FLY Fly Leasing Limited

UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report: May 19, 2015

 

Commission File Number: 001-33701

 

Fly Leasing Limited 

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

West Pier 

Dun Laoghaire 

County Dublin, Ireland 

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F R                   Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

 

Fly Leasing Limited (the “Company”) will hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”) on June 22, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. (Local Time) at the Company’s offices at West Pier Business Campus, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

 

The following documents regarding the Company’s AGM, which are attached as exhibits hereto, are incorporated by reference herein:

 

Exhibit	Title
99.1	Notice of Annual General Meeting, including Agenda
99.2	Notice of Annual General Meeting to Holders of American Depositary Receipts
99.3	Voting Card for Holders of American Depositary Receipts
99.4	Voting Card for Holders of American Depositary Receipts – Internet and Telephone Instructions

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

			Fly Leasing Limited
			(Registrant)
Date:	May 19, 2015		By:	/s/ Colm Barrington
				Colm Barrington
				Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit	Title
99.1	Notice of Annual General Meeting, including Agenda
99.2	Notice of Annual General Meeting to Holders of American Depositary Receipts
99.3	Voting Card for Holders of American Depositary Receipts
99.4	Voting Card for Holders of American Depositary Receipts – Internet and Telephone Instructions

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

FLY LEASING LIMITED

 

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

June 22, 2015

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Annual General Meeting (the “Meeting”) of Shareholders of Fly Leasing Limited (the “Company”) will be held on June 22, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. (Local Time) at the Company’s offices at West Pier Business Campus, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland, for the following purposes, all of which are more completely set forth in the accompanying information statement:

 

1.

To re-elect Erik G. Braathen as a director of the Company.

 

2.

To re-elect Joseph M. Donovan as a director of the Company.

 

3.

To re-elect Eugene McCague as a director of the Company

 

4.

To re-elect Susan M. Walton as a director of the Company.

 

5.

To appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors and to authorize the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to determine their remuneration.

 

To transact other such business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

The financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2014, together with the report of the Company’s independent auditor in respect of those financial statements, as approved by the Board, will be presented at the Meeting.

 

By order of the Board

 

 

/s/ Joseph M. Donovan                   

Joseph M. Donovan, Chairman 

Fly Leasing Limited

 

Dated May 19, 2015

 

Notes:

 

1.

The Board has fixed the close of business on May 13, 2015 as the record date for the determination of Shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

2.

A form of proxy is enclosed for use in connection with the business set out above.

 

3.

Each of the resolutions in 1-4 above will be determined in accordance with the Company’s Bye-law 36.3, which provides that the persons nominated for re-election as a director receiving the most votes (up to the number of directors to be elected) shall be elected as directors, not including the directors to be appointed by the Manager Shares, as defined in the Amended and Restated Bye-laws, pursuant to Bye-law 36.5. The resolution set out in 5 above is an ordinary resolution, approval of which will require the affirmative votes of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting.

 

FLY LEASING LIMITED

 

FORM OF PROXY FOR USE AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 22, 2015

 

I/we____________________________________________________________________

(NAME IN BLOCK CAPITALS)

 

Of _____________________________________________________________________

(ENTITY NAME IF APPLICABLE)

 

being (a) holder(s) of _______________________________ common shares of Fly Leasing Limited (the “Company”) on the record date of May 13, 2015, hereby appoint Colm Barrington and/or Gary Dales to act as my/our proxy at the Annual General Meeting (the “Meeting”) of the Company to be held on June 22, 2015, or at any adjournment thereof, and to vote on my/our behalf as directed below.

 

Please indicate below the number of votes cast in accordance with the instructions of the holders of American Depositary Receipts representing the common shares of the Company. Should this card be returned duly signed, but without specific direction, the proxy will vote or abstain at his direction.

 

Resolutions	For	Against	Abstain
1.  To re-elect Erik G. Braathen as a director of the Company.
2.  To re-elect Joseph M. Donovan as a director of the Company.
3.  To re-elect Eugene McCague as a director of the Company.
4.  To re-elect Susan M. Walton as a director of the Company.
5.  To appoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors and to authorize the Board of Directors of the Company to determine their remuneration.

