Willis Austin Chandler Form 4 WILLIS LEASE FINANCE / Austin Chandler Willis ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Willis Austin Chandler

(Last) (First) (Middle)

4700 LYONS TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY

(Street)

COCONUT CREEK FL 33073

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP [ WLFC ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SVP, Corp Development

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/29/2021

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/29/2021		G	V	760(1)	D	$0	79,875	D
Common Stock	11/29/2021		G	V	760(1)	A	$0	1,670	I	Austin C. Willis 2019 Irrevocable Trust(2)
Common Stock								5,275	I	Brother(3)
Common Stock								4,013	I	Son(4)
Common Stock								8,692	I	CFW V 2016 Trust(5)
Common Stock								246,715	I	2019 Willis Family Trust(6)(7)
Common Stock								405,488	I	CFW Partners(8)
Common Stock								4,013	I	Daughter(9)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Gift of shares from Austin C. Willis to Austin C. Willis 2019 Irrevocable Trust

2. Austin C. Willis 2019 Irrevocable Trust, Mary Willis Trustee

3. Charles F. Willis V 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee

4. Rooster A. Willis 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee

5. Charles F. Willis V 2016 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee

6. 2019 Willis Family Trust, Austin Willis Trustee

7. Includes 213,415 shares having shared voting power of CFW Partners with Charles F. Willis IV

8. Shared voting power of CFW Partners with Charles F. Willis IV

9. Wilder Grace Willis 2019 Trust, Austin Willis Trustee

Remarks:

	/s/ Austin C. Willis	12/01/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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