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

 

May 30, 2013

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

AIR LEASE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-35121

 

27-1840403

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000N
Los Angeles, California

 

 

90067

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 553-0555

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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:

 

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Item 1.01.              Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 30, 2013, Air Lease Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, for itself and as representative of the underwriter listed in Schedule 1 thereto (the “Underwriter”), and the selling securityholders listed in Schedule 2 thereto (the “Selling Securityholders”), relating to the sale by the Selling Securityholders to the Underwriter of an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Securities”).  The Selling Securityholders also agreed to sell, severally and not jointly, to the Underwriter, at the option of the Underwriter, an aggregate of not more than 800,000 additional shares of the Securities.

 

The Securities are being offered pursuant to a registration statement (File No. 333-185378) that the Company previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on May 28, 2013, and a final prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on May 31, 2013.  The Company is not selling any shares of Class A Common Stock in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale. The total number of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock outstanding will not change as a result of this offering.

 

The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Underwriter and its affiliates have provided in the past to the Company and its affiliates, and may provide to the Company and its affiliates from time to time in the future, certain commercial banking, financial advisory, investment banking and other services in the ordinary course of business, for which they have received and may receive customary payments of interest, fees and commissions.  In addition, certain affiliates of the Underwriter are lenders under the Company’s credit agreements.

 

Item 8.01.              Other Events.

 

The Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Securities on May 30, 2013. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits

 

Exhibit 1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2013, by and among Air Lease Corporation, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, for itself and as representative of the underwriter listed therein, and the Selling Securityholders listed therein

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release dated May 30, 2013

 

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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.

 

 

 

AIR LEASE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: June 5, 2013

/s/ Carol H. Forsyte

 

Carol H. Forsyte

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel,

 

Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2013, by and among Air Lease Corporation, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, for itself and as representative of the underwriter listed therein, and the Selling Securityholders listed therein

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated May 30, 2013

 

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