Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2009 Annual Report Download - page 18

What am I voting on?
You are being asked to vote on the election
of the nine director nominees named in this
proxy statement, to ratify the selection of
KPMG LLP as independent auditor, to
provide an advisory vote in regards to the
compensation of the Company’s named
executive officers, to approve the
Company’s 2010 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, and, if properly presented, to vote on
one stockholder proposal. When you sign
and mail the proxy card or submit your proxy
by telephone or the internet, you appoint
each of William S. Ayer and Keith Loveless,
or their respective substitutes or nominees,
as your representatives at the meeting.
(When we refer to the “named proxies,” we
are referring to Messrs. Ayer and Loveless.)
This way, your shares will be voted even if
you cannot attend the meeting.
How does the Board of Directors
recommend I vote on each of the
proposals?
• FOR each of the Board’s nine director
nominees named in this proxy
statement;
• FOR the ratification of the appointment
of KPMG LLP as the Company’s
independent auditors;
• FOR the ratification of the
compensation of the Company’s named
executive officers;
• FOR the Company’s 2010 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”); and
• AGAINST the stockholder proposal.
How do I vote my shares?
Stockholders of record can vote by using the
proxy card or by telephone or by the internet.
Beneficial owners whose stock is held:
• in a brokerage account can vote by
using the voting instruction form
provided by the broker or by telephone
or the internet.
• by a bank, and have the power to vote
or to direct the voting of the shares, can
vote using the proxy or the voting
information form provided by the bank
or, if made available by the bank, by
telephone or the internet.
• in trust under an arrangement that
provides the beneficial owner with the
power to vote or to direct the voting of
the shares can vote in accordance with
the provisions of such arrangement.
• in trust in one of the Company’s 401(k)
retirement plans can vote using the
voting instruction form provided by the
trustee.
Beneficial owners, other than persons who
beneficially own shares held in trust in one
of the Company’s 401(k) retirement plans,
can vote at the meeting provided that he or
she obtains a “legal proxy” from the person
or entity holding the stock for him or her
(typically a broker, bank, or trustee). A
beneficial owner can obtain a legal proxy by
making a request to the broker, bank, or
trustee. Under a legal proxy, the bank,
broker, or trustee confers all of its rights as
a record holder (which may in turn have
been passed on to it by the ultimate record
holder) to grant proxies or to vote at the
meeting.
Listed below are the various means —
internet, phone and mail — you can use to
vote your shares without attending the
Annual Meeting.
You can vote on the internet.
Stockholders of record and beneficial
owners of the Company’s common stock
can vote via the internet regardless of
whether they receive their annual meeting
materials through the mail or via the
internet. Instructions for doing so are
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