0001104659-17-065429.txt : 20171102 0001104659-17-065429.hdr.sgml : 20171102 20171102102208 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-17-065429 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171102 FILED AS OF DATE: 20171102 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20171102 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AerCap Holdings N.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001378789 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING, NEC [7359] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: P7 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33159 FILM NUMBER: 171171108 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: AERCAP HOUSE STREET 2: 65 ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN CITY: DUBLIN STATE: L2 ZIP: 2 BUSINESS PHONE: 35 31 819 2010 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: AERCAP HOUSE STREET 2: 65 ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN CITY: DUBLIN STATE: L2 ZIP: 2 6-K 1 a17-20752_16k.htm 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of November 2017

 

Commission File Number 001-33159

 

AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

 

AerCap House, 65 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland, +353 1 819 2010

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x

Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

 

Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

 

 

 



 

Other Events

 

On November 2, 2017, AerCap Holdings N.V. filed its interim financial report for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

 

The information contained in this Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the Company’s Form F-3 Registration Statement File No. 333-205129 and Form S-8 Registration Statements File Nos. 333-180323, 333-154416, 333-165839, 333-194637 and 333-194638, and related Prospectuses, as such Registration Statements and Prospectuses may be amended from time to time.

 

Exhibits

 

99.1        AerCap Holdings N.V. interim financial report for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

 

2



 

SIGNATURE

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Aengus Kelly

 

 

Name:

Aengus Kelly

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

Date: November 2, 2017

 

 

 

 

3



 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1        AerCap Holdings N.V. interim financial report for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

 

4


EX-99.1 2 a17-20752_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

INDEX

 

 

 

Table of Definitions

2

PART I

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

3

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

48

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

59

PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

61

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

61

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

61

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

61

Item 3.

 

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

61

Item 4.

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

61

Item 5.

 

Other Information

61

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

61

 

1



 

TABLE OF DEFINITIONS

 

ACSAL

 

ACSAL HOLDCO, LLC

 

 

 

AeroTurbine

 

AeroTurbine, Inc.

 

 

 

AerCap, we, us or the Company

 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and its subsidiaries

 

 

 

AerCap Trust

 

AerCap Global Aviation Trust

 

 

 

AICDC

 

AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company (formerly registered as AerCap Ireland Capital Limited), a designated activity company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of Ireland

 

 

 

AIG

 

American International Group, Inc.

 

 

 

Airbus

 

Airbus S.A.S.

 

 

 

ALS II

 

Aircraft Lease Securitisation II Limited

 

 

 

AOCI

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

Boeing

 

The Boeing Company

 

 

 

ECA

 

Export Credit Agency

 

 

 

ECAPS

 

Enhanced Capital Advantaged Preferred Securities

 

 

 

Embraer

 

Embraer S.A.

 

 

 

EOL

 

End of lease

 

 

 

Ex-Im

 

Export-Import Bank of the United States

 

 

 

FASB

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board

 

 

 

GECC

 

General Electric Capital Corporation

 

 

 

ILFC

 

International Lease Finance Corporation

 

 

 

LIBOR

 

London Interbank Offered Rates

 

 

 

MR

 

Maintenance reserved

 

 

 

Part-out

 

Disassembly of an aircraft for the sale of its parts

 

 

 

PB

 

Primary beneficiary

 

 

 

SEC

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP

 

Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America

 

 

 

VIE

 

Variable interest entity

 

2



 

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016

4

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Income Statements for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

5

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

6

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

7

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

9

 

3



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Note

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in thousands,
except share data)

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

$

1,454,233

 

$

2,035,447

Restricted cash

 

 

 

331,964

 

329,180

Trade receivables

 

 

 

76,107

 

64,923

Flight equipment held for operating leases, net

 

4

 

31,578,319

 

31,501,973

Maintenance rights intangible and lease premium, net

 

5

 

1,673,442

 

2,167,925

Flight equipment held for sale

 

6

 

200,431

 

107,392

Net investment in finance and sales-type leases

 

 

 

986,502

 

755,882

Prepayments on flight equipment

 

22

 

3,331,830

 

3,265,979

Other intangibles, net

 

7

 

363,306

 

397,101

Deferred income tax assets

 

13

 

214,973

 

215,445

Other assets

 

8

 

795,623

 

779,206

Total Assets

 

 

 

$

41,006,730

 

$

41,620,453

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

10

 

$

1,033,227

 

$

1,132,536

Accrued maintenance liability

 

11

 

2,568,184

 

2,750,576

Lessee deposit liability

 

 

 

829,152

 

859,099

Debt

 

12

 

27,287,634

 

27,716,999

Deferred income tax liabilities

 

13

 

685,938

 

578,979

Commitments and contingencies

 

22

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

 

32,404,135

 

33,038,189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary share capital, €0.01 par value, 350,000,000 ordinary shares authorized as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016; 172,847,345 and 187,847,345 ordinary shares issued and 158,015,881 and 176,247,154 ordinary shares outstanding (including 2,805,996 and 3,426,810 unvested restricted stock) as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

14, 19

 

2,117

 

2,282

Additional paid-in capital

 

14

 

3,926,837

 

4,505,019

Treasury shares, at cost (14,831,464 and 11,600,191 ordinary shares as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively)

 

14

 

(695,252)

 

(490,092)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

14

 

(347)

 

(1,769)

Accumulated retained earnings

 

14

 

5,313,120

 

4,509,007

Total AerCap Holdings N.V. shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

8,546,475

 

8,524,447

Non-controlling interest

 

14

 

56,120

 

57,817

Total Equity

 

 

 

8,602,595

 

8,582,264

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

$

41,006,730

 

$

41,620,453

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental balance sheet information - amounts related to assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs for which creditors do not have recourse to our general credit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted cash

 

 

 

$

125,805

 

$

118,297

Flight equipment held for operating leases, net

 

 

 

3,076,409

 

3,016,373

Assets other than restricted cash and flight equipment held for operating leases, net

 

 

 

110,000

 

50,665

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued maintenance liability

 

 

 

$

161,885

 

$

175,604

Debt

 

 

 

1,543,369

 

1,313,807

Liabilities other than accrued maintenance liability and debt

 

 

 

114,757

 

107,207

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Financial Statements.

 

4



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Income Statements

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Note

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

Revenues and other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease revenue

 

 

 

$

1,201,441

 

$

1,179,849

 

$

3,515,965

 

$

3,646,751

Net gain on sale of assets

 

 

 

63,715

 

22,397

 

180,568

 

79,841

Other income

 

16

 

8,752

 

23,814

 

77,951

 

56,982

Total Revenues and other income

 

 

 

1,273,908

 

1,226,060

 

3,774,484

 

3,783,574

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

4, 7

 

428,327

 

439,905

 

1,301,873

 

1,357,803

Asset impairment

 

17

 

45,603

 

15,077

 

50,903

 

70,179

Interest expense

 

12

 

280,195

 

273,905

 

840,891

 

839,182

Leasing expenses

 

 

 

137,834

 

128,675

 

396,588

 

439,224

Restructuring related expenses

 

18

 

 

28,976

 

14,605

 

45,117

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

15

 

83,920

 

80,750

 

252,035

 

254,244

Total Expenses

 

 

 

975,879

 

967,288

 

2,856,895

 

3,005,749

Income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

 

 

298,029

 

258,772

 

917,589

 

777,825

Provision for income taxes

 

13

 

(34,158)

 

(42,711)

 

(114,699)

 

(112,784)

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

 

 

2,232

 

4,317

 

7,319

 

9,060

Net income

 

 

 

$

266,103

 

$

220,378

 

$

810,209

 

$

674,101

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

 

 

 

(256)

 

5,249

 

(309)

 

7,879

Net income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

 

 

$

265,847

 

$

225,627

 

$

809,900

 

$

681,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

 

19

 

$

1.68

 

$

1.24

 

$

4.95

 

$

3.61

Diluted earnings per share

 

19

 

$

1.62

 

$

1.22

 

$

4.77

 

$

3.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

 

 

 

158,372,466

 

181,710,294

 

163,769,226

 

188,752,244

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted

 

 

 

164,411,228

 

185,326,517

 

169,836,856

 

191,874,286

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Financial Statements.

 

5



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)

Net income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

265,847

 

$

225,627

 

$

809,900

 

$

681,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in fair value of derivatives (Note 9), net of tax of $(388), $(256), $(203) and $403, respectively

 

2,719

 

1,792

 

1,422

 

(2,824)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

 

2,719

 

1,792

 

1,422

 

(2,824)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

268,566

 

$

227,419

 

$

811,322

 

$

679,156

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Financial Statements.

 

6



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)

Net income

 

$

810,209

 

$

674,101

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,301,873

 

1,357,803

Asset impairment

 

50,903

 

70,179

Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount

 

50,099

 

41,657

Amortization of lease premium intangibles

 

10,828

 

15,217

Amortization of fair value adjustments on debt

 

(154,336)

 

(265,520)

Accretion of fair value adjustments on deposits and maintenance liabilities

 

24,205

 

40,188

Maintenance rights write off (a)

 

405,406

 

484,059

Maintenance liability release to income

 

(184,940)

 

(308,810)

Net gain on sale of assets

 

(180,568)

 

(79,841)

Deferred income taxes

 

106,745

 

107,808

Restructuring related expenses

 

5,097

 

33,588

Other

 

101,159

 

110,125

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables

 

(2,688)

 

73,745

Other assets

 

76,124

 

151,999

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

(4,211)

 

(60,306)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

2,415,905

 

2,445,992

Purchase of flight equipment

 

(2,268,294)

 

(1,813,584)

Proceeds from sale or disposal of assets

 

1,200,732

 

1,828,122

Prepayments on flight equipment

 

(942,736)

 

(602,363)

Collections of finance and sales-type leases

 

68,569

 

49,993

Movement in restricted cash

 

(2,784)

 

(5,551)

Other

 

(35,876)

 

(13,198)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(1,980,389)

 

(556,581)

Issuance of debt

 

3,943,152

 

3,036,434

Repayment of debt

 

(4,219,708)

 

(4,434,252)

Debt issuance costs paid

 

(57,283)

 

(27,878)

Maintenance payments received

 

571,292

 

609,852

Maintenance payments returned

 

(374,952)

 

(390,071)

Security deposits received

 

116,898

 

117,373

Security deposits returned

 

(131,608)

 

(187,202)

Dividend paid to non-controlling interest holders

 

(266)

 

(10,501)

Repurchase of shares and tax withholdings on share-based compensation

 

(863,905)

 

(778,868)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(1,016,380)

 

(2,065,113)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(580,864)

 

(175,702)

Effect of exchange rate changes

 

(350)

 

623

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

2,035,447

 

2,403,098

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

1,454,233

 

$

2,228,019

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized

 

$

900,107

 

$

1,017,641

Income taxes paid, net

 

18,062

 

59,125

 


(a)         Maintenance rights write off consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

EOL and MR contract maintenance rights expense

 

$

272,269

 

$

287,060

EOL contract maintenance rights write off due to cash receipt

 

73,897

 

70,509

MR contract maintenance rights write off due to maintenance liability release

 

59,240

 

126,490

Maintenance rights write off

 

$

405,406

 

$

484,059

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Financial Statements.

 

7



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017:

 

Flight equipment held for operating leases in the amount of $306.4 million was reclassified to net investment in finance and sales-type leases.

 

Flight equipment held for operating leases in the amount of $20.6 million was reclassified to inventory, which is included in other assets.

 

Accrued maintenance liability in the amount of $224.5 million was settled with buyers upon sale or disposal of assets.

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016:

 

Flight equipment held for operating leases in the amount of $401.8 million was reclassified to net investment in finance and sales-type leases.

 

Flight equipment held for operating leases in the amount of $45.6 million was reclassified to inventory, which is included in other assets.

 

Net investment in finance and sales-type leases in the amount of $18.4 million was reclassified to flight equipment held for operating leases.

 

Accrued maintenance liability in the amount of $217.8 million was settled with buyers upon sale or disposal of assets.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Unaudited Financial Statements.

 

8



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

1. General

 

The Company

 

We are an independent aircraft leasing company with total assets of $41.0 billion, primarily consisting of 982 owned aircraft as of September 30, 2017. Our ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (AER). Our headquarters is located in Dublin, and we have offices in Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Shannon, Fort Lauderdale, Singapore, Shanghai and Abu Dhabi. We also have representative offices at the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, Boeing in Seattle and Airbus in Toulouse.

 

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements presented herein include the accounts of AerCap Holdings N.V. and its subsidiaries. AerCap Holdings N.V. is a public limited liability company (“naamloze vennootschap” or “N.V.”) incorporated in the Netherlands on July 10, 2006.

 

2.  Basis of presentation

 

General

 

Our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

We consolidate all companies in which we have direct and indirect legal or effective control and all VIEs for which we are deemed the PB and have control under ASC 810. All intercompany balances and transactions with consolidated subsidiaries have been eliminated. The results of consolidated entities are included from the effective date of control or, in the case of VIEs, from the date that we are or become the PB. The results of subsidiaries sold or otherwise deconsolidated are excluded from the date that we cease to control the subsidiary or, in the case of VIEs, when we cease to be the PB.

 

Other investments in which we have the ability to exercise significant influence and joint ventures are accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

 

Our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are stated in U.S. dollars, which is our functional currency.

 

Our interim financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules of the SEC and U.S. GAAP for interim financial reporting, and reflect all normally recurring adjustments that are necessary to fairly state the results for the interim periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for complete annual financial statements have been omitted and, therefore, our interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of those for a full fiscal year.

 

Use of estimates

 

The preparation of Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The use of estimates is or could be a significant factor affecting the reported carrying values of flight equipment, intangibles, investments, trade and notes receivables, deferred income tax assets and accruals and reserves. Actual results may differ from our estimates under different conditions, sometimes materially.

 

Reportable segments

 

We manage our business and analyze and report our results of operations on the basis of one business segment: leasing, financing, sales and management of commercial aircraft and engines.

 

9



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

3. Summary of significant accounting policies

 

Our significant accounting policies are described in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017.

 

Recent accounting standards adopted during 2017:

 

Stock compensation

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standard that requires entities to record all tax effects related to share-based awards in the income statement when the awards vest or are settled. The accounting standard also requires excess tax benefits to be recorded when they arise, subject to normal valuation allowance considerations. Excess tax benefits are to be reported as operating activities on the statement of cash flows.

 

We adopted the standard on its required effective date of January 1, 2017 and it did not have a material effect on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Future application of accounting standards:

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standard that provides a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. This guidance does not apply to lease contracts with customers. The standard will require an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This update creates a five-step model that requires entities to exercise judgment when considering the terms of the contract including (i) identifying the contract with the customer; (ii) identifying the separate performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determining the transaction price; (iv) allocating the transaction price to the separate performance obligations; and (v) recognizing revenue when each performance obligation is satisfied.

 

This standard was originally scheduled to be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 and subsequent interim periods. In August 2015, the FASB issued an update to the standard which deferred the effective date to January 1, 2018. The standard may be applied either retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of applying this standard recognized at the date of adoption. Early adoption is permitted but not before the originally scheduled effective date. We plan to adopt the standard on its required effective date of January 1, 2018. We are evaluating the effect the adoption of the standard will have on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. This new standard does not impact the accounting of our lease revenue but may impact the accounting of our revenue other than lease revenue. While we are still performing our analysis, we do not expect the impact of this standard to be material to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Lease accounting

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standard that requires lessees to recognize lease-related assets and liabilities on the balance sheet, other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease. In certain circumstances, the lessee is required to remeasure the lease payments. Qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management, will be required to provide insight into the extent of revenue and expense recognized and expected to be recognized from existing contracts. Under the new standard, lessor accounting remains similar to the current model. The new standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The new standard must be adopted using the modified retrospective transition approach. We plan to adopt the standard on its required effective date of January 1, 2019. While we are still performing our analysis, we do not expect the impact of this standard to be material to our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Income Statements.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Allowance for credit losses

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standard that requires entities to estimate lifetime expected credit losses for most financial assets measured at amortized cost and certain other instruments, including trade and other receivables, net investments in leases and off-balance sheet credit exposures. The standard also requires additional disclosure, including how the entity develops its allowance for credit losses for financial assets measured at amortized cost and disaggregated information on the credit quality of net investments in leases measured at amortized cost by year of the asset’s origination for up to five annual periods. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption will be permitted in any interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2018. The new standard must be adopted using the modified retrospective transition approach. We plan to adopt the standard on its required effective date of January 1, 2020. We are evaluating the effect the adoption of the standard will have on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Income Statements.

