---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001158463-24-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBLU"
cik: "0001158463"
company_name: "JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:03:42.849518+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JetBlue agrees with Icahn to appoint two designees to board; avoids proxy fight

## Summary
- Jesse Lynn (Icahn Enterprises GC) and Steven Miller (Icahn Capital PM) join as observers Feb 26; become voting directors after 2024 annual meeting.
- Board expands from 11 to 13 directors after annual meeting; 12 of 13 expected independent.
- Icahn Group agrees to standstill, voting commitments, and ownership thresholds: retain 20.4M shares for one designee, 10.2M for both.
- Agreement includes limits on rights plan trigger below 15% as long as Icahn holds 16.96M shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001158463-24-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBLU
- cik: 0001158463
- company_name: JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000009/0001158463-24-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000009/jblu-20240216.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158463-24-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP entered into Director Appointment and Nomination Agreement with Carl C. Icahn and the persons and entities listed therein (collectively, the "Icahn Group") (effective 2024-02-16).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Carl C. Icahn and the persons and entities listed therein (collectively, the "Icahn Group")
  - Effective: 2024-02-16
  source text: On February 16, 2024, JetBlue Airways Corporation ("JetBlue" or the "Company") entered into a Director Appointment and Nomination Agreement (the "Agreement") with Carl C. Icahn and the persons and entities listed therein (collectively, the "Icahn Group").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000009/0001158463-24-000009-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.