Austin C. Willis - 02 Jan 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC)

Role
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10%+ Owner
Signature
/s/ Austin C. Willis
Issuer symbol
WLFC
Transactions as of
02 Jan 2026
Net transactions value
+$4,407,384
Form type
4
Filing time
06 Jan 2026, 16:24:21 UTC
Previous filing
11 Dec 2025
Next filing
04 Feb 2026
SEC
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Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Willis Austin Chandler Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10%+ Owner 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY, COCONUT CREEK /s/ Austin C. Willis 06 Jan 2026 0001453104

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction WLFC Common Stock Sale $92,796 -700 -0.39% $132.57 176,973 02 Jan 2026 Direct F1, F2
transaction WLFC Common Stock Sale $346,983 -2,600 -1.5% $133.45 174,373 02 Jan 2026 Direct F1, F3
transaction WLFC Common Stock Sale $13,480 -100 -0.06% $134.80 174,273 02 Jan 2026 Direct F1
transaction WLFC Common Stock Award $1,999,997 +14,912 +8.6% $134.12 189,185 02 Jan 2026 Direct F4
transaction WLFC Common Stock Tax liability $139,351 -1,039 -0.55% $134.12 188,146 02 Jan 2026 Direct F5
holding WLFC Common Stock 1,822 02 Jan 2026 Son F6
holding WLFC Common Stock 1,822 02 Jan 2026 Daughter F7
holding WLFC Common Stock 22,322 02 Jan 2026 Brother F8
holding WLFC Common Stock 3,449 02 Jan 2026 Austin C. Willis 2019 Irrevocable Trust F9
holding WLFC Common Stock 8,692 02 Jan 2026 CFW V 2016 Trust F10
holding WLFC Common Stock 232,715 02 Jan 2026 2019 Willis Family Trust F11, F12
holding WLFC Common Stock 405,488 02 Jan 2026 CFW Partners F13

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction WLFC Performance-based Restricted Stock Award Award $2,999,996 +22,368 $134.12 22,368 02 Jan 2026 Common Stock 22,368 Direct F14
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on June 3, 2025.
F2 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $132.18 to $132.89, inclusive. The price reported reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in footnote (2) of this Form 4.
F3 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $133.33 to $133.85, inclusive. The price reported reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in footnote (3) of this Form 4.
F4 Restrictive Stock Grant vesting over three years.
F5 Return to issuer of previously restricted shares to satisfy withholding tax liability.
F6 Rooster A. Willis 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
F7 Wilder Grace Willis 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
F8 Charles F. Willis V 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
F9 Austin C. Willis 2019 Irrevocable Trust, Mary Willis Trustee.
F10 Charles F. Willis V 2016 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
F11 2019 Willis Family Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
F12 Includes 213,415 shares having shared voting power of CFW Partners with Charles F. Willis IV.
F13 Shared voting power of CFW Partners with Charles F. Willis IV.
F14 Grant of performance-based restricted stock award ("PSA") subject to performance-based and time-based vesting over three years. Performance-based vesting criteria include a combination of return on equity and combined value of the issuer's businesses and its fund, joint venture, and managed portfolios. Each PSA represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock to the extent the performance-based criteria is met. Reported amount assumes 100% performance-based vesting, but actual number of PSAs earned may be 25% more or less than the reported amount, depending on the extent to which the performance-based vesting criteria are met or not met.