UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 30, 2009
Republic Airways Holdings Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
000-49697 06-1449146
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
8909 Purdue Road
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46268
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (317) 484-6000
None.
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On October 30, 2009, Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), and its subsidiaries, Frontier Airlines, Inc. (“Frontier”) and Lynx Aviation, Inc., entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”), with Airbus Financial Services. Pursuant to the Agreement, Airbus is providing a $25,000,000 loan to Frontier, and the Company has agreed to act as parent guarantor of such loan.
A copy of the Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| | 10* | Credit Agreement among Frontier Airlines, Inc., Republic Airways Holdings Inc., Lynx Aviation, Inc. and Airbus Financial Services, dated as of October 30, 2009. |
* A request for confidential treatment will be filed for certain portions of the indicated document. Confidential portions have been omitted and filed separately with the Commission as required by Rule 24b-2 of the Commission.
(All other items on this report are inapplicable.)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | REPUBLIC AIRWAYS HOLDINGS INC. |
| | | |
| | By: | /s/ Robert H. Cooper |
| | | Name: | Robert H. Cooper |
| | | Title: | Executive Vice President and |
| | | | Chief Financial Officer |
Dated: November 5, 2009
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | | Description |
| | | |
| 10* | | Credit Agreement among Frontier Airlines, Inc., Republic Airways Holdings Inc., Lynx Aviation, Inc. and Airbus Financial Services, dated as of October 30, 2009. |
* A request for confidential treatment will be filed for certain portions of the indicated document. Confidential portions have been omitted and filed separately with the Commission as required by Rule 24b-2 of the Commission.
