Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2013 Annual Report Download - page 9

GENERAL INFORMATION
but not the stockholder of record of those
shares. Employees of the Company’s
subsidiaries who hold shares of stock in one
or more of the Company’s 401(k) retirement
plans are beneficial owners.
What am I voting on?
You are being asked to vote on the election
of the ten director nominees named in this
Proxy Statement, to ratify the appointment
of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent
accountants, to provide an advisory vote in
regard to the compensation of the
Company’s Named Executive Officers, to
vote on two proposals to amend the
certificate of incorporation to (1) increase
the authorized common stock and
(2) decrease the par value of the Company’s
stock, and to vote on a stockholder proposal
regarding an independent chairman policy.
When you sign and mail the proxy card or
submit your proxy by phone or the Internet,
you appoint each of Bradley D. Tilden 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. Tilden 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 the election of each of the Board’s
ten director nominees named in this
Proxy Statement;
• FOR the ratification of the appointment of
KPMG LLP as the Company’s
independent accountants for fiscal 2014;
• FOR the ratification of the compensation
of the Company’s Named Executive
Officers;
• FOR the proposal to amend the
certificate of incorporation to increase
the authorized common stock;
• FOR the proposal to amend the
certificate of incorporation to decrease
the par value; and
• AGAINST the stockholder proposal
regarding an independent chairman
policy.
How do I vote my shares?
Stockholders of record can vote by using the
proxy card or by phone or 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 phone or the Internet;
• by a bank, and who 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 phone
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; and/or
• in trust in one of the Company’s 401(k)
retirement plans can vote by telephone or
internet, or by mailing the voting
instruction form provided by the trustee.
Beneficial owners other those who
beneficially own stock 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
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