 

Statement of cash flows

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standard that is intended to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. The standard includes clarifications that (i) cash payments for debt prepayment or extinguishments costs must be classified as cash outflows for financing activities; (ii) cash proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims should be classified based on the nature of the loss; (iii) an entity is required to make an accounting policy election to classify distributions received from equity method investees under either the cumulative-earnings approach or the nature of distribution approach; and (iv) in the absence of specific guidance, an entity should classify each separately identifiable cash source and use on the basis of the underlying cash flows. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption will be permitted in any interim or annual period. The new standard must be adopted using the retrospective transition method. We plan to adopt the standard on its required effective date of January 1, 2018. We do not expect the impact of this standard to be material to our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

 

Presentation of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standard that clarifies how entities should present restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The standard requires entities to show the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The standard also requires a reconciliation of the totals in the statement of cash flows to the related captions in the balance sheet. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period, but any adjustments must be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year. The new standard must be adopted retrospectively. We plan to adopt the standard on its required effective date of January 1, 2018. We are evaluating the effect the adoption of the standard will have on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

4.  Flight equipment held for operating leases, net

 

Movements in flight equipment held for operating leases during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

Net book value at beginning of period

 

$

31,501,973

 

$

32,219,494

Additions

 

3,033,712

 

2,441,113

Depreciation

 

(1,274,233)

 

(1,329,392)

Impairment (Note 17)

 

(50,903)

 

(66,907)

AeroTurbine restructuring (Note 18)

 

(2,662)

 

(15,392)

Disposals/Transfers to/from held for sale

 

(1,302,639)

 

(1,943,416)

Transfers to/from net investment in finance and sales-type leases/inventory

 

(326,929)

 

(428,985)

Net book value at end of period

 

$

31,578,319

 

$

30,876,515

Accumulated depreciation as of September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively

 

$

(5,889,244)

 

$

(4,765,476)

 

5. Maintenance rights intangible and lease premium, net

 

Maintenance rights intangible and lease premium consisted of the following as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

Maintenance rights intangible

 

$

1,633,379

 

$

2,117,034

Lease premium, net

 

40,063

 

50,891

 

 

$

1,673,442

 

$

2,167,925

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Movements in maintenance rights intangible during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

Maintenance rights intangible at beginning of period

 

$

2,117,034

 

$

3,068,318

EOL and MR contract maintenance rights expense

 

(272,269)

 

(287,060)

MR contract maintenance rights write off due to maintenance liability release

 

(59,240)

 

(126,490)

EOL contract maintenance rights write off due to cash receipt

 

(73,897)

 

(70,509)

EOL and MR contract intangible write off due to sale of aircraft

 

(78,249)

 

(203,899)

Transfer to other assets

 

 

(15,395)

Additions due to aircraft acquisitions

 

 

2,400

Maintenance rights intangible at end of period

 

$

1,633,379

 

$

2,367,365

 

The following tables present details of lease premium and related accumulated amortization as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

Gross carrying
amount

 

Accumulated
amortization

 

Net carrying
amount

Lease premium

 

$

77,977

 

$

(37,914)

 

$

40,063

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

Gross carrying
amount

 

Accumulated
amortization

 

Net carrying
amount

Lease premium

 

$

94,959

 

$

(44,068)

 

$

50,891

 

Lease premiums that are fully amortized are removed from the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization columns in the tables above.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we recorded amortization expense for lease premium of $2.7 million and $4.7 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we recorded amortization expense for lease premium of $10.8 million and $15.2 million, respectively.

 

6. Flight equipment held for sale

 

Generally, an aircraft is classified as held for sale when the sale is probable, the aircraft is available for sale in its present condition, and the aircraft is expected to be sold within one year. Aircraft are reclassified from flight equipment held for operating leases to flight equipment held for sale at the lower of the aircraft carrying value or fair value, less costs to sell. Depreciation is no longer recognized for aircraft classified as held for sale.

 

As of September 30, 2017, 12 aircraft and two engines met the held for sale criteria and were classified as flight equipment held for sale in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of December 31, 2016, six aircraft and four engines were classified as flight equipment held for sale in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Two of those aircraft were no longer subject to sale agreements and were reclassified to flight equipment held for operating leases during the first quarter of 2017 and the sale of the remaining four aircraft and four engines closed during the first quarter of 2017.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

7. Other intangibles, net

 

Other intangibles consisted of the following as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

Goodwill

 

$

58,094

 

$

58,094

Customer relationships, net

 

288,412

 

304,294

Contractual vendor intangible assets

 

10,606

 

21,019

Tradename, net

 

6,194

 

13,694

 

 

$

363,306

 

$

397,101

 

The following tables present details of customer relationships and tradename and related accumulated amortization as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

Gross carrying
amount

 

Accumulated
amortization

 

Net carrying
amount

Customer relationships

 

$

360,000

 

$

(71,588)

 

$

288,412

Tradename

 

40,000

 

(33,806)

 

6,194

 

 

$

400,000

 

$

(105,394)

 

$

294,606

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

Gross carrying
amount

 

Accumulated
amortization

 

Net carrying
amount

Customer relationships

 

$

360,000

 

$

(55,706)

 

$

304,294

Tradename

 

40,000

 

(26,306)

 

13,694

 

 

$

400,000

 

$

(82,012)

 

$

317,988

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we recorded amortization expense for customer relationships and tradename of $7.8 million and $8.0 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we recorded amortization expense for customer relationships and tradename of $23.4 million and $24.1 million, respectively.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized impairment charges of $14.9 million of intangible assets related to the downsizing of AeroTurbine. The amount was recorded in restructuring related expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Income Statements. Please refer to Note 18AeroTurbine restructuring for further details.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we utilized $5.7 million and $9.0 million, respectively, of contractual vendor intangible assets to reduce the cash outlay related to purchases of goods and services from our vendors. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we utilized $10.4 million and $12.7 million, respectively, of contractual vendor intangible assets to reduce the cash outlay related to purchases of goods and services from our vendors.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

8.  Other assets

 

Other assets consisted of the following as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

Inventory

 

$

42,267

 

$

52,673

Debt issuance costs

 

38,574

 

33,700

Lease incentives

 

194,319

 

177,128

Other receivables

 

225,783

 

188,759

Investments

 

121,944

 

118,783

Notes receivables

 

12,198

 

23,359

Derivative assets (Note 9)

 

29,985

 

37,187

Other tangible fixed assets

 

32,048

 

36,427

Straight-line rents, prepaid expenses and other

 

98,505

 

111,190

 

 

$

795,623

 

$

779,206

 

9.  Derivative assets and liabilities

 

We have entered into interest rate derivatives to hedge the current and future interest rate payments on our variable rate debt. These derivative financial instruments can include interest rate swaps, caps, floors, options and forward contracts.

 

As of September 30, 2017, we had interest rate caps and swaps outstanding, with underlying variable benchmark interest rates ranging from one to three-month U.S. dollar LIBOR.

 

Some of our agreements with derivative counterparties require a two-way cash collateralization of derivative fair values. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we had cash collateral of $3.1 million and $8.6 million, respectively, from various counterparties and the obligation to return such collateral was recorded in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities. We had not advanced any cash collateral to counterparties as of September 30, 2017 or December 31, 2016.

 

The counterparties to our interest rate derivatives are major international financial institutions. We continually monitor our positions and the credit ratings of the counterparties involved and limit the amount of credit exposure to any one party. We could be exposed to potential losses due to the credit risk of non-performance by these counterparties. We have not experienced any material losses to date.

 

Our derivative assets are recorded in other assets and our derivative liabilities are recorded in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following tables present notional amounts and fair values of derivatives outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

Notional amount
(a)

 

Fair value

 

Notional amount
(a)

 

Fair value

Derivative assets not designated as hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate caps

 

$

3,323,000

 

$

20,106

 

$

2,911,220

 

$

30,362

Derivative assets designated as cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

1,488,241

 

$

9,879

 

$

425,612

 

$

6,825

Total derivative assets

 

 

 

$

29,985

 

 

 

$

37,187

 


(a)         The notional amount is recorded as nil where caps and swaps are not yet effective.

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

Notional amount
(a)

 

Fair value

 

Notional amount

 

Fair value

Derivative liabilities designated as cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

250,000

 

$

1,428

 

$

 

$

Total derivative liabilities

 

 

 

$

1,428

 

 

 

$

 


(a)         The notional amount is recorded as nil where swaps are not yet effective.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

We recorded the following in other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivative financial instruments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective portion of change in fair market value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

3,107

 

$

2,048

 

$

1,625

 

$

(3,227)

Income tax effect

 

(388)

 

(256)

 

(203)

 

403

Net changes in cash flow hedges, net of tax

 

$

2,719

 

$

1,792

 

$

1,422

 

$

(2,824)

 

We do not expect to reclassify amounts from AOCI to interest expense in our Condensed Consolidated Income Statements over the next 12 months. The following table presents the effect of derivatives recorded in interest expense in our Condensed Consolidated Income Statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate caps and swaps

 

$

(2,036)

 

$

(1,552)

 

$

(17,553)

 

$

(20,201)

Effect from derivatives

 

$

(2,036)

 

$

(1,552)

 

$

(17,553)

 

$

(20,201)

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

10.  Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities consisted of the following as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

288,141

 

$

330,437

Deferred revenue

 

447,136

 

463,090

Accrued interest

 

292,900

 

287,205

Guarantees (Note 22)

 

3,622

 

51,804

Derivative liabilities (Note 9)

 

1,428

 

 

 

$

1,033,227

 

$

1,132,536

 

11. Accrued maintenance liability

 

Movements in accrued maintenance liability during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

Accrued maintenance liability at beginning of period

 

$

2,750,576

 

$

3,185,794

Maintenance payments received

 

571,292

 

609,852

Maintenance payments returned

 

(374,952)

 

(390,071)

Release to income other than upon sale

 

(184,940)

 

(308,810)

Release to income upon sale

 

(224,467)

 

(217,798)

Lessor contribution, top ups and other

 

19,647

 

19,712

Interest accretion

 

11,028

 

21,435

Additions due to aircraft acquisitions

 

 

3,091

Accrued maintenance liability at end of period

 

$

2,568,184

 

$

2,923,205

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

12.  Debt

 

As of September 30, 2017, the principal amount of our outstanding indebtedness totaled $27.1 billion, which excluded fair value adjustments of $0.4 billion and debt issuance costs and debt discounts of $0.2 billion. As of September 30, 2017, our undrawn lines of credit were approximately $6.5 billion, subject to certain conditions, including compliance with certain financial covenants. As of September 30, 2017, we remained in compliance with the respective financial covenants across our various debt obligations.

 

The following table provides a summary of our indebtedness as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

Debt Obligation

 

Collateral
(Number
of
aircraft)

 

Commitment

 

Undrawn
amounts

 

Outstanding

 

Weighted
average
interest
rate (a)

 

Maturity

 

Outstanding

 

Unsecured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ILFC Legacy Notes

 

 

 

$

5,670,000

 

$

 

$

5,670,000

 

6.32%

 

2018-2022

 

$

7,670,000

 

AerCap Aviation Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

300,000

 

AerCap Trust & AICDC Notes

 

 

 

7,599,864

 

 

7,599,864

 

4.19%

 

2019 - 2027

 

6,399,864

 

Asia Revolving Credit Facility

 

 

 

600,000

 

600,000

 

 

 

2020

 

 

Citi Revolving Credit Facility

 

 

 

3,895,000

 

3,895,000

 

 

 

2021

 

 

AIG Revolving Credit Facility

 

 

 

500,000

 

500,000

 

 

 

2019

 

 

Other unsecured debt

 

 

 

550,000

 

 

550,000

 

2.82%

 

2020 - 2021

 

 

Fair value adjustment

 

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

314,078

 

NA

 

NA

 

430,348

 

TOTAL UNSECURED

 

 

 

18,814,864

 

4,995,000

 

14,133,942

 

 

 

 

 

14,800,212

 

Secured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Export credit facilities

 

76

 

1,369,120

 

 

1,369,120

 

2.56%

 

2017 - 2027

 

1,722,376

 

Senior Secured Notes

 

83

 

1,275,000

 

 

1,275,000

 

7.13%

 

2018

 

1,275,000

 

Institutional secured term loans & secured portfolio loans

 

233

 

6,233,266

 

264,000

 

5,969,266

 

3.29%

 

2020 - 2030

 

5,028,623

 

ALS II debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,746

 

AerFunding Revolving Credit Facility

 

18

 

2,160,000

 

1,274,696

 

885,304

 

3.49%

 

2019

 

596,819

 

AeroTurbine Revolving Credit Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,000

(b)

Other secured debt

 

95

 

2,211,115

 

 

2,211,115

 

3.59%

 

2017 - 2034

 

2,670,325

 

Fair value adjustment

 

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

44,214

 

NA

 

NA

 

82,251

 

TOTAL SECURED

 

 

 

13,248,501

 

1,538,696

 

11,754,019

 

 

 

 

 

11,518,140

 

Subordinated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECAPS Subordinated Notes

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

4.46%

 

2065

 

1,000,000

 

Junior Subordinated Notes

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

500,000

 

6.50%

 

2045

 

500,000

 

Subordinated debt joint ventures partners

 

 

 

55,780

 

 

55,780

 

2.26%

 

2022

 

55,780

 

Fair value adjustment

 

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

(229)

 

NA

 

NA

 

(232)

 

TOTAL SUBORDINATED

 

 

 

1,555,780

 

 

1,555,551

 

 

 

 

 

1,555,548

 

Debt issuance costs and debt discounts

 

 

 

NA

 

NA

 

(155,878)

 

NA

 

NA

 

(156,901)

 

 

 

505

 

$

33,619,145

 

$

6,533,696

 

$

27,287,634

 

 

 

 

 

$

27,716,999

 

 


(a)         The weighted average interest rate for our floating rate debt is calculated based on the U.S. dollar LIBOR rate as of the last interest payment date of the respective debt, and excludes the impact of related derivative financial instruments which we hold to hedge our exposure to floating interest rates, as well as any amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts.

(b)         AeroTurbine’s assets served as collateral for the AeroTurbine revolving credit agreement.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Additional details of the principal terms of our indebtedness can be found in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017, our quarterly report on Form 6-K for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2017 and our quarterly report on Form 6-K for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017, filed with the SEC on August 3, 2017. There have been no material changes to our indebtedness since the filing of those reports, except for scheduled repayments and as described below.

 

AerFunding revolving credit facility

 

On August 10, 2017, the AerFunding revolving credit facility was amended to allow for a new three-year revolving period, commencing December 11, 2017.

 

On December 11, 2017, the maximum facility size increases to $2.5 billion. The following table presents the amended applicable margin for borrowings under the AerFunding revolving credit facility during the periods specified:

 

 

 

Applicable margin

Borrowing period (a)

 

2.00%

Period from December 11, 2020 to December 10, 2021

 

2.75%

Period from December 11, 2021 to December 10, 2022

 

3.50%

 


(a)         The borrowing period is until December 10, 2020, after which the loan converts to a term loan.

 

13. Income taxes

 

Our effective tax rate for the full year 2017 is expected to be 12.5%, as compared to the effective tax rate of 14.5% for the full year 2016. It is impacted by the source and amount of earnings among our different tax jurisdictions. The higher effective tax rate in 2016 included a valuation allowance related to the AeroTurbine losses.

 

Our effective tax rate was 11.5% and 12.5% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and 16.5% and 14.5% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. Our effective tax rate in any period can be impacted by revisions to the estimated full year rate.

 

14. Equity

 

In November 2016, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $250 million of AerCap ordinary shares through March 31, 2017. We completed this share repurchase program on March 6, 2017.

 

In February 2017, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $350 million of AerCap ordinary shares through June 30, 2017. We completed this share repurchase program on June 12, 2017.

 

In May 2017, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $300 million of AerCap ordinary shares through September 30, 2017. In July 2017, this share repurchase program was extended to run through December 31, 2017. We completed this share repurchase program on September 26, 2017.

