UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

May 6, 2010

 


 

HAWAIIAN HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-31443

 

71-0879698

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

3375 Koapaka Street, Suite G-350

Honolulu, HI  96819

 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(808) 835-3700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On May 6, 2010, Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”), and the Registrant entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) of the employment agreement with the Registrant’s and the Company’s chief executive officer, Mark Dunkerley (the “Employment Agreement”).  The Employment Agreement provides that if the Registrant and the Company do not offer Mr. Dunkerley a new employment agreement with materially comparable terms to the Employment Agreement by May 8, 2010, then Mr. Dunkerley would be entitled to receive certain severance benefits upon any termination of Mr. Dunkerley’s employment on or after November 8, 2010.  The Amendment extends the time in which the Registrant and the Company have to offer Mr. Dunkerley a new employment agreement with materially comparable terms from May 8, 2010 to May 30, 2010.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

10.1

 

Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2010, by and between Mark B. Dunkerley and each of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

HAWAIIAN HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

Date: May 7, 2010

By:

/s/ Hoyt H. Zia

 

 

Hoyt H. Zia

 

 

Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

10.1

 

Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2010, by and between Mark B. Dunkerley and each of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.

 

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