I-Spirit Airlines, Inc. namuhla imemezele ukuthi isithole isiphakamiso esingacelwanga esivela kwa-JetBlue Airways sokuthola wonke amasheya asele esitoko esivamile se-Spirit ekuhwebeni okuwukheshi konke ngo-$33.00 isheya ngalinye.

Ngokuvumelana nemisebenzi yalo yokwethembeka, Ibhodi Labaqondisi Bomoya lizosebenzisana nabeluleki balo bezezimali nabezomthetho ukuze lihlole isiphakamiso se-JetBlue futhi liqhubekisele phambili inkambo yesenzo elinquma ukuthi lizozuzisa u-Spirit kanye nabanikazi bamasheya. Ibhodi lizokwenza lokhu kuhlola ngokuhambisana nemibandela yesivumelwano sokuhlanganisa seNkampani neFrontier futhi liphendule ngesikhathi esifanele. Abanamasheya bomoya abadingi ukuthatha isinyathelo ngalesi sikhathi.

Njengoba kumenyezelwe ngoFebhuwari 7, 2022, umoya Airlines ungene esivumelwaneni sokuhlanganisa neFrontier Group Holdings, Inc., inkampani engumzali yeFrontier Airlines, Inc., lapho i-Spirit kanye neFrontier yayizohlangana khona esitokweni nemali. Ngaphansi kwemigomo yesivumelwano sokuhlanganisa, abanikazi bokulingana be-Spirit bazothola amasheya angu-1.9126 e-Frontier kanye nemali engu-$2.13 kusabelo soMoya esikhona ngasinye abangaba ngaso. Umsebenzi ungaphansi kwezimo zokuvala ezivamile, okuhlanganisa ukuphothulwa kwenqubo yokubuyekeza yokulawula nokugunyazwa ngabaninimasheya bomoya.

I-Barclays kanye noMorgan Stanley & Co. LLC basebenza njengabacebisi bezezimali ku-Spirit futhi u-Debevoise & Plimpton LLP usebenza njengomeluleki wezomthetho.

I-Spirit Airlines, Inc. (eyenziwe isitayela njengomoya), iyinkampani yenethiwekhi yaseMelika enezindleko eziphansi kakhulu futhi enekomkhulu e-Miramar, eFlorida, endaweni yedolobha lase-Miami. I-Spirit isebenza ngezindiza ezihleliwe kulo lonke elase-United States naseCaribbean naseLatin America. ISpirit ibiyinkampani ethwala abagibeli yesishiyagalombili ngobukhulu eNyakatho Melika kusukela ngo-2020, kanye nenkampani ethwala abagibeli enezindleko eziphansi kakhulu eNyakatho Melika.

JetBlue Airways iyinkampani yezindiza enkulu yaseMelika eshibhile, futhi iyinkampani yezindiza yesikhombisa ngobukhulu eNyakatho Melika ngabagibeli abathwalwa. IJetBlue Airways ikomkhulu layo lisendaweni yaseLong Island City edolobheni laseNew York City eQueens; iphinde igcine amahhovisi ezinkampani e-Utah naseFlorida.

Ngo-2020, yakleliswa ku-#394 ngokwezezimali ohlwini lwe-Fortune 500 lwezinkampani ezinkulu zase-United States ngenzuzo ephelele. I-JetBlue isebenzisa izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-1,000 nsuku zonke futhi isebenzela izindawo zenethiwekhi zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe eziyi-100 e-US, Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Europe. I-JetBlue ayilona ilungu lanoma yiziphi izivumelwano ezintathu ezinkulu zezindiza, kodwa inezivumelwano ze-codeshare nezinkampani zezindiza ezingu-21, okuhlanganisa nezinkampani zezindiza ezingamalungu e-Oneworld, i-SkyTeam, i-Star Alliance, nezinkampani zezindiza ezingagunyaziwe.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

Consistent with its fiduciary duties, the Spirit Board of Directors will work with its financial and legal advisors to evaluate JetBlue’s proposal and pursue the course of action it determines to be in the best interests of Spirit and its stockholders.
today announced that it has received an unsolicited proposal from JetBlue Airways to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Spirit’s common stock in an all-cash transaction for $33.
The Board will conduct this evaluation in accordance with the terms of the Company’s merger agreement with Frontier and respond in due course.