|posted 6-24-10| In light of Congress' current debate on the financial reform bill, which may include limits on proxy access by shareholders to nominate directors, see attached letter to Alaska Air regarding intent to nominate director candidates in 2011 (click here)
(Below––On temporary hiatus in 2010 from running opposing solicitation proxy contests: But Life goes on...)
|posted 6-2-09| Results of May 19, 2009 ALK shareholders meeting in Seattle, WA (click here)
|posted 5-6-09| We filed five Preliminary Forms of Proxy with the U.S. SEC's EDGAR; click on pdf links below:
First filing on 2-12-09 | Second filing on 2-18-09 | Third filing on 3-30-09 | Fourth filing on 4-13-09 | Fifth filing on 4-26-09
|posted 4-13-09| Letter from Vanguard offering its opinion on limited rights of 401(k) stockholders (click here pdf). This letter was in response to a request for clarification (click here pdf)
|posted 4-8-09| Management of AAG maintains CHALLENGER proxies will not be counted at Alaska Air's 2009 Meeting (click for pdf)
|posted 4-8-09| Alaska Air files Definitive Form of Proxy (click for pdf) on March 30, 2009
|posted 3-27-09| AAG CHALLENGERS and other supporters appeal U.S. SEC's decision to grant no-action on Cumulative Voting and Reforming Securities Class Actions to Alaska Air (click for pdf) | SEC denies appeal/reconsideration (here) dated Apr. 8, 2009
|posted 3-15-09| MP3 audio file of where we're at... Take a listen (about 15 minutes long)
|posted 3-15-09| U.S. SEC grants Alaska Air its no-action: Remaining two proposals regarding Cumulative Voting and Reforming Securities Class Actions omitted from AAG's proxy (click here for SEC pdf). Click here for Alaska's Air preliminary proxy statement filing, which they did on Mar. 13, 2009. In this filing, you can also read (in the Q&A section in the first seven pages) how AAG mangement asserts that the 2009 CHALLENGERS did not properly communicate our intent to nominate, so they don't recognize our candidates this year...
|posted 1-26-09| AAG management via O'Melveny & Myers
sends supplemental correspondence to the U.S. SEC (Let me repeat one of
my favorite sayings: "Is this any way to run an airline??"):
click pdf file 1;
click pdf file 2 (exhibits)
|posted 1-13-09| AAG CHALLENGERS and other supporters respond in rebuttal to U.S. SEC (click here for pdf)
|posted 1-1-09|
AAG management via their lawfirm O'Melveny & Myers submit a single letter
to the U.S. SEC in an attempt to knock out all three 2009 proposals with one
blow. So much for trying to work TOGETHER, which is the only legitimate way
to create genuine wealth and value that can be shared by all ALK stakeholders...
There are two
pdf files:
pdf
file #1 (the main no-action letter)
pdf
file #2 (exhibits)
|posted 1-1-09|
Steve Nieman on behalf of the 2009 AAG CHALLENGERS respond to the O'Melveny
& Myers Dec. 15 2008 letter (html;
will load faster; click me)
|posted Dec. 15, 2008|
AAG responds with letter from O'Melveny & Myers law firm (click here for pdf)
|posted Dec. 7, 2008|
ALASKA AIR GROUP, Inc. (stock:ALK) CHALLENGERS file three
proposals for 2009 meeting––
Topics: Say on Pay (click to read pdf) sponsored by Horizon Air (PDX-based) aircraft mechanic Bill Davidge
Cumulutive Voting (click to read pdf) sponsored by Horizon Air (GEG-based) communications agent Terry Dayton
Reforming Securities Class Actions (click to read pdf) sponsored by Horizon Air (PDX-based) airline pilot Steve Nieman
Alaska Air Group, Inc. management files June 23, 2008 US SEC 8K with final voting tally (click here)
|posted 8-29-08| (Click here) for pdf letter from AAG Associate Corporate Secretary Karen Gruen regarding initial management response to majority winning proposals Cumulative Voting and Say on Pay at the 2008 shareholders meeting...Gregory the Great pointed out
that "love itself is knowing" (amor ipse notitia est)
and later William of St. Thierry varied this saying slightly and
deepening the thought appreciably, by writing that "love itself
is understanding" (amor ipse intellectus est). Love alone
allows us to know another. Only love permits us truly to understand
the other as a unique person, yet acknowledge that we're all One
in our common humanity. [A novelist's more modern insight: "It
is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential
is invisible to the eye." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French
flyer, philosopher and writer]
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