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Item
5.02. Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.
On
January 10, 2006, ATA Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) promoted three (3) of its
current officers to new positions, as follows:
·
Subodh
Karnik, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial
Officer, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
(COO). Karnik will have direct responsibility for all operations,
including marketing, planning and finance
functions.
·
Captain
John W. Graber, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President, Flight
Operations and Maintenance, will become General Manager-Military/Charter
and Senior Vice President-Operations. As General Manager-Military/Charter,
he will have responsibility for all aspects of the Company’s
Military/Charter business. As Senior Vice President-Operations, his
responsibilities will include Flight Operations, Maintenance, System
Operations Control, and Safety and
Security.
·
Douglas
F. Yakola, currently the Company’s Senior Vice President, Customers and
Ground Operations, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (CFO). In addition to his finance and accounting responsibilities,
Yakola will be responsible for Strategic Sourcing, Information Technology
and Real Estate. Francis J. Conway, the Company’s interim CFO, will remain
with the Company until the Company emerges from Chapter 11, expected
during the first quarter of 2006.
In
addition, John G. Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
became Chairman of the Board, replacing J. George Mikelsons who resigned from
the Board on December 31, 2005.
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.