Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2014 Annual Report Download - page 14

policy. When you sign and mail the proxy card or
submit your proxy by phone or the Internet, you
appoint each of Bradley D. Tilden and Shannon
K. Alberts, or their respective substitutes or
nominees, as your representatives at the
meeting. (When we refer to the “named proxies,”
we are referring to Mr. Tilden and Ms. Alberts.)
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 the election of each of the Board’s 11
director nominees named in this Proxy
Statement;
• FOR the ratification of the appointment of
KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent
accountants for fiscal year 2015;
• FOR the ratification of the compensation of
the Company’s Named Executive Officers;
• AGAINST the stockholder proposal regarding
an independent chairman policy.
How do I vote my shares?
Stockholders of record can vote by using the
proxy card or by phone or 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 phone 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 phone 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; and/or
• in trust in one of the Company’s 401(k)
retirement plans can vote by telephone or
internet, or by mailing the voting instruction
form provided by the trustee.
Beneficial owners other than those who
beneficially own stock 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 you can use
to vote your shares without attending the Annual
Meeting.
You can vote on the Internet.
Stockholders of record and beneficial owners of
the Company’s common stock can vote via the
Internet regardless of whether they receive their
annual meeting materials through the mail or via
the Internet. Instructions for voting are provided
along with your notice, proxy card or voting
instruction form. If you vote on the Internet,
please do not mail your proxy card if you received
one (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 if you
received one (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.
2 GENERAL INFORMATION