Date:_____________________________________________

 

Signature: _________________________________________

 

This proxy should be completed and sent to the following addresses by not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the Meeting.

 

Colm Barrington  Fly Leasing Limited  West Pier Business Campus  Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland  Fax: +353-1-231-1901

With a copy to:  Eugine Jung  BBAM US LP  50 California Street, 14th Floor  San Francisco, CA 94111, USA  Fax: 415-618-3337

 

INFORMATION CONCERNING SOLICITATION AND VOTING FOR
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
OF FLY LEASING LIMITED TO BE HELD ON JUNE 22, 2015

 

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

In accordance with Section 84 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2014 will be presented at the Meeting. These statements have been approved by the Board. There is no requirement under Bermuda law that such statements be approved by Shareholders, and no such approval is sought at the Meeting.

 

The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2014 have been provided to Shareholders by inclusion of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F with this Notice of Annual General Meeting. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F is also available on the Company’s website at www.flyleasing.com.

 

COMPANY PROPOSALS 

PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3 and 4 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 

The Board has determined that it shall be comprised of seven directors. The Amended and Restated Bye-laws provide that four of the directors shall be elected by the holders of the common shares and three will be appointed by the holders of the Manager Shares. The Board has nominated the four persons listed below for re-election by the holders of the common shares as directors of the Company. All nominees are presently members of the Board. As provided in the Company’s Amended and Restated Bye-laws, each director elected by the holders of the common shares is elected at each Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and shall hold office until the next Annual General Meeting following his or her election or until his or her successor is elected or appointed or their office is otherwise vacated.

 

Nominees for Election to the Company’s Board

 

Information concerning the nominees for directors of the Company to be elected by the holders of the common shares is set forth below:

 

Name	Age	Position
Erik G. Braathen	59	Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee, member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Joseph M. Donovan	60	Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Audit Committee
Eugene McCague	56	Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Susan M. Walton	54	Director, Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, member of the Compensation Committee

 

Erik G. Braathen has been a member of our board of directors since June 2007. Mr. Braathen has been the chief executive of Ojada AS, a privately owned investment company, since 1999. Prior to joining Ojada AS, Mr. Braathen was the chief executive officer of Braathens ASA where he gained extensive experience in the airline industry from 1986 to 1999. Mr. Braathen is a member of the boards of directors of Protector Insurance ASA, Peergynt Tours AS, Opra AS, Northsea PSV AS and Cenzia AS. Mr. Braathen is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holmen Fondsforvaltning, Sayonara AS, Ojada AS, Okana AS and Onida AS. Mr. Braathen has a Master of International Management from AGSIM, Phoenix Arizona, and a Bachelor of Arts & Economics from the University of Washington.

 

Joseph M. Donovan was appointed Chairman in April 2010 and has been a member of our board of directors since June 2007. Prior to his retirement in January 2007, Mr. Donovan was chairman of Credit Suisse’s Asset-Backed Securities and Debt Financing Group, which he led for nearly seven years. Prior thereto, Mr. Donovan was a managing director and head of Asset Finance at Prudential Securities (1998-2000) and Smith Barney (1995-1997). Mr. Donovan began his banking career at The First Boston Corporation in 1983, ultimately becoming a managing director at CS First Boston, where he served as Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Banking Department from 1992 to 1995. Mr. Donovan is a director of Institutional Financial Markets Inc. (formerly known as Cohen & Company), STORE Capital Corporation and Homeownership Preservation Foundation. Mr. Donovan received his MBA from The Wharton School and has a degree in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame.

 

Eugene McCague has been a member of our board of directors since November 2014. Mr. McCague has been a partner of Arthur Cox, a leading Irish law firm, since 1988. He served as managing partner of Arthur Cox from 1999 to 2003, and as its chairman from 2006 to 2013. Mr. McCague is the chair of the Governing Authority of University College, Dublin and has served on the boards of a number of not-for-profit organizations, and as President of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Mr. McCague holds a Bachelor of Civil Law degree and a Diploma in European Law from University College, Dublin.

