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FTAI Aviation Ltd.
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How FTAIM rewrote its risk factors

10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025
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New in FY2025

  • Uncertainty and negative trends in general economic conditions in the United States and abroad, including significant tightening of credit markets and commodity price volatility, historically have created and continue to create difficult operating environments for owners and operators in the aviation industry.
  • As a provider of products and services to the commercial aviation industry, we are greatly affected by the overall economic conditions and other trends that affect our customers and lessees in that industry, including any projected market growth that may not materialize or be sustainable and any lasting effects of tariffs.
  • The commercial aviation industry is historically cyclical and has been negatively affected in the past, and could be negatively affected in future periods, by geopolitical events, natural disasters, pandemics, supply chain disruptions, labor issues, environmental concerns (including climate change), lack of capital, cost inflation, and weak or volatile economic conditions.
  • A number of governments have implemented, or are considering implementing, a broad variety of governmental actions or new regulations for the financial markets and international trade.
  • Factors that could lead to such oversupply include, without limitation: • general demand for the type of assets that we purchase; • general macroeconomic conditions, including market prices for commodities that our assets may serve; • geopolitical events, including war, prolonged armed conflict and acts of terrorism; • outbreaks of communicable diseases and natural disasters; • governmental regulation, including on international trade; • interest rates; • the availability of credit; • potential reduced cash flows and financial condition, including potential liquidity restraints; • restructurings and bankruptcies of companies in the industries in which we operate, including our customers and lessees; • manufacturer production levels and technological innovation; • manufacturers merging or exiting the industry or ceasing to produce certain asset types; • retirement and obsolescence of the assets that we own, maintain, repair or exchange; and • increases in supply levels of assets in the market due to the sale or merging of operating lessors.
  • Governmental agencies throughout the world, including the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), Transport Canada, and European Union Aviation Safety Agency, prescribe standards and qualification requirements for aircraft components, including virtually all commercial airline and general aviation products.
  • See “-The aviation industry has experienced periods of oversupply during which lease rates and asset values have declined, particularly during economic downturns, and any future oversupply could materially adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.” Any default by a material customer or lessee would have a significant impact on our profitability at the time the customer or lessee defaulted, which could materially adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects.
  • We acquire a high concentration of CFM-56-5B, CFM56-7B and V2500 engines and related parts and our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected by changes in market demand or problems specific to that asset or sector.
  • We acquire a high concentration of CFM-56-5B, CFM56-7B and V2500 engines and related parts and our business and financial results could be adversely affected by sector-specific or asset-specific factors.
  • Market competition for our Aerospace Products business includes engine manufacturers, engine component and parts manufacturers, airline and aircraft service companies, companies providing maintenance, repair and overhaul services and aircraft spare parts distributors and redistributors.
  • We currently perform maintenance, repair and exchange activities at our maintenance facilities in the United States, Canada and Europe.
  • As of December 31, 2025, we had $3.4 billion of indebtedness outstanding.
  • The first partnership under the initiative, the 2025 Partnership, focuses on acquiring 737NG and A320ceo aircraft.
  • The Strategic Capital Initiative, and its related partnerships, allow us to maintain an asset-light business model while the partnerships actively acquire on-lease narrowbody aircraft at scale.
  • The 2025 Partnership, and follow-on partnerships, is the primary buyer of all future on-lease 737NG and A320ceo aircraft.
  • We provide aircraft management services to the 2025 Partnership, and the Company receives customary, market-based compensation for providing such services.
  • The Company has also made a minority capital commitment and will make additional commitments in the 2025 Partnership.
  • Difficult market conditions may adversely affect our Strategic Capital Initiative in many ways, including by negatively impacting the 2025 Partnership and future partnerships’ ability to raise or deploy capital, lowering servicing fees and profit participation distributions, increasing the cost of financial instruments and executing transactions and adversely affecting the performance of the partnerships’ investments.
