[S-3ASR] FTAI Aviation Ltd. SEC Filing
FTAI Aviation Ltd. filed a Form S-3 shelf registration to permit the sale, from time to time after the registration statement is declared effective, of a variety of securities including ordinary shares, preferred shares, depositary shares, debt securities, warrants, subscription rights, purchase contracts and purchase units. The prospectus states offering activity will occur "from time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by the Registrant." The prospectus discloses consolidated assets of $4.5 billion and total equity of $431.7 million as of March 31, 2026.
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Cayman Islands | 98-1420784 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
Large accelerated filer N | Accelerated filer ☐ | ||
Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company ☐ | ||
Emerging growth company ☐ | |||
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS | 1 | ||
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION | 2 | ||
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE | 3 | ||
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | 4 | ||
FTAI AVIATION LTD. | 6 | ||
RISK FACTORS | 7 | ||
USE OF PROCEEDS | 8 | ||
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES | 9 | ||
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES | 11 | ||
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES | 27 | ||
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS | 29 | ||
DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS | 30 | ||
DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE UNITS | 31 | ||
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS | 32 | ||
CAYMAN ISLANDS TAXATION | 33 | ||
UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS | 34 | ||
ERISA AND OTHER BENEFIT PLAN CONSIDERATIONS | 39 | ||
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION | 41 | ||
LEGAL MATTERS | 45 | ||
EXPERTS | 45 | ||
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• | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the Commission on February 27, 2026 (the “Form 10-K”); |
• | Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2026 filed with the Commission on May 1, 2026 (the “Form 10-Q”); |
• | Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2026, February 12, 2026, March 6, 2026 and April 30, 2026; |
• | the sections of the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the Commission on April 15, 2026, which are incorporated by reference on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025; |
• | the description of our ordinary shares set forth in Exhibit 4.20 of the Form 10-K; |
• | the description of our Series C Preferred Shares set forth in Exhibit 4.20 of the Form 10-K; and |
• | the description of our Series D Preferred Shares set forth in Exhibit 4.20 of the Form 10-K. |
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• | changes in economic conditions generally and specifically in our industry sectors, and other risks relating to the global economy, including, but not limited to, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, war in the Middle East, and any related responses or actions by businesses and governments; |
• | reductions in cash flows received from our assets, as well as contractual limitations on the use of our aviation assets to secure debt for borrowed money; |
• | our ability to take advantage of acquisition opportunities at favorable prices; |
• | our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of our strategic initiatives; |
• | a lack of liquidity surrounding our assets, which could impede our ability to vary our portfolio in an appropriate manner; |
• | the relative spreads between the yield on the assets we acquire and the cost of financing; |
• | adverse changes in the financing markets we access affecting our ability to finance our acquisitions; |
• | customer or lessee defaults on their obligations; |
• | our ability to renew existing contracts and enter into new contracts with existing or potential lessees; |
• | the availability and cost of capital for future acquisitions; |
• | risks involving our Strategic Capital Initiative; |
• | concentration of a particular type of asset or in a particular sector; |
• | competition within the aviation industry; |
• | the competitive market for acquisition opportunities; |
• | risks related to operating through joint ventures, partnerships, consortium arrangements or other collaborations with third parties; |
• | our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses; |
• | obsolescence of our assets or our ability to sell, re-lease or re-charter our assets; |
• | exposure to uninsurable losses and force majeure events; |
• | the impact of trade disputes, including the imposition of new or increased tariffs, sanctions or other restrictions, and the legislative/regulatory environment and exposure to increased economic regulation; |
• | exposure to the oil and gas industry’s volatile oil and gas prices; |
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• | difficulties in obtaining effective legal redress in jurisdictions in which we operate with less developed legal systems; |
• | our ability to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended and the fact that maintaining such exemption imposes limits on our operations; |
• | our ability to successfully utilize leverage in connection with our investments; |
• | foreign currency risk and risk management activities; |
• | effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; |
• | exposure to environmental risks, including natural disasters, increasing environmental legislation and the broader impacts of climate change; |
• | changes in interest rates and/or credit spreads, as well as the success of any hedging strategy we may undertake in relation to such changes; |
• | actions taken by national, state, or provincial governments, including nationalization, or the imposition of new taxes, could materially impact the financial performance or value of our assets; |
• | our ability to attract and retain highly skilled management and other personnel; |
