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: September 30, 2008

 

Willis Lease Finance Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

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 8.01               Other Events

 

Effective as of September 30, 2008, Willis Lease Finance Corporation (the “Company”) extended its existing stockholder rights plan through August 31, 2018 pursuant to a Third Amendment to Rights Agreement with American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as Rights Agent.  That stockholder rights plan is referenced in Item 1A (Risk Factors) of the Company’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2008 and is described in the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 4, 1999.

 

 

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 October 2, 2008

 

 

		WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION
		By:	/s/ Bradley S. Forsyth
			Bradley S. Forsyth
			Senior Vice President and
			Chief Financial Officer