 

Susan M. Walton has been a member of our board of directors since June 2007. Ms. Walton is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Pestalozzi International Village Trust, a charity registered in England and Chief Executive Officer of Pestalozzi Enterprises Limited. Until September 2010, Ms. Walton was a sub-regional director of the environmental charity Groundwork London. Prior thereto, Ms. Walton was the chief executive of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (“HWT”), a leading wildlife conservation charity in England, where she was responsible for biodiversity projects in two counties and developing partnerships with key stakeholder groups. Prior to joining HWT in 2006, she served as General Manager — Structured Finance and Export Credit, for Rolls-Royce Capital Limited for nine years. Ms. Walton was also a Principal at Babcock & Brown from 1989 to 1997 where she was responsible for producing and implementing Babcock & Brown’s annual European Aerospace marketing plan. Ms. Walton is a trustee for the Sussex Wildlife Trust, a trustee for the Sussex East Area Meeting of Quakers, a member of the Corporation of Sussex Coast College Hastings and a member of the High Weald AONB Sustainable Development Fund Panel. Ms. Walton holds a degree in Environmental Conservation from Birkbeck College, University of London.

 

PROPOSAL 5 — APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

At the Meeting, the Company will ask Shareholders to approve the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditors and to authorize the Board to determine the auditors’ remuneration.

 

All services rendered by the independent auditors are subject to pre-approval and review by the Company’s Audit Committee.

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

The Company’s management knows of no business that will be presented for consideration at the Meeting other than that stated in this Notice of Annual General Meeting. Should any additional matters come before the Annual General Meeting, it is intended that proxies in the accompanying form will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the person or persons named in the proxy.

 

	By Order of the Board
	/s/ Joseph M. Donovan                          Joseph M. Donovan, Chairman  Fly Leasing Limited

Dated: May 19, 2015

 

 

                                           Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust & Securities Services

Global Equity Services

 

DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

 

Depositary’s Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders:

 

Issue:	Fly Leasing Limited / Cusip 34470D109
Country:	Bermuda
Meeting Details:	Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 22, 2015
Meeting Agenda:	The Company’s Notice of Meeting including the Agenda is available on the Company’s website at http://flyleasing.com
Voting Deadline:	On or before June 17, 2015 at 3:00 PM (New York City time)
ADR Record Date:	May 13, 2015
Ordinary: ADR ratio	1 Common Share (each a “Share”): 1 ADR

 

Holders of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) representing common shares (the “Shares”) of Fly Leasing Limited (the “Company”) are hereby notified of the Company’s Annual General Meeting of shareholders. A copy of the Notice of Meeting from the Company, which includes the agenda for such meeting, is available on the Company’s website at http://flyleasing.com

 

Each Holder of record of ADRs as of close of business on the ADR record date set forth above will be entitled to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Shares represented by such Holder’s ADRs. Voting instructions must be received on or before the Voting Deadline set forth above. Upon the timely receipt of properly completed voting instructions of eligible Holders of ADRs, the Depositary shall endeavor, insofar as practicable and permitted under applicable law, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the Company’s Amended and Restated Bye-laws and the provisions of or governing the Shares, to vote or cause the Custodian to vote the Shares (in person or by proxy) represented by such ADRs in accordance with such voting instructions.

 

There can be no assurance that Holders or Beneficial Owners generally or any Holder or Beneficial Owner in particular will receive the notice described above with sufficient time to enable the Holder to return voting instructions to the Depositary in a timely manner.

 

Notwithstanding the above, and in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall not be liable for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Shares or for the manner in which such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote.

 

Capitalized terms defined in the Deposit Agreement among the Company, the Depositary and the registered holders and beneficial owners of the ADRs and used (but not otherwise defined) herein are used herein as so defined.

 

Holders of ADRs may view and download from the Company’s website http://flyleasing.com the following materials:

 

1.   The Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014; and

2.   The Company’s Notice of Meeting including the agenda.

 

For further information, please contact:

 

Deutsche Bank - Depositary Receipts

Tel 212 250 9100

 

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

 

Exhibit 99.4