Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air 2014 Annual Report Download - page 9

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
P.O. Box 68947
Seattle, Washington 98168
To our Stockholders:
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Alaska Air Group, Inc. (the Annual Meeting) will be held in the
William M. Allen Theater at the Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle, Washington
at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2015, for the following purposes:
1. to elect to the Board of Directors the 11 nominees named in this Proxy Statement, each for a
one-year term;
2. to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public
accountants (the independent accountants) for fiscal year 2015;
3. to seek an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive
Officers;
4. to consider a stockholder proposal regarding an independent board chairman policy; and
5. to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any
postponement or adjournment thereof.
The Board of Directors set March 18, 2015 as the record date for the Annual Meeting. This means that
owners of Alaska Air Group common stock as of the close of business on that date are entitled to
receive this notice, attend the meeting in person with proper proof of ownership or by proxy (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); and vote at the meeting and any
adjournments or postponements.
Whether or not you attend the meeting in person, we encourage you to vote by Internet or phone or to
complete, sign and return your proxy prior to the meeting.
Because the majority of our stockholders will not be able to attend in person, we invite you to submit
any questions you may have that would be of general stockholder interest to the Corporate Secretary via
email at [email protected]. We will include as many of your questions as possible during
the Q&A session of the meeting and will send you a copy of the response. Every stockholder vote is
important. To ensure your vote is counted at the Annual Meeting, please vote as promptly as possible.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Shannon K. Alberts
Corporate Secretary
March 27, 2015
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY
MATERIALS FOR THE STOCKHOLDERS MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 7, 2015.
Stockholders may access, view and download the 2015 Proxy Statement and 2014 Annual Report at
www.edocumentview.com/alk.
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