• | volatility in the market price of our shares; |
• | the inability to pay dividends to our shareholders in the future; |
• | impacts from our past and future acquisitions, and our ability to successfully integrate acquired assets and assumed liabilities; and |
• | other risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of this registration statement and the Form 10-K. |
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• | the title and aggregate principal amount of the debt securities and any limit on the aggregate principal amount; |
• | whether the debt securities will be senior, subordinated or junior subordinated; |
• | any applicable subordination provisions for any subordinated debt securities; |
• | the maturity date(s) or method for determining same; |
• | the interest rate(s) or the method for determining same; |
• | the dates on which interest will accrue or the method for determining dates on which interest will accrue and dates on which interest will be payable and whether interest shall be payable in cash or additional securities; |
• | whether the debt securities are convertible or exchangeable into other securities and any related terms and conditions; |
• | redemption or early repayment provisions; |
• | authorized denominations; |
• | if other than the principal amount, the principal amount of debt securities payable upon acceleration; |
• | place(s) where payment of principal and interest may be made, where debt securities may be presented and where notices or demands upon the company may be made; |
• | whether such debt securities will be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities and the date as which the securities are dated if other than the date of original issuance; |
• | amount of discount or premium, if any, with which such debt securities will be issued; |
• | any covenants applicable to the particular debt securities being issued; |
• | any additions or changes in the defaults and events of default applicable to the particular debt securities being issued; |
• | the guarantors of each series, if any, and the extent of the guarantees (including provisions relating to seniority, subordination and release of the guarantees), if any; |
• | the currency, currencies or currency units in which the purchase price for, the principal of and any premium and any interest on, such debt securities will be payable; |
• | the time period within which, the manner in which and the terms and conditions upon which the holders of the debt securities or the company can select the payment currency; |
• | our obligation or right to redeem, purchase or repay debt securities under a sinking fund, amortization or analogous provision; |
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• | any restriction or conditions on the transferability of the debt securities; |
• | provisions granting special rights to holders of the debt securities upon occurrence of specified events; |
• | additions or changes relating to compensation or reimbursement of the trustee of the series of debt securities; |
• | additions or changes to the provisions for the defeasance of the debt securities or to provisions related to satisfaction and discharge of the indenture; |
• | provisions relating to the modification of the indenture both with and without the consent of holders of debt securities issued under the indenture and the execution of supplemental indentures for such series; and |
• | any other terms of the debt securities (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the TIA, but may modify, amend, supplement or delete any of the terms of the indenture with respect to such debt securities). |
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• | 2,000,000,000 ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share (“ordinary shares”); and |
• | 200,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.01 per share (“preferred shares”), 4,200,000 of which are designated as Series C Preferred Shares and 2,600,000 of which are designated as Series D Preferred Shares. |
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(i) | The average of the yields to maturity on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, |
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(ii) | If no calculation is provided as described in clause (i), then the calculation agent, after consulting such sources as it deems comparable to any of the foregoing calculations, or any such source as it deems reasonable from which to estimate the Five-Year Treasury Rate, shall determine the Five-Year Treasury Rate in its sole discretion; provided that if the calculation agent determines there is an industry-accepted successor Five-Year Treasury Rate, then the Calculation Agent shall use such successor rate. If the calculation agent has determined a substitute or successor rate in accordance with the foregoing, the calculation agent, in its sole discretion, may determine the “business day” convention, the definition of “business day” and the Reset Distribution Determination Date to be used and any other relevant methodology for calculating such substitute or successor rate, including any adjustment factor needed to make such substitute or successor rate comparable to the rate described in clause (i), in a manner that is consistent with industry-accepted practices for such substitute or successor rate. |
1) | no distribution will be declared and paid or set aside for payment on any Junior Securities (as defined below) (other than a distribution payable solely in shares of Junior Securities); |
2) | no shares of Junior Securities will be repurchased, redeemed, or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Securities for or into other Junior Securities, or the exchange for or conversion into Junior Securities, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Securities or pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Securities pursuant to a binding agreement existing prior to the original issue date of the Series C Preferred Shares), nor will any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and |
