Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2007 Annual Report Download - page 82

Except as described in this Proxy Statement,
no Participant has and during the last year has
not had any arrangement or understanding with
any person with respect to any securities of the
Company.
Understandings with Respect to Future
Employment by the Company
Messrs. Ayer, Loveless and Tilden have
agreements with the Company under which they
would receive severance pay for up to 36 months
in the event that they were terminated within 36
months after a change in control of the
Company. Ms. Alberts and Ms. Gruen have an
agreement with the Company under which they
would receive severance pay for up to 24 months
in the event that they are terminated within 24
months after a change in control. See “Potential
Payments Upon Change in Control” in this Proxy
Statement. No other Participant, nor any
Associate of any Participant, has any
understanding with respect to future
employment. No Participant or any Associate of
any Participant has any arrangement or
understanding with respect to future transactions
to which the Company or any of its affiliates will
or may be a party.
REDUCE DUPLICATIVE MAILINGS
The Company is required to provide an
annual report and proxy statement to all
stockholders of record. If you have more than
one account in your name or at the same
address as other stockholders, the Company or
your broker may discontinue mailings of multiple
copies. If you wish to receive separate mailings
for multiple accounts at the same address, you
should mark the designated box on your proxy
card. If you are voting by telephone or the
internet and you wish to receive multiple copies,
you may notify us at the address and phone
number at the end of the following paragraph if
you are a stockholder of record or notify your
broker if you hold through a broker.
Once you have received notice from your
broker or us that they or we will discontinue
sending multiple copies to the same address,
you will receive only one copy until you are
notified otherwise or until you revoke your
consent. If, at any time, you wish to resume
receiving separate proxy statements or annual
reports, or if you are receiving multiple
statements and reports and wish to receive only
one, please notify your broker if your shares are
held in a brokerage account or us if you hold
registered shares. You can notify us by sending a
written request to the Company’s Corporate
Secretary, Alaska Air Group, Inc., P.O. Box
68947, Seattle, WA 98168, or by calling
[phone].
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
The Company expects to hold its next
annual meeting on or about May 19, 2009. If you
wish to submit a proposal for inclusion in the
proxy materials for that meeting, you must send
the proposal to the Corporate Secretary at the
address below. The proposal must be received at
the Company’s executive offices no later than
December 5, 2008, to be considered for
inclusion. Among other requirements set forth in
the SEC’s proxy rules and the Company’s
Bylaws, you must have continuously held at least
$2,000 in market value or 1% of the Company’s
outstanding stock for at least one year by the
date of submitting the proposal, and you must
continue to own such stock through the date of
the meeting.
If you intend to nominate candidates for
election as directors or present a proposal at the
meeting without including it in the Company’s
proxy materials, you must provide notice of such
proposal to the Company no later than
February 18, 2009. The Company’s Bylaws
outline procedures for giving the required notice.
If you would like a copy of the procedures
contained in our Bylaws, please contact:
Corporate Secretary
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 68947
Seattle, WA 98168
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