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AerCap Holdings N.V. – ‘6-K’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

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

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 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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                Issuer                                                           
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 9: R3          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets     HTML     42K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
10: R4          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Income Statements  HTML    133K 
11: R5          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     63K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
12: R6          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     31K 
                Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)                             
13: R7          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    140K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
14: R8          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     52K 
                Cash Flows (Parenthetical)                                       
15: R9          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML     77K 
                Equity                                                           
16: R10         General                                             HTML     33K 
17: R11         Basis of presentation                               HTML     36K 
18: R12         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     36K 
19: R13         GECAS Transaction                                   HTML     45K 
20: R14         Net charges related to Ukraine Conflict             HTML     42K 
21: R15         Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash          HTML     40K 
22: R16         Flight equipment held for operating leases, net     HTML     42K 
23: R17         Investment in finance leases, net                   HTML     38K 
24: R18         Flight equipment held for sale                      HTML     31K 
25: R19         Intangibles                                         HTML     70K 
26: R20         Associated Companies                                HTML     40K 
27: R21         Other assets                                        HTML     48K 
28: R22         Derivative financial instruments                    HTML     90K 
29: R23         Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other        HTML     39K 
                liabilities                                                      
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31: R25         Debt                                                HTML    102K 
32: R26         Income taxes                                        HTML     35K 
33: R27         Selling, general and administrative expenses        HTML     48K 
34: R28         Other income                                        HTML     44K 
35: R29         Asset Impairment                                    HTML     33K 
36: R30         Allowance for credit losses                         HTML     47K 
37: R31         Earnings per share                                  HTML     60K 
38: R32         Variable interest entities                          HTML     42K 
39: R33         Related party transactions                          HTML     46K 
40: R34         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     54K 
41: R35         Fair value measurements                             HTML    130K 
42: R36         Subsequent events                                   HTML     31K 
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46: R40         Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash          HTML     49K 
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47: R41         Flight equipment held for operating leases, net     HTML     42K 
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48: R42         Investment in finance and sales-type leases, net    HTML     38K 
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49: R43         Intangibles (Tables)                                HTML     76K 
50: R44         Associated Companies (Tables)                       HTML     40K 
51: R45         Other assets (Tables)                               HTML     48K 
52: R46         Derivative financial instruments (Tables)           HTML     95K 
53: R47         Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other        HTML     39K 
                liabilities (Tables)                                             
54: R48         Accrued maintenance liability (Tables)              HTML     42K 
55: R49         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     96K 
56: R50         Selling, general and administrative expenses        HTML     48K 
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57: R51         Other income (Tables)                               HTML     42K 
58: R52         Allowance for credit losses (Tables)                HTML     46K 
59: R53         Earnings per share (Tables)                         HTML     60K 
60: R54         Variable interest entities (Tables)                 HTML     37K 
61: R55         Related party transactions (Tables)                 HTML     42K 
62: R56         Commitments and contingencies (Tables)              HTML     38K 
63: R57         Fair value measurements (Tables)                    HTML    120K 
64: R58         General (Details)                                   HTML     43K 
65: R59         Basis of presentation Narrative (Details)           HTML     33K 
66: R60         Summary of significant accounting policies          HTML     58K 
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67: R61         GECAS Transaction (Details)                         HTML     41K 
68: R62         GECAS Transaction - Narrative (Detail)              HTML     54K 
69: R63         Net charges related to Ukraine Conflict (Details)   HTML     39K 
70: R64         Net charges related to Ukraine Conflict Narrative   HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R65         Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash -        HTML     32K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
72: R66         Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash          HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R67         Flight equipment held for operating leases, net     HTML     46K 
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74: R68         Investment in finance leases, net - Components of   HTML     39K 
                net investment (Details)                                         
75: R69         Investment in finance and sales-type leases, net -  HTML     31K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
76: R70         Flight equipment held for sale (Details)            HTML     41K 
77: R71         Intangibles - Finite-lived intangible assets        HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R72         Intangibles - Movements in maintenance rights       HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R73         Intangibles - Lease premium assets (Details)        HTML     37K 
80: R74         Intangibles - Other intangibles - narrative         HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R75         Intangibles - Other Intangibles (Details)           HTML     35K 
82: R76         Intangibles - Customer relationships (Details)      HTML     37K 
83: R77         Associated Companies (Details)                      HTML     45K 
84: R78         Other assets (Details)                              HTML     76K 
85: R79         Derivative financial instruments - Narrative        HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R80         Derivative financial instruments - Notional         HTML     54K 
                amounts and fair values of derivatives outstanding               
                (Details)                                                        
87: R81         Derivative financial instruments - Income (Loss)    HTML     44K 
                Recorded in Comprehensive Income (Details)                       
88: R82         Derivative financial instruments (Effects of        HTML     39K 
                derivatives recorded in interest expense)                        
                (Details)                                                        
89: R83         Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other        HTML     43K 
                liabilities (Details)                                            
90: R84         Accrued maintenance liability (Details)             HTML     43K 
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92: R86         Debt - Summary of indebtedness (Details)            HTML    102K 
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94: R88         Selling, general and administrative expenses        HTML     44K 
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95: R89         Other income (Details)                              HTML     44K 
96: R90         Asset Impairment (Details)                          HTML     36K 
97: R91         Allowance for credit losses (Details)               HTML     44K 
98: R92         Allowance for credit losses - Narrative (Details)   HTML     34K 
99: R93         Earnings per share - Narrative (Details)            HTML     34K 
100: R94         Earnings per share - Computations of basic and      HTML     60K  
                diluted earnings per share (Details)                             
101: R95         Earnings per share - Computations of ordinary       HTML     40K  
                shares outstanding, excluding nonvested restricted               
                stock - (Details)                                                
102: R96         Variable interest entities - Narrative (Details)    HTML     46K  
103: R97         Variable interest entities - Maximum exposure to    HTML     31K  
                loss in VIEs (Details)                                           
104: R98         Related party transactions - Narrative (Details)    HTML     59K  
105: R99         Related party transactions - Schedule of related    HTML     37K  
                party transactions (Details)                                     
106: R100        Commitments and contingencies - Narrative           HTML     86K  
                (Details)                                                        
107: R101        Commitments and contingencies - Movements in        HTML     37K  
                prepayments on flight equipment (Details)                        
108: R102        Fair value measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     43K  
109: R103        Fair value measurements - Financial assets and      HTML     51K  
                liabilities measured at fair value on recurring                  
                basis (Details)                                                  
110: R104        Fair value measurements - Carrying amounts and      HTML     78K  
                fair values of financial instruments (Details)                   
111: R105        Subsequent events (Details)                         HTML     39K  
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