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Coverage dated May 15, 2022

JetBlue Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Spirit Airlines

Headline from NBC Los Angeles

JetBlue wrote to Spirit shareholders Monday, offering $30 a share and encouraging them to vote against the Frontier deal.

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    JetBlue Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Spirit Airlines (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    JetBlue wrote to Spirit shareholders Monday, offering $30 a share and encouraging them to vote against the Frontier deal.

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    JetBlue goes hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    JetBlue is going hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines and asking Spirit shareholders to reject a proposed $2.9 billion acquisition by Frontier Airlines.

  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Rebuffed by Spirit, JetBlue goes hostile in takeover bid (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    JetBlue launched a hostile takeover bid for Spirit Airlines on Monday and asked shareholders of the low-cost carrier to reject a proposed acquisition by Frontier Airlines.

  4. FOX 35 Orlando

    JetBlue launches hostile takeover effort for Florida-based Spirit Airlines (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    JetBlue is going hostile in its bid for Spirit Airlines after the Florida-based budget carrier twice rejected JetBlue's $3.6 billion offer.

  5. New York Times

    JetBlue goes hostile in its takeover bid for Spirit Airlines. (opens New York Times)

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    The carrier made a tender offer valued at $3.2 billion, and said it was willing to pay more if Spirit cooperated with an acquisition.

  6. KTVZ Bend

    JetBlue launches hostile takeover for Spirit (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Allison Morrow and Chris Isidore, CNN Business JetBlue is going hostile in its effort to acquire Spirit, the latest twist in an industry battle for the low-cost carrier. Spirit previously rejected a takeover offer from JetBlue, favoring an earlier deal to merge with fellow budget airline Frontier…

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