Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2014 Annual Report Download - page 13

Annual Meeting Information
The Board of Directors of Alaska Air Group, Inc.
(Air Group or the Company) is soliciting proxies
for the 2015 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 18, 2015 as the record
date for the meeting. Stockholders who owned
Air Group common stock on that date are
entitled to vote at the meeting, with each share
entitled to one vote. There were 130,869,463
shares of Air Group common stock outstanding
on the record date.
Internet Availability of Annual Meeting
Materials
On or about March 27, 2015, stockholders of
record, beneficial owners and 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 the Company’s
2015 Proxy Statement and 2014 Annual Report
(the Annual Meeting Materials). The Company’s
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2014 is included in the 2014 Annual Report. It
was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) on February 11, 2015.
If you would prefer 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 at
www.edocumentview.com/alk. Other information
on the website does not constitute part of this
Proxy Statement.
Admission to the Annual Meeting
If you would like to attend the meeting in person,
you must present proof of stock ownership as of
the record date along with valid, government-
issued photo identification. For further details,
see Can I attend the Annual Meeting, and what
do I need for admission? in the following
Questions and Answers About the Annual
Meeting section of this Proxy Statement.
Questions and Answers about the Annual Meeting
Why am I receiving the Annual Meeting
Material?
You are receiving the Annual Meeting Material
from us because you owned Air Group common
stock 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 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 the Company’s 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’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 11 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, and to vote on a stockholder
proposal regarding an independent chairman
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