Form 8-K - Current report

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): February 22, 2024

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)

N/A

(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:


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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).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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 February 13, 2024, JetBlue Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) announced that it will pay $0.10 in cash per outstanding share of Common Stock on February 29, 2024 to Spirit’s stockholders of record on February 23, 2024 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 February 22, 2024, 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 $11.568 to $11.393, and the number of warrant shares issuable upon the exercise of the PSP1 Warrants has been adjusted from 633,888.48 to 643,625.20. The exercise price in respect of the PSP2 Warrants has been adjusted from $20.065 to $19.761, and the number of warrant shares issuable upon the exercise of the PSP2 Warrants has been adjusted from 167,651.55 to 170,230.67. The exercise price in respect of the PSP3 Warrants has been adjusted from $29.950 to $29.496, and the number of warrant shares issuable upon the exercise of the PSP3 Warrants has been adjusted from 98,018.26 to 99,526.95.

Convertible Note Adjustments

On February 13, 2024, JetBlue announced that it will pay $0.10 in cash per outstanding share of Common Stock on February 29, 2024 to Spirit’s stockholders of record on February 23, 2024 as a prepayment of merger consideration, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. Accordingly, on February 22, 2024, 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 96.0938 shares to 97.5929 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 24.9683 shares to 25.3578 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: February 22, 2024			SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.

			By: /s/ Thomas Canfield
			Name: Thomas Canfield
			Title: Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Cover Page	Feb. 22, 2024
Cover page. [Abstract]
Document Type	8-K
Document Period End Date	Feb. 22, 2024
Entity Registrant Name	SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity File Number	001-35186
Entity Tax Identification Number	38-1747023
Entity Address, Address Line One	2800 Executive Way
Entity Address, City or Town	Miramar,
Entity Address, State or Province	FL
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	33025
City Area Code	954
Local Phone Number	447-7920
Written Communications	false
Soliciting Material	false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer	false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer	false
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
Trading Symbol	SAVE
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Central Index Key	0001498710
Amendment Flag	false