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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0306 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 2/28/20 |
| Not Subject to Section 16: 0 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 1418819 |
| Issuer Name: Iridium Communications Inc. |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: IRDM |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1241677 |
| | Owner Name: NIEHAUS ROBERT H |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: C/O GCP CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC |
| | Owner Street 2: 600 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR |
| | Owner City: NEW YORK |
| | Owner State: NY |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 10022 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? Yes |
| | Is Officer? No |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 2/28/20 |
| | Deemed Execution Date: |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 5 |
| | | Transaction Code: G |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: E |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 50,000 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0.00 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 431,335.8 |
| Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Represents a bona fide gift to The Robert and Kate Niehaus Foundation, a nonprofit tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Foundation"). |
| Footnote - F2: The reporting person may also be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owner of 100,000 shares of common stock currently held by the Foundation. As a tax-exempt organization, no part of the foundation's income can inure to the benefit of a private individual; therefore, the reporting person does not have a pecuniary interest in the foundation's shares and he disclaims any such pecuniary interest for purposes of the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
| Remarks: |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: /s/Brian Leaf, Attorney-in-Fact |
| Signature Date: 3/5/20 |
