UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of April 2015
 
Commission File Number 001-33159
 
AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
 
Stationsplein 965, 1117 CE Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands, +31-20-655-9655
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
 
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Other Events
 
On April 23, 2015, AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap”), its wholly owned subsidiary, International Lease Finance Corporation (“ILFC”), and American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) entered into a settlement agreement and release (the "Settlement Agreement") with Air Lease Corporation (“ALC”), certain of ALC's executive officers and employees and Leonard Green Partners, L.P. and certain of its affiliates to settle the litigation among the parties described in Note 28 to AerCap’s Consolidated Fianancial Statements contained in its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, (i) all claims and counterclaims asserted in the litigation will be dismissed with prejudice, (ii) each of the parties to the litigation will receive full releases of all claims and counterclaims asserted in the litigation, and (iii) ALC will pay AIG the sum of $36 million no later than June 30, 2015, and an additional sum of $36 million no later than September 30, 2015.  The parties to the Settlement Agreement agreed that settlement was intended solely as a compromise of disputed claims, and that no party admits any wrongdoing or liability with respect to any matter alleged in the litigation.

Neither AerCap nor ILFC will make or receive any payments pursuant to the Settlement Agreement.
 
The information contained in this Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the Company’s Form F-3 Registration Statement File No. 333-177659 and Form S-8 Registration Statements File Nos. 333-180323, 333-154416, 333-165839, 333-194637 and 333-194638, and related Prospectuses, as such Registration Statements and Prospectuses may be amended from time to time.
 
 

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SIGNATURE
 
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.
 
 
  AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V.
       
 
By:
/s/ Aengus Kelly  
    Name:
Aengus Kelly
 
    Title:
Authorized Signatory
 
 
Date:  April 23, 2015
     
 
 



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