UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report: July 31, 2015

 

Willis Lease Finance Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-15369

 

68-0070656

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

773 San Marin Drive, Suite 2215
Novato, California 94998

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 408-4700

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02(a) Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

The following information and exhibit are furnished pursuant to Item 2.02(a), “Results of Operations and Financial Condition” and Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure”. This information shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

On July 31, 2015, the Company issued a news release setting forth the Company’s results from operations for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2015 and financial condition as of June 30, 2015. A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements & Exhibits

 

The Company hereby furnishes the following exhibit pursuant to Item 2.02(a), “Results of Operations and Financial Condition” and Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure”.

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

News Release issued by Willis Lease Finance Corporation dated July 31, 2015.

 


 

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 July 31, 2015

 

 

 

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bradley S. Forsyth

 

Bradley S. Forsyth

 

Senior Vice President and

 

Chief Financial Officer