  • One of our subsidiaries is the Servicer of the 2025 Partnership and we expect to serve as Servicer of future partnerships.
  • As Servicer, we may be subject to the risk of litigation by third parties, including investors in our Strategic Capital Initiative dissatisfied with our management of the 2025 Partnership and future partnerships or the performance thereof. • Allocation and Conflicts of Interest Risk .
  • Our Strategic Capital Initiative utilizes leverage in investments, which could materially adversely affect its ability to achieve positive rates of return on those investments.
  • We made a minority capital commitment and will make additional commitments in the 2025 Partnership and expect to make minority investments in future partnerships.
  • Our investments are subject to the risk of loss if the 2025 Partnership and future partnership do not perform well.
  • In addition, we will receive servicing fees and profit participation distributions for the services we provide to the 2025 Partnership and expect to perform for future partnerships.
  • When managing our Strategic Capital Initiative’s exposure to market risks, we expect to use hedging strategies, and if our risk management processes and systems are ineffective, we may be exposed to material unanticipated losses.
  • A number of our contractual arrangements - for example, our leasing of aircraft engines to third-party operators require the operator (our lessee) to obtain specific governmental or regulatory licenses, consents or approvals.
  • We have used and may continue to employ leverage to finance our operations.
  • While there has historically been a lack of consistent climate change legislation, further legislation and regulations are expected to continue in areas such as greenhouse gas emissions control, emission disclosure requirements and building codes or other infrastructure requirements that impose energy efficiency standards.
  • In addition, there also is an increasing number of government policies and initiatives in the U.S. that may conflict with other regulatory requirements, resulting in regulatory uncertainty.
  • While we devote substantial resources to maintaining adequate levels of cybersecurity, our resources and technical sophistication may not be adequate to prevent all types of cyberattacks, and increased adoption of artificial intelligence could heighten these risks.
  • The failure to effectively complete the transition of the Former Manager’s services to a fully internal basis, efficiently manage the transition with the Former Manager or find adequate internal replacements for these services, could impede our ability to achieve the targeted cost savings of the Internalization and adversely affect our operations.
  • Risks Related to Taxation The Company has been and may be a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) and it could be a controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which may result in adverse tax considerations for U.S. shareholders.
  • We believe that the Company was treated as a PFIC in the taxable years ended December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2023 (collectively with any other taxable years in which we are treated as a PFIC, the “PFIC Years”).
  • Based on our analysis, the Company was not a PFIC for the taxable years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025, and do not currently expect it to be a PFIC thereafter, however, no assurance can be given in that regard.
  • In addition, the Company could be treated as a CFC for U.S. federal income tax purposes for any given taxable year.
  • These rules generally continue to apply to each shareholder who held our shares during any PFIC Year (“PFIC Holders”) and has not made either (i) a valid QEF election for the first PFIC Year in which such shareholder held our shares or (ii) certain other elections with respect to our shares under the PFIC rules, even if the Company is not treated as a PFIC for any subsequent taxable year.
  • Alternatively, if you are a PFIC Holder and make a valid QEF election for us and each of our PFIC subsidiaries, or if we are a CFC and you own 10% or more of our shares (by vote or value), you will generally not be subject to those taxes, but could recognize taxable income with respect to our shares in excess of any distributions that we make to you, thus giving rise to so called “phantom income” and to a potential out-of-pocket tax liability.
  • For any PFIC Year or taxable year of ours immediately following a PFIC Year, distributions made by us to a U.S. person will generally not be eligible for taxation at reduced tax rates generally applicable to “qualified dividends” paid by certain U.S. corporations and “qualified foreign corporations” to individuals.
  • Although we (or one or more of our non-U.S. corporate subsidiaries) are expected to be treated as engaged in a U.S. trade or business, it is currently expected that only a portion of our taxable income will be treated as effectively connected with such U.S. trade or business.
  • If there is not sufficient trading in our shares, or if 50% of our shares are held by certain 5% shareholders, we could lose our eligibility for an exemption from U.S. federal income taxation on rental income from our aircraft used in “international traffic” and could be subject to U.S. federal income taxation which would adversely affect our business and result in decreased cash available for distribution to our shareholders.

and 11 more.

