Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2009 Annual Report Download - page 41

the Committee’s evaluation of the
candidate.
• Regarding the stockholder submitting
the proposal, the person’s business
address and contact information and
any other information that would be
required to be disclosed in a proxy
statement or other filings required in
connection with the solicitation of
proxies for election of directors
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange
Act.
• The signature of each candidate and of
each stockholder submitting the
proposal.
The Notice shall be delivered in writing by
registered or certified first-class mail,
postage prepaid, to the following address:
Board of Directors
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
PO Box 68947
Seattle, WA 98168
The Corporate Secretary and General
Counsel will promptly forward the Notice to
the Lead Director and Chair of the
Governance and Nominating Committee.
d. Initial Consideration of
Candidates Recommended by Other
Stockholders
If, based on the Committee’s initial
screening of a candidate recommended by a
Qualified Stockholder, a candidate continues
to be of interest to the Committee, the Chair
of the Committee will request that the CEO
interview the candidate and the candidate
will be interviewed by one or more of the
other Committee members. If the results of
these interviews are favorable, the
candidate recommended by a Qualified
Stockholder will be evaluated as set forth
below. Except as may be required by
applicable law, rule or regulation, the
Committee will have no obligation to discuss
the outcome of the evaluation process or
the reasons for the Committee’s
recommendations with any Qualified
Stockholder who made a proposal.
3. Evaluation of Candidates
As to each recommended candidate that the
Committee believes merits consideration,
the Committee will cause to be assembled
information concerning the background,
qualifications and appropriate references of
the candidate, including information
concerning the candidate required to be
disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement
under the rules of the SEC and any
relationship between the candidate and the
person or persons recommending the
candidate. The Committee will then
(i) determine if the candidate satisfies the
qualifications set forth below under the
caption “Policy on Minimum Qualifications
for All Directors”; (ii) conduct interviews with
the candidate as it deems necessary and
appropriate; and (iii) consider the
contribution that the candidate can be
expected to make to the overall functioning
of the Board. The Committee will then meet
to consider and finalize its list of
recommended candidates for the Board’s
consideration.
The Governance and Nominating Committee
will consider incumbent candidates based
on the same criteria used for candidates
recommended by Qualified Stockholders,
provided that incumbents will also be
considered on the basis of the Committee’s
annual evaluations of the effectiveness of
the Board, its committees and their
members.
Policy on Minimum Qualifications for All
Directors
While there is no formal list of qualifications,
the Governance and Nominating Committee
considers, among other things, the
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