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2019 Annual Report LEADERSHIP TEAM Executive Leadership Investor Relations Steven F. Udvar-Házy Mary Liz DePalma Executive Chairman of the Board Vice President John L. Plueger Information Technology Chief Executive Officer and President John Rojas Marketing and Commercial Affairs Vice President Marc Baer Human Resources and Office Management Executive Vice President Courtney McKeown Jie Chen Vice President Executive Vice President Alex A. Khatibi Executive Vice President Kishore Korde Executive Vice President Grant Levy Executive Vice President Legal Carol Forsyte Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer Finance and Accounting Gregory B. Willis Board of Directors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Steven F. Udvar-Házy Sabrina Lemmens Executive Chairman of the Board Senior Vice President and Controller John L. Plueger Daniel Verwholt Chief Executive Officer and President Vice President and Treasurer Robert A. Milton Technical Asset Management Lead Independent Director; Chairman, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; Audit Committee; Leadership Eric Hoogenkamp Development and Compensation Committee Senior Vice President Matthew J. Hart Aircraft Procurement and Specification Chairman, Audit Committee; Nominating and Corporate John Poerschke Governance Committee Executive Vice President Ian M. Saines Commercial Contracts Audit Committee Sara Evans Cheryl Gordon Krongard Senior Vice President Chair, Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Aircraft Sales & Trading Marshall O. Larsen Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee David Beker Vice President Susan R. McCaw Leadership Development and Compensation Committee Management Business Ronald D. Sugar Shirley Lu Leadership Development and Compensation Committee; Vice President Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) È ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 ‘ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number 001-35121 AIR LEASE CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 27-1840403 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1000N Los Angeles, California 90067 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (310) 553-0555 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) on which registered Class A Common Stock AL New York Stock Exchange 6.150% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A AL PRA New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes È No ‘ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes ‘ No È Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes È No ‘ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes È No ‘ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer È Accelerated filer ‘ Non-accelerated filer ‘ Smaller reporting company ‘ Emerging growth company ‘ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ‘ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ‘ No È The aggregate market value of registrant’s voting stock held by non-affiliates was approximately $4.3 billion on June 28, 2019, based upon the last reported sales price on the New York Stock Exchange. As of February 13, 2020, there were 113,350,267 shares of Class A common stock outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Designated portions of the Proxy Statement relating to registrant’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders have been incorporated by reference into Part III of this report. Form 10-K For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019 INDEX TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I. Item 1. Business.......................................................................................................................................... 4 Item 1A. Risk Factors.................................................................................................................................... 14 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments........................................................................................................... 41 Item 2. Properties........................................................................................................................................ 41 Item 3. Legal Proceedings .......................................................................................................................... 43 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures................................................................................................................. 43 PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities......................................................................................................................... 44 Item 6. Selected Financial Data .................................................................................................................. 46 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ........ 51 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk ....................................................... 72 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.............................................................................. 74 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure........ 106 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures................................................................................................................. 106 Item 9B. Other Information........................................................................................................................... 106 PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance............................................................. 107 Item 11. Executive Compensation................................................................................................................ 107 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management Related Stockholder Matters........................................................................................................................................ 107 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence............................... 107 Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services ........................................................................................ 107 PART IV Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules........................................................................................ 108 Item 16. Form 10-K Summary...................................................................................................................... 127 2 FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This Annual Report on Form 10-K and other publicly available documents may contain or incorporate statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements appear in a number of places in this Form 10-K and include statements regarding, among other matters, the state of the airline industry, our access to the capital markets, our ability to restructure leases and repossess aircraft, the structure of our leases, regulatory matters pertaining to compliance with governmental regulations, and other factors affecting our financial condition or results of operations. Words such as “can,” “could,” “may,” “predicts,” “potential,” “will,” “projects,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” and “should,” and variations of these words and similar expressions, are used in many cases to identify these forward-looking statements. Any