Gone since FY2024

  • Uncertainty and negative trends in general economic conditions in the United States and abroad, including significant tightening of credit markets and commodity price volatility, historically have created difficult operating environments for owners and operators in the aviation industry.
  • As a provider of products and services to the commercial aviation industry, we are greatly affected by the overall economic conditions and other trends that affect our customers and lessees in that industry, including any projected market growth that may not materialize or be sustainable.
  • The commercial aviation industry is historically cyclical and has been negatively affected in the past, and could be negatively affected in future periods, by geopolitical events, natural disasters, pandemics, supply chain disruptions, labor issues, environmental concerns (including climate change), lack of capital, cost inflation, and weak economic conditions.
  • A number of governments have implemented, or are considering implementing, a broad variety of governmental actions or new regulations for the financial markets.
  • Factors that could lead to such oversupply include, without limitation: • general demand for the type of assets that we purchase; • general macroeconomic conditions, including market prices for commodities that our assets may serve; • geopolitical events, including war, prolonged armed conflict and acts of terrorism; • outbreaks of communicable diseases and natural disasters; • governmental regulation; • interest rates; • the availability of credit; • potential reduced cash flows and financial condition, including potential liquidity restraints; • restructurings and bankruptcies of companies in the industries in which we operate, including our customers and lessees; • manufacturer production levels and technological innovation; • manufacturers merging or exiting the industry or ceasing to produce certain asset types; • retirement and obsolescence of the assets that we own, maintain, repair or exchange; and • increases in supply levels of assets in the market due to the sale or merging of operating lessors.
  • Governmental agencies throughout the world, including the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) and Transport Canada, prescribe standards and qualification requirements for aircraft components, including virtually all commercial airline and general aviation products.
  • See “-The industries in which we operate have experienced periods of oversupply during which lease rates and asset values have declined, particularly during economic downturns, and any future oversupply could materially adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.” Any default by a material customer or lessee would have a significant impact on our profitability at the time the customer or lessee defaulted, which could materially adversely affect our operating results and growth prospects.
  • We acquire a high concentration of CFM-56 and V2500 engines and related parts and our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be adversely affected by changes in market demand or problems specific to that asset or sector.
  • If we acquire a high concentration of CFM-56 and V2500 engines and related parts and our business and financial results could be adversely affected by sector-specific or asset-specific factors.
  • Market competition for our Aerospace Products business includes aircraft manufacturers, aircraft component and parts manufacturers, airline and aircraft service companies, companies providing maintenance, repair and overhaul services and aircraft spare parts distributors and redistributors.
  • We currently perform maintenance, repair and exchange activities at our maintenance facilities.
  • As of December 31, 2024, we had $3.4 billion of indebtedness outstanding.
  • The first partnership under the initiative (the “2025 Partnership”) will focus on acquiring 737NG and A320ceo aircraft.
  • The Strategic Capital Initiative, and its related partnerships, will allow us to maintain an asset-light business model while the partnerships actively acquire on-lease narrowbody aircraft at scale.
  • We have agreed that the 2025 Partnership, and follow-on partnerships, will be the primary buyer of on-lease 737NG and A320ceo aircraft.
  • We will provide aircraft management services to the 2025 Partnership, and the Company will receive customary, market-based compensation for providing such services.
  • The Company has also committed to make a minority investment in the 2025 Partnership.
  • Difficult market conditions may adversely affect our Strategic Capital Initiative in many ways, including by negatively impacting the 2025 Partnership and future partnerships’ ability to raise or deploy capital, lowering management fee income and incentive income, increasing the cost of financial instruments and executing transactions and adversely affecting the performance of the partnerships’ investments.
  • One of our subsidiaries is the general partner of the 2025 Partnership and we expect to serve as general partner of future partnerships.
