Willis Lease (WLFC) CFO Scott Flaherty Sells 30,000 Shares

What Happened

• Scott B. Flaherty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Willis Lease Finance Corp (WLFC), sold a total of 30,000 shares in open-market transactions between Sept 11 and Sept 15, 2026. The sales were: 2,979 shares at a weighted average $56.18 (≈ $167,360), 18,695 shares at a weighted average $54.57 (≈ $1,020,186), and 8,326 shares at a weighted average $53.56 (≈ $445,941), for aggregate proceeds of approximately $1,633,487. These were outright sales (S), which are typically routine liquidity transactions rather than an expressed vote on the company’s outlook.

Key Details

• Transaction dates and weighted-average prices:
  • 2026-09-11: 2,979 shares @ $56.18 (F1: trades ranged $55.97–$56.29)
  • 2026-09-14: 18,695 shares @ $54.57 (F2: trades ranged $54.01–$55.30)
  • 2026-09-15: 8,326 shares @ $53.56 (F3: trades ranged $52.81–$54.55)
• Total sold: 30,000 shares; total proceeds ≈ $1,633,487.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided excerpt (see the full Form 4 for post-transaction holdings).
• Footnotes: each sale was executed in multiple trades; the reported price is a weighted average and full trade-level details are available upon request to the SEC staff or issuer (F1–F3).
• Filing date: Form filed on 2026-09-15 covering transactions dated 9/11–9/15. The provided data does not include a late-filing flag—see the official filing for timeliness status.

Context

• These were open-market sales (code S). Sales by officers can be ordinary liquidity events (paying taxes, diversification, etc.) and do not necessarily indicate insider pessimism. Retail investors may weigh insider buys more heavily than routine sales when gauging confidence, but should review the full Form 4 and company disclosures for additional context.