Aengus Kelly, Chief Executive Officer and Director of AerCap Holdings N.V. (NYSE:AER), filed a Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on November 3, 2026, reporting the sale of 60,000 ordinary shares on October 30, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Three sell transactions: Kelly disposed of 31,581 shares at a weighted average price of $157.54, 25,361 shares at $158.36, and 3,058 shares at $159.28, all on October 30, 2026.
  • Post-transaction direct ownership: Following the sales, Kelly directly held 3,604,206 ordinary shares.
  • Indirect holdings: Kelly also holds 56,725 ordinary shares indirectly through a spouse and 2,908,024 shares indirectly through the AerCap Holdings N.V. Equity Incentive Plans Trust.
  • Trust share release: According to the filing, the post-transaction figure includes 2,500,000 ordinary shares released from the Trust since Kelly's last filing on May 8, 2026.
  • Unvested and restricted shares: Of the Trust-held shares, 852,192 remain subject to service-based vesting, 905,877 are subject to both service- and performance-based vesting, and 1,149,955 are no longer subject to vesting conditions but remain subject to disposal restrictions.
  • Price ranges disclosed: The first tranche sold at prices ranging from $156.98 to $157.98; the second from $157.98 to $158.96; the third from $159.06 to $159.65.

Aengus Kelly's October 2026 Share Disposition at AerCap Holdings

AerCap Holdings N.V. is a Dublin-based aircraft leasing company whose ordinary shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The filing covers transactions by Aengus Kelly in his capacity as both Chief Executive Officer and Director of the company. All three sell transactions, coded "S" in the filing, were executed on October 30, 2026, across a price range that the filing describes as weighted averages derived from multiple intraday transactions.

According to the filing, the total shares sold across the three tranches were 31,581, 25,361, and 3,058, amounting to 60,000 ordinary shares disposed of directly on that date. After these dispositions, Kelly's direct beneficial ownership stood at 3,604,206 ordinary shares, as reported in the filing. The filing notes that the post-first-transaction figure of 3,632,625 reflects 2,500,000 shares released from the AerCap Holdings N.V. Equity Incentive Plans Trust since the reporting person's prior filing dated May 8, 2026.

The filing further describes the Trust as holding shares granted as compensatory awards to achieve certain tax benefits under Irish law, after which vested shares are released to Kelly. Of the 2,908,024 shares currently held in the Trust, 852,192 remain subject to service-based vesting conditions, 905,877 are subject to both service- and performance-based vesting conditions, and 1,149,955 are no longer subject to vesting conditions but remain under disposal restrictions. The filing was signed by Aengus Kelly on November 3, 2026.

What Was Disclosed

The filing reports that AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly sold 60,000 ordinary shares on October 30, 2026, at weighted average prices between $157.54 and $159.28 per share, leaving him with direct beneficial ownership of 3,604,206 shares plus additional indirect holdings through a spouse and the company's equity incentive trust.