 

In July 2017, our Board of Directors approved another share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $250 million of AerCap ordinary shares through December 31, 2017. In October 2017, this share repurchase program was extended to run through March 31, 2018. As of October 27, 2017, the dollar amount remaining under this share repurchase program was $195.9 million.

 

In October 2017, our Board of Directors approved another share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $200 million of AerCap ordinary shares through March 31, 2018. See Note 25—Subsequent events.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we repurchased an aggregate of 18,476,889 of our ordinary shares under our share repurchase programs at an average price, including commissions, of $46.17 per ordinary share.

 

Between October 1, 2017 and October 27, 2017 we repurchased an aggregate of 677,564 of our ordinary shares under our share repurchase program at an average price, including commissions, of $51.77 per ordinary share.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, our Board of Directors cancelled 15,000,000 ordinary shares which were acquired through the share repurchase programs in accordance with the authorizations obtained from the Company’s shareholders.

 

In October 2017, we cancelled 5,000,000 ordinary shares which were acquired through the share repurchase programs in accordance with the authorizations obtained from the Company’s shareholders.

 

Movements in equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

AerCap Holdings N.V.
shareholders’ equity

 

Non-controlling interest

 

Total equity

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

8,524,447

 

$

57,817

 

$

8,582,264

Dividends paid

 

 

(2,006)

 

(2,006)

Repurchase of shares

 

(853,028)

 

 

(853,028)

Ordinary shares issued, net of tax withholdings

 

(15,119)

 

 

(15,119)

Share-based compensation

 

78,853

 

 

78,853

Total comprehensive income

 

811,322

 

309

 

811,631

Balance at end of period

 

$

8,546,475

 

$

56,120

 

$

8,602,595

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

AerCap Holdings N.V.
shareholders’ equity

 

Non-controlling interest

 

Total equity

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

8,348,963

 

$

76,846

 

$

8,425,809

Dividends paid

 

 

(11,458)

 

(11,458)

Repurchase of shares

 

(724,958)

 

 

(724,958)

Ordinary shares issued, net of tax withholdings

 

(9,937)

 

 

(9,937)

Share-based compensation

 

76,294

 

 

76,294

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 

679,156

 

(7,879)

 

671,277

Balance at end of period

 

$

8,369,518

 

$

57,509

 

$

8,427,027

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

15.  Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses consisted of the following for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

Personnel expenses

 

$

37,162

 

$

33,445

 

$

109,137

 

$

102,350

Share-based compensation

 

25,551

 

25,611

 

78,853

 

76,294

Travel expenses

 

4,707

 

4,988

 

14,671

 

15,690

Professional services

 

6,786

 

6,397

 

22,180

 

24,180

Office expenses

 

3,948

 

5,703

 

11,790

 

16,076

Directors’ expenses

 

1,100

 

660

 

2,733

 

2,512

Other expenses

 

4,666

 

3,946

 

12,671

 

17,142

 

 

$

83,920

 

$

80,750

 

$

252,035

 

$

254,244

 

16. Other income

 

Other income consisted of the following for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

 

Management fees

 

$

2,923

 

$

5,675

 

$

10,126

 

$

14,726

 

Interest and other income

 

5,829

 

18,139

(a)

67,825

(b)

42,256

(a)

 

 

$

8,752

 

$

23,814

 

$

77,951

 

$

56,982

 

 


(a)         During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized income from net insurance proceeds of $57.1 million and $59.4 million, respectively. In addition, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 we incurred an expense of $36.0 million related to a lower of cost or market adjustment of AeroTurbine’s parts inventory as a result of the downsizing. Please refer to Note 18—AeroTurbine restructuring.

(b)         The increase was primarily related to higher income from a lease termination agreement with a lessee.

 

17. Asset impairment

 

Our long-lived assets include flight equipment and definite-lived intangible assets. We test long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be recoverable.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, and the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we recognized impairment charges for certain AeroTurbine leased engines. Please refer to Note 18—AeroTurbine restructuring for further details.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized impairment charges of $45.6 million on eight aircraft and one engine. We recognized impairment charges of $36.3 million related to lease terminations for three aircraft and one engine. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation. We also recognized impairment charges of $9.3 million related to five aircraft that were part of sale transactions. These impairments were largely offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized impairment charges of $50.9 million on ten aircraft and one engine. We recognized impairment charges of $36.3 million related to lease terminations for three aircraft and one engine. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation. We also recognized impairment charges of $14.6 million related to seven aircraft that were part of sale transactions. These impairments were largely offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized impairment charges of $15.1 million on 11 aircraft. We recognized impairment charges of $11.4 million related to lease terminations and amendments of lease agreements for four aircraft. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation upon lease termination or amendment. In addition, we recognized impairment charges of $3.7 million for seven aircraft that were part of portfolio sale transactions and were classified as flight equipment held for sale.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized impairment charges of $70.2 million on 33 aircraft. We recognized impairment charges of $56.0 million related to lease terminations and amendments of lease agreements for 23 aircraft. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation upon lease termination or amendment. In addition, we recognized impairment charges of $14.2 million for ten aircraft that were part of portfolio sale transactions and were classified as flight equipment held for sale.

 

18. AeroTurbine restructuring

 

At the end of 2015, we made the decision to restructure and downsize the AeroTurbine business. Since we made this decision, AeroTurbine has been actively reducing its debt and total assets by disposing of engines from its engine leasing portfolio as well as parts from its inventory.

 

In September 2016, AeroTurbine entered into a letter of intent to dispose of its storage and maintenance facility located in Goodyear, Arizona, which resulted in write down of assets and associated intangible assets. In September 2016, we also completed a review of AeroTurbine’s engine leasing portfolio and identified the specific engines for longer-term use and support of AerCap’s core aircraft leasing business, as well as the specific engines to be sold by AeroTurbine to third parties. As a result, we recognized impairments related primarily to older, out-of-production engines. The sale of the Goodyear operations and the engine portfolio review, together, triggered our decision in the second half of 2016, to accelerate the final phase of the AeroTurbine downsizing. We performed a review of AeroTurbine’s parts inventory, and during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized a lower of cost or market adjustment of $36.0 million based on current available market information. Please refer to Note 16—Other income.

 

In January 2017, AeroTurbine completed the sale of its Goodyear operations. In February 2017, the AeroTurbine revolving credit facility was fully repaid and terminated. In March 2017, AeroTurbine executed an amendment to the existing lease agreement for its facility in Florida. Pursuant to the amendment, the square footage of the leased premises was reduced from approximately 264,000 square feet to approximately 64,000 square feet, and as a result, we recognized lease termination fees of $7.6 million.

 

We did not incur restructuring related expenses in the third quarter of 2017.

 

We recorded the following charges in restructuring related expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Income Statements during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

Leased engines impairment

 

$

 

$

9,187

 

$

2,662

 

$

15,392

Severance expenses and other

 

 

1,593

 

4,298

 

11,529

Other intangible assets impairment

 

 

14,868

 

 

14,868

Write-down of fixed assets and consumable inventory

 

 

3,328

 

 

3,328

Lease termination fees

 

 

 

7,645

 

 

 

$

 

$

28,976

 

$

14,605

 

$

45,117

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

19. Earnings per share

 

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average of our ordinary shares outstanding, which excludes 2,805,996 and 3,327,489 unvested restricted stock as of September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For the calculation of diluted EPS, the weighted average of our ordinary shares outstanding for basic EPS is adjusted by the effect of dilutive securities, including awards under our equity compensation plans. The number of shares excluded from diluted shares outstanding was 9,050 and nil for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and 24,273 and nil for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, because the effect of including these shares in the calculation would have been anti-dilutive.

 

The computations of basic and diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

Net income for the computation of basic EPS

 

$

265,847

 

$

225,627

 

$

809,900

 

$

681,980

Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - basic

 

158,372,466

 

181,710,294

 

163,769,226

 

188,752,244

Basic EPS

 

$

1.68

 

$

1.24

 

$

4.95

 

$

3.61

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

2017

 

2016

Net income for the computation of diluted EPS

 

$

265,847

 

$

225,627

 

$

809,900

 

$

681,980

Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding - diluted

 

164,411,228

 

185,326,517

 

169,836,856

 

191,874,286

Diluted EPS

 

$

1.62

 

$

1.22

 

$

4.77

 

$

3.55

 

The computations of ordinary shares outstanding, excluding unvested restricted stock, as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

Number of ordinary shares

Ordinary shares issued

 

172,847,345

 

187,847,345

Treasury shares

 

(14,831,464)

 

(11,600,191)

Ordinary shares outstanding

 

158,015,881

 

176,247,154

Unvested restricted stock

 

(2,805,996)

 

(3,426,810)

Ordinary shares outstanding, excluding unvested restricted stock

 

155,209,885

 

172,820,344

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

20.  Variable interest entities

 

Our leasing and financing activities require us to use many forms of entities to achieve our business objectives and we have participated to varying degrees in the design and formation of these entities. Our involvement in VIEs varies and includes being a passive investor in the VIE with involvement from other parties, managing and structuring all the VIE’s activities, or being the sole shareholder of the VIE.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we did not provide any financial support to any of our VIEs that we were not contractually obligated to provide.

 

Consolidated VIEs

 

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, substantially all assets and liabilities presented in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were held in consolidated VIEs. The assets of our consolidated VIEs that can only be used to settle obligations of these entities, and the liabilities of these VIEs for which creditors do not have recourse to our general credit, are disclosed in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets under Supplemental balance sheet information. Further details of debt held by our consolidated VIEs are disclosed in Note 12Debt.

 

Wholly-owned ECA and Ex-Im financing vehicles

 

We have created certain wholly-owned subsidiaries for the purpose of purchasing aircraft and obtaining financing secured by such aircraft. The secured debt is guaranteed by the European ECAs and the Export-Import Bank of the United States. These entities meet the definition of a VIE because they do not have sufficient equity to operate without subordinated financial support from us in the form of intercompany notes. We have determined that we are the PB of these entities because we control and manage all aspects of these entities, including directing the activities that most significantly affect the entities’ economic performance, we absorb the majority of the risks and rewards of these entities and we guarantee the activities of these entities.

 

Other secured financings

 

We have created a number of wholly-owned subsidiaries for the purpose of obtaining secured financings. These entities meet the definition of a VIE because they do not have sufficient equity to operate without subordinated financial support from us in the form of intercompany notes. We have determined that we are the PB of these entities because we control and manage all aspects of these entities, including directing the activities that most significantly affect the entities’ economic performance, we absorb the majority of the risks and rewards of these entities and we guarantee the activities of these entities.

 

Wholly-owned leasing entities

 

We have created wholly-owned subsidiaries for the purpose of facilitating aircraft leases with airlines. These entities meet the definition of a VIE because they do not have sufficient equity to operate without subordinated financial support from us in the form of intercompany notes, which serve as equity. We have determined that we are the PB of these entities because we control and manage all aspects of these entities, including directing the activities that most significantly affect the entities’ economic performance, we absorb the majority of the risks and rewards of these entities and we guarantee the activities of these entities.

 

Limited recourse financing structures

 

We have established entities to obtain secured financings for the purchase of aircraft in which we have variable interests. These entities meet the definition of a VIE because they do not have sufficient equity to operate without subordinated financial support from us in the form of intercompany notes. The loans of these entities are non-recourse to us except under limited circumstances. We have determined that we are the PB of these entities because we control and manage all aspects of these entities, including directing the activities that most significantly affect the entities’ economic performance, and we absorb the majority of the risks and rewards of these entities.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

AerCap Partners I

 

AerCap Partners I Holding Limited (“AerCap Partners I”) is a 50%-50% joint venture owned by us and Deucalion Aviation Funds. We provide lease management, insurance management and aircraft asset management services to AerCap Partners I for a fee. We have determined that we are the PB of the entity because we direct the activities that most significantly affect the economic performance of the entity and we absorb a significant portion of the risks and rewards of the entity.

 

As of September 30, 2017, AerCap Partners I had a portfolio consisting of eight Boeing 737NG aircraft. As of September 30, 2017, AerCap Partners I had $71.9 million outstanding under a senior debt facility, which is guaranteed by us, and $63.8 million of subordinated debt outstanding, consisting of $31.9 million from us and $31.9 million from our joint venture partner.

 

AerCap Partners II

 

AerCap Partners II Holding Limited (“AerCap Partners II”) is a 50%-50% joint venture owned by us and Deucalion Aviation Funds. We provide lease management, insurance management and aircraft asset management services to AerCap Partners II for a fee. We have determined that we are the PB of the entity because we direct the activities that most significantly affect the economic performance of the entity and we absorb a significant portion of the risks and rewards of the entity.

 

As of September 30, 2017, AerCap Partners II had a portfolio consisting of three Airbus A320 aircraft. As of September 30, 2017, AerCap Partners II had $43.1 million outstanding under an ECA senior debt facility, which is guaranteed by us, and $16.8 million of subordinated debt outstanding, consisting of $8.4 million from us and $8.4 million from our joint venture partner.

 

AerCap Partners 767

 

AerCap Partners 767 Limited (“AerCap Partners 767”) is a 50%-50% joint venture owned by us and Deucalion Aviation Funds. We provide lease management, insurance management and aircraft asset management services to AerCap Partners 767 for a fee. We have determined that we are the PB of the entity because we direct the activities that most significantly affect the economic performance of the entity and we absorb a significant portion of the risks and rewards of the entity.

 

As of September 30, 2017, AerCap Partners 767 had a portfolio consisting of two Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. As of September 30, 2017, AerCap Partners 767 had $12.7 million outstanding under a senior debt facility, which is limited recourse to us, and $31.0 million of subordinated debt outstanding, consisting of $15.5 million from us and $15.5 million from our joint venture partner.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

ALS II

 

On May 31, 2017 the ALS II structure was unwound and we became owner of 100% of the equity (we held a 5% equity investment prior to May 31, 2017) and we continue to hold 100% of the subordinated fixed rate deferrable interest asset-backed notes (“ALS II Class E-1 Notes”) in ALS II. Prior to May 31, 2017, we provided lease management, insurance management and aircraft asset management services to ALS II for a fee. We have determined that we continue to be the PB of the entity because we continue to direct the activities that most significantly affect the economic performance of the entity and to absorb the majority of the risks and rewards of the entity.

 

As of September 30, 2017, ALS II had a portfolio consisting of 25 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. As of September 30, 2017, ALS II had $350.0 million of senior ALS II Class E-1 Notes outstanding due to us. The ALS II senior Class A notes were repaid in full in January 2017.

 

AerFunding

 

We hold a 5% equity investment and 100% of the subordinated fixed rate deferrable interest asset-backed notes (“AerFunding Class E-1 Notes”) in AerFunding. We provide lease management, insurance management and aircraft asset management services to AerFunding for a fee. We have determined that we are the PB of the entity because we direct the activities that most significantly affect the economic performance of the entity and we absorb the majority of the risks and rewards of the entity.

 

As of September 30, 2017, AerFunding had a portfolio consisting of six Airbus A320 Family aircraft, one Airbus A330 aircraft, one Airbus A350 aircraft, six Boeing 737NG aircraft and four Boeing 787 aircraft. As of September 30, 2017, AerFunding had $885.3 million outstanding under a secured revolving credit facility and $281.8 million of AerFunding Class E-1 Notes outstanding due to us.

 

Non-consolidated VIEs

 

The following table presents our maximum exposure to loss in VIEs for which we are not the PB as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

Carrying value of investments

 

$

121,944

 

$

118,783

Debt guarantees

 

109,183

 

125,429

Maximum exposure to loss

 

$

231,127

 

$

244,212

 

The maximum exposure to loss represents the amount that would be absorbed by us in the event that all of our assets held in the VIEs, for which we are not the PB, had no value and outstanding debt guarantees were called upon in full.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

AerDragon

 

AerDragon is a joint venture with 50% owned by China Aviation Supplies Holding Company and the other 50% owned equally by us, affiliates of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and East Epoch Limited. This joint venture enhances our presence in the Chinese market and our ability to lease our aircraft and engines throughout the entire Asia/Pacific region. We provide certain aircraft and accounting related services to AerDragon, and guarantee debt secured by certain aircraft which AerDragon purchased directly from us for a fee. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we guaranteed debt of nil and $3.4 million, respectively, for AerDragon. The guaranteed debt was repaid in full in August 2017. The obligations of AerDragon are non-recourse to us.

 

As of September 30, 2017, AerDragon had 29 narrowbody aircraft on lease to ten airlines.

