Spirit Mergers and Acquisitions Presentation Deck
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Yes
Spirit Shareholders Lose in All NEA Litigation
Scenarios
Potential Litigation Outcomes
NEA Allowed
Further limits ability for
JetBlue to engage in M&A
Still a high-fare airline
trying to buy a low-fare
airline and raise fares
Will JetBlue win the NEA
litigation?
Inability to consummate a
transaction with Spirit
No
NEA Blocked
JetBlue and / or American
likely appeals which can
take a year or longer to
resolve
Still a high-fare airline
trying to buy a low-fare
airline and raise fares
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We consider JetBlue's simplistic view on litigation outcomes
to be severely flawed, inaccurate and misleading
If JetBlue wins or settles the NEA litigation, the DOJ will be
even more determined to stop a JetBlue acquisition of
Spirit as JetBlue will have just completed a de facto merger
with American Airlines (the largest airline in the world) - this is
not a reasonable risk for Spirit's shareholders to bear
If JetBlue loses the NEA litigation, JetBlue (and / or
American) would likely appeal in a last-ditch effort to save
the anticompetitive alliance that it has implied is more
important than an acquisition of Spirit - that process
could take well over a year to resolve
Neither outcome changes the fact that JetBlue is a high-fare
airline trying to buy a low-fare airline and raise fares
In all cases, Spirit shareholders lose with JetBlue's proposal
as it is not reasonably capable of being consummated
The anticompetitive NEA should be blocked and Spirit cannot commit to a deal that leaves its shareholders
on the sidelines while JetBlue engages in a litigation marathon with DOJ
JetBlue's Unrealistic Regulatory
Analysis Results in an Illusory Offer
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