UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): August 16, 2022

AERSALE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

255 Alhambra Circle, Suite 435

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(305) 764-3245

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On August 16, 2022, AerSale Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, Cowen and Company, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”) and Green Equity Investors CF, L.P., Green Equity Investors Side CF, L.P., LGP Associates CF, LLC and Florida Growth Fund LLC (the “Selling Stockholders”), relating to the underwritten offering of 4,250,000 shares (the “Offered Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-262009), filed on January 5, 2022. The Selling Stockholders also granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 637,500 additional shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares” and, together with the Offered Shares, the “Shares”). On August 17, 2022, the Underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase the Option Shares. All of the Shares are being sold by the Selling Stockholders and the Company did not issue any new shares of Common Stock in connection with the offering. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Selling Stockholder sold the shares for gross proceeds of approximately $73.3 million. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the offering. The closing of the offering is expected to take place on or about August 19, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the terms of such agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference and attached to this report as Exhibit 1.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

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 hereunto duly authorized.