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3) | no shares of Parity Securities will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase or exchange all, or a pro rata portion of Series C Preferred Shares and such Parity Securities or as a result of a reclassification of Parity Securities for or into other Parity Securities, or by conversion into or exchange for other Parity Securities or Junior Securities). |
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• | any increase in the amount of authorized ordinary shares or authorized preferred shares, or any increase or decrease in the number of shares of any series of preferred shares, or the authorization, creation and issuance of other classes or series of share capital, in each case ranking on parity with or junior to the Series C Preferred Shares as to distributions or distribution of assets upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up; |
• | a merger or consolidation of us with or into another entity in which the Series C Preferred Shares remain outstanding with identical terms as existing immediately prior to such merger or consolidation; and |
• | a merger or consolidation of us with or into another entity in which the Series C Preferred Shares are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving entity or any entity, directly or indirectly, controlling such surviving entity and such new preference securities have terms identical (other than the identity of the issuer) to the terms of the Series C Preferred Shares. |
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(i) | The average of the yields to maturity on actively traded U.S. treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for five-year maturities, for the five business days appearing under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities” in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15 Daily Update or any successor publication which is published by the Federal Reserve Board, as determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion, as of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) as of any date of determination; or |
(ii) | If no calculation is provided as described in clause (i), then the calculation agent, after consulting such sources as it deems comparable to any of the foregoing calculations, or any such source as it deems reasonable from which to estimate the Five-Year Treasury Rate, shall determine the Five-Year Treasury Rate in its sole discretion; provided that if the calculation agent determines there is an industry-accepted successor Five-Year Treasury Rate, then the calculation agent shall use such successor rate. If the calculation agent has determined a substitute or successor rate in accordance with the foregoing, the calculation agent, in its sole discretion, may determine the “business day” convention, the definition of “business day” and the Reset Distribution Determination Date to be used and any other relevant methodology for calculating such substitute or successor rate, including any adjustment factor needed to make such substitute or successor rate comparable to the rate described in clause (i), in a manner that is consistent with industry-accepted practices for such substitute or successor rate. |
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1) | no distribution will be declared and paid or set aside for payment on any Junior Securities (as defined below) (other than a distribution payable solely in shares of Junior Securities); |
2) | no Junior Securities will be repurchased, redeemed, or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Securities for or into other Junior Securities, or the exchange for or conversion into Junior Securities, through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other Junior Securities or pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Securities pursuant to a binding agreement existing prior to the original issue date of the Series D Preferred Shares), nor will any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and |
3) | no Parity Securities will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase or exchange all, or a pro rata portion of the Series D Preferred Shares and such Parity Securities or as a result of a reclassification of Parity Securities for or into other Parity Securities, or by conversion into or exchange for other Parity Securities or Junior Securities). |
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1) | any tax, fee, duty, assessment or governmental charge of whatever nature that would not have been imposed but for the fact that such holder was a resident, citizen, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or otherwise had some connection with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction other than by reason of the mere ownership of, receipt of payment under, or enforcement of any rights under, such Series D Preferred Shares; |
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2) | any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge; |
3) | any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payment on the Series D Preferred Shares; |
4) | any tax, fee, duty, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure by the holder of such Series D Preferred Shares to comply with any reasonable request by us addressed to the holder within 90 days of such request (1) to provide information concerning the nationality, citizenship, residence or identity of the holder or (2) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which is required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such tax, fee, duty, assessment or other governmental charge; |
5) | any taxes that are imposed as a result of the presentation of the Series D Preferred Shares for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant amount is first made available for payment to the holder (except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Series D Preferred Shares been presented on the last day of such 30-day period); |
6) | any withholding, deduction, tax, duty, assessment or other government charge pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b) of the Code or any amended or successor version described above, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code; or |
