ALK 8-K
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK)
8-K
2024-08-15
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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
(Date of earliest event reported)
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(206 ) 392-5040
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM 8.01. Other Events
On December 2, 2023, Alaska Air Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Alaska”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Hawaiian”), and Marlin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska (“Merger Sub”), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into Hawaiian (the “Merger”), with Hawaiian surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska.
As previously disclosed, on May 7, 2024, Alaska and Hawaiian certified substantial compliance with a request for additional information and documentary material (the “Second Request”) received from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) on February 7, 2024 in connection with the DOJ’s review of the Merger, which triggered the start of a Review Period (as defined below) under a timing agreement Alaska and Hawaiian entered into with the DOJ on March 27, 2024. Pursuant to the timing agreement, Alaska and Hawaiian agreed, among other things, not to consummate the Merger before 90 days following the date on which both parties certified substantial compliance with the Second Request (the “Review Period”) unless they received written notice from the DOJ prior to the end of the Review Period that the DOJ has closed its investigation of the Merger. The Review Period was previously scheduled to expire on August 5, 2024. As previously disclosed, on July 29, 2024, Alaska and Hawaiian agreed with the DOJ to extend the Review Period until 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 15, 2024, and on August 13, 2024, Alaska and Hawaiian agreed with the DOJ to extend the Review Period until 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 16, 2024.
On August 14, 2024, Alaska and Hawaiian agreed with the DOJ to further extend the Review Period until 12:01 a. m. Eastern Time on August 20, 2024. Alaska and Hawaiian continue to cooperate with the DOJ in this review process.
Signature
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: August 15, 2024
/s/ Kyle B. Levine
Kyle B. Levine
Senior Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary