---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-000907"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALGT"
cik: "0001362468"
company_name: "Allegiant Travel CO"
filed_at: "2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:48:36.249637+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Allegiant to acquire Sun Country Airlines for $4.10 cash + 0.1557 shares per SNCY share

## Summary
- Each Sun Country share converted into $4.10 cash and 0.1557 Allegiant shares.
- Termination fees: Allegiant pays $52.23M (superior proposal) or $30M (HSR failure); Sun Country pays $33.02M.
- Closing conditions require stockholder approvals, FAA, DOT, DHS/TSA, and HSR clearances, plus Nasdaq listing.
- Allegiant board to add 3 Sun Country directors, including CEO Jude Bricker.
- Expected closing by January 11, 2027, with potential extensions for regulatory approvals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-000907
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALGT
- cik: 0001362468
- company_name: Allegiant Travel CO
- filed_at: 2026-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362468/000114036126000907/0001140361-26-000907-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362468/000114036126000907/ef20062707_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Allegiant Travel CO entered into Agreement and Plan of Merger with Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc., Mirage Merger Sub, Inc., Sawdust Merger Sub, LLC (effective 2026-01-11).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc., Mirage Merger Sub, Inc., Sawdust Merger Sub, LLC
  - Effective: 2026-01-11
  source text: On January 11, 2026, Allegiant Travel Company, a Nevada corporation (“ Allegiant ”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”) with Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Sun Country ”), Mirage Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Allegiant (“ Merger Sub 1 ”), and Sawdust Merger Sub, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Allegiant (“ Merger Sub 2 ”, together with Merger Sub 1, the “ Merger Subs ” )
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362468/000114036126000907/0001140361-26-000907-index.htm

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