UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM  i 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)  i May 12, 2021

 

 i Iridium Communications Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

i Delaware		i 001-33963		i 26-1344998
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 i 1750 Tysons Boulevard

 i Suite 1400

 i McLean,  i VA  i 22102

(Address of principal executive offices)

 i 703- i 287-7400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
i Common Stock, $0.001 par value		i IRDM		i 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   i ☐

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 12, 2021. Of the 134,111,085 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding as of the close of business on the record date of March 15, 2021, 123,984,091 shares, or approximately 92.44%, 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 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

 

Name		Votes For				Votes Withheld				Broker Non-Votes
Robert H. Niehaus			113,999,539				1,079,426				8,905,126
Thomas C. Canfield			113,541,612				1,537,353				8,905,126
Matthew J. Desch			114,316,077				762,888				8,905,126
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick			111,417,599				3,661,366				8,905,126
L. Anthony Frazier			114,906,248				172,717				8,905,126
Jane L. Harman			114,267,610				811,355				8,905,126
Alvin B. Krongard			110,501,236				4,577,729				8,905,126
Suzanne E. McBride			112,796,475				2,282,490				8,905,126
Admiral Eric T. Olson (Ret.)			114,410,872				668,093				8,905,126
Steven B. Pfeiffer			113,438,676				1,640,289				8,905,126
Parker W. Rush			113,889,037				1,189,928				8,905,126
Henrik O. Schliemann			114,871,957				207,008				8,905,126
Barry J. West			114,501,235				577,730				8,905,126

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
111,176,670		3,754,961		147,334		8,905,126

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

 

For		Against		Abstain
122,040,575		1,729,254		214,262

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 17, 2021				By:		/s/ Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
				Name:		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
				Title:		Chief Financial Officer