AYR Aircastle Limited

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 11)

 

 

AIRCASTLE LIMITED

(Name of Issuer)

Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

G0129K104

(CUSIP Number)

Marubeni Corporation

4-2 Ohtemachi 1-Chome

Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, 100-8088 Japan

Attention: General Manager

Telephone: 81 3 3282 7398

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on behalf of filing persons)

November 9, 2015

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.  ¨

 

 

 

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CUSIP No. G0129K104

 

1.		Name of reporting persons   Marubeni Corporation
2.		Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (a)  ¨        (b)  ¨
3.		SEC use only
4.		Source of funds       WC
5.		Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)    ¨
6.		Citizenship or place of organization       Japan
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with:				7.		Sole voting power       0
				8.		Shared voting power       17,983,555
				9.		Sole dispositive power       0
				10.		Shared dispositive power       17,983,555
11.		Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person       17,983,555
12.		Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares    ¨
13.		Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)       22.15%*
14.		Type of reporting person       CO

 

 

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CUSIP No. G0129K104

 

1.		Name of reporting persons   Marubeni Aviation Corporation
2.		Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (a)  ¨        (b)  ¨
3.		SEC use only
4.		Source of funds       AF
5.		Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)    ¨
6.		Citizenship or place of organization       Japan
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with:				7.		Sole voting power       0
				8.		Shared voting power       17,983,555
				9.		Sole dispositive power       0
				10.		Shared dispositive power       17,983,555
11.		Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person       17,983,555
12.		Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares    ¨
13.		Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)       22.15%*
14.		Type of reporting person       CO

 

 

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CUSIP No. G0129K104

 

1.		Name of reporting persons   Marubeni Aviation Holding Coöperatief U.A.
2.		Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (a)  ¨        (b)  ¨
3.		SEC use only
4.		Source of funds       AF
5.		Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)    ¨
6.		Citizenship or place of organization       The Netherlands
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with:				7.		Sole voting power       0
				8.		Shared voting power       17,983,555
				9.		Sole dispositive power       0
				10.		Shared dispositive power       17,983,555
11.		Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person       17,983,555
12.		Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares    ¨
13.		Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)       22.15%*
14.		Type of reporting person       CO

 

*	Based on the 81,187,495 Common Shares that the Issuer reported as issued and outstanding as of October 30, 2015 in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed November 3, 2015.

 

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Explanatory Statement

This Amendment No. 11 (“Amendment No. 11”) amends and supplements the statement on Schedule 13D filed by Marubeni Corporation (“Marubeni”) on June 17, 2013, as amended by Amendments Nos. 1 through 10 filed jointly by Marubeni, Marubeni Aviation Corporation (“MAC”) and Marubeni Aviation Holding Coöperatief U.A. (“MHC” and together with Marubeni and MAC, the “Reporting Persons”). The Schedule 13D, as so amended (the “Schedule 13D”), relates to the common shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), of Aircastle Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (the “Issuer”). Unless otherwise indicated, each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning assigned to such term in the Schedule 13D.

This Amendment No. 11 is being filed jointly by the Reporting Persons.

 

Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Item 5 is hereby supplemented by the addition of the following:

From August 26, 2015, which was the date of the most recent amendment to the Schedule 13D, through November 9, 2015, MHC purchased an aggregate of 835,103 Common Shares pursuant to the Stock Purchase Plan Engagement Agreement between MHC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated dated February 19, 2015, as amended. Details of these purchases are set forth on Exhibit 7.14 and are incorporated herein by reference. After giving effect to these purchases, MHC owns an aggregate of 17,983,555 Common Shares. Based on the 81,187,495 Common Shares reported to be outstanding in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2015, the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons as of November 9, 2015 represents approximately 22.15% of the Common Shares outstanding.

Item 7. Material To Be Filed as Exhibits.

Item 7 is hereby amended to add the following:

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
Exhibit 7.14		Purchases of Common Shares.

 

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

 

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Exhibit 7.14

 

Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
August 27, 2015			100				20.2000
			100				20.2400
			100				20.2900
			400				20.4300
			100				20.4350
			700				20.4400
			200				20.4500
			2,104				20.4700
			996				20.4800
			36,625				20.4900
August 28, 2015			619				20.4900
August 31, 2015			100				20.4700
			1,100				20.4800
			1,300				20.4900
September 1, 2015			400				20.1400
			1,300				20.1500
			600				20.1600
			1,000				20.1800
			616				20.1900
			1,684				20.2000
			500				20.2100
			100				20.2250
			1,800				20.2300
			2,000				20.2500
			1,000				20.2700
			1,125				20.2800
			2,214				20.2900
			600				20.3000
			1,700				20.3100
			1,600				20.3200
			2,504				20.3300
			1,671				20.3400
			4,700				20.3500
			4,200				20.3600
			2,400				20.3700
			2,300				20.3800
			3,600				20.3900
			1,123				20.4000
			2,400				20.4100
			1,457				20.4200
			200				20.4250
			100				20.4275
			1,657				20.4300
			300				20.4375
			2,998				20.4400
			100				20.4450
			100				20.4475

