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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (\u167\'a7230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (\u167\'a7240.12b-2 of this chapter).}
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Emerging growth company \u9744\'3f}
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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. \u9744\'3f}
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Item\u8201\'207.01}\cell\pard\plain \s20\loch\sb0\sa283\intbl\ql\sb0\sa0\ltrpar{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\b\f6\loch
Regulation FD Disclosure. }\cell\row\pard\pard\plain \s27\loch\sb0\sa283\ql\sb120\sa0\ltrpar{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
As previously reported, on September\~1, 2025, Air Lease Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the \u8220\'93}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\ul\ulc0\f6\loch
Company}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
\u8221\'94), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the \u8220\'93}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\ul\ulc0\f6\loch
Merger Agreement}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
\u8221\'94) with Sumisho Air Lease Corporation Designated Activity Company (formerly known as Gladiatora Designated Activity Company), an Irish private limited company (\u8220\'93}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\ul\ulc0\f6\loch
Parent}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
\u8221\'94), and Takeoff Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (\u8220\'93}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\ul\ulc0\f6\loch
Merger Sub}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
\u8221\'94), pursuant to which, 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 subsidiary of Parent (the \u8220\'93}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\ul\ulc0\f6\loch
Merger}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
\u8221\'94). Parent is a holding company that will be owned directly or indirectly by Sumitomo Corporation, a Japanese corporation, SMBC Aviation Capital Limited, a company incorporated with limited liability in Ireland, and investment vehicles affiliated with Apollo managed funds and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. }
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On March\~30, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the receipt of the final regulatory approval\~that is a condition to closing the Merger.\~A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. }
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The Company expects to complete the Merger on April\~8, 2026. Completion of the Merger remains subject to the satisfaction of the remaining closing conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. Following the Merger, the Class\~A Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the \u8220\'93}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\ul\ulc0\f6\loch
Class\~A Common Stock}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
\u8221\'94) will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and the shares of Class\~A Common Stock will cease to be publicly traded. }
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The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed \u8220\'93filed\u8221\'94 for the purposes of Section\~18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the \u8220\'93}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\ul\ulc0\f6\loch
Exchange Act}{\hich\af6\loch\fs20\f6\loch
\u8221\'94), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. }
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Air Lease Corporation Press Release dated March\~30, 2026.}}}}\cell\row\pard\trowd\trql\ltrrow\trpaddft3\trpaddt0\trpaddfl3\trpaddl0\trpaddfb3\trpaddb0\trpaddfr3\trpaddr0\clvertalc\cellx560\clvertalc\cellx3120\pard\plain \s20\loch\sb0\sa283\intbl\ql\sb0\sa283\ltrpar\rtlch\afs4 \ltrch\loch\fs4\loch
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\~\~}\cell\pard\plain \s20\loch\sb0\sa283\intbl\ql\sb0\sa283\ltrpar{\loch
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SIGNATURE }
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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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\~}\cell\pard\plain \s20\loch\sb0\sa283\intbl\ql\sb0\sa283\ltrpar{\loch
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Date: March\~30, 2026}\cell\pard\plain \s20\loch\sb0\sa283\intbl\ql\sb0\sa283\ltrpar{
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\~}\cell\pard\plain \s20\loch\sb0\sa283\intbl\ql\sb0\sa283\ltrpar{
\u8195\'20\u8195\'20}\cell\pard\plain \s20\loch\sb0\sa283\intbl\ql\sb0\sa283\ltrpar{
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\~}\cell\pard\plain \s20\loch\sb0\sa283\intbl\ql\sb0\sa283\ltrpar{\loch
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer}\cell\row\pard\pard\plain \s27\loch\sb0\sa283\ql\sb0\sa0\ltrpar{
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