Aircastle Announces Proposed Offering of $500 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes

STAMFORD, Conn., March 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Aircastle Limited (NYSE: AYR) (“Aircastle”) announced today that it plans to offer an aggregate of $500 million principal amount of its senior notes due 2024 (the “notes”). Aircastle plans to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the acquisition of aircraft or the refinancing of its existing indebtedness.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

Aircastle has filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus) and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering of the notes. Before you invest, you should read the base prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the notes and the other documents Aircastle has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Aircastle and the notes. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus may be obtained by contacting Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by calling (800) 831-9146.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the notes nor does it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The notes may be offered only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus.