Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2012 Annual Report Download - page 17

GENERAL INFORMATION
ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION
The Board of Directors of Alaska Air Group,
Inc. (“Air Group” or the “Company”) is
soliciting proxies for the 2013 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders. This Proxy
Statement contains important information
for you to consider when deciding how to
vote on the matters brought before the
meeting. Please read it carefully.
The Board set March 22, 2013, as the
record date for the meeting. Stockholders
who owned Company common stock on that
date are entitled to vote at the meeting, with
each share entitled to one vote. There were
70,616,103 shares of Company common
stock outstanding on the record date.
Internet Availability of Annual Meeting
Materials
On or about April 4, 2013, stockholders of
record, beneficial owners and a majority of
employee participants in the Company’s
401(k) Plans were mailed a Notice of
Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the
“Notice”) directing them to a website where
they can access our 2013 Proxy Statement
and 2012 Annual Report (the “Annual
Meeting Materials”). Others were mailed
hard copies of the Annual Meeting
Materials, including a voting instruction
form, on the same date. The Company’s
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2012, is included in the 2012 Annual
Report. It was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on
February 14, 2013.
If you received the Notice and would like to
receive a paper copy of the proxy materials,
please follow the instructions printed on the
Notice and the material will be mailed to
you.
All stockholders may access, view and
download the Annual Meeting Materials on
the Internet at www.edocumentview.com/alk.
Other information on the website does not
constitute part of this Proxy Statement.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING
Why am I receiving this Annual Meeting
information and proxy?
You are receiving this annual meeting
information and proxy from us because you
owned shares of common stock in Alaska
Air Group as of the record date for the
Annual Meeting. This Proxy Statement
describes issues on which you may vote and
provides you with other important
information so that you can make informed
decisions.
You may own shares of Alaska Air Group
common stock in several different ways. If
your stock is represented by one or more
stock certificates registered in your name or
if you have a Direct Registration Service
(DRS) advice evidencing shares held in book
entry form, then you have a stockholder
account with our transfer agent,
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
(Computershare), and you are a stockholder
of record. If you hold your shares in a
brokerage, trust, or similar account, then
you are the beneficial owner but not the
stockholder of record of those shares.
Employees of the Company who hold shares
of stock in one or more of the Company’s
401(k) retirement plans are beneficial
owners.
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