 

We have determined that AerDragon is a VIE, in which we do not have control and therefore we are not the PB. We do have significant influence and, accordingly, we account for our investment in AerDragon under the equity method of accounting.

 

AerLift

 

AerLift Leasing Ltd. (“AerLift”) is a joint venture in which we have a 39% interest. We provide asset and lease management, insurance management and cash management services to AerLift for a fee. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we guaranteed debt of $109.2 million and $122.0 million, respectively, for AerLift. Other than the debt for which we act as a guarantor, the debt obligations of AerLift are non-recourse to us.

 

As of September 30, 2017, AerLift owned four widebody aircraft.

 

We have determined that AerLift is a VIE in which we do not have control and therefore we are not the PB. We do have significant influence and, accordingly, we account for our investment in AerLift under the equity method of accounting.

 

ACSAL

 

In June 2013, we completed a transaction under which we sold eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft to ACSAL, an affiliate of Guggenheim, in exchange for cash, and we made a capital contribution to ACSAL in exchange for 19% of its equity. We provide aircraft asset and lease management services to ACSAL for a fee. As of September 30, 2017, ACSAL continued to own the eight aircraft.

 

We have determined that ACSAL is a VIE in which we do not have control and therefore we are not the PB. We do have significant influence and, accordingly, we account for our investment in ACSAL under the equity method of accounting.

 

Other variable interest entities

 

We have variable interests in other entities in which we have determined we are not the PB because we do not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the entity’s economic performance. Our variable interest in these entities consists of servicing fees that we receive for providing aircraft management services.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

21.  Related party transactions

 

AerDragon

 

We provide certain aircraft and accounting related services to, and guarantee certain debt of, AerDragon, a joint venture accounted for under the equity method. We charged AerDragon a fee for these services of $0.2 million and $0.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $0.4 million and $0.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In addition, we received a dividend of $3.3 million and $1.7 million from AerDragon during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

ACSAL

 

We provide aircraft asset and lease management services to ACSAL, an investment accounted for under the equity method, for which we received a fee of $0.2 million and $0.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $0.4 million and $0.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

AerLift

 

We provide a variety of management services to, and guarantee certain debt of, AerLift, a joint venture accounted for under the equity method, for which we received a fee of $0.5 million and $1.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $1.4 million and $2.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. In addition, we received a dividend of $1.5 million and $7.5 million from AerLift during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

22.  Commitments and contingencies

 

Aircraft on order

 

As of September 30, 2017, we had commitments to purchase 413 new aircraft scheduled for delivery through 2024. These commitments are based upon purchase agreements with Boeing, Airbus and Embraer. These agreements establish the pricing formulas (including adjustments for certain contractual escalation provisions) and various other terms with respect to the purchase of aircraft. Under certain circumstances, we have the right to alter the mix of aircraft types ultimately acquired.

 

In June 2017, we signed an agreement with Boeing for an order of 30 Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The order has a total value of approximately $8.1 billion based on the current list price; however, we will receive significant concessions from Boeing which will lower the purchase price of each aircraft.

 

Movements in prepayments on flight equipment during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Prepayments on flight equipment at beginning of period

 

$

3,265,979

 

 

$

3,300,426

 

Prepayments made during the period

 

862,416

 

 

516,910

 

Interest paid and capitalized during the period

 

82,051

 

 

79,775

 

Prepayments and capitalized interest applied to the purchase of flight equipment

 

(878,616

)

 

(615,914

)

Prepayments on flight equipment at end of period

 

$

3,331,830

 

 

$

3,281,197

 

 

Additional details of our commitments and contingencies can be found in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017.

 

Asset value guarantees

 

We have potential obligations under contracts that guarantee a portion of the residual value of aircraft owned by third parties. These guarantees expire at various dates through 2023 and generally obligate us to pay the shortfall between the fair market value and the guaranteed value of the aircraft and, in certain cases, provide us with an option to purchase the aircraft for the guaranteed value. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we settled one asset value guarantee and as a result, we recognized a $3.2 million gain. Two asset value guarantees expired unexercised. As of September 30, 2017, five guarantees were outstanding.

 

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(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

We regularly review the underlying values of the aircraft collateral to determine our exposure under these asset value guarantees. We did not record any asset value guarantee loss provisions during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2017 or 2016, respectively.

 

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the carrying value of the asset value guarantee liability was nil and $37.5 million, respectively, and was included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The maximum aggregate potential commitment that we were obligated to pay under these guarantees, without any offset for the projected value of the aircraft or other contractual features that may limit our exposure, was approximately $91.3 million as of September 30, 2017.

 

Other guarantees

 

We previously guaranteed the future re-lease or extension rental rates and other costs of four sold aircraft, up to agreed maximum amounts for each aircraft. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, all four of these guarantees were settled. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the carrying value of these guarantees was nil and $11.4 million, respectively, and was included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Subsequent to the settlement, we have no further exposure to these guarantees.

 

We guarantee the replacement lease rental cash flows of three sold aircraft, in the event of a default and lease termination by the current lessees, up to agreed maximum amounts for each aircraft. Two of these guarantees expire in 2020 and the third guarantee expires in 2018. We are obligated to perform under these guarantees in the event of a default and lease termination by the current lessees, and if the contracted net replacement lease rental rates do not equal or exceed the rental amounts in the current lease contracts. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the carrying value of these guarantees was $3.6 million and $2.9 million, respectively, and was included in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2017, the maximum undiscounted aggregate future guarantee payments that we could be obligated to make under these guarantees, without offset for the projected net future re-lease or extension rates, were approximately $11.9 million.

 

Legal proceedings

 

General

 

In the ordinary course of our business, we are a party to various legal actions, which we believe are incidental to the operations of our business. The Company regularly reviews the possible outcome of such legal actions, and accrues for such legal actions at the time a loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be estimated. In addition, the Company also reviews indemnities and insurance coverage, where applicable. Based on information currently available, we believe the potential outcome of those cases where we are able to estimate reasonably possible losses, and our estimate of the reasonably possible losses exceeding amounts already recognized, on an aggregated basis, is immaterial to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

VASP litigation

 

We leased 13 aircraft and three spare engines to Viação Aerea de São Paulo (“VASP”), a Brazilian airline. In 1992, VASP defaulted on its lease obligations and we commenced litigation against VASP to repossess our equipment. In 1992, we obtained a preliminary injunction for the repossession and export of 13 aircraft and three spare engines from VASP. We repossessed and exported the aircraft and engines in 1992. VASP appealed this decision. In 1996, the Appellate Court of the State of São Paulo (“TJSP”) ruled in favor of VASP on its appeal. We were instructed to return the aircraft and engines to VASP for lease under the terms of the original lease agreements. The Appellate Court also granted VASP the right to seek damages in lieu of the return of the aircraft and engines. Since 1996 we have defended this case in the Brazilian courts through various motions and appeals. On March 1, 2006, the Superior Tribunal of Justice (the “STJ”) dismissed our then-pending appeal and on April 5, 2006, a special panel of the STJ confirmed this decision. On May 15, 2006 we filed an extraordinary appeal with the Federal Supreme Court. In September 2009 the Federal Supreme Court requested an opinion on our appeal from the office of the Attorney General. This opinion was provided in October 2009. The Attorney General recommended that AerCap’s extraordinary appeal be accepted for trial and that the case be subject to a new judgment before the STJ. The Federal Supreme Court is not bound by the opinion of the Attorney General. While we have been advised that it would be normal practice to take such an opinion into consideration, there are no assurances that the Federal Supreme Court will rule in accordance with the Attorney General opinion or, if it did, what the outcome of the judgment of the STJ would be.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

On February 23, 2006, VASP commenced a procedure to calculate its alleged damages and since then we, VASP and the court have appointed experts to assist the court in calculating damages. Our appointed expert has concluded that no damages were incurred. The VASP-appointed expert has concluded that substantial damages were incurred, and has claimed that such damages should reflect monetary adjustments and default interest for the passage of time. The court-appointed expert has also concluded that no damages were incurred. Different public prosecutors have issued conflicting opinions. The first public prosecutor had filed an opinion that supports the view of the VASP-appointed expert. In response to that opinion, the court-appointed expert reaffirmed his conclusion. A subsequently-appointed public prosecutor subsequently filed a new opinion that is less supportive of the VASP-appointed expert’s opinion, but the original public prosecutor then issued a third opinion consistent with the first one. On October 30, 2017, the court decided that VASP had suffered no damages. VASP has certain rights of appeal and review of the decision. We believe, however, and we have been advised, that it is not probable that VASP will ultimately be able to recover damages from us even if VASP prevails on the issue of liability. The outcome of the legal process is, however, uncertain. The ultimate amount of damages, if any, payable to VASP cannot reasonably be estimated at this time. We continue to actively pursue all courses of action that may reasonably be available to us and intend to defend our position vigorously.

 

In July 2006, we brought a claim for damages against VASP in the English courts, seeking damages incurred by AerCap as a result of VASP’s default under seven leases that were governed by English law. VASP filed applications challenging the jurisdiction of the English court, and sought to adjourn the jurisdictional challenge pending the sale of some of its assets in Brazil. We opposed this application and by an order dated March 6, 2008, the English court dismissed VASP’s applications.

 

In September 2008, the bankruptcy court in Brazil ordered the bankruptcy of VASP. VASP appealed this decision. In December 2008, we filed with the English court an application for default judgment, seeking damages plus accrued interest pursuant to seven lease agreements. On March 16, 2009, we obtained a default judgment in which we were awarded approximately $40 million in damages plus accrued interest. We subsequently applied to the STJ for an order ratifying the English judgment, so that it might be submitted in the VASP bankruptcy. The STJ granted AerCap’s application and entered an order ratifying the English judgment. Although VASP appealed that order, it is fully effective pending a resolution of VASP’s appeal of the order ratifying the English judgment.

 

In addition to our claim in the English courts, AerCap has also brought actions against VASP in the Irish courts to recover damages incurred as a result of VASP’s default under nine leases governed by Irish law. The Irish courts granted an order for service of process, and although VASP opposed service in Brazil, the STJ ruled that service of process had been properly completed. After some additional delay due to procedural issues related to VASP’s bankruptcy, the Irish action went forward. Upon VASP’s failure to appear, the High Court entered default judgment in favor of AerCap, finding VASP liable for breach of its obligations under the leases. On October 24, 2014, the High Court entered two judgments in favor of AerCap, awarding us aggregate damages in the amount of approximately $36.9 million.  We subsequently applied to the STJ for an order ratifying the Irish judgments, so that they might be submitted in the VASP bankruptcy.  The STJ granted AerCap’s application and ratified the Irish judgments.

 

AerCap has submitted both the Irish and the English judgments in the VASP bankruptcy; the bankruptcy court has required that the claims submitted limit interest on the judgments to that accrued on or before the commencement of VASP’s bankruptcy, which has resulted in claims of approximately $40 million for the English judgments and approximately $24 million for the Irish judgments.

 

On November 6, 2012, the STJ ruled in favor of VASP on its appeal from the order placing it in bankruptcy. Acting alone, the reporting justice of the appellate panel ordered the bankruptcy revoked and the matter converted to a judicial reorganization. Several creditors of VASP appealed that ruling to the full panel of the STJ. On December 17, 2012, the Special Court of the STJ reversed the ruling of the reporting justice and upheld the order placing VASP in bankruptcy. The decision was published on February 1, 2013. On February 25, 2013, the lapse of time for appeal (res judicata) was certified.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Transbrasil litigation

 

In the early 1990s, two AerCap-related companies (the “AerCap Lessors”) leased an aircraft and two engines to Transbrasil S/A Linhas Areas (“Transbrasil”), a now-defunct Brazilian airline. By 1998, Transbrasil had defaulted on various obligations under its leases with AerCap, along with other leases it had entered into with GECC and certain of its affiliates (collectively with GECC, the “GE Lessors”). GECAS was the servicer for all these leases at the time. Subsequently, Transbrasil issued promissory notes (the “Notes”) to the AerCap lessors and GE Lessors (collectively the “Lessors”) in connection with restructurings of the leases. Transbrasil defaulted on the Notes and GECC brought an enforcement action on behalf of the Lessors in 2001. Concurrently, GECC filed an action for the involuntary bankruptcy of Transbrasil.

 

Transbrasil brought a lawsuit against the Lessors in February 2001 (the “Transbrasil Lawsuit”), claiming that the Notes had in fact been paid at the time GECC brought the enforcement action. In 2007, the trial judge ruled in favor of Transbrasil. That decision was appealed. In April 2010, the appellate court published a judgment (the “2010 Judgment”) rejecting the Lessors’ appeal, ordering them to pay Transbrasil statutory penalties equal to double the face amount of the Notes (plus interest and monetary adjustments) as well as damages for any losses incurred as a result of the attempts to collect on the Notes. The 2010 Judgment provided that the amount of such losses would be calculated in separate proceedings in the trial court (the “Indemnity Claim”). In June 2010, the AerCap Lessors and GE Lessors separately filed special appeals before the STJ in Brazil. These special appeals were subsequently admitted for hearing.

 

In July 2011, Transbrasil brought three actions for provisional enforcement of the 2010 Judgment (the “Provisional Enforcement Actions”): one to enforce the award of statutory penalties; a second to recover attorneys’ fees related to that award, and a third to enforce the Indemnity Claim. Transbrasil submitted its alleged calculation of statutory penalties, which, according to Transbrasil, amounted to approximately $210 million in the aggregate against all defendants, including interest and monetary adjustments. AerCap and its co-defendants opposed provisional enforcement of the 2010 judgment, arguing, among other things, that Transbrasil’s calculations were greatly exaggerated.

 

Transbrasil also initiated proceedings to determine the amount of its alleged Indemnity Claim. The court appointed an expert to determine the measure of damages and the defendants appointed an assistant expert. We believe we have strong arguments to convince the expert and the court that Transbrasil suffered no damage as a result of the defendants’ attempts to collect on the Notes.

 

In February 2012, AerCap brought a civil complaint against GECAS and GECC in the State of New York (the “New York Action”), alleging, among other things, that GECAS and GECC had violated certain duties to AerCap in connection with their attempts to enforce the Notes and their defense of Transbrasil’s lawsuit. In November 2012, AerCap, GECAS, and the GE Lessors entered into a settlement agreement resolving all of the claims raised in the New York Action. The terms of the settlement agreement are confidential.

 

In October 2013, the STJ granted the special appeals filed by GECAS and its related parties, effectively reversing the 2010 Judgment in most respects as to all of the Lessors.

 

In February 2014, Transbrasil appealed the STJ’s ruling of October 2013 to another panel of the STJ. The appellate panel rejected Transbrasil’s appeal in November 2016, preserving the October 2013 order. The parties have the right to seek further appellate review of the appellate panel’s November 2016 order.

 

In light of the STJ’s ruling of October 2013, the trial court has ordered the dismissal of two of Transbrasil’s Provisional Enforcement Actions — those seeking statutory penalties and attorneys’ fees. The TJSP has since affirmed the dismissals of those actions. Transbrasil’s Provisional Enforcement Action with respect to the Indemnity Claim remains pending; however, the action has currently been stayed pending a final decision in the Transbrasil Lawsuit.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Yemen Airways-Yemenia litigation

 

ILFC is named in a lawsuit in connection with the 2009 crash of an Airbus A310-300 aircraft owned by ILFC and on lease to Yemen Airways-Yemenia, a Yemeni carrier (“Hassanati Action”). The Hassanati plaintiffs are families of deceased occupants of the flight and seek unspecified damages for wrongful death, costs, and fees. The Hassanati Action commenced in January 2011 and was pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On February 18, 2014, the district court granted summary judgment in ILFC’s favor and dismissed all of the Hassanati plaintiffs’ remaining claims. The Hassanati plaintiffs appealed. On March 22, 2016, the appellate court rejected the appeal. On April 22, 2016, the Hassanati plaintiffs refiled their action at the trial court. The trial court granted ILFC’s motion to dismiss the Hassanati plaintiffs’ second complaint on November 22, 2016. The Hassanati plaintiffs have appealed this order. On August 29, 2014, a new group of plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against ILFC in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (the “Abdallah Action”). The Abdallah Action claims unspecified damages from ILFC on the same theory as does the Hassanati Action. On June 30, 2017, the parties to the Abdallah action executed a Master Settlement Agreement setting forth terms on which Yemenia’s insurance carrier proposes to settle the case with each claimant family. Upon the claimant families’ execution of individual release and discharge agreements and upon ILFC’s and Yemenia’s confirmation of a sufficient number of participating claimants, the claims by such participating claimants against ILFC and Yemenia in the Abdallah Action will be dismissed in exchange for payment from Yemenia’s insurance carrier. We believe that ILFC has substantial defenses on the merits and is adequately covered by available liability insurance in respect of both the Hassanati Action and the Abdallah Action.

