Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2012 Annual Report Download - page 19

GENERAL INFORMATION
whether they receive their annual meeting
materials through the mail or via the
Internet. Instructions for voting are provided
along with your proxy card or voting
instruction form. If you vote on the Internet,
please do not mail your proxy card (unless
you intend for it to revoke your prior Internet
vote). Your Internet vote will authorize the
named proxies to vote your shares in the
same manner as if you marked, signed and
returned your proxy card.
You can vote by phone.
Stockholders of record and beneficial
owners of the Company’s common stock
can vote by phone. Instructions are provided
along with your proxy card or voting
instruction form. If you vote by phone, do not
mail your proxy card (unless you intend for it
to revoke your prior vote submitted by
phone). Your vote by phone will authorize
the named proxies to vote your shares in the
same manner as if you marked, signed and
returned your proxy card.
You can vote by mail.
Simply sign and date the proxy card or voting
instruction form received with this Proxy
Statement and mail it in the enclosed
prepaid and addressed envelope. If you
mark your choices on the card or voting
instruction form, your shares will be voted
as you instruct.
The availability of phone and Internet voting.
Internet and telephone voting facilities for
stockholders of record and beneficial owners
will be available 24 hours a day and will
close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on
Monday, May 20, 2013. To allow sufficient
time for voting by the trustee, voting
instructions for 401(k) plan shares must be
received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on Thursday, May 16, 2013.
Voting by the Internet or phone is fast and
convenient and your vote is immediately
confirmed and tabulated. By using the
Internet or phone to vote, you help Alaska
Air Group conserve natural resources and
reduce postage and proxy tabulation costs.
How will my shares be voted if I return a
blank proxy or voting instruction form?
If you sign and return a proxy card without
giving specific voting instructions, your
shares will be voted in accordance with the
recommendations of the Board of Directors
shown above and as the named proxies may
determine in their discretion with respect to
any other matters properly presented for a
vote during the meeting or any
postponement or adjournment of the
meeting.
If my shares are held in a brokerage
account, how will my shares be voted if I
do not return voting instructions to my
broker?
If you hold your shares in street name
through a brokerage account and you do not
submit voting instructions to your broker,
your broker may generally vote your shares
in its discretion on matters designated as
routine under the rules of the New York
Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). However, a broker
cannot vote shares held in street name on
matters designated as non-routine by the
NYSE, unless the broker receives voting
instructions from the street name
(beneficial) owner. The proposal to ratify the
appointment of the Company’s independent
accountants for fiscal year 2013 is
considered routine under NYSE rules. Each
of the other items to be submitted for a vote
is considered non-routine under applicable
NYSE rules. Accordingly, if you hold your
shares in street name through a brokerage
account and you do not submit voting
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