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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · AAR (AIR)

AAR plans $1.9 billion senior notes offering tied to MRO Holdings acquisition

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 financing

AAR CORP. distributed a preliminary offering memorandum for $955 million of senior notes due 2031 and $960 million of senior notes due 2034, sold only to qualified institutional buyers and certain non-U.S. persons. The notes are one part of the transactions that include the pending acquisition of a 65% stake in MRO Holdings, which has an implied enterprise value of about $4.0 billion, so the deal adds about $1.9 billion of debt for shareholders to weigh against the target's recent results, which show higher revenue but lower net income.

Key points

  • Acquisition: AAR would acquire 6,500 shares, or 65%, of MRO Holdings at an implied enterprise value of about $4.0 billion under a Share Purchase Agreement dated September 28, 2026
  • MRO Holdings, six months ended June 30, 2026 (IFRS, unaudited): revenue $489.1 million vs. $465.8 million a year earlier; net income $38.1 million vs. $63.8 million

The filing

CompanyAAR (AIR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 2, 2026, 7:58 AM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-120932

Items reported: 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 7, 2026, 11:17 PM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only.

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