20110322 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110322 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001018164 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5080] IRS NUMBER: 680070656 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15369 FILM NUMBER: 11704374 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 773 SAN MARIN DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 2215 CITY: NOVATO STATE: CA ZIP: 94998 BUSINESS PHONE: 4154084700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 773 SAN MARIN DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 2215 CITY: NOVATO STATE: CA ZIP: 94998 8-K 1 a11-8515_18k.htm 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

 

Date of Report: March 16, 2011

 

 

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))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01               Other Events

 

On March 16, 2011, Willis Lease Finance Corporation (the “Company”) repurchased 310,000 shares of its common stock as part of the Company’s three-year stock repurchase program announced on December 8, 2009.  The shares were purchased from funds affiliated with Jacobs Asset Management, LLC at a price of $13.06 per share, the closing price of the Company’s stock on that date.

 

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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, hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated March 22, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas C. Nord

 

 

Thomas C. Nord

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

 

General Counsel

 

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