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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS AND PROXY STATEMENT

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 | 9:30AM EDT | VIRTUALSHAREHOLDERMEETING.COM/ATEX2020

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3 Garret Mountain Plaza |Suite 401

Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424

July 20, 2020

Dear Stockholder:

You



June 30, 2022
To The Stockholders of Anterix Inc.
Anterix is built on the proposition that the modern grid requires a modern communications platform. That proposition has never been more relevant than it is today. Cybersecurity threats, the move toward clean and distributed energy, the electrification of multiple sectors of the economy, and more, all point toward the need for utilities to evolve and re-think the foundational communications capabilities that can address each element of this new reality. Our mission—to become the de facto private wireless solution for the utility sector—is premised on providing utilities with an industry-wide answer to their communications needs.
As Fiscal 2022 demonstrated, utilities across the country have embraced a transition to clean, renewable energy resources to fight climate change. Our work this year with the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab highlighted the role we can play in that transition. As cybersecurity concerns became front page news, we successfully launched our Security Collective, which will provide utilities with a suite of solutions from six of the nation’s leading security companies. And to address current and future needs of the sector, we successfully expanded our Active Ecosystem Program to over seventy-five innovative companies.
These efforts align with the recently enacted Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act. Not only does this legislation provide substantial resources that could help broaden and speed the deployment of utility private broadband networks, but it also serves to highlight the importance of such networks in achieving national priorities such as decarbonization, wildfire mitigation, and broadband deployment to close the digital divide.
Beyond our mission's impact on the larger global community, we’re committed to driving environmental sustainability, building an inclusive organization that values employee well-being and invests in their careers, and maintaining a high standard of corporate governance. We strongly believe this approach is fundamental to our business culture and overall success, serving our stockholders, and maintaining our integrity in the marketplace. It flows through to our Board of Directors, a diverse group with a female lead independent Director.
Our committed team—including our employees, Board, and partners— is focused on helping the utility industry reach its meaningful goals. As detailed in this Proxy Statement, in Fiscal 2022 we moved significantly closer to realizing our mission of being the industry’s de facto wireless broadband solution. We are cordially inviteda small but dynamic company implementing a grand vision, so each of us is personally responsible for our considerable progress. And for this we are particularly grateful.
With that insight into who we are and how we align with emerging trends in the utility sector and our country, we are pleased to attendinvite you to join us at the virtual 20202022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Anterix Inc. (the “2022 Annual Meeting”). The meeting will be conducted virtually via live audio webcast on Wednesday, September 2, 2020,August 10, 2022, at 9:30 a.m.am Eastern Daylight Time.  For your convenience, we are pleased to advise that the Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting which will be conducted via live audio webcast.time. You will be able tocan attend, the meeting via the internet, vote your shares, electronically, and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting:  http://via live audio webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ATEX2020. Details about howatex2022.
The enclosed materials include a Notice of Meeting, Proxy Statement, proxy card, self-addressed pre-paid envelope, and Annual Report to Stockholders for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022.
We hope you can attend the meeting online and submit questions during the meeting, and about the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting are providedparticipate in the attached Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement.

virtual meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, your vote is important, and we encourage you to vote promptly. You may vote by proxy over the internet or by telephone, or, if you received paper copies of the proxy materials by mail, you can also vote by mail by following the instructions on your proxy card. If you choose to attend the2022 Annual Meeting you may stillvia live webcast, please authorize a proxy to vote your shares online during the meeting, even though you have previously voted or returned youras soon as possible. You may authorize a proxy by any of the methods described in our Proxy Statement. Ifto vote your shares are held inby mail, telephone, or internet. The proxy card materials provide details on authorizing a bank or brokerage account, please referproxy to the materials providedvote by your bank or broker for voting instructions.

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We look forward to receiving your participationproxy and thank you for your continued support of Anterix.

Sincerely,

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Morgan E. O’BrienRobert H. Schwartz
Executive Chairman of the BoardPresident and Chief Executive Officer


























On or about July 1, 2022, we began sending this Proxy Statement, the attached Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and the enclosed proxy card to all stockholders entitled to vote at the 2022 Annual Meeting.

Sincerely yours,

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Robert H. Schwartz
President & Chief Executive Officer

Although not part of this Proxy Statement, we are also sending, along with this Proxy Statement, our 2022 annual report on Form 10-K, which includes our financial statements for Fiscal 2022.

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3 Garret Mountain Plaza |Suite 401

Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424


NOTICE OF 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERSNotice of 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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August 10, 2022

9:30 a.m., Eastern Time
Via Live Audio Webcast: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/atex2022

The virtual 20202022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Anterix Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us”) will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2020,August 10, 2022, at 9:30 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time. You will be able tocan attend the Annual Meeting via the internet, vote your shares electronically, and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ATEX2020.atex2022.
Items of Business:
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The control number, foundElection of Directors: Elect eight (8) directors nominated by our Board of Directors ("Board"), each to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified;

2.Advisory Vote on your proxy card, will grant you access toExecutive Compensation: Approve on a non-binding, advisory basis, the meeting and allow you to votecompensation of the named executive officers;
3.Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm: Ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the following under consideration:fiscal year ending March 31, 2023; and

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To elect eight directors to hold office until the 2021 Annual Meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified;

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To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021;

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To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and

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To approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

In addition, we will transact such4.Other Business: Consider any other business as maythat is properly be brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “meeting.FOR” each of the director nominees in proposal 1,  “FOR” proposals 2 and 3, and “ONE YEAR” for proposal 4.  

Record Date:
Stockholders of record at the close of business on July 10, 2020,June 15, 2022 (“Record Date”) are entitled to notice of, and to vote on, all matters at the Annual Meeting and any reconvened meeting following any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Proxy Voting:
All stockholders are invited to attend the virtual Annual Meeting. Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, you are urged to read this Proxy Statement and vote or submit your proxy as soon as possible so that your shares can be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with your instructions. Telephone, mail, and internet voting are available. For specific instructions on voting, pleasePlease refer to the instructions in this Proxy Statement and on your proxy card.card for specific voting instructions. If you hold your shares through an account with a broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from them to vote your shares. Please refer to the section “General Information – Voting Instructions”“Additional Information” for detailed information on accessing the meeting, voting, instructions.

and asking questions at the meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors,
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Gena L. Ashe
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Woodland Park NJ
 |  June 30, 2022
Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholder:This Notice ofProxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Proxy Statement, and form of Proxy Card are being distributed and made available on or about July 20, 2020.

Although not part of this Proxy Statement, we are also sending our Annual Report to Stockholders on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020.

By Order2022 (filed with the SEC on May 26, 2022) and the proxy card or voting instruction form are available on our website at www.investors.anterix.com/financials/annual-reports-and-proxies.

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Table of the Board of Directors,

Contents

Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct
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Gena L. Ashe

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Woodland Park NJ

July 20, 2020

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2022 Proxy Statement Summary

To assist you in reviewing the Proxy Statement, we call your attention to the following summary information about the 2022 Annual Meeting and our corporate governance framework.of Stockholders. For more complete information, please carefully review the entire Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Annual Report”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 20202022 (“Fiscal 2020”2022”) before voting.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Date and Time

September 2, 2020,August 10, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time

Place

Live audio webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ATEX2020

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Record Date

July 10, 2020

June 15, 2022

Voting

If you were a “stockholder of record” or beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” as of the close of business on the Record Date, you may vote your shares. See the “General Information—Voting Instructions” in this Proxy Statement for more detaildetails regarding how you may vote your shares.

If you need technical support to access the Annual Meeting, there will be a toll-free number and an international number available on the website to assist you. Technical support will be available 15 minutes before the start time of the Annual Meeting and through the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
Proposals and Voting Recommendations

Proposal

         Item

Board Recommendation

Page Reference

(for more detail)

(1)    Election of eight directors to hold office until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

Directors

üFOR EACH NOMINEE

each nominee

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(2)  Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers
üFOR
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(3)    Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

2023

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How to Cast Your Vote
You have four different methods to vote your proxy. Please see the enclosed proxy card or voting instruction form for additional details regarding each voting method.

(3) Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis,By Internet

By TelephoneBy MailAt the Meeting
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Dial toll-free 24/7
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by 11:59 pm ET, August 9, 2022
Vote, sign and send
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Corporate Governance
Good corporate governance is a critical factor in our continued success, and it also helps to better align management and stockholder interests. You can access key governing documents such as our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines, and charters of each committee of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

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(4) Approval, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

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Our Business

Anterix Inc., formerly known as pdvWireless, Inc. (“Anterix,” “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company”), is a wireless communications company focused on commercializing our spectrum assets to enable our targeted utility and critical infrastructure customers to deploy private broadband networks, technologies and solutions. We are the largest holder of licensed spectrum in the 900 MHz band (896-901/935-940 MHz) throughout the contiguous United States, plus Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. On May 13, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) approved a Report and Order (the “Report and Order”) to modernize and realign the 900 MHz band to increase its usability and capacity by allowing it to be utilized for the deployment of broadband networks, technologies and solutions. We are now engaged in qualifying for and securing broadband licenses from the FCC, with a focus on pursuing licenses in those counties in which we believe we have near-term commercial opportunities. At the same time, our sales and marketing organizations are pursuing opportunities to lease the broadband licenses we secure to our targeted utility and critical infrastructure customers.

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Our mission is to deliver transformative broadband to enable the modernization of critical infrastructure for energy, transportation, logistics and other industries through the power of private wireless connectivity on 900 MHz spectrum. To that end, we are pursuing a two-pronged strategy focused on: 1) converting our nationwide narrowband 900 MHz spectrum position into valuable broadband spectrum; and 2) establishing our commercial positioning and accelerating adoption through deployment of our principle commercial business offering, long-term leasing of our broadband spectrum to critical infrastructure enterprises nationwide. Our approach and supporting business initiatives are captured below:

Converting our Nationwide Narrowband 900 MHz Spectrum Position to Broadband. Shifting our spectrum from narrowband to broadband nationwide is a foundational component of our two-pronged strategy as it provides the platform for growing our business. To achieve this conversion, we are focused on obtaining broadband licenses in those counties in which we believe we have near-term commercial prospects and strategically retuning our spectrum to achieve optimum cost over time.

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Secure Broadband Licenses. Anterix—and only Anterix—is an essential party in every one of the nation’s 3,233 counties. And while we intend to continue to prioritize our spectrum transactions in areas where we have customer opportunities, we also plan to pursue spectrum transactions opportunistically to optimize our total investments in our spectrum clearing costs. We have been proactive in this effort and to date have completed, and intend to continue to pursue, spectrum transactions to support our efforts to satisfy the broadband license eligibility requirements.

Retune Covered Incumbents. We have been proactive in our retuning (i.e., swapping broadband segment channels) efforts with incumbents in preparation for the broadband licensing process. “Retuning” is the exercise of exchanging, or swapping, broadband segment channels of license holders in the broadband segment (i.e., incumbents) and moving them to channels outside of the broadband segment. Our dedicated retuning teams are focused on moving incumbents from the newly allocated broadband segment of the 900 MHz spectrum band to the segments allocated for continued narrowband operations. Our team has already established contact with many of the incumbents throughout the country.

Deploying our Commercial Business Offering. With the Report and Order paving the way for the deployment of broadband in the 900 MHz band, the second key prong of our strategy is accelerating the adoption of 900 MHz private LTE through targeted outreach promoting our principle commercial business offering. Based upon our analysis and discussions with potential customers to date, we generally intend to lease the broadband licenses we secure to customers for longer lease terms (generally 20 years or longer),

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including built-in pricing escalators and long-term renewal options. In that vein, we will be responsible for the costs of securing the broadband licenses from the FCC, including the costs of acquiring sufficient spectrum to support broadband use and retuning incumbents to clear the spectrum. In addition, we intend to continue our ongoing strategic efforts to accelerate industry adoption by executing both a “top down” approach, designed to drive utility industry regulators to support our initiatives, and a “bottoms up” approach, designed to generate demand through effective account management.

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Board of Directors Nominees

The following table provides summary information about each individual nominated for election at www.anterix.com in the Annual Meeting:

“Investors” section. Our Board has adopted strong governance structures and practices to enhance our independent oversight, effectiveness, and accountability to stockholders, as reflected below.

Nominee

Age

Position

Qualifications

Committee Memberships

Existing Director

Strong Governance Practices

Morgan E. O’Brien

75

Executive Chairman

    Technology

    Early Stage/Hyper

      Growth

    Telecom Industry

    Regulatory

    Board Experience

    CEO Experience

    Strategy

None

Yes

Robert H. Schwartz

54

President & Chief Executive Officer and Director Nominee

    CEO

    Technology

    Telecom Industry

    Financial Expert

    Early Stage/Hyper

      Growth

    Strategy

None

No

Hamid Akhavan

59

Director Nominee

    Board Experience

    Telecom Industry

    CEO Experience

    Technology

    Early Stage/Hyper

      Growth

    Strategy

None

No

Leslie B. Daniels

72

Director Nominee

    Board Experience

    Strategy

    Regulatory

    Financial Expert

None

No

Gregory A. Haller

53

Director

    Telecom Industry

    Operations

    C-Suite Executive

    Board Experience

Nominating and
Corporate
Governance

Yes

Singleton B. McAllister

68

Director

    Legal

    Regulatory

    Governance

    Board Experience

    Diversity

    Utilities

Compensation
Nominating and
Corporate
Governance

Yes

Gregory A. Pratt

70

Director

    Board Chair/Lead/

      Director

    Financial Expert

    Corporate

     Governance

    CEO Experience

    Diversity

Audit

Compensation

Yes

Paul Saleh

64

Director

    Telecom Industry

    Financial Expert

    CEO Experience

    Strategy

    Early Stage/Hyper

      Growth

Audit
Nominating and
Corporate
Governance

Yes

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Corporate Governance Summary Facts

We seek to maintain high standards of business conduct and corporate governance, which we believe are fundamental to the overall success of our business, serving our stockholders well and maintaining our integrity in the marketplace.  The following table summarizes some of the key elements of our corporate governance framework:

Size of Board (set by the Board)

8

Number of Independent Directors Nominees

6

Chairman and CEO

Separate

Board Self-Evaluation

Annual

Review Board and Board Committee Qualifications

Annual

Hold Executive Sessions

Yes

Annual Director Elections (No Classified Board)

Yes

Majority Voting for Director Elections

Yes

Diverse Board (as to background, experience, and skills)

Yes

Board hasHas Adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines

Yes

No Related Party Transactions with Officers orand Directors

True

Board has Not Amended Charters orNo Actions Taken Actions to Reduce Stockholder Rights

True

All Directors with More than One Year of Service Own Stock

Yes

No Family Relationships Among Officers and Directors

True

All Committee Chairs and Members Qualify as Independent Directors

Yes

Oversight of ESG

Board StructureCommittees, Attendance and CommitmentsStockholder Engagement
Size of Board – 8 – Set by Board
Annual review of Board and Committee Qualifications
Regular Stockholder Engagement
6 of 8 Nominees Independent
Diverse Background, Experience and Skills
Communication Process for Stockholders to Communicate with our Board
Separate Chairman and CEO
All Directors with > 1 year of service own stock in line with the Stock Ownership Guidelines
Lead Independent Director
Independent Chair for All Committees
Annual Board Self-Evaluation
CEO Serves on Less Than Three< 2 Outside Boards

True

Regular Executive Sessions
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Director Nominees
AgeDirector SinceACCCNCGCSCIndependentOther
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Leslie B. Daniels

752020
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Gregory A. Haller552018
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Singleton B. McAllister*

702018
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Morgan E. O’Brien**
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Gregory A. Pratt

732020
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Paul Saleh652016
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Mahvash Yazdi

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Stock Ownership Guidelines

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Yes

AC = Audit Committee 

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* = Lead Independent Director

Yes

NCGC = Nominating and Corporate Governance
               Committee

Percentage of Women Director Nominees

** = Board Chair

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Board Skills Matrix

Racially/Ethnically Diverse Director Nominees

Experience, Expertise, or Attribute

Daniels

25%

Haller
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Hyper-Growth
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Financial Acumenüüüüüüüü
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M&Aüüüüüüü
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Recent Corporate Governance Changes

In 2020, the Nomination
Key Elements of Executive Compensation

The Compensation Discussion and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Nominating Committee”) conductedAnalysis provides a comprehensive  reviewdetailed description of the compositionmaterial elements of our Board of Directors (the “Board” or the “Board of Directors”) to ensure the Board has the competencies and critical skills that the Company requires as it embarks upon the next phase of its operations following the release of the Report and Order by the FCC. The Nominating Committee reviewed each of the director nomineescompensation program for relevant, recent experience; demographics; skills congruent with the Company’s top imperatives and strategies; and the attributes and qualifications our Board identified in its self-evaluations to develop criteria for potential nominees.

