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AerCap Holdings N.V. – ‘6-K’ for 6/30/22 – ‘XML’

On:  Thursday, 8/11/22, at 10:24am ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1378789-22-18   ·   File #:  1-33159

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 8/11/22  AerCap Holdings N.V.              6-K         6/30/22  116:9.8M

Current, Quarterly or Annual Report by a Foreign Issuer   —   Form 6-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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11: R5          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     63K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
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                Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)                             
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                Cash Flows (Parenthetical)                                       
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18: R12         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     36K 
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20: R14         Net charges related to Ukraine Conflict             HTML     42K 
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37: R31         Earnings per share                                  HTML     60K 
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                liabilities (Tables)                                             
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62: R56         Commitments and contingencies (Tables)              HTML     38K 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Narrative (Details)                                              
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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85: R79         Derivative financial instruments - Narrative        HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                amounts and fair values of derivatives outstanding               
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                Recorded in Comprehensive Income (Details)                       
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                stock - (Details)                                                
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104: R98         Related party transactions - Narrative (Details)    HTML     59K  
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                party transactions (Details)                                     
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109: R103        Fair value measurements - Financial assets and      HTML     51K  
                liabilities measured at fair value on recurring                  
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