Ua hōʻoia ʻo Spirit Airlines, Inc. i kēia lā ua hoʻomaka ʻo JetBlue Airways i kahi makana aloha ʻole no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi āpau o ka waiwai maʻamau o Spirit no $30 no ke kālā a me kahi noi koho e kūʻē ana i ka ʻaelike hui ʻana o Spirit me Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., hui makua o ʻO Frontier Airlines, Inc.
E like me kāna mau kuleana pili a me ke kānāwai pili, a me ke kūkākūkā ʻana me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kālā a me ke kānāwai o waho, e nānā pono ka Papa Hoʻokele o ka ʻUhane (ka "Papa") i ka hāʻawi ʻoluʻolu a JetBlue e hoʻoholo i ke ʻano o ka hana i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia i ka pono maikaʻi loa. o ka Uhane a me kona mau mea waiwai. Paipai ʻia nā mea kūʻai ʻuhane ʻaʻole e hana e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻoluʻolu ʻo JetBlue i kēia manawa e kali ana i ka loiloi a ka Papa no ka hāʻawi.
Manaʻo ʻo Spirit e aʻo i kāna mau mea kūʻai i ke kūlana kūlana o ka Papa e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o JetBlue i loko o nā lā ʻoihana he ʻumi ma o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā mea kūʻai waiwai o Spirit a waiho ʻia me ka Securities and Exchange Commission (ka "SEC") i kahi ʻōlelo noi/manaʻo ma ka Hōʻike 14D-9 . ʻO nā kānāwai palekana kūpono e pale aku iā Spirit mai ka hana ʻana i nā manaʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻoluʻolu a JetBlue a i ʻole nā ʻōlelo o ia mea a hiki i ka wā i waiho ʻia ai ka Hōʻike 14D-9 me ka SEC.
Ma ka lā 2 o Mei, 2022, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Spirit i ka hui ʻana o kāna Papa i nā noi i noi ʻole ʻia i loaʻa mai JetBlue i Malaki a me ʻApelila 2022 ʻaʻole i lilo i 'Superior Proposal' e like me ka wehewehe ʻana i ka ʻaelike hui pū ʻana o ka Spirit me Frontier, no ka mea, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia ka hana i manaʻo ʻia. ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia.
Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Barclays a me Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ma ke ʻano he mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kālā no Spirit, a ʻo Debevoise & Plimpton LLP a me Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kānāwai.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Consistent with its fiduciary duties and applicable law, and in consultation with outside financial and legal advisors, the Spirit Board of Directors (the “Board”) will carefully review JetBlue’s tender offer to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interests of Spirit and its stockholders.
- Spirit intends to advise its stockholders of the Board’s formal position regarding the JetBlue tender offer within ten business days by making available to Spirit stockholders and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9.
- today confirmed that JetBlue Airways has commenced an unsolicited tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Spirit’s common stock for $30 per share in cash and a proxy solicitation opposing Spirit’s merger agreement with Frontier Group Holdings, Inc.
