Willis Lease Finance Corp 8-K, filed Aug 11, 2021
Willis Lease Finance Corp (WLFC)
8-K
2021-08-11
For: 2021-08-10
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About this 8-K
Willis Lease Finance Corp filed this 8-K on August 11, 2021, reporting on events of August 10, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure
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FORM 8-K
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SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2021
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Willis Lease Finance Corporation (the “Company”) previously announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) had formed an independent committee (the “Independent Committee”) to review and evaluate, and negotiate with Charles F. Willis, IV, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (individually and together with an entity controlled by him), and Austin C. Willis, the Company’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and a Board member (collectively, the “Group”), the Group’s proposed acquisition of all the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company not already owned by the Group (the “Transaction”). On August 10, 2021, the Group delivered a notice of withdrawal to the Board, notifying the Company that it was withdrawing its proposal for a Transaction and that it had mutually agreed with the Independent Committee to immediately terminate and abandon any further discussions regarding a potential Transaction.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements & Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized officer.
Dated: August 11, 2021
| WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Dean M. Poulakidas | |||||||
| Dean M. Poulakidas | ||||||||
| Senior Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||||
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