Key facts
- This page summarizes Austin C. Willis's Form 4 filing for WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC).
- 3 reported transactions and 1 derivative row are listed below.
- Accepted by SEC: 18 Mar 2026, 16:15.
Austin C. Willis - 16 Mar 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC)
- Reporting relationship
- Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10%+ Owner
- Issuer ticker
- WLFC
- Reported as of
- 16 Mar 2026
- Net transaction value
- $0
- SEC form
- 4
- Accepted by SEC
- 18 Mar 2026, 16:15:34 UTC
- Prior SEC filing
- 04 Mar 2026
- Next SEC filing
- 03 Apr 2026
- Source filing
- View source filing
- Reporting owner signature
- /s/ Austin C. Willis
Source evidence
Original filing metadata and source links for verification.
5 source fields
Reporting owner
1 detail
Key filing fact
Austin C. Willis filed Form 4 for WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP (WLFC) on 18 Mar 2026.
Change
- Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 04 Mar 2026.
- Current net transaction value: $0.
Research use
- This tells you what this filing adds before you inspect full transaction and derivative tables.
- You can trace every row back to the original SEC filing document.
Evidence
Filed on Form 4
View source filing
Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.
Reporting Owners (1)
CIK 0001453104
Primary reporting owner
Willis Austin Chandler
- Relationship
- Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10%+ Owner
- Address
- 4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY, COCONUT CREEK
- Signature
- /s/ Austin C. Willis
- Signature date
- 18 Mar 2026
Reported non-derivative transactions
Shares, units, or other non-derivative securities reported in this filing.
WLFC
transaction
Common Stock
Options Exercise
- Transaction value
- Shares
- +6,315
- Change %
- +3.5%
- Price
- Shares after
- 187,661
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- Direct
- Footnotes
- F1
WLFC
transaction
Common Stock
Tax liability
- Transaction value
- Shares
- -785
- Change %
- -0.42%
- Price
- $167.18*
- Shares after
- 186,876
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- Direct
- Footnotes
- F2
WLFC
holding
Common Stock
No transaction description listed
- Transaction value
- Shares
- Change %
- Price
- Shares after
- 1,822
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- Son
- Footnotes
- F3
WLFC
holding
Common Stock
No transaction description listed
- Transaction value
- Shares
- Change %
- Price
- Shares after
- 1,822
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- Daughter
- Footnotes
- F4
WLFC
holding
Common Stock
No transaction description listed
- Transaction value
- Shares
- Change %
- Price
- Shares after
- 22,322
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- Brother
- Footnotes
- F5
WLFC
holding
Common Stock
No transaction description listed
- Transaction value
- Shares
- Change %
- Price
- Shares after
- 3,449
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- Austin C. Willis 2019 Irrevocable Trust
- Footnotes
- F6
WLFC
holding
Common Stock
No transaction description listed
- Transaction value
- Shares
- Change %
- Price
- Shares after
- 8,692
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- CFW V 2016 Trust
- Footnotes
- F7
WLFC
holding
Common Stock
No transaction description listed
- Transaction value
- Shares
- Change %
- Price
- Shares after
- 232,715
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- 2019 Willis Family Trust
- Footnotes
- F8, F9
WLFC
holding
Common Stock
No transaction description listed
- Transaction value
- Shares
- Change %
- Price
- Shares after
- 405,488
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- CFW Partners
- Footnotes
- F10
Reported derivative securities
Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.
WLFC
transaction
Derivative
Performance-based Restricted Stock Award
Options Exercise
- Transaction value
- Shares
- -6,315
- Change %
- -100%
- Price
- Shares after
- 0
- Date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ownership
- Direct
- Underlying class
- Common Stock
- Underlying amount
- 6,315
- Exercise price
- Footnotes
- F1, F11
* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.
Additional SEC filing notes
Filing notes and footnotes
Explanation of responses 11 footnotes
Footnote F1
Performance-based restricted stock award ("PSA") granted in 2025 subject to performance-based and time-based vesting over two years. Performance-based vesting criteria, which included a combination of profitability of the Issuer's services businesses, growth of the Issuer's leasing portfolio and the viability of the Issuer's Sustainable Aviation Fuel initiative, were certified on March 16, 2026. Each PSA represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock upon vesting.
Footnote F2
Return to Issuer of previously restricted shares to satisfy withholding tax liability.
Footnote F3
Rooster A. Willis 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
Footnote F4
Wilder Grace Willis 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
Footnote F5
Charles F. Willis V 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
Footnote F6
Austin C. Willis 2019 Irrevocable Trust, Mary Willis Trustee.
Footnote F7
Charles F. Willis V 2016 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
Footnote F8
2019 Willis Family Trust, Austin Willis Trustee.
Footnote F9
Includes 213,415 shares having shared voting power of CFW Partners with Charles F. Willis IV.
Footnote F10
Shared voting power of CFW Partners with Charles F. Willis IV.
Footnote F11
Reported amount has been adjusted to reflect the actual number of PSAs earned, based on the extent to which the performance-based vesting criteria were achieved. The remaining 5,343 PSAs of the 100% target amount reported in the Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on January 6, 2025 were forfeited.