PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus Dated October 1, 2019)
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AerCap Holdings N.V.
$750,000,000
5.875% Fixed-Rate Reset Junior Subordinated Notes due 2079
Guaranteed on a Junior Subordinated Basis by Certain of its Subsidiaries
AerCap Holdings N.V., a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Issuer”) is offering $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Fixed-Rate Reset Junior Subordinated Notes due 2079 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of October 1, 2019 (as supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the guarantors (as defined below) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Subject to the Issuer’s right to elect to forgo payment of interest on the Notes as described under “Description of Notes—Principal Amount; Maturity and Interest—Forgoing of Interest,” the Notes will bear interest (i) from the issue date to, but excluding, October 10, 2024 at a rate of 5.875% per annum and (ii) from and including October 10, 2024, during each Reset Period (as defined under “Description of Notes—Principal Amount; Maturity and Interest”), at a rate per annum equal to the Five-year U.S. Treasury Rate (as defined under “Description of Notes—Principal Amount; Maturity and Interest”) as of the most recent Reset Interest Determination Date (as defined under “Description of Notes—Principal Amount; Maturity and Interest”) plus 4.535% to be reset on each Reset Date (as defined under “Description of Notes—Principal Amount; Maturity and Interest”), payable semi-annually in arrears on April 10 and October 10 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on April 10, 2020. The Notes will mature on October 10, 2079.
The Issuer may, in its sole discretion, elect to forgo payment of interest on the Notes for any Interest Period (as defined under “Description of Notes—Principal Amount; Maturity and Interest”). If the Issuer elects to forgo payment of interest on the Notes for any Interest Period, such interest will not be cumulative and any accrued interest for that Interest Period shall cease to accrue and be payable. If the Issuer elects to forgo payment of interest for any Interest Period, the Issuer will have no obligation to pay the forgone interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date for that Interest Period, whether or not interest on the Notes is paid for any future Interest Period.
On October 10, 2024, and on any subsequent Reset Date, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest for the then-current Interest Period to, but excluding, such redemption date. See “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.” The Issuer may also redeem the Notes at its option, at any time, in whole but not in part, in the event of certain developments affecting taxation described under “Description of Notes—Redemption for Changes in Withholding Taxes,” at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest for the then-current Interest Period to, but excluding, such redemption date and additional amounts, if any. In addition, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole but not in part, at any time within 120 days after the conclusion of any review or appeal process instituted by the Issuer following the occurrence of a Rating Agency Event (as defined under “Description of Notes—Redemption after the Occurrence of a Rating Agency Event”) or, in the absence of any such review or appeal process, within 120 days of such Rating Agency Event, at a redemption price equal to 102% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest for the then-current Interest Period to, but excluding, such redemption date.
The Notes will be irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed (the “guarantees”) on an unsecured junior subordinated basis by certain subsidiaries of the Issuer (collectively, the “guarantors”), as described under “Description of Notes—Guarantees.”
The Notes and the guarantees will constitute the Issuer’s and the relevant guarantor’s direct, unsecured, junior subordinated obligations, respectively, and rank equally (without any preference) among themselves and with any Parity Claims (as defined under “Description of Notes—Certain Definitions”) and prior to any Junior Claims (as defined under “Description of Notes—Certain Definitions”). The rights and claims of holders of the Notes will be subordinated to the claims of all Senior Creditors (as defined under “Description of Notes—Ranking”). The Notes will be structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Notes. See “Description of Notes—Ranking.” Interest on the Notes will be subject to Irish dividend withholding tax unless an exemption applies, and investors will not be eligible to receive additional amounts with respect to Irish dividend withholding tax unless they are “Qualified Holders” with respect to such taxes and comply with applicable tax residence declaration requirements, if any. See “Description of Notes—Additional Amounts” and “Certain Irish, Dutch and U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences—Certain Irish Tax Consequences—Dividend withholding tax.”
BY YOUR ACQUISITION OF THE NOTES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE (1) REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED TO THE ISSUER AND ITS AGENTS THAT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE YOU ARE NOT A TAX RESIDENT OF THE NETHERLANDS OR HAVE A (DEEMED) PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS OR ANY OTHER (DEEMED) TAXABLE PRESENCE IN THE NETHERLANDS TO WHICH THE NOTES CAN BE ATTRIBUTED (A “DUTCH TAX RESIDENT”) AND (2) COVENANTED AND AGREED THAT BEFORE YOU BECOME A DUTCH TAX RESIDENT, YOU WILL PROMPTLY DIVEST YOURSELF OF ALL OWNERSHIP OF THE NOTES AND ANY INTEREST THEREIN.
The Notes are not to be sold to an investor who is a Dutch Tax Resident. See “Underwriting—Selling Restrictions—Notice to Prospective Investors in the Netherlands.” Investors that are not Dutch Tax Residents will be subject to Netherlands withholding tax unless they establish that they are not Dutch Tax Residents, and if they fail to do so, such investors will not be eligible to receive additional amounts in respect of such Netherlands withholding tax. See “Description of Notes—Additional Amounts”and“Certain Irish, Dutch and U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences—Certain Dutch Tax Consequences—Payments of Interest”
Application will be made to list the Notes on The New York Stock Exchange. If the listing is approved, trading of the Notes is expected to begin within 30 days after the initial delivery of the Notes.
Investing in the Notes involves risk. You should carefully review the risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on pageS-13 of this prospectus supplement and in the documents incorporated by reference herein before you make an investment in the Notes.
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| | Public Offering Price(1) | | | Underwriting Discount | | | Proceeds Before Expenses to the Issuer | |
Per Note | | | 100.000 | % | | | 1.200 | % | | | 98.800 | % |
Total | | $ | 750,000,000 | | | $ | 9,000,000 | | | $ | 741,000,000 | |
(1) | The public offering price does not include accrued interest. Subject to the Issuer’s right to elect to forgo payment of interest on the Notes, interest will accrue from the issue date, which is expected to be October 10, 2019. |
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state or foreign securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The underwriters expect to deliver the Notes in global form through the book-entry system of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and its participants, including Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”), and Clearstream Banking,société anonyme(“Clearstream”), on or about October 10, 2019.
Joint Book-Running Managers
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Credit Suisse | | BofA Merrill Lynch | | J.P. Morgan |
Structuring Agent | | | | |
Joint Lead Managers
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Citigroup | | Deutsche Bank Securities | | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Morgan Stanley | | RBC Capital Markets | | Wells Fargo Securities |
Prospectus Supplement dated October 3, 2019