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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section\~13(a) of the Exchange Act.\u8194\'20\u9744\'3f}
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. }\cell\row\pard\pard\plain \s27\loch\sb0\sa283\ql\sb120\sa0\ltrpar{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
As previously announced, on September\~1, 2025, Air Lease Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the \u8220\'93Company\u8221\'94), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the \u8220\'93Merger Agreement\u8221\'94), with Sumisho Air Lease Corporation Designated Activity Company (formerly known as Gladiatora Designated Activity Company), an Irish private limited company (\u8220\'93Parent\u8221\'94), and Takeoff Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (\u8220\'93Merger Sub\u8221\'94), pursuant to which, among other things and subject to the conditions contained in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the \u8220\'93Merger\u8221\'94). }
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In connection with the Merger, certain employees of the Company, including the Company\u8217\'92s named executive officers John L. Plueger, Grant A. Levy, Carol H. Forsyte and Gregory B. Willis (collectively, the \u8220\'93NEOs\u8221\'94), as well as certain other executive officers, may become entitled to receive payments and benefits that may be deemed to be \u8220\'93excess parachute payments\u8221\'94 within the meaning of Section\~280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (\u8220\'93Section\~280G\u8221\'94 and the \u8220\'93Code\u8221\'94, respectively). To mitigate the potential impact of Section\~280G and Section\~4999 of the Code on the Company and the NEOs, among others, the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee (the \u8220\'93Compensation Committee\u8221\'94) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the \u8220\'93Board\u8221\'94) (or, with respect to Mr.\~Plueger, the independent directors of the Board), with the advice of the Company\u8217\'92s Section\~280G consultant, approved, on December\~22, 2025, the acceleration into December 2025 of the vesting and payment to (i)\~each of the NEOs of an amount equal to their target 2025 annual cash bonus under the Company\u8217\'92s previously disclosed 2025 annual cash bonus program, and (ii)\~solely with respect to Mr.\~Plueger, the vesting and settlement of 43,093 and 100,549 shares of the Company\u8217\'92s Class\~A Company Stock, par value $0.01 per share, based on estimated performance achievement levels of 150% and 175% of Mr.\~Plueger\u8217\'92s 2024 TSR RSU award and book value RSU award, respectively. These actions are intended to benefit the Company by preserving compensation-related corporate income tax deductions for the Company that otherwise might be disallowed through the operation of Section\~280G and to mitigate or eliminate the amount of excise tax that may be payable by the NEOs pursuant to Section\~4999 of the Code in connection with Section\~280G in certain circumstances. }
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As a condition to the effectiveness of the Compensation Committee\u8217\'92s approval of the accelerated vesting and payments described above, each NEO executed an Acceleration and Clawback Agreement (the \u8220\'93Clawback Agreement\u8221\'94), dated as of December\~31, 2025, providing, among other things, that the NEO\u8217\'92s accelerated payments are subject to certain repayment and true-up conditions, as described in the Clawback Agreement. The description of the Clawback Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Clawback Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 herewith and is incorporated by reference herein. }
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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. }
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