7) | any combination of the foregoing items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6). |
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• | any increase in the amount of authorized ordinary shares or authorized preferred shares, or any increase or decrease in the number of shares of any series of preferred shares, or the authorization, creation and issuance of other classes or series of share capital, in each case ranking on parity with or junior to the Series D Preferred Shares as to distributions or distribution of assets upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up; |
• | a merger or consolidation of us with or into another entity in which the Series D Preferred Shares remain outstanding with identical terms as existing immediately prior to such merger or consolidation; and |
• | a merger or consolidation of us with or into another entity in which the Series D Preferred Shares are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving entity or any entity, directly or indirectly, controlling such surviving entity and such new preference securities have terms identical (other than the identity of the issuer) to the terms of the Series D Preferred Shares. |
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• | an exempted company does not have to file an annual return of its shareholders with the registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands; |
• | an exempted company’s register of members is not open to inspection; |
• | an exempted company does not have to hold an annual general meeting; |
• | an exempted company may issue no par value shares; |
• | an exempted company may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 20 years in the first instance); |
• | an exempted company may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands; |
• | an exempted company may register as a limited duration company; and |
• | an exempted company may register as a segregated portfolio company. |
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• | Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”) and its respective affiliates, including the Former Manager and Master GP, have the right to, and have no duty to abstain from, exercising such right to, engage or invest in the same or similar business as us, do business with any of our clients, customers or vendors or employ or otherwise engage any of our officers, directors or employees; |
• | if Fortress and its respective affiliates, including the Former Manager and the Master GP, or any of their officers, directors or employees acquire knowledge of a potential transaction that could be a corporate opportunity, it has no duty to offer such corporate opportunity to us, our shareholders or affiliates; |
• | we have renounced any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, such corporate opportunities; and |
• | in the event that any of our directors and officers who is also a director, officer or employee of Fortress and their respective affiliates, including the Former Manager and the Master GP, acquire knowledge of a corporate opportunity or is offered a corporate opportunity; provided that this knowledge was not acquired solely in such person’s capacity as our director or officer and such person acted in good faith, then such person is deemed to have fully satisfied such person’s fiduciary duty and is not liable to us if Fortress and their respective affiliates, including the Former Manager and the Master GP, pursues or acquires the corporate opportunity or if such person did not present the corporate opportunity to us. |
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• | All outstanding depositary shares to which it relates have been redeemed or converted. |
• | The depositary has made a final distribution to the holders of the depositary shares issued under the deposit agreement upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up. |
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• | the title of the warrants; |
• | the designation, amount and terms of the securities for which the warrants are exercisable; |
• | the designation and terms of the other securities, if any, with which the warrants are to be issued and the number of warrants issued with each other security; |
• | the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued; |
• | the aggregate number of warrants; |
• | any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the warrants or the exercise price of the warrants; |
• | the price or prices at which the securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants may be purchased; |
• | if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants will be separately transferable; |
• | if applicable, a discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the exercise of the warrants; |
• | any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants; |
• | the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence, and the date on which the right will expire; |
• | the maximum or minimum number of warrants that may be exercised at any time; and |
• | information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any. |
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• | the price, if any, for the subscription rights; |
• | the number and terms of each ordinary share or preferred share or debt securities which may be purchased per each subscription right; |
• | the exercise price payable for each ordinary share or preferred share or debt securities upon the exercise of the subscription rights; |
• | the extent to which the subscription rights are transferable; |
• | any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of securities receivable upon exercise of the subscription rights or the exercise price of the subscription rights; |
• | any other terms of the subscription rights, including the terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the subscription rights; |
• | the date on which the right to exercise the subscription rights shall commence, and the date on which the subscription rights shall expire; |
