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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
    
    
FORM 8-K
    
    
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    
May 7, 2015
(Date of earliest event reported)
    
ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
    
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
    
1-8957
91-1292054
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

    
             19300 International Boulevard, Seattle, Washington
98188
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(206) 392-5040
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

    
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
    
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ITEM 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)    The Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on May 7, 2015.  

(b)    At the Annual Meeting, all eleven directors were elected for one-year terms expiring on the date of the Annual Meeting in 2016.  The results of the voting in the election of directors were as follows:
 
Proposal 1.  Election of nominees for the Board of Directors:
 
Board Nominees
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non Votes
Patricia M. Bedient
101,018,069
 
371,721
 
889,729
 
12,608,261
Marion C. Blakey
101,264,313
 
127,063
 
888,143
 
12,608,261
Phyllis J. Campbell
100,790,954
 
554,640
 
933,925
 
12,608,261
Dhiren R. Fonseca
101,251,213
 
132,237
 
896,069
 
12,608,261
Jessie J. Knight, Jr.
100,809,395
 
516,621
 
953,503
 
12,608,261
Dennis F. Madsen
101,017,204
 
365,736
 
896,579
 
12,608,261
Helvi K. Sandvik
96,121,013
 
5,263,681
 
894,825
 
12,608,261
Katherine J. Savitt
100,636,174
 
765,499
 
877,846
 
12,608,261
J. Kenneth Thompson
99,111,143
 
2,228,899
 
939,477
 
12,608,261
Bradley D. Tilden
99,453,041
 
1,792,310
 
1,034,168
 
12,608,261
Eric K. Yeaman
98,459,222
 
2,882,042
 
938,255
 
12,608,261
 
The results of voting on Proposals 2 through 4 were as follows:
 
Proposal 2.
A board proposal seeking ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for fiscal year 2015:
 
 
 
Number of Votes
 
For
 
 
113,295,099
 
Against
 
 
674,176
 
Abstain
 
 
918,505
 
 
 
 
 
 

Proposal 3.
A board proposal seeking an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers:
 
 
Number of Votes
 
For
 
 
100,241,789
 
Against
 
 
958,352
 
Abstain
 
 
1,079,378
 
Broker Non-votes
 
 
12,608,261
 
 
Proposal 4.
   A shareholder proposal regarding an independent board chairman policy:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of Votes
 
For
 
 
20,652,889
 
Against
 
 
80,678,559
 
Abstain
 
 
948,071
 
Broker Non-votes
 
 
12,608,261
 
 





Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
    
ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.                                                                           
Registrant
    
Date: May 12, 2015
    
/s/ Herman L. Wacker
Herman L. Wacker
Vice President Legal and General Counsel