6-K 1 form6-k.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of November 2023
 
Commission File Number 001-33159

AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

AerCap House, 65 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin D02 YX20, Ireland, +353 1 819 2010
(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
Form 20-F ⌧
 
Form 40-F ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.

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Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.




Other Events

On November 6, 2023, AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap”) issued a press release announcing that AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company and AerCap Global Aviation Trust (together, the “Issuers”), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of AerCap, commenced offers to certain eligible holders (together, the “Exchange Offers”) to exchange certain of the Issuers’ outstanding notes for consideration consisting of a combination of up to $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ new notes (the “New Notes”) due 2027 and a cash payment, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an offering memorandum, dated November 6, 2023, relating to the Exchange Offers.

If and when issued, the New Notes will not have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws. The New Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

A copy of the press release announcing the commencement of the Exchange Offers, which describes the Exchange Offers in greater detail, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information contained in this Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into AerCap’s Form F-3 Registration Statements, File Nos. 333-270326 and 333-260359 and Form S-8 Registration Statements, File Nos. 333-194638, 333-194637, 333-180323, 333-165839, and 333-154416, and related Prospectuses, as such Registration Statements and Prospectuses may be amended from time to time.

Exhibits

99.1          AerCap Holdings N.V. Press Release relating to the commencement of the Exchange Offers.


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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

  AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.  
       

By:
/s/ Aengus Kelly  
    Name: Aengus Kelly  
    Title: Authorized Signatory  
       
Date:  November 6, 2023


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