Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:WLFC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:WLFC) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May25, 2017, Willis Lease Finance Corporation (the Company)
held its Annual Stockholders Meeting (the Annual Meeting). At the
close of business on April3, 2017, the voting record date, there
were 6,537,716 common shares outstanding and entitled to vote. At
the Annual Meeting, 6,148,666, or 94.05%, of the outstanding
common shares entitled to vote were represented by proxy or in
person.

Proposal 1: Election of Director. The
stockholders elected one ClassI Director for a three-year term
expiring at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The voting
results were as follows:

Number of Votes Cast:

For

Withheld

BrokerNon-Votes

Robert T. Morris

4,652,695

751,283

744,688

The other directors whose term of office continued after the
Annual Meeting were Charles F. Willis,IV, Robert J. Keady, Hans
Joerg Hunzinger and Austin C. Willis.

Proposal 2: Advisory Vote on Executive
Compensation.
The stockholders approved, by a
non-binding advisory vote, the compensation of the Companys named
executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The voting
results were as follows:

Number of Votes Cast:

For

Against

Abstain

BrokerNon-Votes

3,533,952

1,858,676

11,350

744,688

Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future
Advisory Voting on Executive Compensation.
The voting
results on a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of a
non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Companys
named executive officers were as follows:

Number of Votes Cast:

3Years

2Years

1Year

Abstain

BrokerNon- Votes

3,871,513

8,295

1,520,858

3,312

744,688

Proposal 4: Amendment and Restatement of the Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.
The stockholders approved the
amendment and restatement of the Companys employee stock purchase
plan. The voting results were as follows:

Number of Votes Cast:

For

Against

Abstain

BrokerNon-Votes

5,380,350

18,621

5,007

744,688

Proposal 5: Ratification of Appointment of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm.
The stockholders
ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Companys independent
auditors for the year 2017. The voting results were as follows:

Number of Votes Cast:

For

Against

Abstain

BrokerNon-Votes

6,118,706

15,212

14,748


About Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:WLFC)

Willis Lease Finance Corporation along with its subsidiaries is a lessor of commercial aircraft engines. The Company operates through two business segments, such as Leasing and Related Operations, and Spare Parts Sales. The Leasing and Related Operations segment involves acquiring and leasing, primarily pursuant to operating leases, commercial aircraft, aircraft engines and other aircraft equipment, and the selective purchase and resale of commercial aircraft engines and other aircraft equipment. The Spare Parts Sales segment involves the purchase and resale of after-market engine and airframe parts, whole engines, engine modules and portable aircraft components, and leasing of engines destined for disassembly and sale of parts. Its lease portfolio consists of approximately 200 engines and related equipment, 10 aircrafts and five spare engine parts packages. The Company’s business activities also include equipment leasing and spare parts sales.

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