 

23.  Fair value measurements

 

The Company determines fair value based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. It is our policy to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when developing fair value measurements, in accordance with the fair value hierarchy as described below. Where limited or no observable market data exists, fair value measurements for assets and liabilities are primarily based on management’s own estimates and are calculated based upon the economic and competitive environment, the characteristics of the asset or liability and other such factors. Therefore, the results may not be realized in actual sale or immediate settlement of the asset or liability.

 

The degree of judgment used in measuring the fair value of a financial and non-financial asset or liability generally correlates with the level of pricing observability. We classify our fair value measurements based on the observability and significance of the inputs used in making the measurement, as provided below:

 

Level 1 — Quoted prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reported date.

 

Level 2 — Observable market data. Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets, liabilities (risk adjusted) and market-corroborated inputs, such as market comparables, interest rates, yield curves and other items that allow value to be determined.

 

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs from our own assumptions about market risk developed based on the best information available, subject to cost benefit analysis. Inputs may include our own data.

 

Fair value measurements are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to their fair value measurement.

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

 

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our derivative portfolio consisted of interest rate swaps and caps. The fair value of derivatives is based on dealer quotes for identical instruments. We have also considered the credit rating and risk of the counterparty of the derivative contract based on quantitative and qualitative factors. As such, the valuation of these instruments was classified as Level 2.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

The following tables present our financial assets and liabilities that we measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative assets

 

$

29,985

 

$

 

$

29,985

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities

 

1,428

 

 

1,428

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative assets

 

$

37,187

 

$

 

$

37,187

 

$

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis

 

We measure the fair value of certain definite-lived intangible assets and our flight equipment on a non-recurring basis, when U.S. GAAP requires the application of fair value, including when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be recoverable. Additional details of recoverability assessments performed on certain definite-lived intangible assets and our flight equipment are described in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017.

 

Management develops the assumptions used in the fair value measurements. Therefore, the fair value measurements of definite-lived intangible assets and flight equipment are classified as Level 3 valuations.

 

Definite-lived intangible assets

 

We use the income approach to measure the fair value of definite-lived intangible assets, which is based on the present value of estimated future cash flows to be generated from the asset.

 

Flight equipment

 

Inputs to non-recurring fair value measurements categorized as Level 3

 

We use the income approach to measure the fair value of flight equipment, which is based on the present value of estimated future cash flows. Key inputs to the estimated future cash flows for flight equipment include current contractual lease cash flows, projected future non-contractual lease or sale cash flows, extended to the end of the aircraft’s estimated holding period in its highest and best use, and a contractual or estimated disposition value.

 

The current contractual lease cash flows are based on the in-force lease rates. The projected future non-contractual lease cash flows are estimated based on the aircraft type, age, and the airframe and engine configuration of the aircraft. The projected non-contractual lease cash flows are applied to follow-on lease terms, which are estimated based on the age of the aircraft at the time of re-lease and are assumed through the estimated holding period of the aircraft. The estimated holding period is the period over which future cash flows are assumed to be generated. Shorter holding periods can result when a potential sale or future part-out of an individual aircraft has been contracted for, or is likely. In instances of a potential sale or part-out, the holding period is based on the estimated sale or part-out date. The disposition value is generally estimated based on aircraft type. In situations where the aircraft will be disposed of, the disposition value assumed is based on an estimated part-out value or the contracted sale price.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

The estimated future cash flows, as described above, are then discounted to present value. The discount rate used is based on the aircraft type and incorporates assumptions market participants would use regarding the market attractiveness of the aircraft type, the likely debt and equity financing components, and the required returns of those financing components.

 

For flight equipment that we measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the following table presents the fair value of such flight equipment as of the measurement date, the valuation technique and the related unobservable inputs:

 

 

 

Fair value

 

Valuation technique

 

Unobservable input

 

Range

 

Weighted
average

Flight equipment

 

$277.1 million

 

Income approach

 

Discount rate

 

0% - 6%

 

3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining holding period

 

0 - 13 years

 

6 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-contractual cash flows

 

0% - 100%

 

47%

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized impairment charges of $50.9 million on ten aircraft and one engine. We recognized impairment charges of $36.3 million related to lease terminations for three aircraft and one engine. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation. We also recognized impairment charges of $14.6 million related to seven aircraft that were part of sale transactions. These impairments were largely offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances.

 

Sensitivity to changes in unobservable inputs

 

When estimating the fair value measurement of flight equipment, we consider the effect of a change in a particular assumption independently of changes in any other assumptions. In practice, simultaneous changes in assumptions may not always have a linear effect on inputs.

 

The significant unobservable inputs utilized in the fair value measurement of flight equipment are the discount rate, the remaining estimated holding period and the non-contractual cash flows. The discount rate is affected by movements in the aircraft funding markets, including fluctuations in required rates of return in debt and equity, and loan to value ratios. The remaining estimated holding period and non-contractual cash flows represent management’s estimate of the remaining service period of an aircraft and the estimated non-contractual cash flows over the remaining life of the aircraft. An increase in the discount rate would decrease the fair value measurement of the aircraft, while an increase in the remaining estimated holding period or the estimated non-contractual cash flows would increase the fair value measurement of the aircraft.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Fair value disclosures of financial instruments

 

The fair value of restricted cash and cash and cash equivalents approximates their carrying value because of their short-term nature (Level 1). The fair value of notes receivables approximates its carrying value (Level 2). The fair value of our long-term unsecured debt is estimated using quoted market prices for similar or identical instruments, depending on the frequency and volume of activity in the market. The fair value of our long-term secured debt is estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis based on current market interest rates and spreads for debt with similar characteristics (Level 2). Derivatives are recognized in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at their fair value. The fair value of derivatives is based on dealer quotes for identical instruments. We have also considered the credit rating and risk of the counterparties of the derivative contracts based on quantitative and qualitative factors (Level 2). The fair value of guarantees is determined by reference to the fair market value or future lease cash flows of the underlying aircraft and the guaranteed amount (Level 3).

 

The carrying amounts and fair values of our most significant financial instruments as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

Carrying value

 

Fair value

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,454,233

 

$

1,454,233

 

$

1,454,233

 

$

 

$

Restricted cash

 

331,964

 

331,964

 

331,964

 

 

Derivative assets

 

29,985

 

29,985

 

 

29,985

 

Notes receivables

 

12,198

 

12,198

 

 

12,198

 

 

 

$

1,828,380

 

$

1,828,380

 

$

1,786,197

 

$

42,183

 

$

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

$

27,443,512

(a)

$

28,013,336

 

$

 

$

28,013,336

 

$

Derivative liabilities

 

1,428

 

1,428

 

 

1,428

 

Guarantees

 

3,622

 

3,622

 

 

 

3,622

 

 

$

27,448,562

 

$

28,018,386

 

$

 

$

28,014,764

 

$

3,622

 


(a)    Excludes debt issuance costs and debt discounts.

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

Carrying value

 

Fair value

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

2,035,447

 

$

2,035,447

 

$

2,035,447

 

$

 

$

Restricted cash

 

329,180

 

329,180

 

329,180

 

 

Derivative assets

 

37,187

 

37,187

 

 

37,187

 

Notes receivables

 

23,359

 

23,359

 

 

23,359

 

 

 

$

2,425,173

 

$

2,425,173

 

$

2,364,627

 

$

60,546

 

$

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

$

27,873,900

(a)

$

28,203,635

 

$

 

$

28,203,635

 

$

Guarantees

 

51,804

 

51,804

 

 

 

51,804

 

 

$

27,925,704

 

$

28,255,439

 

$

 

$

28,203,635

 

$

51,804

 


(a)   Excludes debt issuance costs and debt discounts.

 

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(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

24. Supplemental guarantor financial information

 

The following supplemental financial information is presented to comply with Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X.

 

AGAT/AICDC Notes

 

In May 2014, AerCap Trust and AICDC co-issued $2.6 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes, consisting of $400.0 million of 2.75% notes due 2017, $1.1 billion of 3.75% notes due 2019, and $1.1 billion of 4.50% notes due 2021 (collectively, the “Acquisition Notes”). In May 2017 we repaid the $400.0 million of 2.75% notes in full.

 

In September 2014, AerCap Trust and AICDC co-issued $800.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.00% senior notes due 2021 (the “September 2014 Notes”).

 

In June 2015, AerCap Trust and AICDC co-issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes, consisting of $500.0 million of 4.25% notes due 2020 and $500.0 million of 4.625% notes due 2022 (collectively, the “June 2015 Notes”).

 

In October 2015, AerCap Trust and AICDC co-issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior unsecured notes due 2020 (the “October 2015 Notes”).

 

In May 2016, AerCap Trust and AICDC co-issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.95% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “May 2016 Notes”).

 

In January 2017, AerCap Trust and AICDC co-issued $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.50% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “January 2017 Notes”).

 

In July 2017, AerCap Trust and AICDC co-issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.65% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the “July 2017 Notes”, and together with the Acquisition Notes, the September 2014 Notes, the June 2015 Notes, the October 2015 Notes, the May 2016 Notes and the January 2017 Notes, the “AGAT/AICDC Notes”).

 

The AGAT/AICDC Notes are jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor and by AerCap Ireland Limited, AerCap Aviation Solutions, ILFC and AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC (together, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”).

 

The following condensed consolidating financial information presents the Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Condensed Consolidating Income Statements and Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, and the Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 of (i) the Parent Guarantor; (ii) AerCap Trust; (iii) AICDC; (iv) the Subsidiary Guarantors on a combined basis; (v) the non-guarantor subsidiaries on a combined basis; (vi) elimination entries necessary to consolidate the Parent Guarantor with AerCap Trust and AICDC, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the non-guarantor subsidiaries; and (vii) the Company on a consolidated basis. Investments in consolidated subsidiaries are presented under the equity method of accounting. A portion of our cash and cash equivalents is held by subsidiaries and access to such cash by us for group purposes is limited.

 

In accordance with Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X, separate financial statements and other disclosures with respect to AerCap Trust, AICDC and the Subsidiary Guarantors have not been provided, as AerCap Trust, AICDC and the Subsidiary Guarantors are 100%-owned by the Parent Guarantor, all guarantees of the AGAT/AICDC Notes are joint and several and full and unconditional and the Parent Guarantor’s financial statements have been filed in this interim report for the periods specified by Rules 3-01 and 3-02 of Regulation S-X.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

4

 

$

457

 

$

30

 

$

842

 

$

121

 

$

 

$

1,454

Restricted cash

 

 

 

 

10

 

322

 

 

332

Flight equipment held for operating leases, net

 

 

9,954

 

 

1,550

 

20,074

 

 

31,578

Maintenance rights intangible and lease premium, net

 

 

840

 

 

35

 

799

 

 

1,674

Flight equipment held for sale

 

 

54

 

 

26

 

120

 

 

200

Net investment in finance and sales-type leases

 

 

569

 

 

203

 

215

 

 

987

Prepayments on flight equipment

 

 

2,820

 

 

4

 

508

 

 

3,332

Investments including investments in subsidiaries

 

10,173

 

1,095

 

7,970

 

5,433

 

122

 

(24,671)

 

122

Intercompany receivables

 

117

 

13,553

 

91

 

10,956

 

6,092

 

(30,809)

 

Other assets

 

102

 

536

 

86

 

448

 

156

 

 

1,328

Total Assets

 

$

10,396

 

$

29,878

 

$

8,177

 

$

19,507

 

$

28,529

 

$

(55,480)

 

$

41,007

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

$

 

$

16,344

 

$

399

 

$

25

 

$

10,519

 

$

 

$

27,287

Intercompany payables

 

1,836

 

3,487

 

4,864

 

9,581

 

11,041

 

(30,809)

 

Other liabilities

 

14

 

2,057

 

 

543

 

2,503

 

 

5,117

Total liabilities

 

1,850

 

21,888

 

5,263

 

10,149

 

24,063

 

(30,809)

 

32,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total AerCap Holdings N.V. shareholders’ equity

 

8,546

 

7,990

 

2,914

 

9,285

 

4,482

 

(24,671)

 

8,546

Non-controlling interest

 

 

 

 

73

 

(16)

 

 

57

Total Equity

 

8,546

 

7,990

 

2,914

 

9,358

 

4,466

 

(24,671)

 

8,603

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

$

10,396

 

$

29,878

 

$

8,177

 

$

19,507

 

$

28,529

 

$

(55,480)

 

$

41,007

 


(a)    Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

4

 

$

829

 

$

64

 

$

931

 

$

207

 

$

 

$

2,035

Restricted cash

 

 

 

 

9

 

320

 

 

329

Flight equipment held for operating leases, net

 

 

11,012

 

 

1,299

 

19,191

 

 

31,502

Maintenance rights intangible and lease premium, net

 

 

1,190

 

 

52

 

926

 

 

2,168

Flight equipment held for sale

 

 

28

 

 

 

79

 

 

107

Net investment in finance and sales-type leases

 

 

437

 

 

166

 

154

 

 

757

Prepayments on flight equipment

 

 

3,006

 

 

5

 

255

 

 

3,266

Investments including investments in subsidiaries

 

9,310

 

874

 

7,249

 

4,941

 

119

 

(22,374)

 

119

Intercompany receivables

 

106

 

12,639

 

1

 

8,405

 

5,947

 

(27,098)

 

Other assets

 

104

 

538

 

60

 

632

 

171

 

(168)

 

1,337

Total Assets

 

$

9,524

 

$

30,553

 

$

7,374

 

$

16,440

 

$

27,369

 

$

(49,640)

 

$

41,620

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

$

 

$

17,316

 

$

 

$

340

 

$

10,061

 

$

 

$

27,717

Intercompany payables

 

978

 

3,726

 

5,057

 

7,067

 

10,270

 

(27,098)

 

Other liabilities

 

22

 

2,241

 

11

 

448

 

2,767

 

(168)

 

5,321

Total liabilities

 

1,000

 

23,283

 

5,068

 

7,855

 

23,098

 

(27,266)

 

33,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total AerCap Holdings N.V. shareholders’ equity

 

8,524

 

7,270

 

2,306

 

8,509

 

4,289

 

(22,374)

 

8,524

Non-controlling interest

 

 

 

 

76

 

(18)

 

 

58

Total Equity

 

8,524

 

7,270

 

2,306

 

8,585

 

4,271

 

(22,374)

 

8,582

Total Liabilities and Equity

 

$

9,524

 

$

30,553

 

$

7,374

 

$

16,440

 

$

27,369

 

$

(49,640)

 

$

41,620

 


(a)    Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

38



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Income Statement

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Revenues and other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease revenue

 

$

 

$

400

 

$

 

$

55

 

$

746

 

$

 

$

1,201

Net gain on sale of assets

 

 

48

 

 

12

 

4

 

 

64

Other income (loss)

 

1

 

188

 

1

 

159

 

74

 

(414)

 

9

Total Revenues and other income

 

1

 

636

 

1

 

226

 

824

 

(414)

 

1,274

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

150

 

 

22

 

256

 

 

428

Asset impairment

 

 

6

 

 

3

 

37

 

 

46

Interest expense

 

 

186

 

42

 

132

 

275

 

(355)

 

280

Leasing expenses

 

 

66

 

 

6

 

66

 

 

138

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

11

 

26

 

 

35

 

71

 

(59)

 

84

Total Expenses

 

11

 

434

 

42

 

198

 

705

 

(414)

 

976

(Loss) income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

(10)

 

202

 

(41)

 

28

 

119

 

 

298

Provision for income taxes

 

2

 

(25)

 

5

 

(6)

 

(10)

 

 

(34)

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

Net (loss) income before income from subsidiaries

 

(8)

 

177

 

(36)

 

22

 

111

 

 

266

Income (loss) from subsidiaries

 

274

 

39

 

216

 

186

 

(170)

 

(545)

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

266

 

$

216

 

$

180

 

$

208

 

$

(59)

 

$

(545)

 

