Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released detailed results of auctions held from June 3 to 13, 2024, to sell its warrants for the purchase of common stock of the 11 publicly traded airlines listed below. Treasury announced on June 21, 2024 that it received $556,685,001 in aggregate proceeds from the auctions. Detailed results of the 11 auctions are provided below.
Treasury received these warrants in connection with financial assistance and loans Treasury provided to U.S. airlines and certain other types of businesses in 2020 and 2021 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act); the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Treasury auctioned these warrants as part of its continuing post-pandemic efforts to recover value for taxpayers in an orderly, fair, and transparent manner. The assistance Treasury provided under these programs protected hundreds of thousands of jobs and helped maintain critical infrastructure capacity during the pandemic.
| Issuer | Auction Date |
Proceeds |
Warrant Shares | Winning Bidder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 6/5/2024 |
$233,000,000 |
11,137,878.35 |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
| United Airlines Holdings, Inc. | 6/6/2024 |
$222,500,000 |
9,928,349 |
Capital Ventures International |
| American Airlines Group Inc. | 6/13/2024 |
$32,600,000 |
29,427,914 |
SRS Partners Master Fund LP |
| SkyWest, Inc. | 6/4/2024 |
$36,200,000 |
785,226 |
Capital Ventures International |
| Alaska Air Group, Inc. | 6/7/2024 |
$17,250,000 |
1,882,517 |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
| Southwest Airlines Co. | 6/7/2024 |
$5,650,000 |
4,961,811.77 |
Southwest Airlines Co. |
| Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. | 6/5/2024 |
$3,450,000 |
3,117,940 |
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
| Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. | 6/6/2024 |
$3,450,000 |
1,134,685 |
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
| JetBlue Airways Corporation | 6/3/2024 |
$2,295,000 |
5,598,807 |
D.E. Shaw Valence Portfolios L.L.C. |
| Spirit Airlines, Inc. | 6/3/2024 |
$195,000 |
913,382.82 |
Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd |
| Allegiant Travel Company | 6/4/2024 |
$95,001 |
29,562.14 |
Parallax Master Fund, L.P. |
The warrants sold in the auctions have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. persons absent registration under, or an applicable exemption from, the registration requirements of the Act and applicable state securities laws. The warrants were offered only to (1) “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Act, (2) certain institutional “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Act, and (3) the issuers of the relevant warrants. Neither this press release nor the information regarding the auctions on Treasury’s website constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the warrants or any other securities (including the underlying shares of common stock).
