0001104659-16-109663.txt : 20160405 0001104659-16-109663.hdr.sgml : 20160405 20160404193149 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-16-109663 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160401 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20160405 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160404 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: 161552644 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 a16-7927_28k.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: 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))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01    Other Events

 

Company Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan

 

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 $20.59 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 4, 2016

 

 

 

 

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dean M. Poulakidas

 

 

Dean M. Poulakidas

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

 

and General Counsel

 

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