As a result of that review, the Board selected the following nominees for election at the September 2, 2020 Annual Meeting: 

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Morgan O’Brien, succeeded Mr. McAuley as Chairman of the Board effective July 1, 2020.

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Robert Schwartz, succeeded Mr. O’Brien, and is now the President & Chief Executive Officer.

·

Gregory Haller, Singleton McAllister, and Paul Saleh, current directors and independent director nominees. 

·

Gregory Pratt, an independent director nominee, joined our Board in June 2020 and serves on our Audit and Compensation Committees.

·

Hamid Akhavan and Leslie Daniels, independent director nominees, will stand for election at the 2020 Annual Meeting.

These changes are more fully discussed on page 11 of the Proxy Statement.

As a result of these changes, the size of our Board will decrease to eight members at our 2020 Annual Meeting.

Board Composition.  The Board selected eight director nominees based on their satisfaction of the core attributes described on page 10 of the Proxy Statement,  and the belief that each can make substantial contributions to our Board and Company. Our Board believes our nominees’ breadth of experience and their mix of attributes strengthen our Board’s independent leadership and effective oversight of management, in the context of our Company’s business focus following the FCC’s issuance of the Report and Order, our industry’s operating environment, and our Company’s long-term strategies. 

Succession Planning.  The Board, working with management commenced a succession planning process early this year for the Company’snamed executive officers and key employees.  To that end, and in accordance with the Company’s Succession Plan, on July 1, 2020, Morgan O’Brien, the Company’s then-serving Chief Executive Officer assumed the position of Executive Chairman, following the resignation of Brian McAuley from that role, and Robert Schwartz was appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. McAuley will remain on the Board as Chairman Emeritus until the Annual Meeting. The Board nominated Mr. Schwartz for election to the Board by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

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Stockholder Communications.  We proactively interact with our stockholders to obtain their feedback on our operations, including meeting with several of our large stockholders regularly. Weduring Fiscal 2022. It also hosted and participated in several investor events following the FCC’s approval of the Report and Order, including presenting at the May 13, 2020 JP Morgan Technology, Media and Communications Conference and hostingprovides an investor call on May 21, 2020.

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability

We seek to create positive environmental and social impacts that bring value by supporting our employees, connecting with our communities, and being prudent stewards over Anterix.

Employee Well-Being.  We seek to retain our employees through fair and competitive compensation, benefits and challenging work experiences with increasing levels of responsibility.

Financial well-being. We offer a benefits package that includes competitive pay, an annual incentive plan, a defined contribution savings plan with an employer match, and senior-level equity, among other health-related and other benefits. 

Student loan repayment.  We provide student loan repayment of up to $1200 annually up to a maximum of $10,000.

Community Involvement. We believe that it is important to make a difference by helping others in our communities. We pursue that goal through financial support and volunteering our time and talents.

Circle of Care.  In partnership with our co-tenant and local non-profit Circle of Care for Families and Children of Passaic County, Inc., we provided Under Armour backpacks and school supplies for Circle of Care’s School Supply Drive, organized a food drive and donated non-perishable items for Thanksgiving dinners for local families, and organized a Holiday Gift Drive of toys, gifts and monetary donations.

Toys for Tots. In December 2019, we participated in the United States Marine Corps Reserve’s annual Toys for Tots drive, where employees generously contributed holiday gifts for local children.

Diversity and Inclusion. We seek to create a diverse and inclusive environment where employees feel accepted and valued and that fosters creativity and innovation.

Summary of Compensation Best Practices

We are a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). As a smaller reporting company, we are permitted to, and will, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. These exemptions include reduced disclosure obligations regarding the compensationoverview of our executive officers.  Nevertheless,officer compensation philosophy, updated in Fiscal 2022, and the factors our Board and Compensation Committee believe that adopting appropriate and soundconsidered when making specific compensation programs and practices are fundamental to the overall success ofdecisions for our business and aligning the interests of our executives with the interests of our stockholders.

The Compensation Committee regularly reviews best practices in governance andnamed executive compensation. The following is a high-level summary of the current executive compensation practices utilized by the Compensation Committee to drive Company performance and serve our stockholders’ long-term interests:

   Independent Compensation Committee Members

   Use Independent Compensation Consultant

   Use Peer Group and Assess Pay Practices

   Use Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors and Executives

   Conduct Annual Compensation Risk Assessment

   Use Double Trigger for Time-Based Equity Awards

   Use Performance-Based Incentive Plan Design

   Consider Feedback from Stockholder Outreach

   Executive Compensation Recoupment Policy (“Claw-back”)

   No Tax Gross Ups

   No Multi-Year Guaranteed Bonuses

   No Repricing Allowed without Stockholder Approval

   No Guaranteed Term Employment Agreements

   Prohibit Hedging or Pledging Stock 

   Limited Perquisites offered to Executives

Executive Compensationofficers for Fiscal 2020

2022.

Our Board of Directors establishedhas a Compensation Committee comprised of three independent directors in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”"SEC") and the Nasdaq Stock Market.Exchange ("NASDAQ"). Our Board delegatedand Compensation Committee each believe that adopting appropriate and sound compensation programs and practices is fundamental to our business's overall success and aligning our executive officers' interests with our stockholders' interests.
Compensation Practices
Our Compensation Committee regularly reviews best practices in governance and executive compensation. The following is a summary of the current executive compensation practices utilized by the Compensation Committee to tie compensation to company performance and serve our stockholders’ long-term interests:

Independent Compensation Committee Members
Executive Compensation Recoupment Policy (“Claw-back”)
Independent Compensation Consultant
No Tax Gross Ups
Peer Group Used To Assess Pay Practices
No Evergreen Provision
Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors and Executives
No Multi-Year Guaranteed Bonuses
Conduct Annual Compensation Risk Assessment
No Repricing Allowed without Stockholder Approval
Mix of Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards
No Guaranteed Term Employment Agreements
Annual Bonus Tied to Performance
Prohibit Hedging or Pledging Stock
Consider Feedback from Stockholder Outreach
Limited Perquisites Offered to Executives
Reasonable Severance Terms





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Compensation Philosophy
We believe that to be successful, we must hire and retain talented leadership. Our compensation programs recognize the authoritysignificant competition for qualified executives in our industry and are designed to establishattract, retain and motivate critical talent and align executive pay with individual and company performance and long-term value creation for our stockholders.
Accordingly, the Company’s executive compensation program and to approve all compensation received byCompensation Committee adopted the following Compensation Philosophy for our executive officers.  Theofficers and other senior management:
Attract and Retain — Attract, motivate, and retain the critical talent that will continue to grow our business.
Align Pay for Performance — Pay our executives in line with their performance consistent with our business objectives.
Align Executive Compensation with Stockholder Interests — Achieve long-term business success and deliver strong and sustainable returns to our stockholders.
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Executive Compensation Elements
To effect the Compensation Philosophy, our Compensation Committee retained Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC (“Pearl Meyer”), as its independentreviewed and approved the annual compensation consultant to assist it in evaluatingof our overallnamed executive compensation program and practices. 

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Executive Compensation Program.  Our Compensation Committee has established an executive compensation programofficers consisting of:of three principal elements: (i) an annual base salary, (ii) an annual performance-based bonus program, payable in cash and/or shares of common stockstock; and (iii) a(ii) long-term equity awardawards consisting of time-based andand/or performance-based equity awards. In establishing this program, the Compensation Committee focused on designing a program that would attract, retain and incentivize executives, motivate them to achieve our key financial, operational and strategic goals and reward them for superior performance. The Compensation Committee also focused on ensuring thatelements of our executive compensation program aligns our executive officers’are summarized below and key employees’ interests with thosefurther discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of our stockholders by basingthis Proxy Statement.

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For Fiscal 2022, a significant portion of theireach named executive officer’s compensation onwas comprised of “at-risk” compensation, or compensation tied to the achievement of corporate and individualannual performance goals approved by the Compensation Committee. goals.

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Base SalarySalaries:The base Base salaries are designed to provide a stable source of income for our executive officers depend on their job responsibilities, the rate of compensation paid by our peer group of companies, the pay offered to the othernamed executive officers and are established through arms-length negotiations when an executive officer is hired, with input from our financial position and business performance.compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee setevaluates base salaries each year based on an independent review of market conditions and an internal assessment of each named executive officer's performance and position in range. For Fiscal 2022, the annual base salaries for our named executive officers, other than Mr. O’Brien, remained the same as those provided in Fiscal 2021. Mr. O’Brien’s Fiscal 2022 base salary was increased in recognition of his positive impact and contributions to the Company and to align with external benchmarks.
Short-Term Incentive Program: Through our short-term annual bonus incentive program (the “Short-Term Incentive Program”), a portion of each named executive officer’s compensation is tied to achieving annual performance goals.
Each named executive officer’s short-term annual incentive payment at 66% of target was driven in part by strong performance in relation to two of our financial goals related to EBITDA and ending cash balance. As a result of the exceptional performance of our management team, both of these goals were achieved at 100% of target or better. In addition, each named executive officer made significant contributions in relation to our short-term and long-term strategic goals, which were factored into determining the short-term incentive payments. While we fell short of our corporate performance goal related to customer proceeds contracted, we made progress in priming our customer pipeline and reconfirmed our prior guidance for the year ending March 31, 2024.
2022 Short-Term Incentive Program Results

MetricWeightResultPayout
EBITDA15%106%*15%
Cash Balance15%110%*15%
Customer Proceeds Contracted50%12%6%
Individual Performance20%150%30%
Total Payout66%
*Notwithstanding the fact that we achieved greater than 100% of the targets for these goals, the accompanying portion of the bonus payout to the named executive officers for Fiscal 2020 that were positionedthese targets is capped at or below100%.
Long-Term Incentive Equity Program: Long-term equity incentives represent the median of the peer group.

Performance-Based Bonus AwardsAs partthird and largest component of our executive compensation program,program.For Fiscal 2022, our executive officers and other key employees are eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus award program payable in cash and/or shares of common stock. The Compensation Committee determinesdetermined to issue time-based equity awards (RSUs and stock options) to align the annual performance-based bonus awards based on the executive’s individual performanceinterests of executives with our stockholders, to promote retention and to reinforce an ownership culture and a commitment to our actual performance compared to the corporate goals approved by the Compensation Committee.  long-term successFor Fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee set the annual target bonuses for our Chief Executive Officer at 75% of his base salary, for our President at 60% of his base salary and our Chief Financial Officer at 60% of his base salary. The Compensation Committee.

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Importantly, we also determinedbelieve that 40% of the annual performance-based cash incentive award for each of our executives would be based on financial performance goals (Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Balance as compared to the budget approved by the Board), and the other 60% would be based on the Company’s and the individual’s performance as determined by the Board. Our Compensation Committee expected that the objectives it set as the financial and corporate performance goals at the target level of performance would be challenging and require effective execution by our management team.

For Fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee evaluated our performance and each executive’s individual performance and awarded annual bonus payoutsgranting time-based stock options to our named executive officers ranging from 89%is consistent with our philosophy of tying overall compensation to 114% of their target bonus award opportunities. 

Long-Term Equity Awards.  In Fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee granted time-based restricted stock units to our named executive officers.  The time-based equity awards were granted in the form of restricted stock units that vest over four years, with 25% of the shares vesting each year.  The Compensation Committee also awarded our named executive officers performance-based restricted stock units and/or performance-based stock option awards. Each of the performance-based awards had “target” and “stretch” performance goals.  Under the target goal, 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based awards vest upon achievement by December 31, 2020, of a Final Order from the FCC providing for the creation and allocation of licenses for spectrum in the 900 MHz band consisting of paired blocks of contiguous spectrum, each containing at least 3 MHz of contiguous spectrum, authorized for broadband wireless communications uses and the lack of objection by the Anterix Board to the terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, the rebanding, clearing and relocation procedures, license assignment and award mechanisms, and technical and operational rules) set forth or referenced in the Final Order.  Under the stretch goal, the remaining 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based equity awards vest upon the occurrence of all three of the following conditions by December 30, 2020: (A) the Company enters into one or more long-term lease agreement(s) with critical infrastructure or enterprise business(es) to enable such business(es) to utilize the Company’s spectrum for broadband connectivity; (B) the combined total contract dollars payable to the Company over the initial term(s) of such agreement(s) equals or exceeds $25 million; and (C) the agreement(s) is/are binding on such business(es) and is/are either not contingent on prior Board of Director approval(s) or such approval(s) has/have been received.

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Contents

GENERAL INFORMATION

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Record Date

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Quorum

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Stockholders of Record

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Shares Held in Street Name

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Broker Non-Votes

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Implications of being a “Smaller Reporting Company”

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Voting Matters

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Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

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Proposal 2 – Ratification of Auditors

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Proposal 3 – Approval, on an Advisory, Non-Binding Basis, of the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers

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Proposal 4 – Approval, on an Advisory, Non-Binding Basis, of the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers

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Proxies

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Proxy Revocation Procedure

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Voting Results

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS INFORMATION

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Our Board of Directors

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No Family Relationships

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Board Committees

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

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Governance of Our Company

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Consideration of Director Nominees

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Recent Corporate Governance Changes

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

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Overview

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Summary Compensation Table

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Narrative to the Summary Compensation Table

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested

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Pension and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

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Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

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Severance Arrangements with our Named Executive Officers

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Employee Benefit Plans

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

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Non-Employee Director Compensation

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Director Compensation Table

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

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Related Party Transactions Reviewed Since April 1, 2018

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Related Party Transaction Policy

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PROPOSAL ONE  ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

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PROPOSAL TWO  RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

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Audit Related Matters

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Principal Accountant Fees and Services

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Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permitted Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditors

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PROPOSAL THREE  ADVISORY, NON-BINDING VOTE TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

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PROPOSAL FOUR  ADVISORY, NON-BINDING VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE ADVISORY, NON-BINDING VOTES TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

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Review with Management

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Review and Discussions with Independent Accountants

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Conclusion

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OTHER MATTERS

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PROXY SOLICITATION

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STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2021 ANNUAL MEETING

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HOUSEHOLDING OF ANNUAL MEETING MATERIALS

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ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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ANTERIX INC.
3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401
Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424

PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This Proxy Statement along with a proxy card, is being mailed to our stockholders on or about July 20, 2020.

