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 September 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.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
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 September 25, 2023, AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company and AerCap Global Aviation Trust (together, the “Issuers”), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap”), issued $900 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 6.100% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) and $850 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ 6.150% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes” and, together with the 2027 Notes, the “Notes”). In connection with the issuance of the Notes, AerCap is filing the following documents solely for incorporation into the Registration Statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-270326 and 333-260359).

Exhibits |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated September 18, 2023, among AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company, AerCap Global Aviation Trust, AerCap Holdings N.V., AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Limited, International Lease Finance Corporation, AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Santander US Capital Markets LLC.
4.1 | Fifth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 6.100% Senior Notes due 2027 and the 6.150% Senior Notes due 2030, dated as of September 25, 2023, among AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company, AerCap Global Aviation Trust, the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
5.1 | Opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
5.2 | Opinion of NautaDutilh N.V.
5.3 | Opinion of McCann FitzGerald Solicitors.
5.4 | Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP.
5.5 | Opinion of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
23.1 | Consent of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 | Consent of NautaDutilh N.V. (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.3 | Consent of McCann FitzGerald Solicitors (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.4 | Consent of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4).
23.5 | Consent of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.5).

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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: September 25, 2023
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EXHIBIT INDEX

1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated September 18, 2023, among AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company, AerCap Global Aviation Trust, AerCap Holdings N.V., AerCap Aviation Solutions B.V., AerCap Ireland Limited, International Lease Finance Corporation, AerCap U.S. Global Aviation LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Santander US Capital Markets LLC.
4.1 | Fifth Supplemental Indenture relating to the 6.100% Senior Notes due 2027 and the 6.150% Senior Notes due 2030, dated as of September 25, 2023, among AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company, AerCap Global Aviation Trust, the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
5.1 | Opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
5.2 | Opinion of NautaDutilh N.V.
5.3 | Opinion of McCann FitzGerald Solicitors.
5.4 | Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP.
5.5 | Opinion of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
23.1 | Consent of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 | Consent of NautaDutilh N.V. (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.3 | Consent of McCann FitzGerald Solicitors (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.4 | Consent of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.4).
23.5 | Consent of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.5).

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