UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

___________________

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 4, 2004

 

 

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

000-49728

 

87-0617894

(State of Other Jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

118-29 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, New York  11375

           (Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)

 

(718) 709-3026

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 



 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

On October 4, 2004, JetBlue Airways Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an amendment to its existing Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated August 10, 2000, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 30, 2003, and as further amended by Amendment No. 2 dated as of October 6, 2003, by and among the Company and certain of its stockholders party to the agreement, pursuant to which the requisite stockholders party to the agreement waived (i) their demand registration rights in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed in or about October 2004 relating to shares of Common Stock, shares of Preferred Stock, Debt Securities and Pass Through Certificates of the Company, or in any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, and (ii) their rights to receive any notice, communications or other information with respect thereto. The foregoing description of this agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreement, which has been filed as an exhibit as provided below in this report.

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

See the Exhibit Index below for a list of the exhibits filed as part of this report.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                             JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

(Registrant)

               

Date: October 8, 2004

By:

/s/ HOLLY NELSON

 

 

 

Vic e President and Controller (principal accounting officer)

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

4.1

 

Amendment No. 3, dated as of October 4, 2004, to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2000, as amended July 2, 2003 and October 6, 2003, by and among JetBlue Airways Corporation and the Stockholders named therein.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 3 (“Amendment”) dated as of October 4, 2004 to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement of JetBlue Airways Corporation (the “Company”) dated as of August 10, 2000, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of June 30, 2003, and as further amended by Amendment No. 2 thereto dated as of October 6, 2003 (the “Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement”), is made by and among the Company and the persons listed on the signature page hereto.

WHEREAS, the Company and the Stockholders are parties to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement and wish to further amend such Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 19 of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, such Agreement may be modified or amended, and any provision applicable to the Stockholders may be waived, pursuant to a writing signed by the Company, Investors holding 66 2/3% of the Common Stock Equivalents of the Company held by all Investors and Management Stockholders holding a majority of the Common Stock held by all Management Stockholders; and

WHEREAS, the Investors signatory hereto hold at least 66 2/3% of the Common Stock Equivalents of the Company held by all Investors and the Management Stockholders signatory hereto hold at least a majority of the Common Stock held by all Management Stockholders;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1.             Amendment of Section 4 .  Section 4 of the Agreement is hereby amended by:

                                (a)           inserting the following as a new subsection 4(d):

                                                                                “(d)  Notwithstanding the above Section 4(a), no Stockholder will have any rights to include Registrable Shares in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed in or about October 2004 relating to shares of Common Stock, shares of Preferred Stock, Debt Securities and Pass Through Certificates of the Company, or in any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto.”

2.             Waiver .  Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement to the contrary, the Stockholders waive any right to include Registrable Shares in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed in or about October 2004 relating to shares of Common Stock, shares of Preferred Stock, Debt Securities and Pass Through Certificates of the Company, or in any amendments (including post-effective amendments) or supplements thereto, or to receive any notice, communications or other information with respect thereto.

 



 

3.             No Other Amendments .  Except as expressly set forth herein, all terms and provisions of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

4.             Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Holly Nelson

 

Name:

Holly Nelson

 

Title:

Vice President, Controller and

 

 

Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

INVESTORS:

 

 

 

NEELEMAN HOLDINGS, LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Neeleman

 

Name:

David Neeleman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUANTUM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS LDC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John F. Brown

 

Name:

John F. Brown

 

Title:

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SFM DOMESTIC INVESTMENTS LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John F. Brown

 

Name:

John F. Brown

 

Title:

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS:

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David Neeleman

 

 

(Neeleman Holdings, by David Neeleman)

 

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