Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Aircastle Announces Increase of Revolving Credit Facility to $675 million and Extension to May 2020
Stamford, CT. March 29, 2016 – Aircastle Limited (“Aircastle” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AYR) announced today that it increased the size of its unsecured revolving credit facility to $675 million from $600 million and extended its maturity by one year to May 2020. The facility will provide working capital for general corporate purposes, including aircraft acquisition.
The facility participants consist of nine leading global financial institutions, with Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Royal Bank of Canada, as joint lead arrangers; Citibank, N.A., as agent; and Citibank, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada, Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, DBS Bank Ltd., MUFG Union Bank, N.A., BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as lenders.
Mike Inglese, Aircastle’s CFO, stated, “We appreciate the strong, ongoing support of our bank group over the past several years. Along with our recent $500 million senior note issuance, this expanded and extended facility further strengthens Aircastle’s liquidity profile and financial flexibility and enhances our ability to secure accretive new investment opportunities.”
About Aircastle Limited
Aircastle Limited acquires, leases and sells commercial jet aircraft to airlines throughout the world. As of December 31, 2015, Aircastle’s aircraft portfolio consisted of 162 aircraft on lease with 53 customers located in 34 countries.
Safe Harbor
All statements in this press release, other than characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not necessarily limited to, statements relating to our proposed public offering of notes and our ability to acquire, sell, lease or finance aircraft, raise capital, pay dividends, and increase revenues, earnings, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income and the global aviation industry and aircraft leasing sector. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “seeks,” “estimates” and variations on these words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are based on our historical performance and that of our subsidiaries and on our current plans, estimates and expectations and are subject to a number of factors that could lead to actual results materially different from those described in the forward-looking statements; Aircastle can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements which are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated as of the date of this press release. These risks or uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described from time to time in Aircastle’s filings with the SEC and previously disclosed under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Aircastle’s 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, new risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for Aircastle to predict or assess the impact of every factor that may cause its actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. Aircastle expressly disclaims any obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement to reflect future events or circumstances.
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SOURCE: Aircastle Limited
