Aircastle (AYR)

US$117,000 in fees due from the Fortress affiliate. Total fees paid to us for the year ended December 31, 2008 was US$117,000. Our responsibilities include remarketing the aircraft for lease or sale, invoicing the lessees for expenses and rental payments, reviewing maintenance reserves, reviewing the credit of lessees, arranging for the periodic inspection of the aircraft and securing the return of the aircraft when necessary. The agreements also provide that the Fortress affiliate will pay us 3.0% of the collected rentals with respect to leases of the aircraft, plus expenses incurred during the service period, and will pay us 2.5% of the gross sales proceeds from the sale of any of the aircraft, plus expenses incurred during the service period. We believe that the scope of services and fees under these service agreements were concluded on an arms-length basis. In May 2007, we sold two aircraft owned by a Fortress affiliate and the Fortress affiliate paid us a fee in the amount of US$403,000 for the remarketing of these two aircraft. The service agreements have an initial term which expires on December 31, 2008, but will continue thereafter unless one party terminates the agreement by providing the other with advance written notice. As of December 31, 2008, we had a US$58,000 receivable from Fortress.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company paid US$552,000 for legal fees related to the establishment and financing activities of our Bermuda subsidiaries, and, for the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company paid US$156,000 for Bermuda corporate services related to our Bermuda companies to a law firm and a corporate secretarial services provider affiliated with a Bermuda resident director serving on certain of our subsidiaries’ boards of directors. The Bermuda resident director serves as an outside director of these subsidiaries.