Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration Statement No. 333-224192
The information in this preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is not complete and may be changed. This preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to sell these securities and are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject to Completion, dated September 23, 2020
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(To Prospectus Dated April 6, 2018)
$
AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company
AerCap Global Aviation Trust
$ % Senior Notes due 20
$ % Senior Notes due 20
Guaranteed by AerCap Holdings N.V.
AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company, a designated activity company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of Ireland (the “Irish Issuer”), and AerCap Global Aviation Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “U.S. Issuer” and, together with the Irish Issuer, the “Issuers”), are offering $ aggregate principal amount of % Senior Notes due 20 (the “20 Notes”) and $ aggregate principal amount of % Senior Notes due 20 (the “20 Notes” and, together with the “20 Notes”, the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of May 14, 2014 (as supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Issuers, the guarantors (as defined below) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Issuers will pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on and of each year, commencing on , 20 . The 20 Notes will mature on , 20 and the 20 Notes will mature on , 20 .
Prior to , 20 with respect to the 20 Notes ( months prior to the maturity date of the 20 Notes) and , 20 with respect to the 20 Notes ( months prior to the maturity date of the 20 Notes), the Issuers may redeem some or all of the Notes of the applicable series, at their option, at any time and from time to time by paying a specified “make-whole” premium. On or after , 20 with respect to the 20 Notes ( months prior to the maturity date of the 20 Notes) and , 20 with respect to the 20 Notes ( months prior to the maturity date of the 20 Notes), the Issuers may redeem some or all of the Notes of the applicable series, at their option, at any time and from time to time at par. See “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.” If we experience a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined under “Description of Notes—Certain Definitions”), the Issuers will be required to make an offer to purchase all of the Notes at the price described under “Description of Notes—Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.” The Issuers may redeem the Notes of a series at their 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.” The Notes will be joint and several obligations of the Issuers and will be the Issuers’ senior unsecured obligations. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the “guarantees”) on a senior unsecured basis by AerCap Holdings N.V. (the “Parent Guarantor,” and such guarantee, the “Parent Guarantee”) and certain other subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor (together with the Parent Guarantor, the “guarantors”), as described under “Description of Notes—Guarantees.” The Notes and the guarantees will rank pari passu in right of payment with all senior debt of the Issuers and the guarantors and will rank senior in right of payment to all of the Issuers’ and the guarantors’ subordinated debt. The Notes and the guarantees will be effectively subordinated to all of the Issuers’ and each guarantor’s existing and future secured debt to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. The Notes and the guarantees will be structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future debt and other liabilities of the Parent Guarantor’s subsidiaries (other than the Issuers) that do not guarantee the Notes. See “Description of Notes—Ranking.”
Investing in the Notes involves risk. You should carefully review the risks and uncertainties described under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-11 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 Issuers(1) | |
Per 20 Note | | | | % | | | | % | | | | % |
Total for 20 Notes | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
Per 20 Note | | | | % | | | | % | | | | % |
Total for 20 Notes | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
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Total | | $ | | | | $ | | | | $ | | |
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(1) | Plus accrued interest, if any, from , 2020. |
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 , 2020.
Joint Book-Running Managers
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BNP PARIBAS | | Credit Agricole CIB | | Credit Suisse | | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | | RBC Capital Markets |
Prospectus Supplement dated , 2020