UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-K
Pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
February 26, 2004
(Date of Report)
ALASKA AIR GROUP, INC.
Delaware | 91-1292054 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
19300 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington 98188
(Address of principal executive offices)
(206) 392-5040
(Registrants telephone number)
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION | ||||||||
ITEM 12. | ||||||||
Signature | ||||||||
EXHIBIT 99.1 |
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This report may contain forward-looking statements, which are intended to be
subject to the safe harbor protection provided by Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These
statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual
results or performance to be materially different from those indicated by any
forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terminology such as forecast, may, will, could, should,
expect, plan, believe, potential or other similar words indicating
future events or contingencies. Some of the things that could cause our actual
results to differ from our expectations are: economic conditions; the continued
impact of terrorist attacks, global instability and potential U.S. military
involvement; our significant indebtedness; downgrades of our credit ratings;
the competitive environment and other trends in our industry; changes in laws
and regulations; changes in our operating costs including fuel; changes in our
business plans; interest rates and the availability of financing; liability and
other claims asserted against us; labor disputes; our ability to attract and
retain qualified personnel; and inflation. For a discussion of these and other
risk factors, see Item 1 of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2002. All of the forward-looking statements are
qualified in their entirety by reference to the risk factors discussed therein.
These risk factors may not be exhaustive. We operate in a continually
changing business environment, and new risk factors emerge from time to time.
Management cannot predict such new risk factors, nor can it assess the impact,
if any, of such new risk factors on our business or events described in any
forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements after the date of this report to conform
them to actual results.
ITEM 12.
Results of Operations And Financial Condition
Subsequent to our January 28, 2004 press release summarizing our fourth quarter
and full year 2003 financial results, further review of the Mileage
Plan liability and related deferred revenue as of December 31,
2003 revealed that these amounts had not been fully adjusted to
reflect planned deletions of certain accounts with expired miles.
The consequent adjustment to reduce the total Mileage Plan liability and
deferred revenue estimate from $344.4 million to
$336.0 million resulted in an $8.4 million (pretax) increase in
total revenues for the fourth quarter and full year. Our adjusted 2003 fourth
quarter consolidated net loss is $16.1 million and our 2003 full year
consolidated net income is $13.5
million.
The attached schedules provide our revised financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2003. The supplemental data is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
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: February 26, 2004 |
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/s/ Brandon S. Pedersen | ||||
Brandon S. Pedersen | ||||
Staff Vice President/Finance and Controller | ||||
/s/ Bradley D. Tilden | ||||
Bradley D. Tilden | ||||
Executive Vice President/Finance and Chief Financial Officer | ||||