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			6,964				20.4500
			5,167				20.4600
			3,477				20.4700
			200				20.4750
			4,400				20.4800
			300				20.4850
			44,543				20.4900
September 2, 2015			225				20.4000
			1,700				20.4100
			600				20.4300
			1,075				20.4400
			695				20.4500
			3,300				20.4600
			116				20.4650
			2,734				20.4700
			666				20.4750
			900				20.4800
			43,840				20.4900
September 3, 2015			10,672				20.4900
September 4, 2015			300				20.2900
			100				20.3400
			100				20.3650
			500				20.3700
			400				20.3800
			200				20.4200
			400				20.4500
			500				20.4600
			100				20.4700
			2,401				20.4800
			100				20.4850
			22,577				20.4900
September 14, 2015			100				20.4500
			600				20.4600
			900				20.4700
			700				20.4800
			1,500				20.4900
September 22, 2015			800				20.4100
			300				20.4300
			5				20.4500
			1,300				20.4800
			1,000				20.4700
			798				20.4600
			2,200				20.4900
September 23, 2015			98				20.3500
			500				20.3700
			600				20.3800
			200				20.3900
			1,649				20.4000
			700				20.4100

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			953				20.4200
			300				20.4300
			200				20.4600
			600				20.4700
			800				20.4800
			900				20.4900
September 24, 2015			600				20.3300
			1				20.3400
			200				20.3500
			400				20.3700
			200				20.3800
			100				20.4100
			100				20.4150
			950				20.4200
			200				20.4250
			1,950				20.4300
			100				20.4350
			1,400				20.4400
			800				20.4500
			1,700				20.4600
			900				20.4700
			1,999				20.4800
			100				20.4850
			2,000				20.4900
September 25, 2015			601				20.4200
			591				20.4300
			200				20.3600
			500				20.3700
			393				20.3800
			736				20.3900
			1,688				20.4000
			1,709				20.4100
			650				20.4500
			1,333				20.4400
			1,390				20.4600
			190				20.4800
			500				20.4700
			3,609				20.4900
September 28, 2015			958				19.8300
			609				19.8400
			450				19.8500
			700				19.8600
			5				19.8800
			1,285				19.8900
			1,131				19.9000
			3,267				19.9100
			1,400				19.9200
			1,300				19.9300
			200				19.9400

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			295				19.9500
			464				19.9600
			100				19.9700
			200				19.9800
			1,031				19.9900
			1,105				20.0000
			400				20.0100
			700				20.0200
			676				20.0300
			1,571				20.0400
			200				20.0450
			2,202				20.0500
			3,480				20.0600
			1,530				20.0700
			4,938				20.0800
			4,730				20.0900
			5,966				20.1000
			4,333				20.1100
			6,196				20.1200
			5,424				20.1300
			1,418				20.1400
			1,360				20.1500
			1,710				20.1600
			602				20.1700
			1,698				20.1800
			1,550				20.1900
			900				20.2000
			100				20.2050
			500				20.2100
			100				20.2150
			200				20.2200
			700				20.2300
September 29, 2015			200				19.7800
			400				19.7900
			455				19.8000
			900				19.8100
			200				19.8200
			1,800				19.8300
			1,845				19.8400
			4,504				19.8500
			1,696				19.8600
			500				19.8700
			800				19.8800
			400				19.8900
			300				19.9000
			400				19.9100
			469				19.9200
			2,200				19.9300
			2,500				19.9400

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			1,000				19.9500
			1,246				19.9600
			1,500				19.9700
			1,016				19.9800
			2,928				19.9900
			3,508				20.0000
			1,971				20.0100
			1,330				20.0200
			3,800				20.0300
			1,504				20.0400
			3,640				20.0500
			5,500				20.0600
			3,854				20.0700
			2,800				20.0800
			3,405				20.0900
			930				20.1000
			3,260				20.1100
			2,129				20.1200
			900				20.1300
			1,000				20.1400
			677				20.1500
			2,328				20.1600
			100				20.1650
			1,400				20.1700
			1,106				20.1800
			200				20.1900
			2,100				20.2000
			1,027				20.2100
			572				20.2200
			600				20.2300
			800				20.2400
			1,000				20.2600
			200				20.2700
September 30, 2015			100				20.1500
			100				20.2500
			200				20.2800
			200				20.2900
			400				20.2950
			700				20.3000
			200				20.3500
			600				20.3900
			1,000				20.4000
			700				20.4100
			1,200				20.4200
			100				20.4250
			1,100				20.4300
			1,500				20.4400
			1,900				20.4500
			100				20.4550

