Alaska Air Group (ALK), Hawaiian (HA) Receive DOJ Second Request

Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK) disclosed:

As previously disclosed, 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.

The Merger is conditioned on, among other things, the expiration or early termination of the statutory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), and other required regulatory approvals.

On February 7, 2024, Alaska and Hawaiian each received a request for additional information and documentary material (the “Second Request”) from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) in connection with the DOJ’s review of the Merger. The issuance of the Second Request extends the waiting period under the HSR Act until 30 days after both Hawaiian and Alaska have substantially complied with the Second Request, unless the waiting period is earlier terminated by the DOJ.

Alaska and Hawaiian expect to promptly respond to the Second Request and to continue working cooperatively with the DOJ as it conducts its review of the Merger.
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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.

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