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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-014834"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALGT"
cik: "0001362468"
company_name: "Allegiant Travel CO"
filed_at: "2026-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:03:36.839009+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DOT grants interim exemption for Allegiant/Sun Country merger; closing as early as May 13, 2026

## Summary
- U.S. DOT approved joint interim exemption, the last regulatory condition for Allegiant's acquisition of Sun Country Airlines.
- Special shareholder meetings set for May 8, 2026; closing expected as early as May 13, 2026, subject to approval.
- Post-closing, both airlines will operate independently under common ownership while moving toward a single operating certificate.
- Allegiant CEO Gregory Anderson and Sun Country CEO Jude Bricker praised the DOT's approval as a key milestone.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-014834
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALGT
- cik: 0001362468
- company_name: Allegiant Travel CO
- filed_at: 2026-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362468/000114036126014834/0001140361-26-014834-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362468/000114036126014834/ef20070638_8k.htm

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