Spirit Airlines, Inc. ua fa'amaonia i le aso nei ua amatalia e le JetBlue Airways se ofo tauofo e le'i fa'atatauina e maua uma ai sea mata'utia o le fa'asoa masani a le Agaga mo le $30 i le sea i tinoitupe ma se talosaga fa'asolo e tete'e atu i le maliliega tu'ufa'atasia a le Spirit ma Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., kamupani matua a le kamupani. Frontier Airlines, Inc.
O le ogatasi ma ona tiute fa'amaoni ma tulafono fa'atatau, ma feutaga'i ma faufautua tau tupe ma fa'aletulafono i fafo, o le Komiti Fa'atonu a le Agaga (le "Komiti Fa'atonu") o le a toe iloiloina ma le toto'a le ofo tauofo a JetBlue e fuafua ai le faiga o le gaioiga e talitonuina e sili ona lelei. o le Agaga ma ana tagata e umia sea. O lo'o fa'amalosia le aufaioloa agaga e aua ne'i faia se gaioiga e tusa ai ma le ofo tauofo a JetBlue i le taimi nei a'o fa'atali le iloiloga a le Komiti Fa'atonu o le ofo.
Ua faamoemoe le Agaga e fautuaina ana tagata e umia sea le tulaga aloaia a le Komiti Faatino e uiga i le ofo tauofo a JetBlue i totonu o aso pisinisi e sefulu e ala i le faaavanoaina o le aufaioloa a le Agaga ma faila i le Securities and Exchange Commission (le “SEC”) se faamatalaga o talosaga/fautua i luga o le Faamatalaga 14D-9 . O tulafono fa'apolopolo talafeagai e taofia ai le Agaga mai le faia o nisi fa'amatalaga e fa'atatau i le ofo tauofo a JetBlue po'o ona tu'utu'uga se'i mae'a ona fa'aulu le Fa'amatalaga 14D-9 i le SEC.
I le aso 2 o Me, 2022, na faasilasila mai ai e le Agaga e faapea o lana Komiti Faatino na autasi i ai o talosaga e leʻi talosagaina na maua mai ia JetBlue ia Mati ma Aperila 2022 e leʻo avea ma 'Superior Proposal' e pei ona faʻamatalaina i le maliega tuʻufaʻatasia a le Agaga ma Frontier, aua na faʻamoemoeina o le fefaʻatauaiga fuafuaina e le mafai ona fa'ataunu'uina.
Barclays ma Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC o loʻo avea ma faufautua tau tupe i le Agaga, ma Debevoise & Plimpton LLP ma Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP o loʻo avea ma faufautua faaletulafono.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- 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.
