Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;


           Appointment of Principal Officers.

On January 24, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. ("Holdings") approved the separation of employment of Kevin Matthies, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Boeing Programs, of Holdings and Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., Holdings' wholly owned subsidiary ("Spirit"), effective as of January 26, 2023 (the "Separation Date").

In connection with the separation, Spirit, Holdings and Mr. Matthies entered into a Separation Agreement and General Release, dated January 26, 2023 (the "Agreement"). Under the terms of the Agreement and in consideration of Mr. Matthies' release of claims, future cooperation and compliance with certain obligations, including confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation and mutual non-disparagement covenants, Mr. Matthies will receive separation payments comprised of the following: (i) a sum of $595,000, which is equal to one year of Mr. Matthies' annual base salary that was in place on the Separation Date and $20,000 to assist with the costs associated with COBRA; (ii) a payment of $104,765.55, which is equal to Mr. Matthies' expected award for 2022 pursuant to the Short-Term Incentive Program under the 2014 Omnibus Plan, as amended (the "Omnibus Plan"), based on actual performance; and (iii) a payment of $483,805 with respect to certain awards granted to Mr. Matthies pursuant to Holdings' Long-Term Incentive Plan under the Omnibus Plan that were forfeited upon the Separation Date.

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal


           Year.

On January 25, 2023, the Board of Holdings approved the Tenth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Holdings (the "Bylaws"), effective as of January 25, 2023, which, among other things:

· require a stockholder that provides notice of its intent to nominate an


   individual to the Board pursuant to the universal proxy rules to comply with
   all requirements of those rules and provide reasonable evidence of such
   compliance upon request;

· enhance the procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements in connection with


   a stockholder's request to call a special meeting or nominate directors under
   Holdings' advance notice or proxy access bylaws;

· require a stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other

stockholders to use a proxy card color other than white;

· adopt an exclusive forum bylaw designating the Court of Chancery of the State


   of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, the
   United States District Court for the District of Delaware) as the sole and
   exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings; and

· conform portions of the Bylaws to the General Corporation Law of the State of

Delaware.

In addition, certain non-substantive changes and other technical edits and updates were made to the Bylaws.

The foregoing description of the amendments to the Bylaws is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.






  (d) Exhibits.




  Exhibit
  No.                                      Description
    3.1        Tenth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings,
             Inc.
    10.1       Separation Agreement and General Release, dated as of January 26,
             2023, by and among Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., Spirit AeroSystems
             Holdings, Inc. and Kevin Matthies.
  104        Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
             document).

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