VLRS Volaris Aviation Holding

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of November 2015

 

Commission File Number: 001-36059

 

 

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V.

(Name of Registrant)

 

Av. Antonio Dovalí Jaime No. 70, 13 Floor, Tower B

Colonia Zedec Santa Fe

United Mexican States, D.F. 01210

+(52) 55-5261-6400

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-       

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:   November 16, 2015

 

 

	Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V.
	By:	/s/ Jaime E Pous
		Name:	Jaime E Pous
		Title:	General Counsel
	By:	/s/ Fernando Suárez Gerard
		Name:	Fernando Suárez Gerard
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form 6-K:

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.38		Press release dated November 16, 2015

 

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Exhibit 99.38

 

 

Volaris Announces Closing of Secondary Follow-On Equity Offering

 

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, November 16, 2015 — Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Volaris” or the “Company”) (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR), an ultra-low-cost airline based in Mexico, announced today the closing of a secondary follow-on equity offering in which certain selling shareholders, including affiliates of Discovery Americas, and Blue Sky Investments, offered 99,000,000 of the Company’s Ordinary Participation Certificates (Certificados de Participación Ordinarios), or CPOs, in the form of American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, at a price to the public of $16.00 per ADS in the United States and other countries outside of Mexico, pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).  In connection with the offering, the underwriters exercised their option in full to purchase up to 9,900,000 additional CPOs in the form of ADSs to cover over-allotments. No CPOs or ADSs are being sold by the Company and the selling shareholders will receive all of the proceeds from this offering.  Each ADS represents 10 CPOs and each CPO represents a financial interest in one Series A share of common stock of the Company.

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities, Citi, Evercore ISI and UBS acted as underwriters in connection with the offering.

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.

 

Investor Relations contact:

 

Andrés Pliego / Investor Relations / ir@volaris.com / +52 55 5261 6444

 

Media contact:

 

Cynthia Llanos / cllanos@gcya.net / +52 1 55 4577 0803

 

About Volaris:

 

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Volaris” or the “Company”) (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR), is an ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC), with point-to-point operations, serving Mexico, the United States and Central America. Volaris offers low base fares to build its market, providing quality service and extensive customer choice. Since beginning operations in March 2006, Volaris has increased its routes from five to more than 139 and its fleet from four to 55 aircraft. Volaris offers more than 230 daily flight segments on routes that connect 38 cities in Mexico and 21 cities in the United States and two in Central America with the youngest aircraft fleet in Mexico. Volaris targets passengers who are visiting friends and relatives, cost-conscious business people and leisure travelers in Mexico and to select destinations in the United States and Central America. Volaris has received the ESR Award for Social Corporate Responsibility for six consecutive years.