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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 17, 2022

 

 

Iridium Communications Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33963   26-1344998

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1750 Tysons Boulevard

Suite 1400

McLean, VA 22102

(Address of principal executive offices)

703-287-7400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value   IRDM   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Iridium Communications Inc. (the “Company”) was held virtually on May 17, 2022. Of the 128,029,246 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding as of the close of business on the record date of March 21, 2022, 110,095,557 shares, or approximately 85.99%, were present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. Set forth below are the results of the matters submitted for a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors

The following thirteen (13) directors were elected to serve for one-year terms until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

 

Name    Votes For      Votes
Withheld
     Broker Non-Votes  

Robert H. Niehaus

     99,697,574        1,008,213        9,389,770  

Thomas C. Canfield

     98,883,698        1,822,089        9,389,770  

Matthew J. Desch

     99,992,584        713,203        9,389,770  

Thomas J. Fitzpatrick

     97,093,600        3,612,187        9,389,770  

L. Anthony Frazier

     100,377,514        328,273        9,389,770  

Jane L. Harman

     99,702,749        1,003,038        9,389,770  

Alvin B. Krongard

     88,207,985        12,497,802        9,389,770  

Suzanne E. McBride

     98,924,901        1,780,886        9,389,770  

Admiral Eric T. Olson (Ret.)

     99,885,298        820,489        9,389,770  

Parker W. Rush

     99,237,994        1,467,793        9,389,770  

Henrik O. Schliemann

     99,653,423        1,052,364        9,389,770  

Kay N. Sears

     100,550,862        154,925        9,389,770  

Barry J. West

     100,501,464        204,323        9,389,770  

Proposal 2 — Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

  

Broker Non-Votes

96,193,174   4,076,449   436,164    9,389,770

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

109,582,283   405,282   107,992


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

      IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Date: May 19, 2022     By:  

/s/ Kathleen A. Morgan

    Name:   Kathleen A. Morgan
    Title:   Chief Legal Officer