GENERAL INFORMATION

These proxy materials are provided to you in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors (the “Board” or the “Board of Directors”) of Anterix Inc. for proxies to be voted at the 2020

2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held
Virtual | August 10, 2022


General Information
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Voting Instructions
If you are a stockholder of record, you can vote in the following ways:
1.By Internet: by following the internet voting instructions included on the proxy card at 9:30 a.m.any time until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, viaAugust 9, 2022.
2.By Telephone: by following the Internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ATEX2020 andtelephone voting instructions included on the proxy card at any adjournments or postponements thereof (collectively,time until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on August 9, 2022.
3.By Mail: by marking, dating, and signing your proxy card in accordance with the “Annual Meeting”), for the purposes set forthinstructions on it and returning it by mail in the accompanying Notice of 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Notice”). References in this Proxy Statement topre-addressed reply envelope provided with the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” are to Anterix Inc. and its subsidiaries.

You may attend the virtual Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder of record as of the Record Date (July 10, 2020) or hold a valid proxy formaterials. The proxy card must be received before the Annual Meeting. If you are entitled to attend

4.At the Annual Meeting: by attending the Annual Meeting you may attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting by visitingat www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ATEX2020atex2022 using the 16-digit control number on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials to enter the Annual Meeting.

Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote in advance by internet, telephone or mail so that your vote will be counted in the event you later are unable to participate in the Annual Meeting.
If youyour shares are not a stockholder of record but hold shares as a beneficial ownerheld in street name, andplease follow the separate voting instructions you wish to vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting, you will need to first obtain a proxy issued in your namereceive from your broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee.

You should give yourself plenty of time to log into the virtual meeting platform and ensure that you can hear audio prior to the start of the Annual Meeting. If you encounter any difficulties accessing Shares held in street name may be voted at the Annual Meeting duringonly if you obtain a legal proxy from the check-inbroker, trustee, or meeting time, please callother nominee that holds your shares, giving you the technical support number that will be posted onright to vote the virtual annual meeting page for assistance. Technical support will be available 15 minutes prior to the start of the Annual Meeting.

If you want to submit a questionshares.

On or make a comment during the Annual Meeting, log into the virtual meeting platform at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ATEX2020, type your question into the “Ask a Question” field, and click “Submit”.  Questions and comments submitted via the virtual meeting platform that are pertinent to Annual Meeting matters will be addressed during the meeting. Consistent with our approach when Annual Meetings are held in person, questions or comments that are not related to the proposals under discussion, are about personal concerns not shared by stockholders generally, or use blatantly offensive language may be ruled out of order.

We will bear the cost of preparing, printing, assembling, and mailingJune 30, 2022, we began sending this Proxy Statement, the attached Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and other materials furnishedthe enclosed proxy card to all stockholders in connection with the solicitation of proxies. The Company has hired Broadridge Advisors, at an estimated cost of $25,000.00, plus reimbursement of reasonable expenses, to assist in solicitation of proxies. In addition, our officers, directors, and other employees may solicit proxies by written communication or telephone. These persons will receive no special compensation for any solicitation activities.

Record Date

Holders of shares of our common stock (the “Common Stock”), our only class of issued and outstanding voting securities, at the close of business on July 10, 2020 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting.  As of July 10, 2020, 17,294,525 shares of our Common Stock were issued and outstanding.

Quorum

The presence, either online or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the2022 Annual Meeting. Votes for and against, abstentions and “broker non-votes” will each be counted as present for purposesAlthough not part of determining the presence of a quorum.

The Annual Meeting may be adjourned or postponed from time to time and at any reconvened meeting, action with respect to the matters specified in this Proxy Statement, may be taken without further notice to stockholders except as required by applicable law orwe are also sending, along with this Proxy Statement, our charter documents.

Stockholders of Record

You are a “stockholder of record” if your shares are registered directly in your name with2022 annual report on Form 10-K, which includes our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. As a stockholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to the proxy holders listed on the proxy card, to vote electronically at the virtual Annual Meeting, or by Internet or by telephone, or, if you received paper copies of the proxy materials by mail, to vote by mail by following the instructions on the proxy card or voting instruction card. financial statements for Fiscal 2022.

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Proxies
All shares represented by a proxy will be voted at the Annual Meeting, and whereMeeting. When a stockholder specifies a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares will be voted in accordance with the specification so made. If a stockholder does not indicate a choice on the proxy card, the shares will be voted in favor of the election of the nominees for director contained in this Proxy Statement, in favor of ratifying Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, in favor of approving, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, and for one year as the preferred frequency of future advisory votes on compensation

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to our named executive officers, and as the proxy holders determine in the exercise of their discretion on any other business or item as may be properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Shares Held in Street Name

You are deemed to beneficially own your shares in “street name” if your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, trust or other similar organization. If this is the case, you will receive a separate voting instruction form with this Proxy Statement from that organization. 

As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee how to vote your shares, and you are also invited to attend the virtual Annual Meeting. Please note that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank, trustee or nominee and you wish to vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting, you will not be permitted to do so during the Annual Meeting unless you first obtain a proxy issued in your name from your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee.  

If you hold your shares in street name and do not provide voting instructions to your broker, bank, trustee or nominee, your shares will not be voted on any proposals on which such party does not have discretionary authority to vote (a “broker non-vote”), as further described below under the heading “Broker Non-Votes.”

Broker Non-Votes

Broker non-votes are shares held by brokers, banks, trustees, or other nominees who are present online or represented by proxy, but which are not voted on a particular matter because the brokers, banks, trustees, or nominees do not have discretionary authority with respect to that proposal and they have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner. Under the rules that govern brokers, banks, trustees and other nominees, these entities have the discretion to vote on routine matters, but not on non-routine matters. The only routine matter to be considered at the Annual Meeting is the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The remaining proposals are considered non-routine matters.  As a result, if you do not provide your broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee with voting instructions on these non-routine matters, your shares will not be voted either for or against the Company’s director nominees, for or against the advisory approval of the compensation to our named executive officers, or for the preferred frequency of future advisory votes for the approval of the compensation to our named executive officers.

Implications of being a “Smaller Reporting Company”

We are a “smaller reporting company,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and have elected to provide in this Proxy Statement certain scaled disclosures permitted under the Exchange Act for smaller reporting companies. We will remain a “smaller reporting company” until the fiscal year following the determination that our voting and non-voting common shares held by non-affiliates is at least $250 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, or our annual revenues are at least $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our voting and non-voting common shares held by non-affiliates is at least $700 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter. Accordingly, the information contained in this Proxy Statement and the matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting may not be as extensive as the information and proxy proposals submitted by other public companies that are not smaller reporting companies.

Voting Matters 

Stockholders are entitled to cast one vote per share of common stock on each matter presented at the Annual Meeting. For a period of ten (10) days preceding the Annual Meeting, a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for examination by any stockholder for a purpose related to the Annual Meeting at 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401,Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424. To the extent office access is impracticable due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may email us at bbell@anterix.com. The list of stockholders will also be available during the virtual Annual Meeting through the meeting website atwww.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ATEX2020.

There are four proposals scheduled to be voted on at the Annual Meeting:

(1)

to elect eight directors to hold office until the 2021 Annual Meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified;

(2)

to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021;

(3)

to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers; and

(4)

to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the frequency of the future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers.

Our Board recommends a vote “FOR” each of the director nominees in proposal 1, “FOR” proposals 2 and 3, and “ONE YEAR” for proposal 4 listed above.

Nominees for the Board will be elected if more votes are cast in favor of the nominee than are cast against the nominee by the holders of shares present and voting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each other matter to be voted upon

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at the Annual Meeting requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of Common Stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote.

We are currently unaware of any matters to be raised at the Annual Meeting other than those referred to in this Proxy Statement. If other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting for consideration and you are a stockholder of record and have submitted your proxy, the persons named in your proxy will have the discretion to vote on those matters for you, provided that they will not vote in the election of directors for any nominee(s) from whom authority to vote has been withheld.

VOTE REQUIRED

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors 

Under our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and our Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, in an uncontested election, directors are elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to such director. This means that the number of shares voted “FOR” a nominee for election as director must exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that director nominee.  If you hold your shares through a broker, bank, trust, or other nominee and you do not instruct the broker, bank, trustee, or nominee on how to vote on this proposal, your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee will not have authority to vote your shares.  Abstentions and broker non-votes will each be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum, but will not be considered as votes cast for or against any director nominee, and therefore will not have any effect on the outcome of this proposal.

We have also implemented a policy for director resignations, applicable if an incumbent director nominee receives less than a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election. For more information, see “Proposal One—Election of Directors” in this Proxy Statement.

The Board recommends a vote “FOR” all nominees.  For more information, see “Proposal One —Election of Directors.”

Proposal 2 – Ratification of Auditors 

If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting is required for ratification ofratifying Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.  Abstentions will be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but will not be considered as votes cast for or against this proposal and will, therefore, have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of Grant Thornton LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.  For more information, see “Proposal Two—Ratification of Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”

Proposal 3 – Approval, on an Advisory, Non-Binding Basis, of the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers

The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting is required to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in this Proxy Statement. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of this proposal, other than counting towards the quorum of the Annual Meeting. This vote is advisory, and therefore, not binding on our compensation committee or our Board. Our Board and our Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders, however, and will carefully review and consider the voting results when evaluating our executive compensation programs.

Our Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the approval, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers. For more information, see “Proposal Three —Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers” in this Proxy Statement.

Proposal 4 – Approval, on an Advisory, Non-Binding Basis, of the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers 

The frequency of one year, two years or three years that receives the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast will be deemed to be the recommended frequency, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. You may vote for a frequency of future stockholder votes on executive compensation of every “ONE YEAR,” “TWO YEARS,” or “THREE YEARS” or “ABSTAIN.” If no frequency receives the foregoing vote, then we will consider the option of one year, two years or three years that received the highest number of votes cast to be the frequency recommended by stockholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of this proposal, other than counting towards the quorum of the Annual Meeting. This vote is advisory, and therefore, not binding on our compensation committee or our Board. Our Board and our Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders, however, and will carefully review and consider the voting results when considering the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. 

The Board of Directors recommends a vote of “ONE YEAR” for the frequency of future advisory, non-binding vote on the compensation of our named executive officers. For more information, see “Proposal Four — Non-Binding Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Non-Binding Advisory Votes to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers” in this Proxy Statement. 

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Voting Instructions

If you are a stockholder of record, you can vote in the following ways:

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By Internet:  by following the internet voting instructions included on the proxy card at any time until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on September 1, 2020. 

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By Telephone:  by following the telephone voting instructions included on the proxy card at any time until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on September 1, 2020. 

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By Mail:  by marking, dating and signing your proxy card in accordance with the instructions on it and returning it by mail in the pre-addressed reply envelope provided with the proxy materials. The proxy card must be received prior to the Annual Meeting.

Shares held in your name as the stockholder of record may be voted at the virtual Annual Meeting. Even if you plan to attend the virtual Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote in advance by internet, telephone or mail so that your vote will be counted in the event you later are unable to participate in the Annual Meeting.

If your shares are held in street name, please follow the separate voting instructions you receive from your broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee. Shares held in street name may be voted at the Annual Meeting only if you obtain a legal proxy from the broker, trustee or other nominee that holds your shares giving you the right to vote the shares.

Proxies

All shares represented by a proxy will be voted at the Annual Meeting, and where a stockholder specifies a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares will be voted in accordance with the specification so made.  If a stockholder does not indicate a choice on the proxy card, the shares will be voted in favor of the election of the nominees for director contained in this Proxy Statement, in favor of ratifying Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021, in favor of approving, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, and in favor of one year as the preferred frequency of future advisory, non-binding votes of the compensation of our named executive officers.2023. If any other business may properly come before the Annual Meeting, the proxies are authorized to vote inat their discretion, provided that they will not vote in the election of directors for any nominee(s) from whom authority to vote has been withheld.

If your shares are held by a broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee exercising fiduciary powers holds your shares (typically referred to as being held in “street name”), you should receive a separate voting instruction form with this proxyProxy Statement. Your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee may vote your shares on Proposal 2,3 but will not be permitted to vote your shares with respect tofor other proposals unless you provide instructions as toon how to vote your shares. Please note that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank, trustee, or nominee, and you wish to vote at the meeting, you will not be permitted to vote online at the virtual Annual Meeting unless you first obtain a proxy issued in your name from the record holder.

Proxy Revocation Procedure

If you are a stockholder of record, you may revoke your proxy:

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by written notice of revocation mailed to and received by the Corporate Secretary of the Company prior to the date of the Annual Meeting;

1.by written notice of revocation mailed to and received by the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company before the date of the Annual Meeting;

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2.by voting again via the internet or by telephone at a later time before the closing of those voting facilities at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 9, 2022;closing of those voting facilities at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 1, 2020;

3.

by executing and delivering to the Corporate Secretary a proxy dated as of a later date than a previously executed and delivered proxy (provided, however, that such action must be taken prior to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 31, 2020); or

3.by executing and delivering to the Corporate Secretary a proxy dated as of a later date than a previously executed and delivered proxy (provided, however, that such action must be taken before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 9, 2022); or

4.

4.by attending the virtual Annual Meeting and voting during the meeting. Attendance at the Annual Meeting will not in and of itself revoke a proxy.

If your shares are held by a broker, bank, trustee, or nominee, you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee; or, if you have obtained a legal proxy from your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee giving you the right to vote your shares, by attending the virtual Annual Meeting and voting during the meeting.

