SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC. (NASDAQ:SAVE) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 12, 2017, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Spirit Airlines, Inc. (the “Company) appointed Edward M. (Ted) Christie III as President of the Company, effective January 1, 2018. Also on January 1, 2018, Mr. Christie will join the Board as a Class III director, with a term expiring as of the date of the Company’s annual general meeting of stockholders in 2020. The Board also agreed that Mr. Christie would become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 1, 2019. In that role, he will succeed Robert L. Fornaro whose employment term is scheduled to end on December 31, 2018. The foregoing appointments are subject to continued satisfactory performance of duties by Mr. Christie and to the execution of definite employment arrangements including the material terms approved by the Board, as further set forth below. A copy of the Company’s press release of December 13, 2017 is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Mr. Christie, age 47, has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2017 and, prior to that, as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since he joined the Company in April 2012. He served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. from July 2011 to March 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Christie was a partner in Vista Strategic Group LLC, a management consulting firm, from May 2010 to July 2011. Mr. Christie served in various finance-related positions at Frontier Airlines, Inc. from 2002 to 2010, including as Chief Financial Officer from June 2008 to January 2010.

Mr. Christie’s annual base salary will be $550,000 for 2018 and $700,000 for 2019, subject to such increases as the Board may determine in its discretion. His annual short-term incentive (bonus) target will be 50% of base salary in 2018 and 125% of base salary in 2019, subject to a maximum not to exceed 200% of base salary. In connection with his appointments, on or shortly following January 1, 2018, Mr. Christie will receive a one-time promotional grant of restricted stock units having a grant date value of $2,500,000 and vesting 50%, 25% and 25% on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date. He will be entitled to receive annual long-term incentive awards in accordance with the Company’s normal executive compensation practices. For 2018, the annual grant will have a target value of $1,250,000, and for 2019 the annual grant will have a target value of $1,750,000. The one-time grant and any annual grants will subject to the terms of the Company’s 2015 Incentive Award Plan and the respective award agreements.

Mr. Christie will be entitled to the vacation, travel and other benefits afforded to other senior executives of the Company and, subject to certain conditions, to post-employment lifetime family travel benefits. He will be eligible for coverage under the Company’s 2017 Executive Severance Plan. He also will be subject to customary covenants relating to Company confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets, on a permanent basis, and to customary non-solicitation, non-disparagement and non-competition covenants, in each case extending for one year

after termination of employment (and such one year period shall be extended for so long as he is entitled to receive any severance payments from the Company).

(d) Exhibits

Spirit Airlines, Inc. Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 christiepr.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit Exhibit 99.1Spirit Airlines Announces Succession PlanDecember 13,…
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About SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC. (NASDAQ:SAVE)

Spirit Airlines, Inc. is an airline company. The Company’s all-Airbus fleet operates more than 385 daily flights to 56 destinations in the United States, Caribbean and Latin America. Its ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) business model provides low, unbundled base fares that remove components traditionally included in the price of an airline ticket. The Company offers a range of optional services, allowing customers to save by paying only for the options they choose such as bags, advance seat assignments and refreshments. The Company’s route network includes approximately 151 markets throughout North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The Company operates international services to Aruba, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and St. Maarten, as well as Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.