Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2010 Annual Report Download - page 22

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
provide an advisory vote in regard to the
frequency of future advisory vote on named
executive officer compensation, to provide
an advisory vote on stockholders right to act
by written consent, and to approve an
amendment of the Company’s 2008
Performance Incentive Plan (the “2008
Plan”). 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 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
2011;
• FOR the ratification of the
compensation of the Company’s named
executive officers;
• ONE YEAR with respect to the frequency
of future advisory votes on named
executive officer compensation;
• AGAINST the advisory vote on
stockholders right to act by written
consent; and
• FOR the amendment of the Company’s
2008 Performance Incentive Plan.
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 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 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 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.
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