SEC Form SC 13D/A filed by AerCap Holdings N.V. (Amendment)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 3)*
AerCap Holdings N.V. |
(Name of Issuer) |
Ordinary Shares, EUR 0.01 Nominal Value |
(Title of Class of Securities) |
N00985106 |
(CUSIP Number) |
Brandon Smith Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel General Electric Company One Financial Center, Suite 3700 Boston, Massachusetts 02111 617-443-3000 With a Copy to:
Scott A. Barshay Steven J. Williams Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 212-373-3000
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) |
November 16, 2023 |
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) |
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
General Electric Company |
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2 |
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
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(a) ☐ (b) ☐ |
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SEC USE ONLY
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4 |
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO |
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
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6 |
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 |
SOLE VOTING POWER
0 |
8 |
SHARED VOTING POWER
0 | |
9 |
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |
10 |
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
0 |
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12 |
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
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13 |
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.0% |
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14 |
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO |
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC |
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2 |
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
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(a) ☐ (b) ☐ |
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SEC USE ONLY
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO |
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5 |
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
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6 |
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 |
SOLE VOTING POWER
0 |
8 |
SHARED VOTING POWER
0 | |
9 |
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |
10 |
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
0 |
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12 |
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
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☐ |
13 |
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.0% |
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14 |
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO |
CUSIP No. N00985106 | SCHEDULE 13D | Page 4 of 7 |
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NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
GE Capital US Holdings, Inc. |
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2 |
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
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(a) ☐ (b) ☐ |
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SEC USE ONLY
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SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO |
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CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
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☐ |
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CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware |
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH |
7 |
SOLE VOTING POWER
0 |
8 |
SHARED VOTING POWER
0 | |
9 |
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |
10 |
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 |
11 |
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
0 |
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12 |
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
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☐ |
13 |
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.0% |
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TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO |
CUSIP No. N00985106 | SCHEDULE 13D | Page 5 of 7 |
ITEM 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER.
The information in this Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 3”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D (the “Original Schedule 13D”) filed on November 10, 2021 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by General Electric Company (“GE”), GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC (“GE Capital Global Holdings”) and GE Capital US Holdings, Inc. (“GE Capital US Holdings” and, together with GE and GE Capital Global Holdings, the “Reporting Persons”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on March 13, 2023 and September 14, respectively (together with the Original Schedule 13D, the “Original Filings”) relating to the beneficial ownership of stock, nominal value EUR 0.01 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), of AerCap Holdings N.V., a Netherlands public limited liability company (the “Issuer”), which has its principal executive offices at AerCap House, 65 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland.
Except as set forth herein, the Original Filings remain unmodified. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Filings. This Amendment No. 3 constitutes an exit filing for all Reporting Persons.
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.
The response to Item 5(c) of this Amendment No. 3 is incorporated by reference herein.
The response to Item 6 of this Amendment No. 3 is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of the Ordinary Shares (the securities identified pursuant to Item 1 of this Amendment No. 3) that are beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons is set forth in boxes (11) and (13) of the cover pages to this Amendment No. 3 for each of the Reporting Persons, and such information is incorporated herein by reference.
To the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, none of the individuals listed on Schedules I through III hereto own any Ordinary Shares. Following the Secondary Offering (including the full exercise of the Option (as defined below) and the Concurrent Share Repurchase), the Reporting Persons no longer hold any Ordinary Shares in the Issuer.
(b) The number of Ordinary Shares as to which each of the Reporting Persons has sole voting power, shared voting power, sole dispositive power and shared dispositive power is set forth in boxes (7), (8), (9) and (10), respectively, on the cover page to this Amendment No. 3 for each of the Reporting Persons, and such information is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) On November 16, 2023, GE Capital US Holdings sold 30,729,878 Ordinary Shares to the underwriters and the Issuer repurchased 7,859,163 of such Ordinary Shares from the underwriters, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement as described in Item 6 to this Amendment No. 3.
From September 15, 2023 to November 16, 2023, GE Capital US Holdings sold 318,106 Ordinary Shares to the Issuer (the “Repurchases”) in a series of private transactions pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Shareholders’ Agreement. The Repurchases were consummated at prices ranging from $58.26 to $65.84 per share.
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No other transactions involving Ordinary Shares were effected during the past sixty days.
(d) Not applicable.
(e) On November 16, 2023, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Issuer’s Common Stock.
ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERTAKINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
Item 6 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
Underwriting Agreement
On November 13, 2023, the Issuer entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with GE Capital US Holdings (the “Selling Shareholder”) and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) of the several underwriters named therein, relating to the secondary public offering of an aggregate of 30,729,878 Ordinary Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder, at a price to the public of $65.25 per share (the “Secondary Offering”). This includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to an additional 4,008,245 Ordinary Shares from the Selling Shareholder (the “Option”). As part of the Secondary Offering, the Issuer purchased 7,859,163 Ordinary Shares from the underwriters (the “Concurrent Share Repurchase”).
The foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.1 incorporated herein by reference.
Lock-Up Agreement
On November 13, 2023, in connection with the Secondary Offering, GE, on behalf of itself and each of its subsidiaries, executed and delivered a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) to the Representatives. Pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement and subject to specified exceptions, GE agreed not to, without the consent of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., (a) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any class of stock of the Issuer or any other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any of the Issuer’s securities; (b) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Issuer’s securities, whether any such transaction described (a) or (b) is to be settled by delivery of the Issuer’s securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; (c) file any registration statement with the SEC relating to the offering of any restricted securities; or (d) make certain public announcements with respect to any of the foregoing transactions, in cash for a period of 30 days after November 13, 2023.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Lock-Up Agreement does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 99.3 incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.
