form8-k.htm
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
December
23, 2009
(Date of
earliest event reported)
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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1-8957
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91-1292054
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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19300
International Boulevard, Seattle, Washington
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98188
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.
below):
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD
Disclosure
Pursuant
to 17 CFR Part 243 (“Regulation FD”), the Company is submitting information
relating to its financial and operational outlook in an Investor Update as
attached in Exhibit 99.1.
In
accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information under this
item and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall
such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such a filing. This report will not be deemed
an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed
solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.
ITEM
9.01 Financial Statements and Other Exhibits
Exhibit
99.1 Investor
Update dated December 23, 2009
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:
December 23, 2009
/s/ Brandon S.
Pedersen
Brandon
S. Pedersen
Vice
President/Finance and Controller
/s/ Glenn S.
Johnson
Glenn S.
Johnson
Executive
Vice President/Finance and Chief Financial Officer