• | the extent to which the subscription rights may include an over-subscription privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities; and |
• | if applicable, the material terms of any standby underwriting or purchase arrangement entered into by us in connection with the offering of subscription rights. |
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• | financial institutions; |
• | insurance companies; |
• | broker-dealers; |
• | regulated investment companies; |
• | partnerships and trusts; |
• | expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States; |
• | persons who receive Company shares through the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation; |
• | persons holding Company shares as part of a “straddle,” “hedge,” “conversion transaction,” “synthetic security” or other integrated investment; |
• | persons who hold (actually or constructively) 10% or more of the vote or value of the Company; |
• | tax-exempt organizations; and |
• | foreign investors. |
• | a citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation (or other entity that is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, or of any state thereof, or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate, the income of which is includable in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust if (i) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more U.S. fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) the trust has a valid election in effect to be treated as a U.S. person. |
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• | employee benefit plans as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA that are subject to Title I of ERISA, |
• | plans described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code that are subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, including individual retirement accounts and Keogh Plans, |
• | entities whose underlying assets include “plan assets” of such plans and arrangements by reason of a plan’s investment in such entities including, without limitation, certain insurance company general accounts (each of the foregoing plans and entities, a “Plan”), and |
• | persons who have certain specified relationships to a Plan described as “parties in interest” under ERISA and “disqualified persons” under the Internal Revenue Code, including fiduciaries to a Plan. |
• | is freely transferable, |
• | is part of a class of securities that is owned by 100 or more investors independent of the issuer and of one another, and |
• | is either: |
(i) | part of a class of securities registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, or |
(ii) | sold to the Plan as part of an offering of securities to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the class of securities of which such security is part is registered under the Exchange Act within the requisite time. |
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• | whether the Plan’s investment could give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, |
• | whether the fiduciary has the authority to make the investment, |
• | the composition of the Plan’s portfolio with respect to diversification by type of asset, |
• | the Plan’s funding objectives, |
• | the tax effects of the investment, |
• | whether our assets would be considered plan assets, and |
• | whether, under the general fiduciary standards of investment prudence and diversification an investment in any of the securities is appropriate for the Plan taking into account the overall investment policy of the Plan and the composition of the Plan’s applicable investment portfolio. |
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• | directly to one or more purchasers; |
• | through agents; |
• | to or through underwriters, brokers or dealers; or |
• | through a combination of any of these methods. |
• | a block trade in which a broker-dealer will attempt to sell as agent, but may position or resell a portion of the block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction; |
• | purchases by a broker-dealer, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account; |
• | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker solicits purchasers; or |
• | privately negotiated transactions. |
• | We may also enter into hedging transactions. For example, we may: |
• | enter into transactions with a broker-dealer or affiliate thereof in connection with which such broker-dealer or affiliate will engage in short sales of the ordinary shares pursuant to this prospectus, in which case such broker-dealer or affiliate may use ordinary shares received from us to close out its short positions; |
• | sell securities short and redeliver such shares to close out our short positions; |
• | enter into option or other types of transactions that require us to deliver ordinary shares to a broker-dealer or an affiliate thereof, who will then resell or transfer the ordinary shares under this prospectus; or |
• | loan or pledge the ordinary shares to a broker-dealer or an affiliate thereof, who may sell the loaned shares or, in an event of default in the case of a pledge, sell the pledged shares pursuant to this prospectus. |
• | on a national securities exchange; |
• | in the over-the-counter market; or |
• | in transactions otherwise than on an exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or in combination. |
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• | the name or names of any participating underwriters, brokers, dealers or agents and the amounts of securities underwritten or purchased by each of them, if any; |
• | the public offering price or purchase price of the securities and the net proceeds to be received by us from the sale; |
• | any delayed delivery arrangements; |
• | any underwriting discounts, commissions or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’, brokers’, dealers’ or agents’ compensation; |
• | any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; |
• | any securities exchange or markets on which the securities may be listed; and |
