Registration of Securities to be Offered to Employees Pursuant to an Employee Benefit Plan — Form S-8
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1: S-8 Iridium World Comm. Ltd. & Iridium LLC Form S-8 13 57K
2: EX-4.3 Iridium LLC Option Plan of 1996 11 37K
3: EX-5.1 Opinion of Conyers, Dill and Pearman 3 10K
4: EX-23.1 Consent of Kpmg Peat Marwick LLP 1 6K
S-8 — Iridium World Comm. Ltd. & Iridium LLC Form S-8
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 17, 1997
REGISTRATION NOS. 333- ; 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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IRIDIUM WORLD COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Bermuda 4800 52-2025291
(State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON HM 11, BERMUDA
(441) 295-5950
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
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IRIDIUM LLC
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 4800 52-1984342
(State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
1575 EYE STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
(202) 408-3800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
IRIDIUM LLC OPTION PLAN OF 1996
(Full Title of the Plan)
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F. THOMAS TUTTLE, ESQ.
IRIDIUM LLC
IRIDIUM WORLD COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
1575 EYE STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, DC 20005
(202) 408-3800
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
DENNIS C. SULLIVAN, ESQ.
SULLIVAN & CROMWELL
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
(202) 956-7500
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT BEING OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING REGISTRATION
SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED REGISTERED (1) SHARE (2) PRICE FEE
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Shares of Class A Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share . . 2,625,000 $48.375 $126,984,375 $38,481
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Class 1 Membership Interests of
Iridium LLC . . . . . . . . 2,625,000 N/A N/A N/A
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(1) This Registration Statement covers (i) up to 2,625,000 shares (the
"Shares") of Class A Common Stock of Iridium World Communications Ltd.
("IWCL"), par value $.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), to be
sold under the Iridium LLC Option Plan of 1996 (the "Plan") and (ii)
up to 2,625,000 Class 1 Membership Interests in Iridium LLC
("Iridium") to be issued to IWCL in connection with the sale of the
Shares.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price has been
calculated, solely for the purpose of determining the registration
fee, in accordance with Rule 457(c) based upon the average of the high
and low sales prices of the Class A Common Stock, as quoted on the
Nasdaq National Market, on October 16, 1997.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
* As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), this registration statement omits the information
specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan covered
by this registration statement as required by Rule 428(b). Such documents are
not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents previously filed by IWCL and Iridium (the
"Registrants") with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement.
1. The Prospectus dated June 9, 1997 relating to offering of
shares of Class A Common Stock filed with the Commission on June 10, 1997,
Commission File Nos. 333-23419 and 333-23419-01.
2. All reports filed by the Registrants pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), since July 1, 1997.
3. The description of the Class A Common Stock contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 2, 1997
declared effective on June 9, 1997 pursuant to the Exchange Act.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrants pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein,
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the Class A Common Stock registered hereby is being
passed upon by Conyers, Dill and Pearman.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Bermuda law permits a company to indemnify its directors and officers,
except for any act of dishonesty. IWCL has provided in its Bye-Laws that the
directors and officers of IWCL will be indemnified and secured harmless to the
full extent permitted by law out of the assets of IWCL
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from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses
incurred by reason of any act done, concurred in or omitted in or about the
execution of their duties or supposed duties, other than in the case of any
fraud or dishonesty. In addition, IWCL has provided in its Bye-Laws that each
shareholder of IWCL agrees to waive any claim or right o action, individually
or in the right of IWCL against any director or officer of IWCL on account of
any action taken by such director or officer, or the failure of such director
or officer to take any action, in the performance of his duties with or for
IWCL, other than with respect to any matter involving any fraud or dishonesty
on behalf of such director or officer.
Bermuda law also permits IWCL to purchase insurance for the benefit of
its directors and officers against any liability incurred by them for the
failure to exercise the requisite care, diligence and skill in the exercise of
their powers and the discharge of their duties, or indemnifying them in respect
of any loss arising or liability incurred by them by reason of negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust.
Pursuant to the 1997 Share Issuance Agreement, dated as of June 9,
1997, between Iridium and IWCL, Iridium has agreed to indemnify IWCL and each
of its officers, directors and employees against any loss, claims, damages or
liabilities to which IWCL or such officers, directors or employees may become
subject except to the extent that any such loss, damage or liability arises out
of or is based upon an intentional act or omission of an indemnified party
which was contrary to any written instruction or request of Iridium or which
amounted to willful misconduct on the part of any officer, director, employee
or agent of IWCL who is not also a full time employee of Iridium.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
No. Description
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4.1 Memorandum of Association of Iridium World Communications Ltd.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Registrants' Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the
Commission on June 5, 1997, Commission File Nos. 333-23419 and
333-23419-01).
4.2 Bye-laws of Iridium World Communications Ltd. (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrants' Registration
Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission on June 5, 1997,
Commission File Nos. 333-23419 and 333-23419-01).
4.3 Iridium LLC Option Plan of 1996.*
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4.4 Form of Class A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrants' Registration
Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission on June 5, 1997,
Commission File Nos. 333-23419 and 333-23419-01).
5.1 Opinion of Conyers, Dill and Pearman as to the validity of the
shares to be issued.*
23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.*
24.1 Power of Attorney is included in the signature page of the
registration statement.
