Frontier Offers $250 Million Reverse Breakup Fee If Regulators Block Spirit Merger
Frontier Airlines’ parent company said it would pay a $250 million reverse breakup fee to Spirit Airlines if regulators don’t approve the planned merger.
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Frontier Airlines’ parent company said it would pay a $250 million reverse breakup fee to Spirit Airlines if regulators don’t approve the planned merger.
Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines, seeking to strengthen their merger deal in the face of a hostile bid for Spirit by JetBlue Airways, have added a $250 million reverse breakup fee to their proposal ahead of a scheduled shareholder vote on June 10.
/PRNewswire/ -- Spirit Airlines, Inc. ("Spirit" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAVE) today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board"), after consultation...
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Spirit Airlines is urging shareholders to reject the tender offer that JetBlue proposed earlier this week to purchase all the outstanding Spirit shares.