Willis Lease Announces Offering of $392.9 Million in Fixed Rate Notes

COCONUT CREEK, Fla., Dec. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“WLFC” or the “Company”), a leading lessor of commercial jet engines, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Willis Engine Structured Trust IX (“WEST”), proposes to offer $337,400,000 in aggregate principal amount of Series A Fixed Rate Notes (the “Initial Series A Notes”) and $55,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of Series B Fixed Rate Notes (the “Initial Series B Notes” and, together with the Initial Series A Notes, the “Initial Notes”). The Notes will be secured by, among other things, WEST’s direct and indirect interests in a portfolio of 47 aircraft engines and 2 airframes, which WEST will acquire from WLFC or its other subsidiaries pursuant to an asset purchase agreement.