SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

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

 

 

Date of Report:  May 13, 2003

 

Willis Lease Finance Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 331-5281

 

 

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

(c)

Exhibits

 

The Company hereby furnishes the following exhibit pursuant to Item 12 “Results of Operations and Financial Condition.”

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued on May 13, 2003.

 

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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure and Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

The following information and Exhibit 99.1 are furnished pursuant to Item 12, “Results of Operations and Financial Condition” in accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8216. This information shall not be deemed “filed” for 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 shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

On May 13, 2003, the Company issued a press release setting forth the Company’s results of operations and financial condition for the first fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated as of May 14, 2003.

 

	WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION
	By:	/s/  MONICA J. BURKE
		Monica J. Burke
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit List

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued on May 13, 2003.