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Voting Results

We will announce preliminary voting results at the Annual Meeting. We will report the final results in a Current Reportcurrent report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.
Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

This Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our Annual Report to Stockholders on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 (filed with the SEC May 26, 2022) and the proxy card or voting instruction form are available on our website at www.investors.anterix.com/financials/annual-reports-and-proxies.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS I
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Our Board, based

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Election of Directors
At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders will vote on the recommendationelection of eight directors to serve until our Nominating2023 Annual Meeting and Corporate Governance Committee, has nominated eight individuals, including five  of our nine existinguntil their respective successors are elected and qualified.
Election Process and Recommendation
In an uncontested election, the directors for election or re-election, as applicable at the Annual Meeting.  Directors are elected by the vote of thea majority of the votes cast with respect to such director.in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, assuming a quorum is present. This means that the number of shares voted “FOR” a nominee for election as a director must exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that director nominee. If you hold your shares in street name and you do not instruct the broker, bank, trustee, or nominee on how to vote on this proposal, they will not have authority to vote your shares. Abstentions and broker non-votes will each be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but will not be voted for or against the election of any director nominee, and so will not have any effect on the outcome of this proposal.
We have also implemented a majority voting policy for director resignations, which is applicable if an incumbent director nominee receives less than a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election. If a director nominee fails to receive the required vote for reelection, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (other than such director) will act on an expedited basis to determine whether to accept the director’s irrevocable, conditional resignation, and it will submit such recommendation for prompt consideration by the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and members of the Board (other than such director) may consider any factors they deem relevant in deciding whether to accept a director’s resignation. This policy does not apply in circumstances involving contested director elections.
All of our director nominees have indicated their willingness to serve if elected, but ifelected. If any of our director nomineesnominee should be unable or unwilling to stand for election, the shares represented by proxyproxies may be voted for a substitute designatedas the Board may designate, unless a contrary instruction is indicated in the proxy.
Unless otherwise instructed, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy card to vote shares represented by properly executed proxy cards for the election of each of our Board.director nominees.
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THE BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR EACH OF OUR DIRECTOR NOMINEES















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Director Nominees
Our Board, based on the recommendation of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has nominated all of our eight existing directors for re-election. The Director nominees are proven leaders with a broad range of competencies, professional experience, and backgrounds. All of the nominees were elected at the 2021 Annual Meeting, with each of the directors receiving at least 81.5% of the votes cast in favor of their election.
In addition to the information set forth below regarding our director nominees and the skills that led our Board to conclude that these individuals should serve as directors, we believe that all of our director nominees have a reputation for integrity, honesty, and adherence to the highest ethical standards. We believe they each have demonstrated business acumen and an ability to exercise sound judgment, as well as a commitment of service to our Company and their Board duties.

AgeDirector SinceACCCNCGCSCIndependentOther
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Leslie B. Daniels

752020
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üGAMCO Investors, Inc., Redwire Corporation
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Gregory A. Haller552018
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Singleton B. McAllister*

702018
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üAlliant Energy Corp.; Chart Industries, Inc.; Securitas Infrastructure Services (Proxy Board)
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Morgan E. O’Brien**
772012
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Gregory A. Pratt

732020
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üCarpenter Technology Corp.; Tredegar Corporation
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Paul Saleh652016
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Robert H. Schwartz562020
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Mahvash Yazdi

702021
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üNorthWestern Energy

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Board Skills Matrix
The Board skills matrix below represents some of the key skills that our Board has identified as particularly valuable to the effective oversight of the Company and the execution of our strategy. This matrix highlights the depth and breadth of skill on the Board.
Experience, Expertise, or AttributeDanielsHallerMcAllisterO'BrienPrattSalehSchwartzYazdi

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Telecomüüüüü
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Early Stage/
Hyper-Growth
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Financial Acumenüüüüüüüü
Utilitiesüü
Prior Public Boardüüüüüü
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M&Aüüüüüüü
Governanceüüüü
Risküüüüüüü
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Director Biographies
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Leslie B. Daniels
Mr. Daniels has served as a member of our Board since September 2020 and is Chair of the Strategy Committee. He is an Operating Partner of AE Industrial Partners, L.P., a private equity firm in Boca Raton, FL, specializing in aerospace, power generation, and specialty industrial markets. He serves on the board of directors of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL), where he is a member of the Audit Committee; RedWire Corporation (RDW), where he is a member of the Compensation and Governance Committees; and privately-held Moeller Aerospace and Healthway Holdings. Mr. Daniels served on The Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation as a former President Trump appointee. He is a former chairman and former member of Florida’s State Board of DirectorsAdministration, Investment Advisory Council and serves as Commissioner and Chairman of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. Mr. Daniels was a founding partner of CAI Managers & Co., L.P., a private equity firm located in New York City, from 1989 to 2014. Prior to CAI Managers, he was President of Burdge, Daniels & Co., Inc., a company engaged as a principal in venture capital and buyout investments and trading of private placement securities. Mr. Daniels also served as Senior Vice President of Blyth, Eastman, Dillon & Co., where he was responsible for its corporate fixed-income sales and trading departments. Mr. Daniels is a former Director of AeroSat Corporation; Aster-Cephac SA; Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.; Douglas Machine & Tool Co., Inc.; IVAX Corporation; MIM Corporation; MIST Inc.; Mylan Laboratories Inc.; NBS Technologies Inc.; and Safeguard Health Enterprises, Inc. He served as Chairman of TurboCombustor Technology Inc. and Zenith Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Daniels is a graduate of Fordham University.


We believe that Mr. Daniels is qualified to serve on our Board based on his extensive financial and M&A experience and his depth of experience as a director of several public and private companies.

The
following sets forth information regarding the business experience of our director nominees as of July 10, 2020:

   Name

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Gregory A. Haller

Age

Mr. Haller has served as a member of our Board since November 2018. He has over 30 years of experience serving as a senior executive in the wireless and telecommunication services industries. In April 2022, Mr. Haller was appointed Chief Executive Officer at Alorica Inc., a global leader in next-generation customer experiences. Previously, he served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for global operations, client solutions, human resources, global business services, legal/compliance and marketing communications. Prior to joining Alorica, Mr. Haller served in a number of senior executive positions at Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) (“Verizon”). From August 2016 to June 2018, Mr. Haller was the chief executive for Verizon’s prepaid brand, Visible. And from January 2012 until August 2016, he was the president of the west area for all Verizon sales and operations, which encompassed the 18 most western states in the U.S. Prior to that, from September 2010 through January 2012, he held the roles of President, Enterprise and Government Markets and Vice President of Consumer Marketing. Through his 29-year career at Verizon, he also served in leadership positions in operations, sales, marketing, and advanced solutions, as well as consumer product portfolio and pricing. Mr. Haller received his Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Wittenberg University.

We believe Mr. Haller is qualified to serve on our Board based on his prior executive leadership experience at leading companies in the wireless and telecommunications services industries and his expertise in developing and executing business strategies.
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Position with Anterix

Existing Director

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Singleton B. McAllister
Ms. McAllister has served as a member of our Board since June 2018, as Lead Independent Director since September 2020, and is Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. McAllister is currently serving as Of Counsel at the law firm Husch Blackwell, LLP (“Husch Blackwell”) and a Senior Advisor with Husch Blackwell Strategies. Before joining Husch Blackwell in May 2014, Ms. McAllister served as a partner in the law firms of Williams Mullen from 2012 to 2014, Blank Rome LLP from 2010 to 2012, and LeClairRyan from 2007 to 2010. Prior to entering private practice, Ms. McAllister served for five years as the general counsel for the United States Agency for International Development and previously served in senior positions in the U.S. House of Representatives. Ms. McAllister is a director of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) and serves on its Nominating and Governance Committee and Operations Committee and is a past Chair of its Compensation and Personnel Committee. Ms. McAllister is also the Chair of the Board of Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTLS). She also serves on the Proxy Board of Securitas Infrastructure Services, Inc. She also served as a director of United Rentals (NYSE: URI) from 2004 to May 2018 and previously chaired the National Women’s Business Center. Ms. McAllister is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, fellow to the National Academy of Public Administration, and Vice-Chairman of the National Women’s History Museum Board of Directors. She has also served on the Advisory Board of the African Development Foundation and has been appointed Secretary to the Virginia State Board of Elections. Ms. McAllister has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland and completed Graduate Studies in International Relations and earned her law degree from Howard University.

We believe Ms. McAllister is qualified to serve on our Board based on her legal, regulatory and corporate governance experience and expertise, as well as her current experience serving on the boards of directors of other public and private companies, including public and private utility companies.

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Morgan E. O’Brien

75

Mr. O’Brien has been our Executive Chairman

Yes

Robert H. Schwartz

54

President & Chief Executive Officer

No

Hamid Akhavan

59

Director Nominee

No

Leslie B. Daniels

72

Director Nominee

No

Gregory A. Haller

53

Director

Yes

Singleton B. McAllister

68

Director

Yes

Gregory A. Pratt

70

Director

Yes

Paul Saleh

64

Director

Yes

Morgan E. O’Brien. Mr. O’Brien has been our Chief Executive Officer since April 2018. since July 2020. He has also served as a member of our Board since April 2012, as Chief Executive Officer from April 2018 to June 2020, and as Vice Chairman of our Board from May 2014 to April 2018. From January 2009 to the present, Mr. O’Brien has served as an independent consultant to several wireless start-ups and, until June 2017, served as a member of the board of directors of GTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE:  GTT). As a co-founder and chairman of Nextel, Mr. O’Brien led the creation of the first all-digital nationwide wireless network (the Nextel National Network) and brought push-to-talk communication to the mass business and consumer market. After the merger of Nextel with Sprint Corporation in 2004, he was a co-founder of Cyren Call Communications Corporation, where he served until January 2009. Mr. O’Brien was recognized in 1987 as New Jersey Entrepreneur of the Year and was voted the RCR Person of the Year in 1993 and again in 2006. In 2005, he was inducted into the Washington, DC Business Hall of Fame, and in 2007 he was named a Fellow of the Radio Club of America and was named by Fierce Wireless as “one of the top U.S. wireless innovators of all time.”  In 2016, Mr. O’Brien was awarded the Armstrong Medal, the highest award of the Radio Club of America, for demonstrated excellence and lasting contributions to radio arts and sciences. Mr. O’Brien has also served on several boards of other public companies, including Sprint and Williams Telecommunications. He also serves on the board of several private companies and charitable organizations.  Mr. O’Brien is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his law degree from Northwestern University.


We believe Mr. O’Brien is qualified to serve on our Board based on his significant experience driving leading-edge strategic solutions in the telecommunications sector, prior experience in founding, building, and serving as an executive officer at Nextel and Cyren Call Communications, his prior experience in building a nationwide dispatch network at Nextel, his expertise in FCC regulatory and compliance matters, and his experience serving on the boards of directors of other private and public companies. 
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Gregory A. Pratt
Mr. Pratt has served as a member of the Board since May 2020 and is Chair of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Pratt is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Carpenter Technology Corporation and served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Carpenter in fiscal years 2010 and 2015. Mr. Pratt is a former Vice Chairman and director of OAO Technology Solutions, Inc. ("OAOT"), an information technology and professional services company. He joined OAOT in 1998 as President and Chief Executive Officer after OAOT acquired Enterprise Technology Group Inc., a software engineering firm founded by Mr. Pratt. Mr. Pratt served as President and Chief Operations Officer of Intelligent Electronics, Inc. from 1991 through 1996, and was co-founder and served variously as Chief Financial Officer and President of Atari (US ) Corporation from 1984 through 1991. Mr. Pratt serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee at Tredegar Corporation (NYSE: TG). He served as a Director and Audit Committee Chairman of AmeriGas Propane. Inc., a public company listed on the NYSE for seven years. Mr. Pratt is a NACD Board Leadership Fellow. He has demonstrated his commitment to boardroom excellence by completing NACD's comprehensive program of study for experienced corporate directors, which is a rigorous suite of courses spanning leading practices for boards and committees. He also was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, ending November 2016. He supplements his skill sets through ongoing engagement with the director community and access to leading practices. Mr. Pratt received his MBA in finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and his Bachelor of Science in business administration from Cheyney University. He is a certified public accountant.

We believe Mr. Pratt is qualified to serve on our Board based on his financial and corporate governance experience and expertise, as well as his current experience serving on the boards of directors of other public companies and as a former CEO.

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Paul Saleh
Mr. Saleh has served as a member of our board since December 2016 and is Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Saleh currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer for Gainwell Technologies, which was formed from the 2020 spinoff of the government and human resources business of DXC Technologies. From 2017 to 2020, Mr. Saleh served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC).  Prior to that, Mr. Saleh served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for CSC.  Prior to CSC, Mr. Saleh was the Chief Financial Officer for Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), as well as Sprint Nextel Corporation and Walt Disney International (NYSE: DIS). Before joining the Walt Disney Company, he was with Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) for 12 years, where he held various leadership positions in finance, including Treasurer of the company. Institutional Investor Magazine named Mr. Saleh as the best Chief Financial Officer in the wireless telecom industry from 2004 through 2007. In 2005, Treasury & Risk Management magazine recognized him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance. In 2006 and 2017, Mr. Saleh received the Public Company CFO of the Year Award from the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Mr. Saleh holds an MBA with distinction in Finance; an M.S. in Computer, Information & Control Engineering; and a B.S.in Electrical Engineering, all from the University of Michigan.

We believe Mr. Saleh is qualified to serve on our Board based on his prior experience as an executive in the technology and telecommunications industries, his experience in financial matters and the capital markets, and his leadership experience as a CFO and CEO.
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Robert H. Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz was appointed our President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2020 and was elected to our Board in September 2020. Having joined the Company in 2015 as Chief Strategy and Development Officer, he became our President and Chief Operating Officer in May 2018. Prior to joining our Company, beginning in 2013, Mr. Schwartz served as Chief Executive Officer of STI Brasil, LLC, a company focused on developing shared fiber infrastructure for wireless operators in Brazil. Prior to STI, from 2009 to 2013, Mr. Schwartz served as a Managing Director of Unison Site Management, during which time Unison acquired and managed cell site easements throughout the United States and sold its site portfolio to American Tower. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Schwartz was Managing Partner of Woodmont Partners LLC, a strategic consultancy to telecom, media, and technology companies, including software, wireless, and cable companies. Earlier, Mr. Schwartz was Executive Vice President of IDT Telecom from 2001 to 2006, and led corporate development, product management, and the wireless division. In 1996, Mr. Schwartz joined The Associated Group to launch Teligent. He became Teligent’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, leading functions including strategy, capital markets, investor relations, and M&A activities through the startup, initial public offering, and the sale to Liberty Media. Mr. Schwartz also served as Director of Corporate Development at Nextel and its precursor Fleetcall where he was responsible for supporting key strategic, M&A, and capital markets initiatives. Mr. Schwartz holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from George Washington University’s School of Government & Business Administration.

We believe that Mr. Schwartz is qualified to serve on our Board based on his prior experience as an executive in the telecommunications industry, specifically in wireless communication, and his prior experience developing nascent communication technologies.

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Mahvash Yazdi
Ms. Yazdi joined the Board in February 2021. Since 2012, she has been the President of Feasible Management Consulting, a company that provides strategic consulting in energy, innovation, technology, and telecommunication. From 1997 to 2012, she was the Senior Vice President of business integration and Chief Information Officer of Edison International and Southern California Edison. She oversaw digital transformation initiatives and technology implementation of smart meter and smart grid programs. She was the founding co-chair of the Edison Electric Institute’s CIO advisory council, leading the industry activities in cybersecurity and telecommunications. Prior to that role, she held various roles at Hughes Electronics (1980 to 1997), including Vice President and CIO, where she was a member of the executive committee and engaged in business transformation and M&A activities. She continues to bring her expertise and insights to the publicly held, private, and non-profit boards on which she serves. She is currently a member of the board of directors at NorthWestern Energy and a strategic advisor to Infosys Corporation, Prologis Corporation, HIG Capital, and Energy Capital Ventures. Ms. Yazdi is nationally recognized as an expert in corporate information technologies. She has extensive experience and knowledge of the utility/power industry, where she was charged with setting strategies and leading people to achieve greater growth and performance. As a current and former board member, she has been either a chair or an active member of various board committees, including audit, compensation, governance, and operations. Ms. Yazdi received her NACD Directorship certification and is also an NACD Leadership Fellow, demonstrating her commitment to boardroom excellence. Ms. Yazdi earned her M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. She received her B.S. in industrial management from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with honors. She also completed the Management of Information Technology program at Harvard Business School.

We believe Ms. Yazdi is qualified to serve on our Board based on her prior experience as an executive in the utility industry, her knowledge of technology, and her leadership experience as a CIO.




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Board Membership Criteria
Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Board of Directors regularly assess the appropriate size of our Board and whether any vacancies on our Board are expected due to retirement or otherwise. In evaluating nominees for membership on our Board, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee applies our Board membership criteria outlined in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. Under these criteria, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers many factors, including an individual’s business experience and skills, as well as independence, judgment, knowledge of our business and industry, professional reputation, leadership, integrity, and ability to represent the best interests of our stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes the Board should seek experienced public company directors with skills in core areas such as early-stage/hyper-growth companies, mergers and acquisitions, technology, regulatory, utilities, financial acumen, risk management, and telecommunications. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not assign specific weights to particular criteria. Rather, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers Board membership criteria as a whole and seeks to achieve diversity on our Board. For purposes of Board membership, diversity is broadly construed to mean a variety of opinions, perspectives, personal and professional experiences, and backgrounds, such as gender, race, ethnicity differences, and other differentiating characteristics.
Our Board is responsible for selecting candidates for election as directors based on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. As part of the Board’s ongoing efforts to seek this balance of skills, experience and tenure, the Board elected five new directors over the past two years.
Board Diversity
The following table provides certain information concerning the composition of the Board. Each category listed in the table has the meaning ascribed to it in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5605(f).
BOARD DIVERSITY MATRIX (as of June 15, 2022)
Total Number of Directors8
FemaleMaleNon-BinaryDid not Disclose Gender
Part I: Gender Diversity
Directors26
Part II: Demographic Background
African American or Black11
Alaskan Native or Native American
Asian
Hispanic or Latinx
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
White15
Two or more Races or Ethnicities
LGBTQ+
Did not Disclose Demographic Background
Stockholder Nominees:Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will review a reasonable number of candidates for director recommended by a single stockholder who has held over 2.0% of our common stock for over one year and who satisfies the notice, information, and consent provisions outlined in our Amended and Restated Bylaws. Our Board uses the same evaluation criteria and process for director nominees recommended by stockholders as it uses for other director nominees. There has been no change to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our Board. For information concerning stockholder proposals, see “Stockholder Proposals for 2023 Annual Meeting” below in this Proxy Statement.
Director Compensation
Our directors play a critical role in guiding our strategic direction and overseeing the management of our Company. Ongoing developments in corporate governance and financial reporting have resulted in an increased demand for highly qualified and productive public company directors. The varied responsibilities, the substantial time commitment, and the potential risks of serving as a director for a public company require that we provide adequate compensation for the continued performance of our non-employee directors by offering them compensation that is commensurate with the workload and the demands we place on them. Our non-employee directors are compensated based upon their Board and Board Committee responsibilities. Our executive officers on the Board do not receive additional compensation for their service as directors.
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Our director compensation is overseen by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which makes recommendations to our Board on the appropriate structure and amount of compensation for our non-employee director pay. Our Board is responsible for final approval of our non-employee director compensation program and the compensation paid to our non-employee directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Board established our philosophy to target total compensation for our non-employee directors at the 50th percentile of the market, based on the same peer group used in benchmarking the compensation of our executive officers.
Non-Employee Director Compensation
For Fiscal 2022, our non-employee director compensation program consisted of:
Annual cash retainers for Board service;
Annual cash retainers for service as the Chair of one of the three standing Board Committees; and
Equity-based awards in the form of restricted stock granted annually to continuing non-employee directors.
Our non-employee directors do not receive any meeting fees or other compensation for their Board service.
Annual Cash Retainers: Under our non-employee director compensation program, our non-employee directors received the following annual cash retainers. These annual retainers are payable in four equal quarterly installments.
Equity-Based Awards:Under our non-employee director compensation program, each of our non-employee directors also receives an annual equity-based award (in the form of restricted stock) valued at $170,000. And for her service as the Lead Independent Director, Ms. McAllister receives an additional equity award (in the form of restricted stock units) valued at $30,000. Each such annual award vests on the earlier of (i) immediately before the commencement of the next regularly scheduled Annual Meeting of stockholders or (ii) 12 months from the grant date.
The following table summarizes Fiscal 2022 non-employee director compensation:

All Directors($)
Annual Board Cash Retainer65,000
Board Meeting Fee
Annual Equity Award170,000
Committee Member Meeting Fees (All Committees)
Estimated Total Board Member Annual Compensation235,000
Committee Chairperson Retainer (below)
Audit20,000
Compensation15,000
Nominating/Governance10,000
Strategy8,500
Board Leadership Compensation (below)
Lead Independent Director Retainer (premium)
30,000 (1)

(1)Lead Independent Director premium is in equity.
Newly Appointed Directors: For any newly appointed non-employee director beginning their term mid-year, the annual cash retainer is awarded on a pro-rata basis, based on the fiscal quarter in which the director is appointed to the Board and each Board committee. Similarly, each newly appointed non-employee will receive an annual restricted stock grant on a pro-rata basis, with the fair value on the grant date calculated based on the fiscal quarter in which the director is appointed to the Board.
Review: Pursuant to its charter, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews this non-employee director compensation program from time to time, based upon information it deems appropriate, including without limitation, any report received from an independent compensation consultant, available survey data and feedback from the director recruiting process.
Stock Ownership Guidelines: All non-employee directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines approved by the Board. Non-employee directors are required to beneficially own shares of our common stock with a value
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equal to three times (3x) the annual cash retainer paid to them for service as a member of our Board. Our Board since April 2012, and as Vice Chairmanmembers have five (5) years from May 2014the time of initial appointment to April 2018.  From January 2009 to present, Mr. O’Brien has served as an independent consultant to several wireless start-ups and until June 2017 served as a memberachieve their stock ownership guideline level. As of the boardend of Fiscal 2022, each of our non-employee directors is in compliance with the stock ownership guidelines. 
ReimbursementOur directors are entitled to reimbursement for their reasonable travel and lodging expenses for attending Board and Board Committee meetings.
Director Compensation Table
The following table summarizes the compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid for services rendered in all capacities by our non-employee directors during Fiscal 2022.
Fees earned or paid
in Cash (2)
Stock
Awards (3)(4)
Total
Name($)($)($)
Hamid Akhavan(1)
65,000
170,040 (5)
235,040
Leslie B. Daniels70,554170,040240,594
Gregory A. Haller65,000170,040235,040
Singleton B. McAllister74,307200,040274,347
Gregory A. Pratt78,960170,040249,000
Paul Saleh84,307170,040254,347
Mahvash Yazdi72,583170,040242,623

(1)Hamid Akhavan resigned from the Board effective April 1, 2022.
(2)Represents annual cash retainers for Board service and for service as chair of GTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE:  GTT).  As a co-founder and chairman of Nextel, Mr. O’Brien led the creationone of the first all-digital nationwide wireless network (the Nextel National Network)standing Board Committees, if applicable. Cash retainers are paid quarterly in four equal installments.
(3)These amounts represent the grant date fair market value of restricted stock awards granted by the Company during the period presented, determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For the assumptions used in our valuations, see “Note 11 - Stock Acquisition Rights, Stock Options and brought push-to-talk (“PTT”) communicationWarrants” of our notes to consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 26, 2022.
(4)As of March 31, 2022, the following directors held shares of our restricted stock units: Leslie B. Daniels: 2,834 shares; Gregory A. Haller: 2,834 shares; Singleton B. McAllister: 3,334 shares; Gregory A. Pratt: 2,834 shares; Paul Saleh: 2,834 shares; and Mahvash Yazdi: 2,834 shares. With the exception of Hamid Akhavan, all restricted stock units held by our non-employee directors are scheduled to vest in full on August 6, 2022.
(5)On March 31, 2022, the Compensation Committee voted unanimously to accelerate the vesting of Hamid Akhavan’s 2,834 restricted stock units previously granted to him by the Compensation Committee in connection with his resignation from the Board.


















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Corporate Governance Matters
Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct
Good corporate governance is fundamental to the massoverall success of our business, serving our stockholders well and consumer market.  Aftermaintaining our integrity in the mergermarketplace.Our key governing documents -- Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Nextel with Sprint Corporation in 2004, he was a co-founder of Cyren Call Communications Corporation, where he served until January 2009.  Mr. O’Brien was recognized in 1987 as New Jersey Entrepreneur of the YearBusiness Conduct, our Amended and was voted the RCR Person of the Year in 1993 and again in 2006.  In 2005, he was inducted into the Washington, DC Business Hall of Fame, and in 2007 he was named a Fellow of the Radio Club of America and was named by Fierce Wireless as “one of the top U.S. wireless innovators of all time.”  In 2016, Mr. O’Brien was awarded the Armstrong Medal, the highest award of the Radio Club of America, for demonstrated excellence and lasting contributions to radio arts and sciences.  Mr. O’Brien has also served on several boards of other public companies, including Sprint and Williams Telecommunications.  He also serves on the board of several private companies and charitable organizations.  Mr. O’Brien is a graduate of Georgetown University and received his law degree from Northwestern University.

We believe Mr. O’Brien is qualified to serve on our Board based on his prior experience in founding, building and serving as an executive officer at Nextel and Cyren Call Communications, his prior experience in building a nationwide dispatch network at Nextel, his expertise in FCC regulatory and compliance matters, and his experience serving on the boards of directors of other private and public companies.

Robert H. Schwartz.  Mr. Schwartz was appointed our President & Chief Executive Officer in July 2020. Having joined the Company in 2015 as Chief Strategy and Development Officer, he became our President and Chief Operating Officer in May 2018.  Prior to joining our Company, beginning in October 2013, Mr. Schwartz served as Chief Executive Officer of STI Brasil, LLC; a company focused on developing shared fiber infrastructure for wireless operators in Brazil. Prior to STI, from November 2009 to September 2013, Mr. Schwartz served as a Managing Director of Unison Site Management, during which time Unison acquired and managed cell site easements throughout the United States and sold its site portfolio to American Tower.  From June 2006 to October 2009, Mr. Schwartz was Managing Partner of Woodmont Partners LLC, a strategic consultancy to telecom, media, and technology companies, including software, wireless, and cable companies. Earlier, Mr. Schwartz was Executive Vice President of IDT Telecom from 2001 to 2006, and led corporate development, product management,Restated Bylaws, and the wireless division. In 1996, Mr. Schwartz joined The Associated Group to launch Teligent. He became Teligent’s Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, leading functions including strategy, capital markets, investor relations and M&A activities through the startup, initial public offering, and the sale to Liberty Media. Mr. Schwartz also served as Director of Corporate Development at Nextel and its precursor Fleetcall where he was responsiblecharters for supporting key strategic, M&A, and capital markets initiatives. Mr. Schwartz holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from George Washington University’s School of Government & Business Affairs.

We believe that Mr. Schwartz is qualified to serve on our Board based on his prior experience as an executive in the telecommunications industry, specifically in wireless communication, and his prior experience developing nascent communication technologies.

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Hamid Akhavan.  Mr. Akhavan has been  a Partner at Twin Point Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm based in New York, NY and Palo Alto, CA, since April 2018.  From August 2016 to March 2018, he was a Partner at Long Arc Capital, a private equity firm specializing in disruptive technology investments. From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Akhavan served as Chief Executive Officer of Unify Inc. (formerly Siemens Enterprise), a global supplier of telecommunication products, software and services. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Deutsche Telecom and Chief Executive Officer of T-Mobile International. He began his career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) and Bell Communications Research. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from California Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in the same fields from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Akhavan also serves on the board of directors of Vonage (NASDAQ GS: VG) and privately-held National Broadband Ireland.

We believe that Mr. Akhavan is qualified to serve on our Board based on his significant telecommunications and technology expertise, his prior public company board experience, as well as leadership skills from his role as chief executive at Unify and CEO of T-Mobile International.

Leslie B. Daniels.  Mr. Daniels is an Operating Partner of AE Industrial Partners, L.P., a private equity firm in Boca Raton, FL. specializing in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial markets. He serves on the board of directors of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) and Moeller Aerospace and is an Advisor to LGL Systems Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: DFNS). Mr. Daniels serves on The Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiation as a President Trump appointee. He is a former chairman and former member of Florida’s State Board of Administration, Investment Advisory Council, and serves as Commissioner and Chairman of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County.    Mr. Daniels was a founding partner of CAI Managers & Co., L.P., a private equity firm located in New York City from 1989 to 2014. Prior to CAI Managers, he was President of Burdge, Daniels & Co., Inc., a company engaged as a principal in venture capital and buyout investments and trading of private placement securities.  Mr. Daniels also served as Senior Vice President of Blyth, Eastman, Dillon & Co., where he was responsible for its corporate fixed-income sales and trading departments. Mr. Daniels is a former Director of AeroSat Corporation; Aster-Cephac SA; Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.; Douglas Machine & Tool Co., Inc.; IVAX Corporation; MIM Corporation; MIST Inc.; Mylan Laboratories Inc.; NBS Technologies Inc.; and Safeguard Health Enterprises, Inc.  He served as Chairman of TurboCombustor Technology Inc. and Zenith Laboratories, Inc.    Mr. Daniels is a graduate of Fordham University.

Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P., who (together with its affiliated entities) is the Company’s largest stockholder, introduced Mr. Daniels to the Nominating Committee for consideration as a director nominee at the Annual Meeting.  There is no arrangement or understanding between the Company and Owl Creek, or between the Company and Mr. Daniels, related to Mr. Daniels’ selection as a director nominee.    We believe that Mr. Daniels is qualified to serve on our Board based on his extensive financial and M&A experience, as well as his depth of experience as a director of numerous public companies.

Gregory A. Haller.  Mr. Haller has served as a membereach of our Board since November 2018. He has more than 30 years of experience serving as a senior executive in the wirelesscommittees, form our corporate governance framework. These documents cover topics including, but not limited to, director qualification criteria, director responsibilities, director compensation, director orientation and telecommunication services industries. Since July 2018, he has served as the Chief Operating Officer at Alorica, Inc. (“Alorica”), a leading customer relationships management company. At Alorica, Mr. Haller is responsible for global operations, client solutions, global business services and marketing communications. Priorcontinuing education, communications from stockholders to joining Alorica, Mr. Haller served in a number of senior executive positions at Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) (“Verizon”). From August 2016 to June 2018, Mr. Haller was the chief executive for Verizon’s prepaid brand, Visible.  Prior to that, from January 2012 until August 2016, he was the president of the west area for all Verizon sales and operations, which encompassed the 18 most western states in the U.S. From September 2010 through January 2012, he held the roles of President, Enterprise and Government Markets and Vice President of Consumer Marketing. Through his 29-year career at Verizon, he also served in leadership positions in the areas of operations, sales, marketing and advanced solutions as well as consumer product portfolio and pricing.  Mr. Haller received his Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Wittenberg University.

We believe Mr. Haller is qualified to serve on our Board, based on his prior executive leadership experience at leading companies insuccession planning, and the wireless and telecommunications services industries, and his expertise in developing and executing business strategies.