$

266

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

266

 

$

216

 

$

180

 

$

208

 

$

(59)

 

$

(545)

 

$

266

 


(a)    Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

39



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Income Statement

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Revenues and other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease revenue

 

$

 

$

485

 

$

 

$

54

 

$

641

 

$

 

$

1,180

Net (loss) gain on sale of assets

 

 

(9)

 

 

2

 

29

 

 

22

Other income (loss)

 

2

 

170

 

 

141

 

71

 

(360)

 

24

Total Revenues and other income

 

2

 

646

 

 

197

 

741

 

(360)

 

1,226

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

183

 

 

17

 

240

 

 

440

Asset impairment

 

 

8

 

 

 

7

 

 

15

Interest expense

 

 

194

 

46

 

114

 

241

 

(322)

 

273

Leasing expenses

 

 

46

 

 

8

 

75

 

 

129

Restructuring related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

29

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

(3)

 

24

 

 

16

 

82

 

(38)

 

81

Total Expenses

 

(3)

 

455

 

46

 

155

 

674

 

(360)

 

967

Income (loss) before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

5

 

191

 

(46)

 

42

 

67

 

 

259

Provision for income taxes

 

(1)

 

(24)

 

5

 

(5)

 

(18)

 

 

(43)

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

4

Net income (loss) before income from subsidiaries

 

4

 

167

 

(41)

 

37

 

53

 

 

220

Income (loss) from subsidiaries

 

222

 

88

 

257

 

(35)

 

(165)

 

(367)

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

226

 

$

255

 

$

216

 

$

2

 

$

(112)

 

$

(367)

 

$

220

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

6

Net income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

226

 

$

255

 

$

216

 

$

2

 

$

(106)

 

$

(367)

 

$

226

 


(a)    Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

40



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Condensed Consolidating Income Statement

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust 

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Revenues and other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease revenue

 

$

 

$

1,251

 

$

 

$

149

 

$

2,116

 

$

 

$

3,516

Net gain on sale of assets

 

 

104

 

 

17

 

60

 

 

181

Other income (loss)

 

4

 

508

 

3

 

427

 

272

 

(1,136)

 

78

Total Revenues and other income

 

4

 

1,863

 

3

 

593

 

2,448

 

(1,136)

 

3,775

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

477

 

 

63

 

762

 

 

1,302

Asset impairment

 

 

6

 

 

3

 

42

 

 

51

Interest expense

 

 

529

 

131

 

288

 

861

 

(968)

 

841

Leasing expenses

 

 

200

 

 

21

 

175

 

 

396

Restructuring related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

15

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

41

 

77

 

 

96

 

206

 

(168)

 

252

Total Expenses

 

41

 

1,289

 

131

 

471

 

2,061

 

(1,136)

 

2,857

(Loss) income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

(37)

 

574

 

(128)

 

122

 

387

 

 

918

Provision for income taxes

 

5

 

(72)

 

16

 

(31)

 

(33)

 

 

(115)

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

7

Net (loss) income before income from subsidiaries

 

(32)

 

502

 

(112)

 

91

 

361

 

 

810

Income (loss) from subsidiaries

 

842

 

209

 

711

 

570

 

(602)

 

(1,730)

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

810

 

$

711

 

$

599

 

$

661

 

$

(241)

 

$

(1,730)

 

$

810

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

810

 

$

711

 

$

599

 

$

661

 

$

(241)

 

$

(1,730)

 

$

810

 


(a)           Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

41



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Condensed Consolidating Income Statement

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Revenues and other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease revenue

 

$

 

$

1,542

 

$

 

$

165

 

$

1,940

 

$

 

$

3,647

Net gain on sale of assets

 

 

17

 

 

6

 

57

 

 

80

Other income (loss)

 

4

 

512

 

 

332

 

277

 

(1,068)

 

57

Total Revenues and other income

 

4

 

2,071

 

 

503

 

2,274

 

(1,068)

 

3,784

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

596

 

 

52

 

710

 

 

1,358

Asset impairment

 

 

27

 

 

 

43

 

 

70

Interest expense

 

 

585

 

140

 

305

 

732

 

(923)

 

839

Leasing expenses

 

1

 

230

 

 

13

 

196

 

 

440

Restructuring related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

45

 

 

45

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

44

 

88

 

 

34

 

233

 

(145)

 

254

Total Expenses

 

45

 

1,526

 

140

 

404

 

1,959

 

(1,068)

 

3,006

(Loss) income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

(41)

 

545

 

(140)

 

99

 

315

 

 

778

Provision for income taxes

 

5

 

(68)

 

17

 

(17)

 

(50)

 

 

(113)

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

9

Net (loss) income before income from subsidiaries

 

(36)

 

477

 

(123)

 

82

 

274

 

 

674

Income (loss) from subsidiaries

 

718

 

228

 

707

 

382

 

(564)

 

(1,471)

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

682

 

$

705

 

$

584

 

$

464

 

$

(290)

 

$

(1,471)

 

$

674

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

8

Net income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

682

 

$

705

 

$

584

 

$

464

 

$

(282)

 

$

(1,471)

 

$

682

 


(a)           Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

42



 

AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Net income (loss)

 

$

810

 

$

711

 

$

599

 

$

661

 

$

(241)

 

$

(1,730)

 

$

810

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Income) loss from subsidiaries

 

(842)

 

(209)

 

(711)

 

(570)

 

602

 

1,730

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

477

 

 

63

 

762

 

 

1,302

Asset impairment

 

 

6

 

 

3

 

42

 

 

51

Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount

 

 

10

 

3

 

4

 

33

 

 

50

Amortization of lease premium intangibles

 

 

4

 

 

 

7

 

 

11

Amortization of fair value adjustments on debt

 

 

(152)

 

 

 

(2)

 

 

(154)

Accretion of fair value adjustments on deposits and maintenance liabilities

 

 

12

 

 

1

 

11

 

 

24

Maintenance rights write off

 

 

226

 

 

13

 

166

 

 

405

Maintenance liability release to income

 

 

(70)

 

 

(9)

 

(106)

 

 

(185)

Net gain on sale of assets

 

 

(104)

 

 

(17)

 

(60)

 

 

(181)

Deferred income taxes

 

(5)

 

72

 

(16)

 

31

 

25

 

 

107

Restructuring related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

5

Other

 

47

 

8

 

 

35

 

11

 

 

101

Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital

 

10

 

991

 

(125)

 

215

 

1,255

 

 

2,346

Working capital

 

854

 

241

 

(296)

 

207

 

(936)

 

 

70

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

864

 

1,232

 

(421)

 

422

 

319

 

 

2,416

Purchase of flight equipment

 

 

(745)

 

 

(349)

 

(1,174)

 

 

(2,268)

Proceeds from sale or disposal of assets

 

 

602

 

 

89

 

510

 

 

1,201

Prepayments on flight equipment

 

 

(689)

 

 

 

(254)

 

 

(943)

Collections of finance and sales-type leases

 

 

36

 

 

24

 

9

 

 

69

Movement in restricted cash

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

(2)

 

 

(3)

Other

 

 

(36)

 

 

 

 

 

(36)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(832)

 

 

(237)

 

(911)

 

 

(1,980)

Issuance of debt

 

 

1,619

 

400

 

 

1,924

 

 

3,943

Repayment of debt

 

 

(2,400)

 

 

(317)

 

(1,503)

 

 

(4,220)

Debt issuance costs paid

 

 

(18)

 

(13)

 

(2)

 

(24)

 

 

(57)

Maintenance payments received

 

 

188

 

 

45

 

338

 

 

571

Maintenance payments returned

 

 

(153)

 

 

(33)

 

(189)

 

 

(375)

Security deposits received

 

 

41

 

 

44

 

32

 

 

117

Security deposits returned

 

 

(49)

 

 

(11)

 

(72)

 

 

(132)

Repurchase of shares and tax withholdings on share-based compensation

 

(864)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(864)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

(864)

 

(772)

 

387

 

(274)

 

506

 

 

(1,017)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(372)

 

(34)

 

(89)

 

(86)

 

 

(581)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

4

 

829

 

64

 

931

 

207

 

 

2,035

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

4

 

$

457

 

$

30

 

$

842

 

$

121

 

$

 

$

1,454

 


(a)           Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Net income (loss)

 

$

682

 

$

705

 

$

584

 

$

464

 

$

(290)

 

$

(1,471)

 

$

674

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Income) loss from subsidiaries

 

(718)

 

(228)

 

(707)

 

(382)

 

564

 

1,471

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

596

 

 

52

 

710

 

 

1,358

Asset impairment

 

 

27

 

 

 

43

 

 

70

Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount

 

 

9

 

3

 

4

 

26

 

 

42

Amortization of lease premium intangibles

 

 

5

 

 

 

10

 

 

15

Amortization of fair value adjustments on debt

 

 

(261)

 

 

 

(5)

 

 

(266)

Accretion of fair value adjustments on deposits and maintenance liabilities

 

 

21

 

 

1

 

18

 

 

40

Maintenance rights write off

 

 

309

 

 

17

 

158

 

 

484

Maintenance liability release to income

 

 

(144)

 

 

(21)

 

(144)

 

 

(309)

Net gain on sale of assets

 

 

(17)

 

 

(6)

 

(57)

 

 

(80)

Deferred income taxes

 

(5)

 

68

 

(15)

 

15

 

45

 

 

108

Restructuring related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

34

 

 

34

Other

 

47

 

12

 

 

(11)

 

62

 

 

110

Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital

 

6

 

1,102

 

(135)

 

133

 

1,174

 

 

2,280

Working capital

 

782

 

757

 

167

 

(292)

 

(1,248)

 

 

166

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

788

 

1,859

 

32

 

(159)

 

(74)

 

 

2,446

Purchase of flight equipment

 

 

(255)

 

 

(132)

 

(1,427)

 

 

(1,814)

Proceeds from sale or disposal of assets

 

 

778

 

 

125

 

925

 

 

1,828

Prepayments on flight equipment

 

 

(593)

 

 

(9)

 

 

 

(602)

Collections of finance and sales-type leases

 

 

21

 

 

14

 

15

 

 

50

Movement in restricted cash

 

 

 

 

6

 

(12)

 

 

(6)

Other

 

 

 

 

(13)

 

 

 

(13)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(49)

 

 

(9)

 

(499)

 

 

(557)

Issuance of debt

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

2,036

 

 

3,036

Repayment of debt

 

 

(2,825)

 

 

(7)

 

(1,601)

 

 

(4,433)

Debt issuance costs paid

 

 

(9)

 

 

(1)

 

(18)

 

 

(28)

Maintenance payments received

 

 

229

 

 

27

 

354

 

 

610

Maintenance payments returned

 

 

(186)

 

 

(28)

 

(176)

 

 

(390)

Security deposits received

 

 

49

 

 

25

 

43

 

 

117

Security deposits returned

 

 

(75)

 

 

(10)

 

(102)

 

 

(187)

Dividend paid to non-controlling interest holders

 

 

 

 

 

(11)

 

 

(11)

Repurchase of shares and tax withholdings on share-based compensation

 

(779)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(779)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

(779)

 

(1,817)

 

 

6

 

525

 

 

(2,065)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

9

 

(7)

 

32

 

(162)

 

(48)

 

 

(176)

Effect of exchange rate changes

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

14

 

769

 

62

 

1,366

 

192

 

 

2,403

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

23

 

$

762

 

$

94

 

$

1,204

 

$

145

 

$

 

$

2,228

 


(a)           Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Net income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

266

 

$

216

 

$

180

 

$

208

 

$

(59)

 

$

(545)

 

$

266

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

Total other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

266

 

$

216

 

$

180

 

$

211

 

$

(59)

 

$

(545)

 

$

269

 


(a)           Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Net income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

226

 

$

255

 

$

216

 

$

2

 

$

(106)

 

$

(367)

 

$

226

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Total other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

226

 

$

255

 

$

216

 

$

2

 

$

(105)

 

$

(367)

 

$

227

 


(a)           Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Net income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

810

 

$

711

 

$

599

 

$

661

 

$

(241)

 

$

(1,730)

 

$

810

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Total other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

810

 

$

711

 

$

599

 

$

662

 

$

(241)

 

$

(1,730)

 

$

811

 


(a)           Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

AerCap
Holdings
N.V.

 

AerCap
Global
Aviation
Trust

 

AerCap
Ireland
Capital
Designated
Activity
Company

 

Guarantors
(a)

 

Non-
Guarantors

 

Eliminations

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Net income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

682

 

$

705

 

$

584

 

$

464

 

$

(282)

 

$

(1,471)

 

$

682

Other comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

Total other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

682

 

$

705

 

$

584

 

$

464

 

$

(285)

 

$

(1,471)

 

$

679

 


(a)           Guarantors consist of AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Ltd. and ILFC.

 

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AerCap Holdings N.V. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

(U.S. Dollars in thousands or as otherwise stated, except share and per share data)

 

25. Subsequent events

 

In October 2017, our Board of Directors approved another share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $200 million of AerCap ordinary shares through March 31, 2018. Repurchases under the program may be made through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws. The timing of repurchases and the exact number of common shares to be purchased will be determined by the Company's management, in its discretion, and will depend upon market conditions and other factors. The program will be funded using the Company's cash on hand and cash generated from operations. The program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

 

In October 2017, Monarch Airlines ceased trading and as a result, we terminated our lease agreements with them and at the same time repossessed seven Airbus A320 Family aircraft and one engine. As of October 31, 2017, five aircraft and the one engine were either under commitments for re-lease or designated for sale. In addition, we terminated the purchase and leaseback agreement with Monarch Airlines with respect to five Boeing 737MAX aircraft.

 

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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

You should read this discussion in conjunction with our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes included in this Interim Report. Our financial statements are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and are presented in U.S. dollars. Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout this document may not add up precisely to the totals provided and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures.

 

Special note about forward looking statements

 

This report includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We have based these forward looking statements largely on our current beliefs and projections about future events and financial trends affecting our business. Many important factors, in addition to those discussed in this report, could cause our actual results to differ substantially from those anticipated in our forward looking statements, including, among other things:

 

·                  the availability of capital to us and to our customers and changes in interest rates;

 

·                  the ability of our lessees and potential lessees to make operating lease payments to us;

 

·                  our ability to successfully negotiate aircraft purchases, sales and leases, to collect outstanding amounts due and to repossess aircraft under defaulted leases, and to control costs and expenses;

 

·                  changes in the overall demand for commercial aircraft leasing and aircraft management services;

 

·                  the effects of terrorist attacks on the aviation industry and on our operations;

 

·                  the economic condition of the global airline and cargo industry and economic and political conditions;

 

·                  developments of increased government regulation, including regulation of trade and the imposition of import and export controls, tariffs and other trade barriers;

 

·                  competitive pressures within the industry;

 

·                  the negotiation of aircraft management services contracts;

 

·                  regulatory changes affecting commercial aircraft operators, aircraft maintenance, engine standards, accounting standards and taxes; and

 

·                  the risks set forth or referred to in “Part II. Other Information—Item 1A. Risk Factors” included below.

 

The words “believe”, “may”, “will”, “aim”, “estimate”, “continue”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “expect” and similar words are intended to identify forward looking statements. Forward looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities, the effects of future regulation and the effects of competition. Forward looking statements speak only as of the date they were made and we undertake no obligation to update publicly or to revise any forward looking statements because of new information, future events or other factors. In light of the risks and uncertainties described above, the forward looking events and circumstances described in this report might not occur and are not guarantees of future performance.

 

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Aircraft portfolio

 

We are the world’s largest independent aircraft leasing company. We focus on acquiring in-demand aircraft at attractive prices, funding them efficiently, hedging interest rate risk conservatively and using our platform to deploy these assets with the objective of delivering superior risk adjusted returns. We believe that by applying our expertise, we will be able to identify and execute on a broad range of market opportunities that we expect will generate attractive returns for our shareholders. We are an independent aircraft lessor, and, as such, we are not affiliated with any airframe or engine manufacturer. This independence provides us with purchasing flexibility to acquire aircraft or engine models regardless of the manufacturer.

