Form 8-K

0001193125-11-322121.txt : 20111125 0001193125-11-322121.hdr.sgml : 20111124 20111125170053 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-322121 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111122 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20111125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111125 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Spirit Airlines, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001498710 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512] IRS NUMBER: 381747023 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35186 FILM NUMBER: 111226935 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2800 EXECUTIVE WAY CITY: MIRAMAR STATE: FL ZIP: 33025 BUSINESS PHONE: 954-447-7920 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2800 EXECUTIVE WAY CITY: MIRAMAR STATE: FL ZIP: 33025 8-K 1 d261660d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

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): November 22, 2011

SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-35186

38-1747023

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

2800 Executive Way

Miramar, Florida 33025

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(954) 447-7920

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 22, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Spirit Airlines, Inc. (the “Company”) approved discretionary cash bonuses to certain employees of the Company, including certain of the Company’s named executive officers for 2010 (the “NEOs”), in connection with the successful completion of the Company’s initial public offering. The approved bonuses to the NEOS were as follows:


Named Executive Officer and Position	Bonus Amount
B. Ben Baldanza, President and Chief Executive Officer	$	235,000
Barry Biffle, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer	$	175,000
Thomas Canfield, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$	175,000
David Lancelot, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$	140,000

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date: November 25, 2011	SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC.

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