SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Report
on Form 6-K dated for the month of
March, 2010
Copa
Holdings, S.A.
(Translation
of Registrant's Name Into English)
Boulevard
Costa del Este, Avenida Principal y Avenida de la Rotonda
Urbanización
Costa del Este
Parque
Lefevre
Panama
City, Panama
(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.)
Form
20-F x Form
40-F o
(Indicate
by check 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.)
Yes o No
x
(If “Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b);82- )
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PRESS
RELEASE
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CONTACT:
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Joseph
Putaturo – Panamá
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Director-Investor
Relations
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(507)
304-2677
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Copa
Holdings Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Class A Common
Stock
PANAMA CITY, March 18, 2010 — Copa Holdings, S.A.
(NYSE: CPA) announced today the pricing of 1,600,000 of its Class A non-voting
shares by selling shareholder Corporacion de Inversiones Aereas, S.A. or CIASA.
The secondary offering of Class A common stock priced at $56.00 per share and is
expected to close on March 24, 2010. Copa Holdings will not receive
any proceeds from the offering.
The
underwriter has an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 240,000
shares from CIASA.
Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated is acting as sole book-running manager and
underwriter for the offering.
The
offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement
(including a prospectus) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
SEC. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the securities may be obtained
by emailing prospectus@morganstanley.com or by contacting the prospectus
department at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 180 Varick Street, Second
Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, telephone: toll
free at 1-866-718-1649.
This
press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or
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
jurisdiction.
Copa
Holdings, through its Copa Airlines and Aero Republica operating subsidiaries,
is a leading Latin American provider of passenger and cargo services. Copa
Airlines currently offers approximately 152 daily scheduled flights to 45
destinations in 24 countries in North, Central and South America and the
Caribbean. In addition, Copa Airlines provides passengers with access to flights
to more than 120 other international destinations through code share agreements
with Continental Airlines and other airlines. Aero Republica provides service to
12 cities in Colombia as well as international connectivity with Copa Airlines'
Hub of the Americas through flights from Barranquilla, Bogota, Bucaramanga,
Cali, Cartagena, Medellin and Pereira. Additionally, Aero Republica has
international flights from Colombia to Caracas and Quito.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto
duly authorized.
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Copa Holdings, S.A.
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(Registrant)
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Date:
03/18/2010
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By:
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/s/ Victor
Vial
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Name: Victor
Vial
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Title:
CFO
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