Willis Lease Finance Corporation
Ticker: WLFC 180 Harbor Drive, Suite 200
Exchange: NASDAQ-National Market Sausalito, California 94965
Industry: Financial (415) 331-5281

Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:7/5/96
U.S. Shares:2,000,000 Offer Date:9/18/96
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$8.00 - $10.00
Primary Shares:2,000,000 Offer Price:$8.00
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$0.60
Offering Amount: $18,000,000 Selling:$0.31
Expenses:$850,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:5,125,000

ManagerTierPhone
Wedbush Morgan SecuritiesLead Manager (213) 688-8050
Dain Bosworth IncorporatedCo-manager (612) 371-2711

Auditor: KPMG Peat Marwick
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/95 6/30/96 6/30/95 6/30/96
Revenue:$22.74$16.14$7.42Assets:$91.36
Net Income:$3.22$1.57$1.30Liabilities:$85.24
EPS:$1.03$0.50$0.42Equity:$6.12

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
Willis Lease Finance Corporation is a leading provider of operating leases of spare commercial aircraft engines worldwide. The company is primarily engaged in acquiring commercial aircraft spare engines in the aftermarket and providing operating leases of such engines to foreign and domestic airlines, manufactures and overhaul/repair facilities. As of July 31, 1996, the company had 27 engines under lease to 19 customers in 12 countries, two engines that were subject to a letter of intent for sale and one engine that was being repaired and prepared for re-lease or sale. Under operating leases, the company retains the potential benefit and assumes the risk of the residual value of the engine, as distinct from finance leases where the full cost of the engine is recovered over the term of the lease.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to provide the equity investment to acquire aircraft engines for lease, to acquire engine and airframe component inventory, for partial repayment of a term loan, to purchase an interest rate cap and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

Last updated: 10/28/96

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