 

As of September 30, 2017, we owned 982 aircraft, we managed 82 aircraft, and AerDragon, a non-consolidated joint venture, owned another 29 aircraft. As of September 30, 2017, we also had 413 new aircraft on order. As of September 30, 2017, the weighted average age of our 982 owned aircraft fleet, weighted by net book value, was 7.1 years, and as of September 30, 2016, the weighted average age of our 1,040 owned aircraft fleet, weighted by net book value, was 7.6 years. We operate our aircraft business on a global basis. As of September 30, 2017, 967 of our 982 owned aircraft were on lease to 177 customers in 74 countries and 15 aircraft were off-lease. As of September 30, 2017, none of these off-lease aircraft met the criteria for being classified as held for sale. As of October 27, 2017, 14 of the off-lease aircraft were re-leased or under commitments for re-lease and one aircraft was designated for sale or part-out.

 

The following table presents our aircraft portfolio by type of aircraft as of September 30, 2017:

 

Aircraft type

 

Number of
owned
aircraft

 

Percentage of
total
net book value

 

Number of
managed and
AerDragon
aircraft

 

Number of on
order aircraft

 

Total owned,
managed and on
order aircraft

Airbus A320 Family

 

382

 

23%

 

50

 

 

432

Airbus A320neo Family

 

33

 

5%

 

 

187

 

220

Airbus A330

 

84

 

11%

 

10

 

 

94

Airbus A350

 

13

 

6%

 

 

13

 

26

Boeing 737NG

 

282

 

23%

 

42

 

 

324

Boeing 737MAX

 

 

 

 

104

 

104

Boeing 767

 

34

 

1%

 

 

 

34

Boeing 777-200ER

 

25

 

3%

 

3

 

 

28

Boeing 777-300/300ER

 

30

 

6%

 

2

 

 

32

Boeing 787

 

57

 

21%

 

 

59

 

116

Embraer E190/195-E2

 

 

 

 

50

 

50

Other

 

42

 

1%

 

4

 

 

46

Total

 

982

 

100%

 

111

 

413

 

1,506

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we had the following activity related to flight equipment:

 

 

 

Held for
operating
leases

 

Net investment in
finance and sales-
type leases

 

Held for
sale

 

Total
owned
aircraft

 

Number of owned aircraft at beginning of period

 

966

 

50

 

6

 

1,022

 

Aircraft purchases

 

33

 

 

 

33

 

Aircraft reclassified to held for sale

 

(48)

 

(1)

 

49

 

 

Aircraft reclassified from held for sale

 

3

 

 

(3)

 

 

Aircraft sold or designated for part-out

 

(32)

 

(1)

 

(40)

 

(73)

 (a)

Aircraft reclassified to net investment in finance and sales-type leases

 

(17)

 

17

 

 

 

Number of owned aircraft at end of period

 

905

 

65

 

12

 

982

 

 


(a)         Includes one aircraft that was reclassified to inventory, for which we will consume the parts internally.

 

Critical accounting policies

 

There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting policies from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017, except for the additions and updates as described in “Part I. Financial Information—Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)—Note 3—Summary of significant accounting policies”.

 

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Comparative results of operations

 

Results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)

Revenues and other income

 

 

 

 

Lease revenue

 

$

1,201,441

 

$

1,179,849

Net gain on sale of assets

 

63,715

 

22,397

Other income

 

8,752

 

23,814

Total Revenues and other income

 

1,273,908

 

1,226,060

Expenses

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

428,327

 

439,905

Asset impairment

 

45,603

 

15,077

Interest expense

 

280,195

 

273,905

Leasing expenses

 

137,834

 

128,675

Restructuring related expenses

 

 

28,976

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

83,920

 

80,750

Total Expenses

 

975,879

 

967,288

Income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

298,029

 

258,772

Provision for income taxes

 

(34,158)

 

(42,711)

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

2,232

 

4,317

Net income

 

$

266,103

 

$

220,378

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

 

(256)

 

5,249

Net income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

265,847

 

$

225,627

 

Revenues and other income. The principal categories of our revenues and other income and their variances were as follows for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Increase/

 

Percentage

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

(Decrease)

 

Difference

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Lease revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic lease rents

 

$

1,038.4

 

$

1,088.0

 

$

(49.6)

 

(5)%

Maintenance rents and other receipts

 

163.0

 

91.9

 

71.1

 

77%

Net gain on sale of assets

 

63.7

 

22.4

 

41.3

 

184%

Other income

 

8.8

 

23.8

 

(15.0)

 

(63)%

Total revenues and other income

 

$

1,273.9

 

$

1,226.1

 

$

47.8

 

4%

 

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Basic lease rents.  Basic lease rents decreased by $49.6 million, or 5%, to $1,038.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $1,088.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease in basic lease rents recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016 was attributable to:

 

·                  the sale of 145 aircraft between July 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017 with an aggregate net book value of $2.5 billion on their sale dates, resulting in a decrease in basic lease rents of $76.1 million; and

 

·                  a decrease in basic lease rents of $70.9 million primarily due to re-leases and extensions at lower rates, which include the extension of leases prior to their contracted redelivery dates. The accounting for these extensions requires the remaining rental payments to be recorded on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the original lease plus the extension period. This results in a decrease in basic lease rents during the remaining term of the original lease that will be offset by an increase in basic lease rents during the extension period. In addition, the contracted lease rates of extensions or re-leases of an aircraft tend to be lower than their previous lease rates as the aircraft are older, and older aircraft have lower lease rates than newer aircraft,

 

partially offset by

 

·                  the acquisition of 59 aircraft between July 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017 with an aggregate net book value of $5.3 billion on their acquisition dates, resulting in an increase in basic lease rents of $97.4 million.

 

Maintenance rents and other receipts.  Maintenance rents and other receipts increased by $71.1 million, or 77%, to $163.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $91.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase in maintenance rents and other receipts recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016 was attributable to:

 

·                  an increase of $45.9 million in regular maintenance rents, primarily due to higher EOL compensation received, during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016; and

 

·                  an increase of $25.2 million in maintenance revenue and other receipts from early terminations and restructurings during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Net gain on sale of assets.  Net gain on sale of assets increased by $41.3 million, or 184%, to $63.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $22.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we sold 27 aircraft and reclassified eight aircraft to net investment in finance and sales-type leases, whereas during the three months ended September 30, 2016, we sold 36 aircraft and reclassified four aircraft to net investment in finance and sales-type leases. Net gain on sale of assets is impacted by the timing and composition of asset sales.

 

Other income.  Other income decreased by $15.0 million, or 63%, to $8.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $23.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, other income included insurance proceeds, partially offset by charges related to the downsizing of AeroTurbine.

 

Depreciation and amortization.  Depreciation and amortization decreased by $11.6 million, or 3%, to $428.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $439.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction in the size of our portfolio due to aircraft sales.

 

Asset impairment.  We recognized aggregate impairment charges of $45.6 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to $15.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized impairment charges of $45.6 million on eight aircraft and one engine. We recognized impairment charges of $36.3 million related to lease terminations for three aircraft and one engine. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation. We also recognized impairment charges of $9.3 million related to five aircraft that were part of sale transactions. These impairments were largely offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized impairment charges of $11.4 million related to lease terminations and amendments of lease agreements for four aircraft. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation upon lease termination or amendment. In addition, during the three months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized impairment charges of $3.7 million for seven aircraft that were part of portfolio sale transactions and were classified as flight equipment held for sale.

 

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Interest expense.  Our interest expense increased by $6.3 million, or 2%, to $280.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $273.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase in interest expense was primarily attributable to:

 

·                  an increase in our average cost of debt to 4.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to 3.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2016. Our average cost of debt excludes the effect of mark-to-market movements on our interest rate caps and swaps. The increase in our average cost of debt was primarily due to the issuance of new longer-term bonds to replace shorter-term ILFC notes, which had lower reported interest expense as a result of the application of the acquisition method of accounting to the debt assumed as part of the ILFC acquisition. The increase in our average cost of debt resulted in a $17.4 million increase in our interest expense; and

 

·                  a $0.4 million increase in non-cash mark-to-market losses on derivatives to $2.0 million recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $1.6 million recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2016,

 

partially offset by

 

·                  a decrease in our average outstanding debt balance by $1.2 billion to $27.8 billion during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $29.0 billion during the three months ended September 30, 2016, primarily due to regular debt repayments, resulting in an $11.5 million decrease in our interest expense.

 

Leasing expenses.  Our leasing expenses increased by $9.1 million, or 7%, to $137.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $128.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The increase was primarily due to $37.5 million of higher maintenance rights expense, partially offset by $28.2 million of lower regular aircraft transition costs, lessor maintenance contributions and other leasing expenses and $0.2 million of lower expenses relating to airline defaults and restructurings during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Restructuring related expenses.  Our restructuring related expenses decreased by $29.0 million, or 100%, to nil during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $29.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. Our restructuring related expenses were related to the AeroTurbine downsizing (refer to “Part I. Financial Information—Item 1. Note 18—AeroTurbine restructuring”).

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses.  Our selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $3.1 million, or 4%, to $83.9 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $80.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method.  For the reasons explained above, our income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method increased by $39.2 million, or 15%, to $298.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $258.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Provision for income taxes.  Our provision for income taxes decreased by $8.5 million, or 20%, to $34.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $42.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. Our effective tax rate for the full year 2017 is expected to be 12.5% as compared to the effective tax rate of 14.5% for the full year 2016. It is impacted by the source and amount of earnings among our different tax jurisdictions. The higher effective tax rate in 2016 included a valuation allowance related to the AeroTurbine losses. Our effective tax rate was 11.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to 16.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2016. Our effective tax rate in any period can be impacted by revisions to the estimated full year rate.

 

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method.  Our equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method was $2.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to $4.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Net income.  For the reasons explained above, our net income increased by $45.7 million, or 21%, to $266.1 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $220.4 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest.  Net income attributable to non-controlling interest was $0.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to a net loss of $5.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Net income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.  For the reasons explained above, net income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V. increased by $40.2 million, or 18%, to $265.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017 from $225.6 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

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Results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in thousands)

Revenues and other income

 

 

 

 

Lease revenue

 

$

3,515,965

 

$

3,646,751

Net gain on sale of assets

 

180,568

 

79,841

Other income

 

77,951

 

56,982

Total Revenues and other income

 

3,774,484

 

3,783,574

Expenses

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1,301,873

 

1,357,803

Asset impairment

 

50,903

 

70,179

Interest expense

 

840,891

 

839,182

Leasing expenses

 

396,588

 

439,224

Restructuring related expenses

 

14,605

 

45,117

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

252,035

 

254,244

Total Expenses

 

2,856,895

 

3,005,749

Income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

917,589

 

777,825

Provision for income taxes

 

(114,699)

 

(112,784)

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method

 

7,319

 

9,060

Net income

 

$

810,209

 

$

674,101

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest

 

(309)

 

7,879

Net income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.

 

$

809,900

 

$

681,980

 

Revenues and other income. The principal categories of our revenues and other income and their variances were as follows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Increase/

 

Percentage

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

(Decrease)

 

Difference

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Lease revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic lease rents

 

$

3,159.0

 

$

3,333.6

 

$

(174.6)

 

(5)%

Maintenance rents and other receipts

 

357.0

 

313.2

 

43.8

 

14%

Net gain on sale of assets

 

180.6

 

79.8

 

100.8

 

126%

Other income

 

78.0

 

57.0

 

21.0

 

37%

Total revenues and other income

 

$

3,774.6

 

$

3,783.6

 

$

(9.0)

 

0%

 

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Basic lease rents.  Basic lease rents decreased by $174.6 million, or 5%, to $3,159.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $3,333.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease in basic lease rents recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was attributable to:

 

·                  the sale of 195 aircraft between January 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017 with an aggregate net book value of $3.3 billion on their sale dates, resulting in a decrease in basic lease rents of $262.3 million; and

 

·                  a decrease in basic lease rents of $193.0 million primarily due to re-leases and extensions at lower rates, which include the extension of leases prior to their contracted redelivery dates. The accounting for these extensions requires the remaining rental payments to be recorded on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the original lease plus the extension period. This results in a decrease in basic lease rents during the remaining term of the original lease that will be offset by an increase in basic lease rents during the extension period. In addition, the contracted lease rates of extensions or re-leases of an aircraft tend to be lower than their previous lease rates as the aircraft are older, and older aircraft have lower lease rates than newer aircraft,

 

partially offset by

 

·                  the acquisition of 70 aircraft between January 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017 with an aggregate net book value of $6.8 billion on their acquisition dates, resulting in an increase in basic lease rents of $280.7 million.

 

Maintenance rents and other receipts.  Maintenance rents and other receipts increased by $43.8 million, or 14%, to $357.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $313.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The increase in maintenance rents and other receipts recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was attributable to:

 

·                  an increase of $75.6 million in regular maintenance rents, primarily due to higher EOL compensation received, during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016,

 

partially offset by

 

·                  a decrease of $31.8 million in maintenance revenue and other receipts from early terminations and restructurings during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Net gain on sale of assets.  Net gain on sale of assets increased by $100.8 million, or 126%, to $180.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $79.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we sold 72 aircraft and reclassified 17 aircraft to net investment in finance and sales-type leases, whereas during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we sold 87 aircraft and reclassified 16 aircraft to net investment in finance and sales-type leases. Net gain on sale of assets is impacted by the timing and composition of asset sales.

 

Other income.  Other income increased by $21.0 million, or 37%, to $78.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $57.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The increase was primarily related to higher income from a lease termination agreement with a lessee.

 

Depreciation and amortization.  Depreciation and amortization decreased by $55.9 million, or 4%, to $1,301.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $1,357.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction in the size of our portfolio due to aircraft sales.

 

Asset impairment.  We recognized aggregate impairment charges of $50.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to $70.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recognized impairment charges of $50.9 million on ten aircraft and one engine. We recognized impairment charges of $36.3 million related to lease terminations for three aircraft and one engine. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation. We also recognized impairment charges of $14.6 million related to seven aircraft that were part of sale transactions. These impairments were largely offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized impairment charges of $56.0 million related to lease terminations and amendments of lease agreements for 23 aircraft. These impairments were more than offset by lease revenue that we recognized when we retained maintenance related balances or received EOL compensation upon lease termination or amendment. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized impairment charges of $14.2 million for ten aircraft that were part of portfolio sale transactions and were classified as flight equipment held for sale.

 

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Interest expense.  Our interest expense increased by $1.7 million, or 0.2%, to $840.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $839.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The increase in interest expense was primarily attributable to:

 

·                  an increase in our average cost of debt to 3.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to 3.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our average cost of debt excludes the effect of mark-to-market movements on our interest rate caps and swaps. The increase in our average cost of debt was primarily due to the issuance of new longer-term bonds to replace shorter-term ILFC notes, which had lower reported interest expense as a result of the application of the acquisition method of accounting to the debt assumed as part of the ILFC acquisition. The increase in our average cost of debt resulted in a $49.7 million increase in our interest expense,

 

partially offset by

 

·                  a decrease in our average outstanding debt balance by $1.6 billion to $27.9 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $29.5 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, primarily due to regular debt repayments, resulting in a $45.4 million decrease in our interest expense; and

 

·                  a $2.6 million decrease in non-cash mark-to-market losses on derivatives to $17.6 million recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $20.2 million recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Leasing expenses.  Our leasing expenses decreased by $42.6 million, or 10%, to $396.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $439.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to $21.0 million of lower expenses relating to airline defaults and restructurings, $14.8 million of lower maintenance rights expense and $6.8 million of lower regular aircraft transition costs, lessor maintenance contributions and other leasing expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Restructuring related expenses.  Our restructuring related expenses decreased by $30.5 million, or 68%, to $14.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $45.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our restructuring related expenses were related to the AeroTurbine downsizing (refer to “Part I. Financial Information—Item 1. Note 18—AeroTurbine restructuring”).

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses.  Our selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $2.2 million, or 1%, to $252.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $254.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method.  For the reasons explained above, our income before income taxes and income of investments accounted for under the equity method increased by $139.8 million, or 18%, to $917.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $777.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Provision for income taxes.  Our provision for income taxes increased by $1.9 million, or 2%, to $114.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $112.8 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our effective tax rate for the full year 2017 is expected to be 12.5% as compared to the effective tax rate of 14.5% for the full year 2016. It is impacted by the source and amount of earnings among our different tax jurisdictions. The higher effective tax rate in 2016 included a valuation allowance related to the AeroTurbine losses. Our effective tax rate was 12.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to 14.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Our effective tax rate in any period can be impacted by revisions to the estimated full year rate.

