Jackson Square Aviation (“JSA”) is pleased to announce that it has closed a $435 million secured term loan, which provides the Company with committed long-term debt capacity for eleven next-generation aircraft. Financing for the facility was provided by DVB Bank SE, Norddeutsche Landesbank, and Citibank. JSA is one of the world’s most active commercial aircraft lessors, and this facility enables the Company to continue on its high pace of growth through 2012.

“This is something of a landmark deal for our company,” commented Scott Weiss, JSA’s Chief Operating Officer and EVP, Capital Markets. “It’s the largest facility we have executed to date and the first to mix widebody and narrowbody aircraft. Our lender group certainly worked hard to execute for us in a turbulent financing environment.”

Jackson Square Aviation is a full-service aircraft leasing company based in San Francisco with offices in Seattle, London, Miami, Toulouse, and Singapore. The management team, which had previously worked together at Pegasus Aviation Finance Company, has over 100 years of combined industry experience. JSA’s current fleet (owned and committed) includes over 70 aircraft valued in excess of $4 billion, originated via sale/leasebacks with many of the world’s leading airlines. Led by the experienced aircraft leasing trio of Richard Wiley, Toby Bright and Scott Weiss, the team has collectively acquired over $11 billion of aircraft, has purchased and/or remarketed over 400 aircraft, and has established relationships with over 30 commercial lenders and investment banks throughout Europe, Asia and North America. JSA’s primary shareholder is Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., a Los Angeles based $80+ billion institutional money manager.

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