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			3,100				20.4600
			100				20.4650
			3,541				20.4700
			3,872				20.4800
			29,455				20.4900
October 1, 2015			471				20.2200
			1,200				20.2300
			1,350				20.2400
			750				20.2500
			2,529				20.2600
			3,419				20.2700
			1,471				20.2800
			1,628				20.2900
			2,500				20.3000
			2,362				20.3100
			1,400				20.3200
			3,320				20.3300
			1,600				20.3400
			300				20.3800
			200				20.3900
			400				20.4000
			710				20.4100
			2,012				20.4200
			2,152				20.4300
			1,900				20.4400
			2,577				20.4500
			5,906				20.4600
			4,699				20.4700
			3,614				20.4800
			100				20.4850
			30,330				20.4900
October 2, 2015			200				20.1500
			100				20.1800
			300				20.1900
			100				20.1950
			696				20.2000
			2,004				20.2100
			100				20.2200
			100				20.2300
			800				20.2400
			100				20.2500
			1,200				20.2600
			1,495				20.2700
			1,000				20.2800
			200				20.2900
			100				20.3000
			100				20.3050
			700				20.3100
			100				20.3200

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			600				20.3300
			700				20.3400
			405				20.3500
			397				20.3700
			1,300				20.3900
			600				20.4000
			503				20.4100
			583				20.4200
			500				20.4300
			400				20.4400
			1,200				20.4500
			200				20.4600
			1,900				20.4700
			2,400				20.4800
			4,100				20.4900
November 4, 2015			3,239				19.9100
			1,670				19.9000
			100				19.9050
			465				19.9200
			2,259				19.9300
			2,090				19.9400
			1,000				19.9500
			550				19.9600
			600				19.9700
			700				19.9800
			500				19.9900
			118				20.0100
			800				20.0000
			1,200				19.8900
			387				19.8600
			1,516				19.8400
			1,935				19.8300
			3,585				19.8200
			2,754				19.8000
			1,902				19.8100
			203				19.8500
			600				19.7700
			4,610				19.7500
			4,896				19.7100
			5,509				19.7000
			3,954				19.6900
			1,660				19.6700
			2,403				19.6800
			100				19.7050
			3,301				19.7200
			3,201				19.7300
			2,396				19.7400
			600				19.7150
			700				19.7600

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			200				19.6950
			518				19.6600
			300				19.7800
			1,030				19.6200
			482				19.6400
			600				19.6300
			500				19.6500
			200				19.6650
			200				19.8700
			270				19.5200
			230				19.5300
			200				19.4600
			100				19.4800
			500				19.4900
			800				19.5400
			200				19.5800
			100				19.5750
			400				19.5700
			400				19.4700
			200				19.4950
			600				19.4500
			400				19.4100
			300				19.3900
			300				19.4300
			400				19.3500
			100				19.3300
			300				19.3000
			200				19.3200
			100				19.5600
			300				19.7900
			135				19.8350
			100				19.9250
			100				19.8150
			100				19.7850
			132				19.8750
			500				20.1000
			600				20.1100
			200				20.1050
			100				19.8800
			100				20.1800
			100				20.3700
November 5, 2015			100				19.9300
			200				19.9400
			300				19.9500
			400				19.9600
			500				19.9700
			700				19.9800
			817				19.9900
			500				20.0000

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			200				20.0100
			300				20.0300
			1,000				20.0500
			800				20.0600
			100				20.0675
			1,290				20.0700
			600				20.0800
			700				20.0900
			400				20.1000
			568				20.1100
			500				20.1200
			700				20.1300
			1,352				20.1400
			2,137				20.1500
			300				20.1600
			500				20.1700
			200				20.1750
			100				20.1800
			200				20.1900
			660				20.2000
			800				20.2200
			1,000				20.2300
			2,540				20.2400
			500				20.2500
			500				20.2600
			100				20.2700
			100				20.2800
			300				20.2900
			600				20.3000
			1,300				20.3100
			500				20.3200
			300				20.3300
			100				20.3400
			400				20.3500
			1,200				20.3600
			1,500				20.3700
			900				20.3900
			1,100				20.4100
			200				20.4200
			100				20.4300
			394				20.4500
			680				20.4600
			100				20.4800
			2,783				20.4900
November 6, 2015			17,109				20.4900
November 9, 2015			150				20.0300
			300				20.0400
			800				20.0500
			1,720				20.0600

 

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Trade Date		# of Shares				Price
			1,320				20.0700
			2,910				20.0800
			2,500				20.0900
			3,002				20.1000
			2,294				20.1100
			1,500				20.1200
			200				20.1250
			1,497				20.1300
			2,500				20.1400
			1,900				20.1500
			1,044				20.1600
			3,600				20.1700
			1,300				20.1800
			8,098				20.1900
			1,000				20.1975
			7,705				20.2000
			200				20.2075
			900				20.2100
			100				20.2150
			6,384				20.2200
			1,000				20.2275
			8,017				20.2300
			5,000				20.2400
			500				20.2475
			7,800				20.2500
			1,500				20.2600
			200				20.2700
			200				20.2800
			200				20.2900
			35				20.3000
			200				20.3100
			100				20.3200
			20				20.3300
			200				20.3400
			200				20.3600
			100				20.3700
			200				20.3800
			100				20.3900
			200				20.4000
			200				20.4100
			200				20.4300
			920				20.4400
			200				20.4450
			3,400				20.4500
			2,760				20.4600
			986				20.4700
			1,000				20.4800
			21,238				20.4900

 

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