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 3, 2004

 

Willis Lease Finance Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-28774

 

68-0070656

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

 

 

2320 Marinship Way, Suite 300
Sausalito, California 94965

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

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 3, 2004.

 

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.”  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 3, 2004, the Company issued a press release setting forth the Company’s results of operations and financial condition for the three months ended March 31, 2004. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated as of May 4, 2004.

 

 

 

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 3, 2004.

 

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