-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SN92YiAy0Nxh8SDn65+quhygIPwyC6/7+ytWRmncuX16UZLjaWJ8MWxUhyaQ3XvF UquwlmM95uSBXzZvs+wVig== 0001091946-08-000002.txt : 20080125 0001091946-08-000002.hdr.sgml : 20080125 20080125155404 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001091946-08-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080117 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080125 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000092380 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512] IRS NUMBER: 741563240 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2702 LOVE FIELD DR STREET 2: P O BOX 36611 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75235 BUSINESS PHONE: 2147924000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 36611 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75235-1611 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AIR SOUTHWEST CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19760108 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RIDLEY DAVIS S /TX CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001091946 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07259 FILM NUMBER: 08550965 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2702 LOVE FIELD DRIVE PO BOX 36611 STREET 2: C/O SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75235 BUSINESS PHONE: 2147924000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO STREET 2: 2702 LOVE FIELD DRIVE PO BOX 36611 CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75235 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 3 2008-01-17 0 0000092380 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO LUV 0001091946 RIDLEY DAVIS S /TX SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. 2702 LOVE FIELD DRIVE DALLAS TX 75235-1611 0 1 0 0 Sr VP - Marketing Common Stock 64000 D Common Stock 897 I By ProfitSharing Plan Common Stock 800 I As Custodian for Son Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 10.11 2009-01-01 Common Stock 810 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 11.72 2009-01-22 Common Stock 12933 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 10.88 2010-01-01 Common Stock 917 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 10.35 2010-01-19 Common Stock 8631 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 21.30 2011-02-15 Common Stock 8000 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 18.73 2012-01-01 Common Stock 1725 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 17.78 2012-01-18 Common Stock 8900 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 14.03 2013-01-02 Common Stock 4573 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 13.19 2013-01-23 Common Stock 10500 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 15.91 2014-01-05 Common Stock 4186 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 15.51 2014-01-23 Common Stock 12500 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 14.25 2015-01-20 Common Stock 16878 D Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) 16.43 2015-12-31 Common Stock 24298 D The option is currently fully exercisable. /s/ Davis S. Ridley 2008-01-25 EX-24 2 poa-ex24.htm DAVIS S. RIDLEY'S EXECUTED POWER OF ATTORNEY 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

each of Laura Wright, Mark Shaw, and Marilyn Post, signing singly, the

undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:





   (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

   capacity as an Officer and/or Director of Southwest Airlines Co.

   (the "Company"),Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the

   Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



   (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned

   which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,

   4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely

   file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and

   any stock exchange or similar authority; and



   (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

   foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit

   to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it

   being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

   behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in

   such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-

   fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



   The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,

hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be

done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in

serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,

nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply

with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



   This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 18th day of January, 2008.







Signature /s/ Davis S. Ridley

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Print Name Davis S. Ridley

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