Air T, Inc. Announces Intent to Form New Aircraft Equity Vehicle
Air T, Inc. Announces Intent to Form New Aircraft Equity Vehicle
AIRT) announced today that it has entered into letters of intent with three separate, large investment and asset management firms (the "Investors") to form a new aircraft asset management business to be called Contrail Aircraft Management ("CAM"), and a new aircraft capital joint venture to be called Contrail Fund II ("CFII").
The parties presently expect the new business and joint venture to be formed and capitalized by the end of January 2021.
The new business and joint venture are being formed to purchase and sell aircraft and engines to be relet or disassembled and sold for parts. The parties anticipate that CFII will be capitalized initially with approximately $108,000,000 in equity capital and that it will establish a portfolio of aircraft assets, focusing on whole aircraft and engine acquisitions, sale-leaseback transactions and end of life part-out solutions. The capital contributed by the Investors -- presently anticipated to be approximately $100,000,000 -- will be contributed into CFII.
The Upsize Commitment is anticipated to exceed $250,000,000. Contrail intends to contribute approximately $8,000,000 of the initial capital committed to the fund as well, which is anticipated to lead to returns alongside the other investors.
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AIRT) announced today that it has entered into letters of intent with three separate, large investment and asset management firms (the "Investors") to form a new aircraft asset management business to be called Contrail Aircraft Management ("CAM"), and a new aircraft capital joint venture to be called Contrail Fund II ("CFII").
The parties presently expect the new business and joint venture to be formed and capitalized by the end of January 2021.
The new business and joint venture are being formed to purchase and sell aircraft and engines to be relet or disassembled and sold for parts. The parties anticipate that CFII will be capitalized initially with approximately $108,000,000 in equity capital and that it will establish a portfolio of aircraft assets, focusing on whole aircraft and engine acquisitions, sale-leaseback transactions and end of life part-out solutions. The capital contributed by the Investors -- presently anticipated to be approximately $100,000,000 -- will be contributed into CFII.
The Upsize Commitment is anticipated to exceed $250,000,000. Contrail intends to contribute approximately $8,000,000 of the initial capital committed to the fund as well, which is anticipated to lead to returns alongside the other investors.
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