• | other material terms of the offering. |
• | at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed; |
• | at market prices prevailing at the time of sale; |
• | at prices related to the prevailing market prices; or |
• | at negotiated prices. |
• | transfer its equity securities in other ways not involving market maker or established trading markets, including directly by gift, distribution, or other transfer; |
• | sell its equity securities under Rule 144 or Rule 145 of the Securities Act rather than under this prospectus, if the transaction meets the requirements of Rule 144 or Rule 145; or |
• | sell its equity securities by any other legally available means. |
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ITEM 14. | OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION. |
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee | $ * | ||
Trustee Fees and Expenses | $ | ||
Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses | $ | ||
Printing and Engraving Fees and Expenses | $ | ||
Accounting Fees and Expenses | $ | ||
Legal Fees | $ | ||
Total | $** | ||
* | To be deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) of the Securities Act, and calculated in connection with an offering of securities under this registration statement pursuant to Rule 457(r) of the Securities Act. |
** | These fees cannot be estimated at this time, as they are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances. An estimate of the aggregate expenses in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being offered will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement. |
ITEM 15. | INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. |
ITEM 16. | EXHIBITS. |
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ITEM 17. | UNDERTAKINGS. |
(a) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
4) | That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
(i) | Each prospectus filed by a registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and |
(ii) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date. |
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5) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(b) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by a registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of a registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, that registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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EXHIBIT NO. | EXHIBIT | ||
1.1* | Form of Underwriting Agreement for ordinary shares, preferred shares, warrants or debt securities. | ||
3.1 | Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of FTAI Aviation Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on November 14, 2022). | ||
3.2 | Share Designation with respect to the 8.25% Fixed-Rate Reset Series C Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Shares of FTAI Aviation Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on November 14, 2022). | ||
3.3 | Share Designation with respect to the 9.500% Fixed-Rate Reset Series D Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Shares of FTAI Aviation Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on March 15, 2023). | ||
3.4 | Form of Certificate representing the 8.25% Fixed-Rate Reset Series C Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Shares of FTAI Aviation Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 of the Company’s Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on November 14, 2022). | ||
3.5 | Form of Certificate representing the 9.500% Fixed-Rate Reset Series D Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Shares of FTAI Aviation Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on March 15, 2023). | ||
4.1 | Form of Debt Securities Indenture (including form of Debt Security) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Commission on February 27, 2023). | ||
4.2* | Form of Debt Warrant Agreement. | ||
4.3* | Form of Debt Warrant Certificate. | ||
4.4* | Form of Stock Warrant Agreement. | ||
4.5* | Form of Stock Warrant Certificate. | ||
4.6* | Form of Deposit Agreement. | ||
4.7* | Form of Depositary Receipt. | ||
4.8* | Form of Purchase Contract. | ||
4.9* | Form of Purchase Unit. | ||
5.1 | Opinion of Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP. | ||
5.2 | Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. | ||
23.1 | Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. | ||
23.2 | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. | ||
23.3 | Consent of Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | ||
23.4 | Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). | ||
24.1 | Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto). | ||
25.1 | Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of the Trustee under the Indenture pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. | ||
107 | Filing Fee Table. | ||
* | To be filed by amendment hereto or pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K to be incorporated by reference. |
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FTAI AVIATION LTD. | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Joseph P. Adams, Jr. | ||||||||
Name: | Joseph P. Adams, Jr. | ||||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
NAME | TITLE | DATE | ||||
/s/ Joseph P. Adams, Jr. | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) | May 1, 2026 | ||||
Joseph P. Adams, Jr. | ||||||
/s/ Nicholas McAleese | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | May 1, 2026 | ||||
Nicholas McAleese | ||||||
/s/ Michael Hazan | Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | May 1, 2026 | ||||
Michael Hazan | ||||||
/s/ Shyam Gidumal | Director | May 1, 2026 | ||||
Shyam Gidumal | ||||||
/s/ Paul R. Goodwin | Director | May 1, 2026 | ||||
Paul R. Goodwin | ||||||
/s/ Judith A. Hannaway | Director | May 1, 2026 | ||||
Judith A. Hannaway | ||||||
/s/ A. Andrew Levison | Director | May 1, 2026 | ||||
A. Andrew Levison | ||||||
/s/ Ray M. Robinson | Director | May 1, 2026 | ||||
Ray M. Robinson | ||||||
/s/ Martin Tuchman | Director | May 1, 2026 | ||||
Martin Tuchman | ||||||