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The Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) SEC filings page on Stock Titan provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures, including current reports on Form 8-K and other key documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As a NASDAQ-listed lessor of commercial aircraft engines and a global provider of aviation services, WLFC uses SEC filings to report material financing transactions, executive compensation arrangements, joint venture credit facilities, dividend declarations and operating results.
Recent Form 8-K filings describe note purchase agreements and fixed rate note offerings issued by the company’s subsidiary, Willis Engine Structured Trust IX, secured by portfolios of aircraft engines and airframes. Other 8-Ks outline amendments to secured credit agreements for warehouse facilities, the establishment or expansion of revolving credit facilities for joint ventures such as Willis Mitsui & Co. Engine Support Limited, and the terms of employment agreements and stock option awards for senior executives.
Filings related to results of operations and financial condition reference quarterly earnings news releases, which detail revenue composition across lease rent, maintenance reserve revenue, spare parts and equipment sales, maintenance services and gains on sale of leased equipment. Additional filings document quarterly dividend declarations on WLFC common stock and provide information about conference calls discussing financial performance.
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Willis Lease Finance Corp director Stephen Francis Jones sold shares in an open-market trade. On March 17, 2026, he sold 587 shares of Common Stock at $167.26 per share in a single transaction. After this sale, he directly holds 1,459 shares of the company.
Willis Lease Finance Corp executive chairman Charles F. Willis IV settled a 2025 performance-based restricted stock award by exercising 10,888 PSAs into common stock. The award vested after performance criteria tied to services profitability, leasing portfolio growth and the Sustainable Aviation Fuel initiative were certified on March 16, 2026.
Of the resulting shares, 1,355 common shares were returned to the company at $167.18 per share to cover withholding taxes, a non-market disposition that does not represent an open-market sale. Following these transactions, he holds 954,821 common shares directly.
He also reports indirect holdings of common stock through a spouse, the Wilder Grace Willis 2016 Trust and a granddaughter, providing additional equity exposure beyond his direct position. The remaining 9,212 PSAs from the original 2025 target award were forfeited based on achieved performance.
Willis Lease Finance Corp Chief Executive Officer Austin Chandler Willis exercised a performance-based restricted stock award for 6,315 PSAs into common stock. The award was granted in 2025 and became earned after performance goals were certified on March 16, 2026. Following the exercise, 785 common shares were returned to the company at $167.18 per share to satisfy withholding tax obligations, leaving 186,876 common shares held directly. He also reports additional indirect common stock holdings through various family members and family trusts.
Willis Lease Finance EVP and CFO Scott B. Flaherty exercised a 2025 performance-based restricted stock award on March 16, 2026, earning 3,376 shares of common stock after performance goals were certified. The award’s metrics included services profitability, leasing portfolio growth and the Sustainable Aviation Fuel initiative. Of the vested shares, 364 shares were returned to the company to cover withholding taxes at $167.18 per share, and 2,856 unearned PSAs from the original target were forfeited. Flaherty now directly holds 97,200 common shares.
Willis Lease Finance Corp executive Clifton Dameron exercised performance-based restricted stock awards into common shares. On March 16, 2026, he converted 2,635 performance stock awards granted in 2025 into 2,635 shares of common stock after the company certified that profitability, leasing growth and Sustainable Aviation Fuel performance criteria were met.
To cover withholding taxes, 213 shares were returned to the company at a value of $167.18 per share, leaving Dameron with 14,943 directly held shares. Based on the final performance outcome, 2,229 additional performance stock awards from the original target grant were forfeited.
Willis Lease Finance Corporation reports on its 2025 operations as a global lessor and servicer of commercial aircraft and engines. As of December 31, 2025, it held $2,801.7 million of equipment in its operating lease portfolio, plus notes receivable of $139.9 million and sales-type leases of $16.6 million, representing 363 engines, 20 aircraft and one marine vessel.
The company’s business is organized into Leasing and Related Operations and Spare Parts Sales, with leasing contributing 94.9% of 2025 consolidated revenue. Minimum future payments under non‑cancelable operating leases totaled $525.9 million, and non‑cancelable notes receivable and sales‑type leases totaled undiscounted receivables of $208.6 million.
Willis Lease highlights extensive global diversification, with 69 lessees in 37 countries and joint ventures in Ireland, China and a new testing facility JV. In 2025 it completed two new asset‑backed note offerings totaling $988.9 million of fixed‑rate debt and added two new investment fund partnerships targeting up to $1.6 billion of engine‑related investments, while also outlining detailed operational, regulatory, credit, environmental, cyber and geopolitical risk factors.
Willis Lease Finance Corporation reported record 2025 results, highlighting strong aviation demand. Total revenue rose to $730.2 million, up 28.3% from 2024, driven by higher lease rent, maintenance reserve revenue and a surge in spare parts and equipment sales.
Pre-tax income reached a record $160.6 million, up 5.2%, while net income attributable to common shareholders increased 3.5% to $108.1 million. Adjusted EBITDA grew 16.6% to $459.1 million as portfolio utilization improved to 84.9%.
The lease portfolio reached $2,988.9 million as of December 31, 2025, representing 363 engines, 20 aircraft and one marine vessel. Total assets climbed to $3,936.3 million, shareholders’ equity to $662.1 million, and return on equity was cited at 18%.
Willis Lease Finance Corp CEO Austin Chandler Willis reported selling 3,400 shares of common stock in open-market transactions on March 2, 2026. The sales, executed at prices between $194.4479 and $200.8900 per share, were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on June 3, 2025. Following these sales, he directly holds 181,346 shares and reports additional indirect holdings through various family members, trusts and CFW Partners, including shared voting power over certain CFW Partners shares.
WLFC Form 144: A Rule 144 notice was filed reporting proposed resales of Common Shares. The filing lists multiple sales by Austin Willis, including 3,400 shares on 02/02/2026, 3,400 on 01/02/2026, 6,533 on 12/02/2025, and 1,367 on 12/01/2025.
Willis Lease Finance Corporation entered into Amendment No. 2 to its existing Credit Agreement with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent. The change updates how “Total Debt” is calculated for the “Maximum Leverage Ratio” covenant by excluding certain amounts from that Total Debt definition. This adjustment affects how the company’s leverage is measured under the facility but does not itself disclose any new borrowing or changes to lenders.