Singleton B. McAllister.  Ms. McAllister has served as a memberannual evaluations of our Board since June 2018. Ms. McAllister is currently serving as Of Counsel at the law firm Husch Blackwell, LLP (“Husch Blackwell”) and a Senior Advisor with Husch Blackwell Strategies. Before joining Husch Blackwellits committees. Copies of these key governing documents (which were refreshed in May 2014, Ms. McAllister served as a partnerFiscal 2022) are available on our website, www.anterix.com, in the law firmsGovernance section. Any stockholder may obtain a printed copy upon request to our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

The highlights of Williams Mullen from 2012 to 2014, Blank Rome LLP from 2010 to 2012 and LeClairRyan from 2007 to 2010.  Prior to entering private practice, Ms. McAllister served for five years as the general counsel for the United States Agency for International Development and previously served in senior positions in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Ms. McAllister is a director of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) and serves on its Nominating and Governance Committee and a past Chair of its Compensation and Personnel Committee.  She also serves on the Proxy Board of Securitas Infrastructure Services, Inc.  She has been a member of the Blue-Ribbon Advisory Board on Compensation and Personnel issues for the National Association of Corporate Directors’ (“NACD”).  Most recently, she was recognized in 2018 as one of the top Corporate Directors’ of NACD.  She also served as a director of United Rentals (NYSE: URI) from 2004 to May 2018, and previously chaired the National Women’s Business Center. Ms. McAllister is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, fellow to the National Academy of Public Administration and Vice Chairman of the National Women History Museum Board of Directors. She has also served on the Advisory Board of the African Development Foundation and has been appointed Secretary to the Virginia State Board of Elections. Ms. McAllister has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland and completed Graduate Studies in International Relations and earned her law degree from Howard University.

We believe Ms. McAllister is qualified to serve on our Board based on her legal, regulatory and corporate governance experience and expertise, as well as her current experience serving on the boards of directors of other public and private companies, including public and private utility companies.

Gregory A. Pratt.  Mr. Pratt is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Carpenter Technology Corporation and served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Carpenter in fiscal years 2010 and 2015. Mr. Pratt is a  former Vice Chairman and director of OAO Technology Solutions, Inc. ("OAOT"), an information technology and professional services company. He joined OAOT in 1998 as President

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and Chief Executive Officer after OAOT acquired Enterprise Technology Group Inc. a software engineering firm founded by Mr. Pratt. Mr. Pratt served as President and Chief Operations Officer of Intelligent Electronics, Inc. from 1991 through 1996, and was co-founder, and served variously as Chief Financial Officer and President, of Atari (US) Corporation from 1984 through 1991. Mr. Pratt serves as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee at Tredegar Corporation (NYSE: TG). He served as a Director and Audit Committee Chairman of AmeriGas Propane. Inc., a public company listed on the NYSE for seven years. Mr. Pratt is a National Association of Corporate Directors ("NACD") Board Leadership Fellow. He has demonstrated his commitment to boardroom excellence by completing NACD's comprehensive program of study for experienced corporate directors, which is a rigorous suite of courses spanning leading practices for boards and committees. He also was appointed to serve a three-year term on the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ending November 2016. He supplements his skill sets through ongoing engagement with the director community and access to leading practices.    Mr. Pratt received his MBA in finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and his Bachelor of Science in business administration from Cheyney University.  He is a certified public accountant.

We believe Mr. Pratt is qualified to serve on our Board based on his financial and corporate governance experience and expertise, as well as his current experience serving on the boards of directors of other public companies, and as a former CEO.

Paul Saleh. Mr. Saleh has served as a member of our board since December 2016.  Mr. Saleh currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), which was formed in 2017 from the merger of Computer Sciences Corp. (“CSC”) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services.  Previously Mr. Saleh served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for CSC.  Prior to CSC, Mr. Saleh was the Chief Financial Officer for Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), as well as Sprint Nextel Corporation and Walt Disney International (NYSE: DIS). Before joining the Walt Disney Company, he was with Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) for 12 years, where he held various leadership positions in finance, including Treasurer of the company.  Institutional Investor Magazine named Mr. Saleh as the best Chief Financial Officer in the wireless telecom industry in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.  In 2005, Treasury & Risk Management magazine recognized him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance.  In 2006 and 2017, Mr. Saleh received the Public Company CFO of the Year Award from the Northern Virginia Technology Council.  Mr. Saleh holds an MBA with distinction in Finance; an M.S. in Computer, Information & Control Engineering; and a B.S.in Electrical Engineering, all from the University of Michigan.

We believe Mr. Saleh is qualified to serve on our Board based on his prior experience as an executive in the technology and telecommunications industries, his experience in financial matters and the capital markets and his leadership experience as a CFO and former CEO.

are included below:

Strong Governance Practices
Annual Director Elections (No Classified Board)
Majority Voting for Director Elections
Board Has Adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines
No Related Party Transactions with Officers and Directors
No Actions Taken to Reduce Stockholder Rights
No Family Relationships Among Officers and Directors
Committee Oversight of ESG
Board StructureCommittees, Attendance and CommitmentsStockholder Engagement

Size of Board – 8 – Set by Board
Annual review of Board and Committee Qualifications
Regular Stockholder Engagement
6 of 8 Nominees Independent
Diverse Background, Experience and Skills
Communication Process for Stockholders to Communicate with our Board
Separate Chairman and CEO
All Directors with > 1 year of service own stock in line with the Stock Ownership Guidelines
Lead Independent Director
Independent Chair for All Committees
Annual Board Self-Evaluation
CEO Serves on < 2 Outside Boards
Regular Executive Sessions
Independent Nominees Serve on < 4 Outside Boards


Board Independence
The Board has determined that each of our non-employee director nominees is independent under the independence standards established by NASDAQ and the applicable independence rules and regulations of the SEC, including the rules relating to the independence of the members of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, as applicable. In addition to meeting the NASDAQ standards and the rules and regulations of the SEC, our Board requires that non-employee directors not have any relationship which would, or could reasonably appear to, materially interfere with the independent judgment of such director.
No Family Relationships
There are no family relationships between any of our officers and directors.

Non-Continuing Directors


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Board Committees
Each of four directors currently serving onthe following Board committees functions under a written charter adopted by the Board, T. Clark Akers, Greg W. Cominos, Mark J. Hennessycopies of which are available on our website, www.anterix.com, in the "Investors→Governance" section and Brian D. McAuley, will expire at the Annual Meeting.  Please see “Recent Corporate Governance Changes” on page 11 below for a discussion of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s selection of the director nominees for election at the Annual Meeting. 

to any stockholder who requests them.

Board Committees 

The following table provides membership information for each of our Board committees as of July 10, 2020:

June 15, 2022:

Audit

BOARD CHAIR

Compensation

LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Nominating and
Corporate Governance

AUDIT COMMITTEE
COMPENSATION COMMITTEENOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEESTRATEGY COMMITTEE

T. Clark Akers

Leslie B. Daniels

Chair

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Greg W. Cominos

X

Gregory A. Haller

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Mark J. Hennessy

Chair

Gregory A. Haller

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X

Singleton B. McAllister

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Chair

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Morgan E. O’Brien

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Gregory A. Pratt

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Paul Saleh

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X

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Robert H. Schwartz
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Mahvash Yazdi
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Audit CommitteeCommittee: . The Audit Committee is comprised of four of our independent directors, T. Clark AkersPaul Saleh (Chair), Greg W. Cominos,Gregory A. Haller, Gregory A. Pratt, and Paul Saleh,Mahvash Yazdi, each of whom is able tocan read and understand fundamental financial statements, including our balance sheet, statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Mr. Akers is the chairperson of theNASDAQ. The Audit Committee.  TheCommittee's functions of the Audit Committee include the retentioninclude:
Retention of our independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing and approving the planned scope, proposed fee arrangements and resultsfirm;
Oversight of our Company’s annual audit, reviewingaudit;
Reviewing the adequacy of our Company’s accounting and financial controls and reviewingcontrols;
Reviewing the independence of our Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. firm;
Oversight of enterprise risk management;
Oversight of cybersecurity matters; and
Oversight of all company compliance and Code of Conduct/Ethics matters.
Our Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee member is an “independent director” under the NASDAQ listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. Our Board has also determined that each of T. Clark Akers,Audit Committee members Greg W. Cominos, Gregory A. Pratt and Paul Saleh is anare both “audit committee financial expert”experts” within the applicable requirements of the SEC. The Audit Committee is governed by a written charter approved by our Board, a copy of which is available on our

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website at www.anterix.com.  The charter complies with the applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) and related rules of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Compensation CommitteeCommittee:. The Compensation Committee is comprised of fourthree of our independent directors, T. Clark Akers, Mark J. Hennessy (Chair), Gregory A. Pratt (Chair), Leslie B. Daniels, and Singleton B.  McAllister.Gregory A. Haller. The functions of the Compensation Committee include the approvalinclude:

Approval of the compensation offered to our executive officersofficer compensation;
Review of executive development, performance and recommendation to the full Boardsuccession planning; and
Oversight of the compensation to be offered to our non-employee directors.  workplace diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Our Board has determined that each of Messrs. Akers, Hennessy,Daniels, Haller, and Pratt and Ms. McAllister is an “independent director” under the NASDAQ listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, including the additional requirements that apply to members of the Compensation Committee. In addition, the members of the Compensation Committee each qualify as “non-employee directors” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and as “outside directors” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Compensation Committee may delegate authority to one or more members of the Compensation Committee or to one or more of our executives of the Company, and may form and delegate authority to one or more subcommittees and to one or more committees of executives of the Company, except that the Committee may not delegate authority to approve compensation for our Chief Executive Officer, our Section 16, or our other executive officers to any person or committee (other than to a subcommittee consisting exclusively of at least three members of the Compensation Committee).  Our Compensation Committee has the authority to engage the services any advisor it determines appropriate to assist it in the performance of its functions.Act. The Compensation Committee engaged the services of Pearl Meyer,Korn Ferry, a national executive compensation consulting firm, as its independent compensation consultant to assist it in evaluating our overall executive and non-executive director compensation program and practices.  Pearl Meyer did not provide any additional services to the Company.  The Compensation Committee is governed by a written charter approved by our Board, a copy of which is available on our website atwww.anterix.com.  

Nominating and Corporate Governance CommitteeCommittee:. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is comprised of three independent directors—Singleton B. McAllister (Chair), Gregory A. Haller,Leslie B. Daniels, and Paul Saleh. Additionally, during Fiscal 2020, former director Rachelle B. Chong served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee until her resignation from the Board in May 2020.Mahvash Yazdi. The functions of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee include the identification,include:
Identification, recruitment, and nomination of candidates for our Board and its committees, making recommendations to our Boardnominees;
Recommendations concerning the structure, composition, and functioning of ourthe Board and its committees (including the reporting channels through which our Board receives information and the quality and timeliness of the information), developingcommittees;
Developing and recommending to our Board corporate governance guidelines applicable to our Company and annually reviewingCorporate Governance Guidelines;
Reviewing and recommending changes (as necessary or appropriate), overseeing to governance documents;
Overseeing the annual evaluation of our Board’s effectiveness and performance,performance;
Overseeing the development of our ESG Strategy;
Determining non-employee director compensation; and periodically conducting an individual evaluation of each director.
Conducting director evaluations.
Our Board has determined that each member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee member is (or was during his or her service) an “independent director” under the NASDAQ listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.
Strategy Committee: The Nominating and Corporate GovernanceStrategy Committee is governed by a written charter approved by our Board, a copycomprised of which is available on our website at www.anterix.com.  three independent directors – Leslie B. Daniels (Chair), Singleton McAllister, and Paul Saleh and two employee directors – Morgan O’Brien and Robert Schwartz. The functions of the Strategy Committee include:

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

Governance of Our Company

We seekProviding input to maintain high standards of business conduct and corporate governance, which we believe are fundamental to the overall successmanagement in its development of our business, serving our stockholders welllong-term strategy;

Evaluating and maintaining our integrity in the marketplace. Our corporate governance guidelines and code of business conduct, together with our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and our Amended and Restated Bylawsmaking recommendations to management and the charters for eachBoard concerning responses to external developments and factors, including changes in our industry, competition, and technology that impact our strategy;
Providing input to management, as needed, in its development of a cybersecurity strategy to help customers achieve their cybersecurity goals (as distinguished from our Board committees, formoperational cybersecurity);
Reviewing and providing input to management about potential material mergers and acquisitions, combinations, joint ventures, divestitures, and investments;
Reviewing periodically with management the basis for our corporate governance framework. We also are subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the rulesperformance of completed transactions; and regulations of the SEC and the corporate governance rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Our Board has established three standing committees to assist it in fulfilling its responsibilities to
Evaluating whether the Company andhas sufficient access to capital to carry out its stockholders: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Corporate Governance Guidelines.strategy. Our corporate governance guidelines are designed to help ensure effective corporate governance of our Company. Our corporate governance guidelines cover topics including, but not limited to, director qualification criteria, director responsibilities, director compensation, director orientation and continuing education, communications from stockholders to our Board, succession planning and the annual evaluations of our Board and its committees. Our corporate governance guidelines are reviewed by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and amended by our Board when appropriate. The full text of our corporate governance guidelines is available on our website at www.anterix.com. A printed copy may also be obtained by any stockholder upon request to our Corporate Secretary.

Our Board of Directors. Our Board currently consists of nine members. The number of directors on our Board can be determined from time to time by action of our Board.

Each of our non-employee directors and director nominees, including Messrs. Akers, Akhavan, Cominos, Daniels, Haller, Hennessy, Pratt, and Saleh, and Ms. McAllister, met the independence standards established by the Nasdaq Stock Market and the applicable independence rules and regulations of the SEC, including the rules relating to the independence of the members of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, as applicable.  Likewise, Ms. Chong met these standards during her Fiscal 2020 service. Our Board considers that a director is independent when the director is not an officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries, does not have any relationship which would, or could reasonably appear to, materially interfere with the independent judgment of such director, and the director otherwise meets the independence requirements under the listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Our Board believes the director nominees collectively have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills required to effectively oversee the management of our Company, including a high degree of personal and professional integrity, an ability to exercise sound business judgment on a broad range of issues, sufficient experience and background to have an appreciation of the issues facing our

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Company, a willingness to devote the necessary time to their Board and committee duties, a commitment to representing the best interests of the Company and our stockholders and a dedication to enhancing stockholder value.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation.Participation: No member of our Compensation Committee has at any time been our employee. Except as set forth herein, none of our executive officers serves, or has served during the last fiscal year, as a member of the board of directors or compensation committeeCompensation Committee of any other entity that has one or more executive officers serving as a member of our Board or our Compensation Committee.

Board Meetings and Structure
Meeting Attendance
Code of Business Conduct.Board and Annual Meetings: Our Board adopted a code of business conduct that applies to our officers,met six times during Fiscal 2022, and all directors and employees. Among other matters, our code of business conduct is designed to deter unlawfulattended 75% or unethical behavior and to promote the following:

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Prohibiting conflicts of interest (including protecting corporate opportunities);

2.

Protecting our confidential and proprietary information and that of our customers and vendors;

3.

Treating our employees, customers, suppliers and competitors fairly;

4.

Encouraging full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure;

5.

Protecting and properly using company assets;

6.

Complying with laws, rules and regulations (including insider trading laws); and

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Encouraging the reporting of any unlawful or unethical behavior.

Any waivermore of the codeaggregate meetings of business conductour Board and committees. We encourage our directors to attend our Annual Meetings absent extraordinary circumstances. Except for our executive officers orone excused absence due to COVID-19 restrictions, all remaining directors may be made only by ourattended the 2021 Annual Meeting.