 

Equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method.  Our equity in net earnings of investments accounted for under the equity method was $7.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to $9.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Net income.  For the reasons explained above, our net income increased by $136.1 million, or 20%, to $810.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $674.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest.  Net income attributable to non-controlling interest was $0.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to a net loss of $7.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

Net income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V.  For the reasons explained above, net income attributable to AerCap Holdings N.V. increased by $127.9 million, or 19%, to $809.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 from $682.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

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Liquidity and capital resources

 

The following table presents our consolidated cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

2,415.9

 

$

2,446.0

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(1,980.4)

 

(556.6)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(1,016.4)

 

(2,065.1)

 

Cash flows provided by operating activities.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, our cash provided by operating activities of $2,415.9 million was the result of net income of $810.2 million, non-cash and other adjustments to net income of $1,536.5 million and an increase in the net change in operating assets and liabilities of $69.2 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, our cash provided by operating activities of $2,446.0 million was the result of net income of $674.1 million, non-cash and other adjustments to net income of $1,606.5 million and an increase in the net change in operating assets and liabilities of $165.4 million.

 

Cash flows used in investing activities.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, our cash used in investing activities of $1,980.4 million primarily consisted of cash used for the purchase of aircraft of $3,246.9 million and an increase in our restricted cash of $2.8 million, partially offset by cash provided by asset sales proceeds of $1,200.7 million and collections of finance and sales-type leases of $68.6 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, our cash used in investing activities of $556.6 million primarily consisted of cash used for the purchase of aircraft and other fixed assets of $2,429.1 million and an increase in our restricted cash of $5.6 million, partially offset by cash provided by asset sales proceeds of $1,828.1 million and collections of finance and sales-type leases of $50.0 million.

 

Cash flows used in financing activities.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, our cash used in financing activities of $1,016.4 million primarily consisted of cash used for the payment of dividends to our non-controlling interest holders of $0.3 million, cash used for the repurchase of shares and payments of tax withholdings on share-based compensation of $863.9 million and cash used for debt repayments, debt issuance costs and other cash outflows, net of new financing proceeds of $333.8 million, partially offset by cash provided by net receipts of maintenance and security deposits of $181.6 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, our cash used in financing activities of $2,065.1 million primarily consisted of cash used for the payment of dividends to our non-controlling interest holders of $10.5 million and cash used for the repurchase of shares and repayments of tax withholdings on share-based compensation of $778.9 million. In addition, cash was used for debt repayments and debt issuance costs, net of new financing proceeds of $1,425.7 million, partially offset by cash provided by net receipts of maintenance and security deposits of $150.0 million.

 

Aircraft leasing is a capital-intensive business and we have significant capital requirements, including making pre-delivery payments and paying the balance of the purchase price for aircraft on delivery. As of September 30, 2017, we had 413 new aircraft on order, including 187 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, 104 Boeing 737MAX aircraft, 59 Boeing 787 aircraft, 50 Embraer E-Jets E2 aircraft, and 13 Airbus A350 aircraft. As a result, we will need to raise additional funds to satisfy these requirements, which we expect to do through a combination of accessing committed debt facilities and securing additional financing, if needed, from capital market transactions or other sources of capital. If other sources of capital are not available to us, we may need to raise additional funds through selling aircraft or other aircraft investments, including participations in our joint ventures.

 

Our existing sources of liquidity of $12.1 billion as of September 30, 2017, were sufficient to operate our business and cover at least 1.2x of our debt maturities and contracted capital requirements for the next 12 months. Our sources of liquidity for the next 12 months include undrawn lines of credit, unrestricted cash, estimated operating cash flows, cash flows from contracted asset sales and other sources of funding.

 

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In order to satisfy our contractual purchase obligations, we expect to source new debt finance for our capital expenditures through access to capital markets, including the unsecured and secured bond markets, the commercial bank market, export credit and the asset-backed securities market.

 

In the longer term, we expect to fund the growth of our business, including acquiring aircraft, through internally generated cash flows, the incurrence of new bank debt, the refinancing of existing bank debt and other capital raising initiatives.

 

Our cash balance as of September 30, 2017 was $1.8 billion, including unrestricted cash of $1.5 billion. As of September 30, 2017, we had approximately $6.5 billion of undrawn lines of credit available under our credit and term loan facilities. Our total available liquidity, including undrawn lines of credit, unrestricted cash, cash flows from contracted asset sales and other sources of funding, was $8.9 billion as of September 30, 2017. Including estimated operating cash flows for the next 12 months, our total sources of liquidity were $12.1 billion as of September 30, 2017. As of September 30, 2017, the principal amount of our outstanding indebtedness, which excludes fair value adjustments of $0.4 billion and debt issuance costs and debt discounts of $0.2 billion, totaled $27.1 billion and primarily consisted of senior unsecured, subordinated and senior secured notes, export credit facilities, commercial bank debt, revolving credit debt, securitization debt and capital lease structures.

 

Our debt, including fair value adjustments of $0.4 billion and net of debt issuance costs and debt discounts of $0.2 billion, was $27.3 billion as of September 30, 2017 and our average cost of debt, excluding the effect of mark-to-market movements on our interest rate caps and swaps, was 3.9% during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Our adjusted debt to equity ratio was 2.7 to 1 as of September 30, 2017. Please refer to “Part I. Financial Information—Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Non-GAAP measures” for reconciliations of adjusted debt and adjusted equity to the most closely related U.S. GAAP measures as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

Contractual obligations

 

Our contractual obligations consist of principal and interest payments on debt (excluding fair value adjustments, debt issuance costs and debt discounts), executed purchase agreements to purchase aircraft and rent payments pursuant to our office and facility leases. We intend to fund our contractual obligations through unrestricted cash, lines-of-credit and other borrowings, operating cash flows and cash flows from asset sales. We believe that our sources of liquidity will be sufficient to meet our contractual obligations.

 

The following table provides details regarding our contractual obligations, excluding purchase obligations, and their payment dates as of September 30, 2017:

 

Contractual obligations excluding
purchase obligations

 

2017 -
remaining

 

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

Thereafter

 

Total

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Unsecured debt facilities

 

$

 

$

770.0

 

$

3,099.9

 

$

2,650.0

 

$

2,800.0

 

$

4,500.0

 

$

13,819.9

Secured debt facilities

 

262.3

 

2,374.5

 

975.4

 

1,291.8

 

857.5

 

5,948.3

 

11,709.8

Subordinated debt facilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,555.8

 

1,555.8

Estimated interest payments (a)

 

347.8

 

1,179.6

 

956.9

 

837.7

 

606.0

 

3,341.9

 

7,269.9

Operating leases (b)

 

3.0

 

11.0

 

8.6

 

8.5

 

8.6

 

61.0

 

100.7

 


(a)   Estimated interest payments for floating rate debt are based on rates as of September 30, 2017. Estimated interest payments include the estimated impact of our interest rate swap agreements.

(b)   Represents contractual payments on our office and facility leases.

 

A summary of our purchase obligations as of December 31, 2016 can be found in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we purchased 33 aircraft under the existing commitments. In June 2017, we signed an agreement with Boeing for an order of 30 Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The order has a total value of approximately $8.1 billion based on the current list price; however, we will receive significant concessions from Boeing which will lower the purchase price of each aircraft. Upon entering into a definitive agreement, we made an initial payment to Boeing, and expect no other payments during the remainder of 2017. We expect to make payments of approximately $0.5 billion during 2018 based on the current delivery schedule. As of September 30, 2017, we had commitments to purchase 413 new aircraft for delivery through 2024.

 

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Off-balance sheet arrangements

 

We have interests in variable interest entities, some of which are not consolidated into our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Please refer to “Part I. Financial Information—Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)—Note 20—Variable interest entities” for a detailed description of these interests and our other off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Non-GAAP measures

 

The following are definitions of our non-GAAP measures and a reconciliation of such measures to the most closely related U.S. GAAP measures for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

 

Net interest margin or net spread

 

This measure is the difference between basic lease rents and interest expense, excluding the impact of the mark-to-market of interest rate caps and swaps. We believe this measure may further assist investors in their understanding of the changes and trends related to the earnings of our leasing activities. This measure reflects the impact from changes in the number of aircraft leased, lease rates and utilization rates, as well as the impact from changes in the amount of debt and interest rates.

 

The following is a reconciliation of basic lease rents to net spread for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Percentage

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

Difference

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Basic lease rents

 

$

3,159.0

 

$

3,333.6

 

(5)%

Interest expense

 

840.9

 

839.2

 

0%

Adjusted for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark-to-market of interest rate caps and swaps

 

(17.6)

 

(20.2)

 

(13)%

Adjusted interest expense

 

823.3

 

819.0

 

1%

Net interest margin, or net spread

 

$

2,335.7

 

$

2,514.6

 

(7)%

 

Adjusted debt to equity ratio

 

This measure is the ratio obtained by dividing adjusted debt by adjusted equity. Adjusted debt means consolidated total debt less cash and cash equivalents, and less a 50% equity credit with respect to certain long-term subordinated debt. Adjusted equity means total equity, plus the 50% equity credit relating to the long-term subordinated debt. Adjusted debt and adjusted equity are adjusted by the 50% equity credit to reflect the equity nature of those financing arrangements and to provide information that is consistent with definitions under certain of our debt covenants. We believe this measure may further assist investors in their understanding of our capital structure and leverage.

 

The following is a reconciliation of debt to adjusted debt and equity to adjusted equity as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions,
except debt/equity ratio)

Debt

 

$

27,287.6

 

$

27,717.0

Adjusted for:

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

(1,454.2)

 

(2,035.4)

50% credit for long-term subordinated debt

 

(750.0)

 

(750.0)

Adjusted debt

 

$

25,083.4

 

$

24,931.6

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

$

8,602.6

 

$

8,582.3

Adjusted for:

 

 

 

 

50% credit for long-term subordinated debt

 

750.0

 

750.0

Adjusted equity

 

$

9,352.6

 

$

9,332.3

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted debt/equity ratio

 

2.7 to 1

 

2.7 to 1

 

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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Our primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk associated with short- and long-term borrowings bearing variable interest rates and lease payments under leases tied to floating interest rates. To manage this interest rate exposure, from time to time, we enter into interest rate swap and cap agreements. We are also exposed to foreign currency risk, which can adversely affect our operating profits. To manage this risk, from time to time, we enter into forward exchange contracts.

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with “Part I. Financial Information—Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)—Note 9—Derivative assets and liabilities”, “Part I. Financial Information—Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)—Note 12—Debt” and our audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017, which provides further information on our debt and derivative financial instruments.

 

Interest rate risk

 

Interest rate risk is the exposure to changes in the level of interest rates and the spread between different interest rates. Interest rate risk is highly sensitive to many factors, including government monetary policies, global economic factors and other factors beyond our control.

 

We enter into leases with rents that are based on fixed and variable interest rates, and we fund our operations primarily with a mixture of fixed and floating rate debt. Interest rate exposure arises when there is a mismatch between terms of the associated debt and interest earning assets, primarily between floating rate debt and fixed rate leases. We manage this exposure primarily through the use of interest rate caps, interest rate swaps and interest rate floors using a cash flow-based risk management model. This model takes the expected cash flows generated by our assets and liabilities and then calculates by how much the value of these cash flows will change for a given movement in interest rates.

 

The following tables present the average notional amounts and weighted average interest rates which are contracted for the specified year for our derivative financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates, including our interest rate caps and swaps, as of September 30, 2017. Notional amounts are used to calculate the contractual payments to be exchanged under the contract. Under our interest rate caps, we will receive the excess, if any, of LIBOR, reset monthly or quarterly on an actual/360 adjusted basis, over the strike rate of the relevant cap. For our interest rate swaps, pay rates are based on the fixed rate which we are contracted to pay to our swap counterparty.

 

 

 

2017 - remaining

 

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

Thereafter

 

Fair value

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Interest rate caps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average notional amounts

 

$

3,118.7

 

$

2,687.9

 

$

2,057.4

 

$

1,536.5

 

$

1,135.5

 

$

330.2

 

$

20.1

Weighted average strike rate

 

2.2%

 

2.3%

 

2.2%

 

2.2%

 

2.3%

 

2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

2017 - remaining

 

2018

 

2019

 

2020

 

2021

 

Thereafter

 

Fair value

 

 

(U.S. Dollars in millions)

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average notional amounts

 

$

1,766.6

 

$

1,873.0

 

$

1,884.8

 

$

1,712.8

 

$

926.7

 

$

208.3

 

$

8.5

Weighted average pay rate

 

1.7%

 

1.8%

 

1.8%

 

1.8%

 

1.9%

 

1.9%

 

 

 

The variable benchmark interest rates associated with these instruments ranged from one- to three-month U.S. dollar LIBOR.

 

Our Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing our overall interest rate management policies. Our counterparty risk is monitored on an ongoing basis, but is mitigated by the fact that the majority of our interest rate derivative counterparties are required to collateralize in the event of their downgrade by the rating agencies below a certain level.

 

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Foreign currency risk and foreign operations

 

Our functional currency is U.S. dollars. Foreign exchange risk arises from our and our lessees’ operations in multiple jurisdictions. All of our aircraft purchase agreements are negotiated in U.S. dollars, we currently receive substantially all of our revenue in U.S. dollars and we pay our expenses primarily in U.S. dollars. We currently have a limited number of leases denominated in foreign currencies, maintain part of our cash in foreign currencies, pay taxes in foreign currencies, and incur some of our expenses in foreign currencies, primarily the Euro. A decrease in the U.S. dollar in relation to foreign currencies increases our lease revenue received from foreign currency denominated leases and our expenses paid in foreign currencies. An increase in the U.S. dollar in relation to foreign currencies decreases our lease revenue received from foreign currency denominated leases and our expenses paid in foreign currencies. Because we currently receive most of our revenues in U.S. dollars and pay most of our expenses in U.S. dollars, a change in foreign exchange rates would not have a material impact on our results of operations or cash flows. We do not have any restrictions or repatriation issues associated with our foreign cash accounts.

 

Inflation

 

Inflation generally affects our costs, including selling, general and administrative expenses and other expenses. We do not believe that our financial results have been, or will be in the near future, materially and adversely affected by inflation.

 

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PART II  OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

Please refer to “Part I. Financial Information—Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)—Note 22—Commitments and contingencies” in this report.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes to the disclosure related to the risk factors as described in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 20, 2017.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

The following table presents repurchases of our ordinary shares made by us during the nine months ended September 30, 2017:

 

 

 

Number of
ordinary shares
purchased

 

Average price paid
per ordinary share

 

Total number of
ordinary shares
purchased as part of
our publicly announced
program

 

Maximum dollar value of
ordinary shares that may yet
be purchased under the
program
(U.S. Dollars in millions) (a)
(b) (c) (d)

January 2017

 

2,028,459

 

$

43.12

 

2,028,459

 

$

96.6

February 2017

 

1,672,155

 

45.86

 

1,672,155

 

369.9

March 2017

 

2,850,495

 

45.23

 

2,850,495

 

241.0

April 2017

 

2,394,641

 

44.54

 

2,394,641

 

134.3

May 2017

 

2,320,442

 

45.04

 

2,320,442

 

329.8

June 2017

 

1,800,896

 

45.72

 

1,800,896

 

247.5

July 2017

 

1,121,487

 

48.38

 

1,121,487

 

443.2

August 2017

 

1,991,100

 

49.18

 

1,991,100

 

345.3

September 2017

 

2,297,214

 

49.75

 

2,297,214

 

231.0

Total

 

18,476,889

 

$

46.17

 

18,476,889

 

$

231.0

 


(a)         In February 2017, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $350 million of AerCap ordinary shares through June 30, 2017. We completed this share repurchase program on June 12, 2017.

(b)         In May 2017, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $300 million of AerCap ordinary shares through September 30, 2017. In July 2017, this share repurchase program was extended to run through December 31, 2017. We completed this share repurchase program on September 26, 2017.

(c)          In July 2017, our Board of Directors approved another share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $250 million of AerCap ordinary shares through December 31, 2017. In October 2017, this share repurchase program was extended to run through March 31, 2018. As of October 27, 2017, the dollar amount remaining under this share repurchase program was $195.9 million.

(d)         In October 2017, our Board of Directors approved another share repurchase program authorizing total repurchases of up to $200 million of AerCap ordinary shares through March 31, 2018.

 

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

None.

 

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