SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SPRAGUE JOSEPH A

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ALASKA AIRLINES, INC.
19300 INTERNATIONAL BLVD

(Street)
SEATTLE WA 98188

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC. [ ALK ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
PRESIDENT, HORIZON AIR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/05/2022
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
COMMON STOCK 11/05/2022 M 987 A $0(1) 16,694 D
COMMON STOCK 11/05/2022 F 241 D $44.86 16,453 D
COMMON STOCK 11/07/2022 M 1,131 A $0(1) 17,584 D
COMMON STOCK 11/07/2022 F 276 D $45.04 17,308 D
COMMON STOCK(2) 7,049 I ESOP TRUST
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS $0.0(1) 11/05/2022 M 987 (3) (3) COMMON STOCK 987 $0 987 D
RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS $0.0(1) 11/07/2022 M 1,131 (4) (4) COMMON STOCK 1,131 $0 0 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
2. Common Shares held in the Alaska Air Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership 401(K) Plan Trust, as of 12/31/2021.
3. On November 5, 2020, the reporting person was granted 2,960 RSUs, vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.
4. On November 7, 2019, the reporting person was granted 3,390 RSUs, vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.
Remarks:
/s/ Howard Kuppler, by power of attorney 11/08/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Limited Power of Attorney


    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Kyle B. Levine, Alexandra A. Wittenberger and Howard Kuppler, or any of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution and re-substitution, the undersigned's true  and lawful attorney-in-fact (each of such persons and their substitutes being referred to herein as the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

    1.    Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

    2.    Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC, Alaska Air Group, Inc. (the "Company"), and/or any national securities exchange on which the Company's securities are listed any and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144"), with respect to the any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144; and

    3.    Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's equity securities from any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

    The undersigned acknowledges that:

        a)    This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

        b)    Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or     her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

        c)    Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

        d)    This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

    The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power of Attorney.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of August 2, 2022.

    Signed: /S/ Joseph A. Sprague

    Joseph A. Sprague