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Board and Committee Meetings: During Fiscal 2022, the Audit Committee met nine times, the Compensation Committee met fifteen times, and will be promptly disclosedthe Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met six times. In Fiscal 2022, the newly formed ad hoc Strategy Committee did not meet independently but engaged with the full Board on strategic discussions during the Board meetings.
Executive Sessions: Executive sessions of our independent directors are held at each regularly scheduled meeting of our Board and at other times they deem necessary. Our Board’s policy is to hold executive sessions both with and without the presence of management. Our Board committees also generally meet in executive session at the end of each committee meeting.
Board Structure
Size: Our Board currently consists of eight members. The number of directors on our website. We have posted a copyBoard can be determined from time to time by action of our code of business conduct, and intend to post amendments to this code, on our website at www.anterix.com, as permitted under SEC rules and regulations.

Board.

Board Leadership Structure.Leadership: On July 1, 2020, Mr. O’Brien was appointed by theOur Board asevaluates from time to time whether our Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman positions should remain separate based on what our Board determines is best for the Company and Mr. Schwartz was appointed by theits stockholders. Our Board asbelieves our President and Chief Executive Officer.  The Board has nominated Mr. Schwartz for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting.

Withleadership structure -- with the roles of Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer separated between Messrs. O’Brien and Schwartz, respectively, our Board believes our leadership structure-- enhances the accountability of our Chief Executive Officer to our Board and encourages balanced decision making.decision-making. In addition, our Board believes that this structure provides an environment in which the independent directors are fully informed, have significant input into the content of Board meetings, and can provide objective and thoughtful oversight of management. Our Board also separated the roles in recognition of the differences in responsibilities.

As an additional key element of its leadership structure, our Board has appointed Mr. HennessyMs. McAllister to serve as Lead Independent Director. While our Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and operations of the Company, the Executive Chairman of the Board and the Lead Independent Director provide guidance toguide our Board and set the agenda for Board meetings. Our Lead Independent Director also provides performance feedback on behalf of our BoardBoard's behalf to our Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Our Board also considered that our Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, which oversee critical matters such as the integrity of our financial statements, the compensation of executive officers, the selection and evaluation of directors, the development and implementation of corporate governance policies, and the oversight of the Company’sour compliance with laws and regulations, each consist entirely of independent directors. Our Board intends to evaluate from time to time whether our Chief Executive Officer
Director Orientation and Board Chairman positions should remain separate basedDevelopment 
We recognize the importance of having directors with the knowledge necessary to be a collaborative and trusted resource to management. To that end, we have many opportunities for our directors to develop and improve their technical knowledge and corporate governance skill set.
Board Immersion Series: The Company provides a multi-day Board Immersion Series for all directors to attend within their first six months on whatthe Board to ensure that directors are sufficiently informed about the business operations, strategy, and risks.
Educational Series: We continue to conduct regular educational programs to provide our Board determines is bestin-depth knowledge of our technical and business environment.
Board Education Stipend: We provide each director with an annual allowance of up to $5,000 for the Company and its stockholders.

board/governance training related to their roles on our Board.

Board Oversight of Risk.NACD Membership: Our Board is actively involvedWe are members of the National Association of Corporate Directors ("NACD").
As an NACD member company, our directors have access to tools, resources, and instructional curricula to continue to mature in corporate governance, including educational events, networking opportunities, resources, and custom board services developed for directors by directors.






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Stockholder Communications
We are committed to maintaining an active dialogue with stockholders, being responsive, and hearing their viewpoints. Throughout the oversight of risks that could affect the Company. Our Board has responsibility to evaluate and oversee the Company’s risk management policies and procedures, with responsibility of certain areas being assigned to the relevant Board committee. Our Board satisfies this responsibility through reports by each committee chair regarding the committee’s evaluations and recommendations, as well as through regular reports directly from management responsible for oversight of particular risks within the Company. Specifically, our Board committees address the following risk areas:

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The Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks related to the retention and motivation of the Company’s executives and their compensation plans and arrangements.

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The Audit Committee discusses with management the Company’s major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures.

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers risks related to regulatory and compliance matters relevant to the Company and its operations, including the Company’s compliance with good corporate governance practices and the requirements established by the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Our Board encourages management to promote a corporate culture that incorporates risk management into the Company’s day-to-day business operations.

Stockholder Communications. We proactively interactyear, we regularly engage with our stockholders to obtainlearn their feedbackperspectives on a range of issues, including company performance and strategy, corporate governance, executive compensation, and environmental, social, and governance issues. Through these interactions, we are able to better understand stockholder priorities and perspectives and receive constructive feedback. We take views and insights from our operations, including meetingengagement with severalstockholders and other stakeholders into consideration as we review and evolve our large stockholders regularly. We also hostedpractices and participated in several investor events following the FCC’s approval of the Reportdisclosures and Order, including presenting at the May 13, 2020 JP Morgan Technology, Media and Communications Conference and hosting an investor call on May 21, 2020.

Communicationsfurther share them with theour Board of Directors.  as appropriate.

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Our Board desires that the views of the Company’sour stockholders will be heard by our Board, its committees, or individual directors, as applicable, and that appropriate responsesresponse will be provided to stockholders on a timely basis. Stockholders wishing to formally communicate with our Board, any Board committee, the independent directors as a group or any

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individual director may send communications directly to the Companyus at Anterix Inc., 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424, Attention: General Counsel &Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. All clearly marked written communications, otherOther than unsolicited advertising or promotional materials, all clearly marked written communications are logged, copied, and forwarded to the director(s) to whom the communication was addressed. Please note that the foregoing communication procedure does not apply to (i) stockholder proposals pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 and communications made in connection with such proposals or (ii) service of process or any other notice in a legal proceeding.

Board

Hedging and Committee Attendance.  During Fiscal 2020,Pledging Policy
We maintain an Insider Trading Policy that, among other things, prohibits all employees and agents, including our officers, directors, other than Mr. Akers attended at least 75%consultants, and independent contractors, or more of the aggregate of the meetingstheir designees, from engaging in “hedging” transactions with respect to our securities. This includes publicly traded options, short sales, puts and calls, and hedging transactions. In addition, we also restrict pledging of our securities as collateral for a loan or holding our securities in margin accounts, subject, however, to certain limited exceptions, including transactions pursuant to a trading plan that complies with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.






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Commitment to Effective Enterprise Risk Management
The Board plays an active role, both as a whole and of each of our Board committees on which they servedalso at the timecommittee level, in overseeing our management of such meetings.  During Fiscal 2020,risks. Our Board has the responsibility to evaluate and oversee our risk management policies and procedures, with responsibility for certain areas being assigned to the relevant Board met six timescommittee. Our Board satisfies this responsibility through reports by each committee chair regarding the committee’s evaluations and acted by written consent five times;recommendations, as well as through regular reports directly from management responsible for oversight of particular risks within the company. Specifically, the Audit Committee met four times;has overall responsibility for oversight of our Enterprise Risk Management (“ERM”) Program, and each committee is responsible for oversight of the Compensationrisks associated with the committee’s work.
Management is responsible for our day-to-day risk management activities. Our Board encourages management to promote a corporate culture that incorporates risk management into our day-to-day business operations. Our Board established a six-phase process for managing enterprise risk:

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ERM Program Evolution and Path Forward
In Fiscal 2022, we engaged in an initiative to enhance our existing risk management processes by formally identifying and evaluating risks that may affect our ability to execute our corporate strategy and fulfill our business objectives. As part of this effort, a strategy proposal was developed to further refine the goals and objectives for Fiscal 2022 and beyond, which included the following key concepts:
Position the Company as a trusted source of solutions in the electric utility broadband movement.
Work with industry thought leaders as advocates of our mission of making 900 MHz spectrum the de facto standard in the utility sector
Effectively communicate our value proposition while building the foundation for a new technology landscape with 900 MHz private LTE networks.
Implementation and validation of this strategy will require effective communication at all levels, top-down, bottom-up, and inside out.



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To date, in developing our formal ERM Program, we have completed a comprehensive identification and definition of our risks, including the following risk domains and specific business-related risk areas:

Risk Domains
FinancialLegal
OperationalRegulatory
ReputationalStrategic

Risk Sub-Domains / Business Areas
LegalFinanceStrategy
Human ResourcesCommunicationsMarketing
Sales (Business Development)Technology (Business Drivers)Product Development
Security, Information TechnologyOperationsRegulations

The initial outcome of the above risk identification and definition process resulted in the enumeration of a limited preliminary list of general risk themes for further consideration:

Personnel;
Technology;
Industry Mentality; and
Pace of Market.

As this initiative progresses, we will identify mitigating factors associated with such risks and prioritize the identified risks based upon the subjectively determined likelihood of the occurrence and impact of the risk if realized, for appropriate integration of ERM into our annual planning, audit scoping, and control evaluation management. At the conclusion of this process, an appropriate risk response will be determined, which may include general strategies such as:

Mitigation;
Risk Acceptance;
Risk Transference; or
Risk Avoidance.

These efforts are being spearheaded by our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary in conjunction with an ERM Steering Committee, met eight timesincluding our Chief Financial Officer, internal audit and acted by written consent four times;members of management. The ERM Steering Committee is charged with periodically reviewing with both the Audit Committee and the Board our overall risk profile, as well as any significant identified risks.
Cybersecurity Oversight
The cyber-threat landscape continues to evolve rapidly. Primary responsibility for operational cybersecurity oversight rests with the Audit Committee, and we regularly keep the full Board apprised of this fast-changing landscape. In Fiscal 2022, we undertook a cybersecurity assessment to identify potential vulnerabilities and gaps within our cybersecurity program. We also recently hired a Cybersecurity Architect who will continue and expand our cybersecurity mitigation strategies, including:

Strengthening our ability to identify and monitor for system vulnerabilities using industry standard technologies;
Educating staff on cyber hygiene and enforcing good cyber practices;
Informing investors about material cybersecurity risks and incidents in a timely fashion;
Bolstering cyber incident response capabilities; and
Developing and enforcing cybersecurity policies and controls across the organization.
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As a responsible cyber-citizen, we take seriously the risk of harm to our employees, contractors, customers, and other stakeholders from any effort to utilize our email, web presence, or other resources as an avenue for cyber-attack. We are vigilant in maintaining appropriate protections.
Environmental, Social, and Governance Oversight
The Board has delegated primary responsibility for oversight of our Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") strategy and integration of ESG into our core business to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board receives regular reports on our ESG efforts and related topics and is apprised of our work related to human capital management, diversity, equity & inclusion ("DE&I"), and governance, among other areas.
Sustainability Reporting
The overarching objective of our ESG Program is to capture and leverage the long-term value that can be created for our key stakeholders (including investors, customers, employees, and the community-at-large) through an optimized ESG Strategy. To share our progress in this area to date and establish our baseline, we published our first ESG Progress Update ("ESG Report") in early Fiscal 2022.
As we continued to enhance our ESG efforts through Fiscal 2022, we developed a comprehensive ESG Strategy which includes stakeholder outreach and engagement to inform our areas of focus, appointed a cross-functional ESG Committee, met four times.and selected the

Director Attendance atSustainability Accounting Standards Board ("SASB") and Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) standards to help establish the Annual Meeting.  investor grade disclosure ESG protocols and metrics we will use going forward. We are committed to establishing an ESG program with specific, objective goals on sustainability and diversity, equity & inclusion. We expect to execute on our ESG Strategy during Fiscal 2023, which will include our next ESG Report to outline our ESG objectives and highlight our achievements to date.

Human Capital Management
We take pride in empowering our team of experienced, talented, highly motivated, and dedicated employees. We believe we create an environment where all employees can fulfill their potential and in which the Annual Meeting providesentire team is made stronger by the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of individuals. We are committed to building on our strong culture.
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Company Culture
We are guided by our core values – Integrity, Courage, Camaraderie, Transformative, and Excellence. These values are the backbone of our corporate culture, and we work tirelessly to act as responsible stewards – to our employees, communities and other stakeholders who rely on us. In addition, we are committed to governing and operating our business with the highest levels of integrity and ethics.
We are focused on regularly evaluating our culture. During Fiscal 2022, we invited all employees to participate in a culture assessment. The survey was anonymous and administered through a third party. Eighty percent of our employees participated in the cultural survey, which provided a good opportunitybasis to gauge employee sentiment. Our management team reviewed the feedback and shared the survey results with employees at a Town Hall meeting. The survey results revealed a highly engaged workforce that overwhelmingly views our work
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environment favorably. We worked with various functional areas to create and implement action plans to address areas for improvement.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all. We achieve this through awareness, education, talent acquisition, retention, and development practices. We formed our directors to hear any feedback that our stockholders may desire to share with the CompanyDiversity, Equity and our Board. AsInclusion ("DEI") Taskforce in Fiscal 2021, and it has among its objectives increasing cultural awareness, cultural intelligence training, and creating a result, we encourage our directors to attend our Annual Meetings. We will reimburse our directors for the reasonable expenses they may incur in attending the Annual Meeting. Eightpipeline of diverse candidates. Part of our directors attendedDEI initiative includes celebrating Black History Month, Women's History Month, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and Hispanic Heritage Month, which promote cultural awareness and a more inclusive workplace. Additionally, in Fiscal 2022, we launched our 2019 annual meetingfirst employee resource group – Anterix Women in Excellence (“AWE”). AWE has as its purpose connecting the women of stockholders.

Executive Sessions.  Executive sessionsAnterix and providing a space for support, advocacy, networking, training, leadership, and community-building opportunities for both employees and interns. Partnerships with organizations like INROADS and Talent Hue provide further avenues for recruiting diverse talent.

As of March 31, 2022, 29% of our independent directors are held at each regularly scheduled meetingBoard members identify as diverse. Additionally, 60% of our Boardnew hires in Fiscal 2022 were females, up from 25% of new hires in Fiscal 2021, and at other times they deem necessary.  Our Board’s policy is to hold executive sessions both with and without the presence of management.  Our Board committees also generally meet in executive session at the end of each committee meeting.

Majority Voting for Election of Directors.  Under our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and our Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, in an uncontested election, directors are elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to such director. This means that the number of shares voted “FOR” a nominee for election as director must exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that director nominee.  If such a director nominee fails to receive “FOR” votes representing at least a majority of votes cast and is an incumbent director, the Bylaws would require the director to tender his or her resignation to the Board if not already tendered pursuant to the Company’s conditional resignation policy set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, subject to acceptance by the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board would then be charged with making a recommendation to the Board as to whether to accept or reject the tendered resignation, or whether other action should be taken. In contested elections, where the number of director nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the plurality voting standard would continue to apply meaning the directors that receive the most votes “FOR” would be elected.

Stock Ownership Guidelines.All our executive officers and directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines approved by the Board.  Our Chief Executive Officer is required to beneficially own shares of the Company’s common stock with a value equal to five times (5x) his base salary. All other executive officers are required to beneficially own shares with a value equal to three times (3x) their base salary. Non-employee Directors are required to beneficially own shares of the Company’s common stock with a value equal to three times (3x) the annual cash retainer paid to them for service as a memberresult, 38% of our Board.  Our executives and directors have five (5) yearsFiscal 2022 workforce was female versus 34% in Fiscal 2021. Racial diversity increased to achieve their respective stock ownership guideline level. As of the end of Fiscal 2020, each29% of our executive officers isworkforce in compliance withFiscal 2022, up from 27% in Fiscal 2021.

