---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001498710-22-000121"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLYYQ"
cik: "0001498710"
company_name: "Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T18:24:11.468847+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Spirit Airlines director Carlton Donaway not standing for re-election; board to shrink to 8

## Summary
- Carlton D. Donaway, a class II director, will not seek re-election at the 2022 annual meeting.
- Board reduced size from 9 to 8 members, effective as of the annual meeting date.
- Donaway's departure is not due to any disagreement with the company, per standard disclosures.
- No replacement announced; board size remains within authorized range.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001498710-22-000121
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLYYQ
- cik: 0001498710
- company_name: Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000149871022000121/0001498710-22-000121-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000149871022000121/save-20220320.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001498710-22-000121
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001498710-22-000121.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001498710-22-000121.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Carlton D. Donaway departed as director at Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: director
  source text: On March 20, 2022, Carlton D. Donaway, a class II director of Spirit Airlines, Inc. (the "Company"), informed the Company that he will not stand for reelection at the Company's 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1498710/000149871022000121/0001498710-22-000121-index.htm

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