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* Filed herewith.
ITEM 9. REQUIRED UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
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to the Commission by the registrants pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of each of the Registrant's annual reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Washington, DC on October 15, 1997.
IRIDIUM WORLD COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
By: /s/ EDWARD F. STAIANO
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Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Edward F. Staiano, Robert
W. Kinzie and F. Thomas Tuttle, acting individually, as his attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities,
to sign the registration statement on Form S-8 of Iridium World Communications
Ltd. and Iridium LLC and any and all amendments thereto under the Securities
Act of 1933, including any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments,
and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies,
approves and confirms all that his said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1993, as
amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated.
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Name Title Date
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/s/ EDWARD F. STAIANO Chairman and Chief Executive Officer October 15, 1997
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Edward F. Staiano
/s/ ROY GRANT Chief Financial Officer and October 15, 1997
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Roy Grant
/s/ ALBERTO FINOL Deputy Chairman and Director October 15, 1997
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Alberto Finol
/s/ ULF BOHLA Director October 15, 1997
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Ulf Bohla
/s/ ROBERT W. KINZIE Director October 15, 1997
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Robert W. Kinzie
/s/ RICHARD L. LESHER Director October 15, 1997
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Richard L. Lesher
/s/ WILLIAM A. SCHREYER Director October 15, 1997
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William A. Schreyer
/s/ YOSHIHARU YASUDA Director October 15, 1997
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Yoshiharu Yasuda
/s/ ROY GRANT Authorized Representative in October 15, 1997
------------------------------- the United States
Roy Grant
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Washington, DC on October 15, 1997.
IRIDIUM LLC
By: /s/ EDWARD F. STAIANO
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Vice Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Edward F. Staiano, Robert
W. Kinzie and F. Thomas Tuttle, acting individually, as his attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities,
to sign the registration statement on Form S-8 of Iridium World Communications
Ltd. and Iridium LLC and any and all amendments thereto under the Securities
Act of 1933, including any and all pre-effective or post-effective amendments,
and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies,
approves and confirms all that his said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated.
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Name Title Date
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/s/ ROBERT W. KINZIE Chairman October 15, 1997
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Robert W. Kinzie
/s/ EDWARD F. STAIANO Vice Chairman and Chief October 15, 1997
-------------------------------- Executive Officer
Edward F. Staiano
/s/ RICHARD L. LESHER Vice Chairman and October 15, 1997
-------------------------------- Director
Richard L. Lesher
/s/ ROY GRANT Vice President and October 15, 1997
-------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Roy Grant
/s/ ABURIZAL BAKRIE Director October 15, 1997
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Aburizal Bakrie
/s/ HASAN M. BINLADIN Director October 15, 1997
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Hasan M. Binladin
/s/ ULF BOHLA Director October 15, 1997
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Ulf Bohla
/s/ GORDON J. COMERFORD Director October 15, 1997
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Gordon J. Comerford
/s/ ATILANO DE OMS SOBRINHO Director October 15, 1997
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Atilano de Oms Sobrinho
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Director October , 1997
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Robert A. Ferchat
/s/ ALBERTO FINOL Director October 15, 1997
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Alberto Finol
/s/ EDWARD GAMS Director October 15, 1997
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Edward Gams
Director October , 1997
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Kazuo Inamori
Director October , 1997
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Georg Kellinghusen
Director October , 1997
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S. H. Khan
/s/ ANATOLI I. KISELEV Director October 15, 1997
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Anatoli I. Kiselev
/s/ GEORGE S. MEDAWAR Director October 15, 1997
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George S. Medawar
/s/ JOHN F. MITCHELL Director October 15, 1997
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John F. Mitchell
/s/ JUNG L. MOK Director October 15, 1997
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Jung L. Mok
/s/ GIUSEPPE MORGANTI Director October 15, 1997
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Giuseppe Morganti
/s/ J. MICHAEL NORRIS Director October 15, 1997
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J. Michael Norris
Director October , 1997
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Yusai Okuyama
/s/ JOHN M. SCANLON Director October 15, 1997
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John M. Scanlon
Director October , 1997
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Theodore H. Schell
/s/ WILLIAM A. SCHREYER Director October 15, 1997
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William A. Schreyer
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/s/ SRIBHUMI SUKHANETR Director October 15, 1997
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Sribhumi Sukhanetr
Director October , 1997
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Tao-Tsun Sun
/s/ YOSHIHARU YASUDA Director October 15, 1997
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Yoshiharu Yasuda
/s/ WANG MEI YUE Director October 15, 1997
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Wang Mei Yue
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
No. Description
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4.1 Memorandum of Association of Iridium World Communications Ltd.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Registrants' Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the
Commission on June 5, 1997, Commission File Nos. 333-23419 and
333-23419-01).
4.2 Bye-laws of Iridium World Communications Ltd. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrants'
Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission
on June 5, 1997, Commission File Nos. 333-23419 and
333-23419-01).
4.3 Iridium LLC Option Plan of 1996.*
4.4 Form of Class A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrants'
Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission
on June 5, 1997, Commission File Nos. 333-23419 and
333-23419-01).
5.1 Opinion of Conyers, Dill and Pearman as to the validity of the
shares to be issued.*
23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.*
24.1 Power of Attorney is included in the signature page of the
registration statement.
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* Filed herewith.
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