  • As general partner, we may be subject to the risk of litigation by third parties, including investors in our Strategic Capital Initiative dissatisfied with our management of the Strategic Capital Initiative or the performance thereof. • Allocation and Conflicts of Interest Risk .
  • Our Strategic Capital Initiative expects to use leverage in investments, which could materially adversely affect its ability to achieve positive rates of return on those investments.
  • We agreed to make a minority investments in the 2025 Partnership and expect to make minority investments in future partnerships.
  • Our investment is subject to the risk of loss if the 2025 Partnership and future partnership do not perform well.
  • In addition, we will receive management and incentive fees for the services we provide to the 2025 Partnership and expect to perform for future partnerships.
  • When managing our Strategic Capital Initiative’s exposure to market risks, we may from time to time use hedging strategies, and if our risk management processes and systems are ineffective, we may be exposed to material unanticipated losses.
  • A number of our contractual arrangements - for example, our leasing aircraft engines to third-party operators-require the operator (our lessee) to obtain specific governmental or regulatory licenses, consents or approvals.
  • In connection with the Internalization, we entered into a Transition Services Agreement with the Former Manager.
  • Under the Transition Services Agreement, the Former Manager is required to continue to provide the Company and its affiliates with certain Services for a transition period during which the Company will procure replacements for the Services.
  • The Services are provided to the Company for a fee equal to the Former Manager’s cost of providing the Services, including the allocated cost of, among other things, overhead, employee wages and compensation, rent and related real estate expenses and actually incurred out-of-pocket expenses, plus a mark-up of ten percent (10%).
  • The Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to the Former Manager certain employees of the Company who were previously employees of the Former Manager to provide the Reverse Services, subject to certain exceptions.
  • The Former Manager is required to continue to provide the services that are reasonably required by the Company to prepare its quarterly and annual financial statements until May 31, 2025.
  • The Company is required to continue to provide the Reverse Services until the later to occur of the dissolution or sale of the entities receiving Reverse Services.
  • The Transition Services Agreement may be terminated earlier (x) by mutual agreement of the parties, (y) by either the Former Manager or the Company in the event of a material breach by the non-terminating party that is not cured within thirty (30) days following written notification thereof, or (z) by the Former Manager if the Company fails to pay any undisputed sum overdue and payable for a period of at least thirty (30) days.
  • The failure to effectively complete the transition of these services to a fully internal basis, efficiently manage the transition with the Former Manager or find adequate internal replacements for these services, could impede our ability to achieve the targeted cost savings of the Internalization and adversely affect our operations.
  • We are reliant on certain transition services provided by the Former Manager under the Transition Services Agreement, and may not find a suitable provider for these transition services if the Former Manager no longer provides the transition services to which we are entitled under the Transition Services Agreement.
  • We remain reliant on the Former Manager during the period of the Transition Services Agreement, and the loss of these transition services could adversely affect our operations.
  • We are subject to the risk that the Former Manager will default on its obligation to provide the transition services to which we are entitled under the Transition Services Agreement, or that we or the Former Manager will terminate the Transition Services Agreement pursuant to its termination provisions, and that we will not be able to find a suitable replacement for the transition services provided under the Transition Services Agreement in a timely manner, at a reasonable cost or at all.
  • In addition, the Former Manager’s liability to us if it defaults on its obligation to provide transition services to us during the transition period is limited by the terms of the Transition Services Agreement, and we may not recover the full cost of any losses related to such a default.
  • We may also be adversely affected by operational risks, including cybersecurity attacks, that could disrupt the Former Manager’s financial, accounting and other data processing systems during the period of the transition services.
  • Our business is capital intensive, and we have used and may continue to employ leverage to finance our operations.

and 25 more.

Sentence-level comparison of Item 1A in the two most recent 10-Ks (FY2024 ↗, FY2025 ↗). A reworded sentence counts as one dropped and one added, so heavy edits read as low “kept”. Headings and page furniture are stripped; nothing is summarised by a model.

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