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) (March 27, 2023)
SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35186 | 38-1747023 | |||||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) | |||||||||
| 2800 Executive Way | Miramar, | Florida | 33025 | ||||||||
| (Address of Principal Executive) | (Zip Code) | ||||||||||
(954) 447-7920
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value | SAVE | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
Warrant Adjustments
On April 20, 2020, January 15, 2021 and April 29, 2021, respectively, Spirit Airlines, Inc. (“Spirit”) entered into the Warrant Agreements (as supplemented by the Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued pursuant thereto, the “Warrant Agreements”) with the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), concerning the issuance by Spirit to Treasury of warrants to purchase shares of Spirit’s common stock, par value $0.0001 (“Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms of the respective Warrant Agreements pursuant to the PSP1 program (the “PSP1 Warrants”), PSP2 program (the “PSP2 Warrants”) and PSP3 program (the “PSP3 Warrants” and, together with the PSP1 Warrants and PSP2 Warrants, the “Warrants”).
On March 17, 2023, JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) announced that it will pay $0.10 in cash per outstanding share of Common Stock on March 31, 2023 to Spirit’s stockholders of record on March 27, 2023 as a prepayment of merger consideration, pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 28, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Spirit, JetBlue and Sundown Acquisition Corp. Accordingly, on March 27, 2023, Spirit announced an adjustment to the exercise prices and warrant shares of the Warrants.
The exercise price in respect of the PSP1 Warrants has been adjusted from $12.434 to $12.361, and the number of warrant shares issuable upon the exercise of the PSP1 Warrants has been adjusted from 589,739.57 to 593,222.38. The exercise price in respect of the PSP2 Warrants has been adjusted from $21.566 to $21.440, and the number of warrant shares issuable upon the exercise of the PSP2 Warrants has been adjusted from 155,982.95 to 156,899.64. The exercise price in respect of the PSP3 Warrants has been adjusted from $32.189 to $32.001, and the number of warrant shares issuable upon the exercise of the PSP3 Warrants has been adjusted from 91,200.31 to 91,736.10.
Convertible Note Adjustments
On March 17, 2023, JetBlue announced that it will pay $0.10 in cash per outstanding share of Common Stock on March 31, 2023 to Spirit’s stockholders of record on March 27, 2023 as a prepayment of merger consideration, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. Accordingly, on March 27, 2023, Spirit announced an adjustment to the conversion rates of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) and 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”).
The conversion rate in respect of the 2025 Notes has been adjusted from 89.2245 shares to 89.7547 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2025 Notes, and the conversion rate in respect of the 2026 Notes has been adjusted from 23.1834 shares to 23.3212 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of 2026 Notes.
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.
| Date: March 27, 2023 | SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC. | ||||
By: /s/ Thomas Canfield | |||||
| Name: Thomas Canfield | |||||
| Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel | |||||