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S-1/A Filing
Frontier (ULCC) S-1/AIPO registration (amended)
Filed: 19 Mar 21, 4:37pm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2021.
Registration No. 333-254004
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 4512 | 46-3681866 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
4545 Airport Way
Denver, CO 80239
(720) 374-4200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Barry L. Biffle
President and Chief Executive Officer
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.
4545 Airport Way
Denver, CO 80239
(720) 374-4200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Anthony J. Richmond Miles P. Jennings Brian D. Paulson Latham & Watkins LLP 140 Scott Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 Telephone: (650) 328-4600 Facsimile: (650) 463-2600 | Howard M. Diamond Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. 4545 Airport Way Denver, CO 80239 Telephone: (720) 374-4200 | Alan F. Denenberg Stephen Salmon Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 1600 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025 Telephone: (650) 752-2000 Facsimile: (650) 752-2115 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED | PROPOSED MAXIMUM | AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION FEE(2)(3) | ||
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | $100,000,000 | $10,910 | ||
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(1) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Includes the aggregate offering price of additional shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase. |
(2) | Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) based on an estimate of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. |
(3) | Previously paid. |
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 2 (the “Amendment No. 2”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-254004) of Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed as an exhibits-only filing. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 2 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.
PART II
Item 13. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution |
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than underwriting discounts, payable in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered. All amounts are estimated except the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee. All the expenses below will be paid by Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.
Item | Amount | |||
SEC Registration fee | * | |||
FINRA filing fee | * | |||
Initial Nasdaq Stock Market listing fee | * | |||
Legal fees and expenses | * | |||
Accounting fees and expenses | * | |||
Printing and engraving expenses | * | |||
Transfer Agent and Registrar fees | * | |||
Blue Sky fees and expenses | * | |||
Miscellaneous fees and expenses | * | |||
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Total | * | |||
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* | To be completed by amendment. |
Item 14. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., Inc. is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation’s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be in effect immediately prior to the consummation of this offering compels indemnification of our directors and officers and permits indemnification of our employees and other agents, in each case to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and our amended and restated bylaws to be in effect immediately prior to the consummation of this offering provide for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors, officers and some employees containing provisions which are in some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. The indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. Reference is also made to Section 8 of the underwriting agreement to be filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto, which provides for indemnification by the underwriter of our officers and directors against certain liabilities.
Item 15. | Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities |
Since January 1, 2018, we have granted equity awards for an aggregate of 116,440 shares of our common stock to employees and directors under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, which includes 2,416 shares that were subsequently forfeited and 262 shares that were subsequently repurchased.
The sales of the above securities were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Rule 701 promulgated under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering or pursuant to benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation as provided
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under Rule 701. The recipients of the securities in each of these transactions represented their intentions to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends were placed upon the stock certificates issued in these transactions. All recipients had adequate access, through their relationships with us, to information about us.
Between May 19, 2020 and January 15, 2021, we issued to the United States Department of Treasury (the “Treasury”) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 75,807 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $241.72 per share in connection with our Payroll Support Program Agreement and the loan we received from the Treasury. Additionally, by operation of the Payroll Support Program Extension Agreement entered into with the Treasury on January 15, 2021, we issued additional warrants to the Treasury to purchase an aggregate of 2,716 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $442.69 per share based on $140 million of funding pursuant to the so-called “PSP2” program.
The offers, sales, and issuances of the securities described above were deemed to be exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. The recipients of securities in each of these transactions acquired the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and appropriate legends were affixed to the securities issued in these transactions.
There were no underwriters employed in connection with any of the transactions set forth in Item 15.
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Item 16. | Exhibits and Financial Statements |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Incorporated By Reference | ||||||||||||
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Form | Date | Number | Filed | |||||||
21.1 | List of subsidiaries. | S-1 | 3/8/2021 | 21.1 | ||||||||
23.1 | Consent of independent registered public accounting firm. | S-1/A | 3/18/2021 | 23.1 | ||||||||
23.2* | Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |||||||||||
24.1 | Power of Attorney. | S-1 | 3/8/2021 | 24.1 |
* | To be filed by amendment. |
# | Indicates management contract or compensatory plan. |
† | Certain portions of this document that constitute confidential information have been redacted in accordance with Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(10). |
Item 17. | Undertakings |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
(1) | for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; |
(2) | for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and |
(3) | the undersigned will provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser. |
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 14, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we have duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on the 19th day of March, 2021.
FRONTIER GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Barry L. Biffle | |
Barry L. Biffle President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Barry L. Biffle Barry L. Biffle | President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | March 19, 2021 | ||
/s/ James G. Dempsey James G. Dempsey | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) | March 19, 2021 | ||
* Mark C. Mitchell | Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) | March 19, 2021 | ||
* William A. Franke | Director (Chairman of the Board) | March 19, 2021 | ||
* Andrew S. Broderick | Director | March 19, 2021 | ||
* Josh T. Connor | Director | March 19, 2021 | ||
* Brian H. Franke | Director | March 19, 2021 | ||
* Robert J. Genise |
Director |
March 19, 2021 | ||
* Bernard L. Han | Director | March 19, 2021 | ||
* Michael R. MacDonald | Director | March 19, 2021 |
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Signature | Title | Date | ||
* Patricia Salas Pineda | Director | March 19, 2021 | ||
* Alejandro D. Wolff | Director | March 19, 2021 |
*By: | /s/ Barry L. Biffle | |
Barry L. Biffle Attorney-in-Fact |
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