Item 7 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
* | Filed herewith |
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: November 16, 2023
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | |||
By: | /s/ Brandon Smith | ||
Name: Brandon Smith | |||
Title: Vice President, | |||
Chief Corporate, Securities & Finance Counsel | |||
GE CAPITAL GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC | |||
By: | /s/ Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Name: Robert M. Giglietti | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Senior | |||
Vice President | |||
GE CAPITAL US HOLDINGS, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Robert M. Giglietti | ||
Name: Robert M. Giglietti | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Senior | |||
Vice President |
SCHEDULE I
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the directors and executive officers of General Electric Company. Unless otherwise specified below, the business address and address of the organization of principal occupation or employment of each director and executive officer of General Electric Company is One Financial Center, Suite 3700, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
Present Principal Occupation or | ||
Name | Employment | Citizenship |
Stephen Angel (Director) |
Chairman and Former Chief Executive Officer, Linde Dallas, Texas |
United States |
Sébastien M. Bazin (Director) |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AccorHotels Paris, France |
France |
H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. (Director) |
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, General Electric Company; Chief Executive Officer, GE Aerospace | United States |
Edward P. Garden (Director) |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Garden Investments New York, New York |
United States |
Isabella Goren (Director) |
Former Chief Financial Officer, American Airlines and AMR Corporation Dallas, Texas |
United States |
Thomas W. Horton (Director) |
Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners New York, New York |
United States |
Catherine Lesjak (Director) |
Former Chief Financial Officer, HP San Mateo, California |
Canada |
Darren McDew (Director) |
Retired Four-Star General, United States Air Force, and Former Commander of U.S Transportation Command Waxhaw, North Carolina |
United States |
Paula Rosput Reynolds (Director) |
President and Chief Executive Officer, PreferWest LLC Seattle, Washington |
United States |
Jessica Uhl (Director) |
Former Chief Financial Officer, Shell plc Seattle, Washington |
United States |
Rahul Ghai | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, General Electric Company | United States |
Michael J. Holston | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, General Electric Company | United States |
L. Kevin Cox | Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, General Electric Company | United States |
Russell Stokes | Senior Vice President, General Electric Company; President & Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Engines and Services, GE Aerospace | United States |
Scott L. Strazik | Senior Vice President, General Electric Company; Chief Executive Officer, GE Vernova | United States |
Thomas S. Timko | Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, General Electric Company | United States |
SCHEDULE II
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
GE CAPITAL GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the directors and executive officers of GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC. Unless otherwise specified below, the business address and address of the organization of principal occupation or employment of each director and executive officer of GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC is 901 Main Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06851.
Present Principal Occupation or | ||
Name | Employment | Citizenship |
Jennifer B. VanBelle (Manager) |
Chairperson of the Board of Managers, Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer of GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC; Senior Vice President, GE Treasury - GE Treasury & Capital Markets, General Electric Company | United States |
Robert M. Giglietti (Manager) |
Manager, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC; Vice President, Chief Financial Officer - GE Capital & GE Corporate, General Electric Company | United States |
Timothy M. Carfi (Manager) |
Manager and Senior Vice President, GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC; President & CEO of Working Capital Solutions - GE Capital, General Electric Company | United States |
Paul Goudie (Manager) |
Manager, Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC; Chief Risk Officer - GE Capital, General Electric Company | United States |
Lindsay Diaspro | Vice President, GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC; Deputy Treasurer – Liquidity, Capital Structure and Ratings – GE Capital, General Electric Company | United States |
Victoria Vron | Secretary, GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC; Senior Counsel/Region Leader, Americas - GE Corporate, General Electric Company | United States |
Mark Landis |
Vice President, General Counsel, GE Capital Global Holdings, LLC; General Counsel, GE Capital & Treasury and Vice President, Chief Counsel M&A - GE Capital, General Electric Company One Financial Center, Suite 3700, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 |
United States |
SCHEDULE III
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF
GE CAPITAL US HOLDINGS, INC.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the directors and executive officers of GE Capital US Holdings, Inc. Unless otherwise specified below, the business address and address of the organization of principal occupation or employment of each director and executive officer of GE Capital US Holdings, Inc. is 901 Main Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06851.
Present Principal Occupation or | ||
Name | Employment | Citizenship |
Robert M. Giglietti (Director) |
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, GE Capital US Holdings, Inc.; Vice President, Chief Financial Officer - GE Capital & GE Corporate, General Electric Company | United States |
Paul Goudie (Director) |
Director, Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, GE Capital US Holdings, Inc.; Chief Risk Officer - GE Capital, General Electric Company | United States |
Lindsay Diaspro (Director) |
Director and Vice President, GE Capital US Holdings, Inc.; Deputy Treasurer - Liquidity, Capital Structure and Ratings - GE Capital, General Electric Company | United States |
Jennifer B. VanBelle | President, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, GE Capital US Holdings, Inc.; Senior Vice President, GE Treasurer – GE Treasury & Capital Markets, General Electric Company | United States |
Timothy M. Carfi | Senior Vice President, GE Capital US Holdings, Inc.; President & CEO of Working Capital Solutions - GE Capital, General Electric Company | United States |
Danielle Konsten | Vice President, GE Capital US Holdings, Inc.; Legal Entity Separation Executive, General Electric Company | United States |
Mark Landis | Vice President and General Counsel, GE Capital US Holdings, Inc.; General Counsel, GE Capital & Treasury and Vice President, Chief Counsel M&A - GE Capital, General Electric Company One Financial Center, Suite 3700, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 |
United States |
Victoria Vron | Secretary, GE Capital U.S. Holdings, Inc. Senior Counsel/Region Leader, Americas - GE Corporate, General Electric Company | United States |