Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2013 Annual Report Download - page 7

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
P.O. Box 68947
Seattle, Washington 98168
To our Stockholders:
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (the Annual Meeting)
will be held in the Auditorium at the
Anchorage Museum, 625 C Street,
Anchorage, Alaska at 4 p.m. on Thursday,
May 8, 2014, for the following purposes:
1. to elect to the Board of Directors the
ten nominees named in this Proxy
Statement, each for a one-year term;
2. to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as
the Company’s independent registered
public accountants (the independent
accountants) for fiscal year 2014;
3. to seek an advisory vote to approve the
compensation of the Company’s Named
Executive Officers;
4. to seek adoption and approval of an
amendment to the Company’s
certificate of incorporation to increase
the authorized common stock;
5. to seek adoption and approval of an
amendment to the Company’s
certificate of incorporation to reduce the
par value of the Company’s stock;
6. to consider a stockholder proposal
regarding an independent board
chairman policy; and
7. to transact such other business as may
properly come before the meeting or any
postponement or adjournment thereof.
The Board of Directors set March 18, 2014
as the record date for the Annual Meeting.
This means that owners of Alaska Air Group
common stock as of the close of business
on that date are entitled to receive this
notice, attend the meeting in person with
proper proof of ownership or by proxy (see
Can I attend the Annual Meeting, and what
do I need for admission?
in the following
Questions and Answers About the Annual
Meeting section of this Proxy Statement);
and vote at the meeting and any
adjournments or postponements.
Whether or not you attend the meeting in
person, we encourage you to vote by
Internet or phone or to complete, sign and
return your proxy prior to the meeting.
Because the majority of our stockholders will
not be able to attend in person, we invite you
to submit any questions you may have that
would be of general stockholder interest to
the Corporate Secretary via email at
[email protected]. We will
include as many of your questions as
possible during the Q&A session of the
meeting and will send you a copy of the
response. Every stockholder vote is
important. To ensure your vote is counted at
the Annual Meeting, please vote as promptly
as possible.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Shannon K. Alberts
Corporate Secretary
March 28, 2014
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY
MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDERS MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 8, 2014.
Stockholders may access, view and download the 2014 Proxy Statement and 2013 Annual Report at
www.edocumentview.com/alk.
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