Benefits and Perquisites
To hire and retain the stock ownership guidelines and eachbest talent, we prioritize connection. We take care of our non-employee directors who have been a member of the Board for more than one year is in compliance with the stock ownership guidelines.  

Consideration of Director Nominees

General: In evaluating nominees for membership on our Board, our Nominatingemployees by providing support and Corporate Governance Committee applies our Board membership criteria set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. Under these criteria, the Committee takes into account many factors, including an individual’s business experience and skills, as well as independence, judgment, knowledge of our business and industry, professional reputation, leadership, integrity, and ability to represent the best interests of the Company’s stockholders. As the Company moves forward as of result of the FCC’s Report and Order, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that the Board should seek experienced public company directors with skills in core areas such as early stage/hyper growth, mergers & acquisitions, technology, regulatory, utilities, financial literacy, risk management, and human capital management. In addition, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the ability of the nominee to represent the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and to commit sufficient time and attention to the activities of our Board, as well as the absence of any potential conflicts with the Company’s interests. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not assign specific weights to particular criteria and no particular criteria is necessarily applicable to all prospective nominees. Our Board does not have a formal policy with respect to the diversity of nominees. Rather, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers Board membership criteria as a whole and seeks to achieve diversity of occupational and personal backgrounds, experience, and expertise on our Board. Our Board is responsible for selecting candidates for election as directors based on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Board of Directors regularly assess the appropriate size of our Board, and whether any vacancies on our Board are expected due to retirement or otherwise. In the event that vacancies are anticipated, or otherwise arise, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider various potential nominees who may come to the attention of the Committee through current Board members, professional search firms, stockholders or other persons. Each potential nominee brought to the attention of the Committee, regardless of who recommended such potential nominee, is considered based on the criteria set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines.

Stockholder Nominees: The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will review a reasonable number of candidates for director recommended by a single stockholder who has held over 2.0% of the Company’s common stock for over one year and who satisfies the notice, information and consent provisions set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws. Our Board will use the same

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evaluation criteria and process for director nominees recommended by stockholders as it uses for other director nominees. There has been no change to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our Board. For information concerning stockholder proposals, see “Stockholder Proposals for 2021 Annual Meeting” below in this Proxy Statement.

Recent Corporate Governance Changes 

From January through June 2020, the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee conducted a comprehensive  review of the composition of our Board of Directorsresources to ensure the Board had competencieswell-being of our employees and their families, including:

Competitive pay and equity;
Generous paid time off and parental leave;
Retirement programs and match;
Medical coverage;
Emotional well-being service through our Employee Assistance Program and a variety of interactive applications; and
Generous work-from-home allowance.
Unplugged Weeks. In response to COVID-19, we provided a company-wide Unplugged Week in December 2020 where employees concurrently took time off without work piling up. Based on the overwhelmingly positive employee feedback, we announced additional company-wide weeks off in September 2021 immediately preceding our return to the office and December 2021. These Unplugged Weeks are in addition to any earned paid time off.
Employee Ownership. All employees are owners in Anterix. We are proud to offer competitive restricted stock unit ("RSU") grants to every employee and new hire in Fiscal 2022.
Retirement Match.To assist with relieving additional pressure that may be associated with financial planning for the future, we match for all employees participating in the 401(k) Plan up to 3% of annual cash compensation, subject to certain limitations set forth under the 401(k) Plan and under applicable law.



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Employee Growth and Development
We offer a meaningful work environment with experiences and opportunities to grow and develop. All employees have the opportunity for continuous learning and performing challenging, transformative work. We provide coaching and mentoring experiences that build critical skills at all levels of the organization. In addition to mandatory training on insider trading, anti-harassment, and our Code of Business Conduct, we provide and promote optional career development paths, health and wellness, employee engagement activities, and skills-based training.
We conduct internal surveys that gauge employee engagement in areas like career development, manager performance and inclusivity, and implement action plans to address areas needing improvement.
Employee Health and Safety
We strive to provide a safe work environment and have implemented policies to support the Company requires as we embark upon the next phasehealth and safety of our operations followingemployees. We continue to manage our business proactively through the release of the long awaited Reportongoing global COVID-19 crisis. We initially transitioned our workforce to work entirely from home but have now transitioned to a hybrid model — splitting time between home and Order by the FCC.our offices. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviewed the mix of individual directors on our Board  for relevant, recent experience; demographics; skills congruent with the organization’s top imperatives and strategy; and the attributes and qualifications the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identifiedhybrid model excludes employees needing in-person access to laboratories, network management equipment, or other onsite resources. We have learned to operate successfully in the Board’s self-evaluations to develop criteria for potential nominees: initiative, time, attributes and experience to be effective contributors.  As a result of that review, the Board decided to take the following action: 

Nominees for Election at the 2020 Annual Meeting.

Morgan O’Brien, Executive Chairman.

Robert Schwartz, President & CEO.

Gregory Haller, Singleton McAllister, and Paul Saleh, independent director nominees.

Gregory Pratt, an independent director nominee with chief executive, financial and corporate governance experience, joined our Board in June 2020 and serves on our Audit and Compensation Committees.

Hamid Akhavan and Leslie Daniels, independent director nominees, will stand for election at the 2020 Annual Meeting as more fully discussed above at page 6.

As a result of these changes, the size of our Board will decrease to eight members at our 2020 Annual Meeting.

Board Composition.  The Board selected our eight director nominees based on their satisfaction of the core attributes described on page 10, and the belief that each can make substantial contributions to our Board and Company. Our Board believes our nominees’ breadth of experience and their mix of attributes strengthen our Board’s independent leadership and effective oversight of management, in the context of our Company’s business focus following the FCC’s issuance of the Report and Order, our industry’s operatingthis unique environment and remain committed to supporting our Company’s long-term strategies. 

team’s new, more carbon-friendly, hybrid work program.

Succession Planning.  The Board, working with management, commenced a succession planning process early this year for the Company’s executive officers and key employees. To that end, and in accordance with the Company’s Succession Plan, on July 1, 2020, Morgan O’Brien, the Company’s then-serving Chief Executive Officer, resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer and assumed the position of Executive Chairman, following the resignation of Brian McAuley from that role, and Robert Schwartz was appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. McAuley will remain on the Board as Chairman Emeritus until the Annual Meeting.  The Board nominated Mr. Schwartz for election to the Board by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting.Officers

Stockholder Communications.  We proactively interact with our stockholders to obtain their feedback on our operations, including meeting with several of our large stockholders regularly. We also hosted and participated in several investor events following the FCC’s approval of the Report and Order, including presenting at the May 13, 2020 JP Morgan Technology, Media and Communications Conference and hosting an investor call on May 21, 2020.

Board Development. We recognize the importance of having directors with the knowledge necessary to be a collaborative and trusted resources to management.  To that end, we have in place many opportunities for our directors to develop and improve their technical knowledge and corporate governance skill set.

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Educational Series.  We continue to conduct regular educational programs to provide our Board in-depth knowledge of our technical and business environment.  

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Board Education Stipend.  We provide each director with an annual $5000 stipend for board/governance training related to their roles on the Anterix Board.  

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NACD Membership.  In January 2020, we joined the National Association of Corporate Directors (“NACD”).  As an NACD member company our Directors have access to tools, resources, and instructional curricula to continue to mature in corporate governance, including educational events, networking opportunities, resources, and custom board services developed for directors  by directors.

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Biennial Board Retreat.  In April 2020, we planned to conduct our first multi-day in-person Board Retreat focused on long-term strategy and director education.  The continuing spread of COVID-19 required that we postpone the retreat until at least 2021.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following persons are our executive officers and key employees and holdwho held the positions set forth opposite their names below as of July 10, 2020.

June 15, 2022.

Name

Age

Name

Age

Position with Anterix

Morgan E. O’Brien(1)

75

77

Executive Chairman

Robert H. Schwartz(1)

54

56

President &and Chief Executive Officer

Gena L. Ashe

60Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Ryan Gerbrandt44Chief Operating Officer
Timothy A. Gray

50

52

Chief Financial Officer

Ryan Gerbrandt

Christopher Guttman-McCabe 

42

54

Chief OperatingRegulatory and Communications Officer

Gena L. Ashe

58

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Elaine M. Gangeri

54

Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Corporate Secretary

(1)

See the section entitled “Board of Directors Information” above for a description of the business experience and educational background of Messrs. O’Brien and Schwartz.


(1)See the section entitled “Directors Biographies” above for a description of the business experience and educational background of Messrs. O’Brien and Schwartz.
Gena L. Ashe
Ms. Ashe joined the Company in July 2019 and is currently the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, a position to which she was promoted in May 2021 from General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to Anterix, Ms. Ashe held senior legal roles with former KKR portfolio company, The Brickman Group, LLC. (now BrightView Landscapes LLC NYSE: BV), as EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, as well as with Catalina Marketing Corporation, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Darden Restaurants, Inc., Lucent Technologies, Inc., AT&T, and most recently Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE), where she also served as EVP, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ashe was an electrical engineer with IBM Corporation before joining IBM’s legal team. Ms. Ashe has also served on the boards of several companies since 2016. Ms. Ashe is currently a member of the Board of Directors of GXO Logistics (NYSE: GXO), where she serves on the audit committee, and Cold Bore Capital Management portfolio company, ALP, LLC. She holds a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University, a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics with a minor in physics from Spelman College. Ms. Ashe is a graduate of the executive development program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a certificate in international management from Oxford University in England.
Ryan Gerbrandt
Mr. Gerbrandt joined as our Chief Operating Officer in March 2020. Prior to Anterix, Mr. Gerbrandt served 13 years at Trilliant Networks, founded in Silicon Valley and focused primarily on wireless networking technologies and solution development for the critical infrastructure industry with specific focus on Global Utilities. Mr. Gerbrandt was a pioneer in their Smart Grid Deployment efforts, and during his time at Trilliant developed and
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led Network Engineering, Global Professional Services, Global Solutions, and Commercial Operations, and most recently launched and served as Managing Director for their Global Industrial Internet of Things and Smart Cities businesses. Mr. Gerbrandt served on the board of directors of the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) located in North Carolina up until departing Trilliant in March 2020. Prior to Trilliant, Mr. Gerbrandt was responsible for utility communications and control systems at Manitoba Hydro, an electric power and natural gas provider in Canada, where he specialized in Utility Communications Systems, Network Operations, SCADA, HVDC Controls and System Protection. Mr. Gerbrandt received his education in Communications Engineering Technology from Red River College and in Utility Management from the University of Manitoba.
Timothy A. Gray. Gray
Mr. Gray was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in June 2014. From November 2011 to May 2013, Mr. Gray served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MedImmune, Inc., a subsidiary of AstraZeneca (NYSE: AZN) (“MedImmune”), and then served as Senior Vice President of Finance for MedImmune’s Specialty Care Group until November 2013. Mr. Gray also served in various other finance roles at MedImmune starting in April 2008. Prior to joining MedImmune, Mr. Gray served in finance positions at AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Nextel and started his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Children’s Inn at the National Institutes of Health. Mr. Gray received a Bachelor of business administration in accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and is a certified public accountant.
Christopher Guttman-McCabe

Ryan Gerbrandt. 

Mr. GerbrandtGuttman-McCabe joined the Company as Chief OperatingRegulatory and Communications Officer in March 2020. PriorOctober 2020 to Anterix, Mr. Gerbrandt served 13 years at Trilliant Networks, foundedlead the government relations and communications efforts in the Silicon Valley and focused primarily on wireless networking technologies and solution developmentsupport of our vision of 900 MHz private broadband for the utility, critical infrastructure, industry with specific focus on Global Utilities.  Mr. Gerbrandt was a pioneer in their Smart Grid Deployment efforts, and during his time at Trilliant developed and led Network Engineering, Global Professional Services, Global Solutions and Commercial Operations, and most recently launched and served as Managing Director for their Global Industrial Internet of Things  and Smart Cities businesses. Mr. Gerbrandt served on the board of directors of the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) located in North Carolina up until departing Trilliant in March 2020.  Prior to Trilliant, Mr. Gerbrandt was responsible for utility communications and control systems at Manitoba Hydro, an electric power and natural gas provider in Canada, where he specialized in Utility Communications Systems, Network Operations, SCADA, HVDC Controls and System Protection. Mr. Gerbrandt received his education in Communications Engineering Technology from Red River College and in Utility Management from the University of Manitoba.

Gena L. Ashe. Ms. Ashe joined the Company in July 2019, as its General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to Anterix, Ms. Ashe held senior legal roles with KKR portfolio company The Brickman Group, LLC. (now BrightView Landscapes LLC NYSE: BV),  where she served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Catalina Marketing Corporation, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Darden Restaurants, Inc., Lucent Technologies, Inc., AT&T, and most recently Adtalem Global Education (NYSE:ATGE), where she also served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Earlier, Ms. Ashe was an electrical engineer with IBM Corporation before joining IBM’s legal team. She is a member of the Board of Directors at XPO Logistics (NYSE: XPO), where she serves on the audit and acquisition committees, and at XPO Logistics Europe S.A. (Euronext: XPO), where she serves as Vice Chairman of the Board. She holds a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University, a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics from Spelman College. Ms. Ashe is a graduate of the executive development program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a certificate in international management from Oxford University in England.

Elaine M. Gangeri.  Ms. Gangeri joined the Company in October 2014 and has been the Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Corporate Secretary since July 2019.  Ms. Gangeri is responsible for the company's accounting operations and financial reporting functions.enterprise sectors. Prior to joining Anterix, in 2014, sheMr. Guttman-McCabe was a founder and CEO of CGM Advisors LLC, where he worked on communications, government relations, market analysis, and business development initiatives for Fortune 100 companies and startup tech ventures. Mr. Guttman-McCabe founded CGM Advisors after a 13-year career at CTIA as a spokesperson and advocate for the wireless industry, including testifying 19 times before Congress. At CTIA, he served as the controller for the Americas region at Nice Systems Ltd, an Israeli-based company specializing in telephone voice recording, data security and surveillance.executive vice president overseeing a 90-person association with a $65 million annual budget. Before Nice Systems, she held the roles of controller, financial reporting director and accounting manager at Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., a prepaid cell phone company, from 2002 to 2010.  Ms. Gangeri also held notable accounting and finance positions at Metromedia Fiber Network, Lucent Technologies, and International Specialty Products. Dedicated to educating and developing accounting and other business professionals, Ms. Gangeri servedjoining CTIA, Mr. Guttman-McCabe worked as an adjunct professor and lecturerassociate in the communications practice at Bergen Community College in New JerseyWiley Rein LLP. Mr. Guttman-McCabe earned his law degree magna cum laude with a Communications Institute certificate from 2008 to 2011.  Ms. Gangeri holds a Bachelorthe Columbus School of Arts in business administration from Gettysburg CollegeLaw at the Catholic University of America and a Masterbachelor’s degree in economics from Swarthmore College.


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Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Business AdministrationOur Named Executive Officers
Section 14A of the Exchange Act requires that we provide our stockholders with the opportunity to vote to approve, on a concentration in accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University.  She is a certified public accountant and certified equity professional.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth information aboutnon-binding, advisory basis, the beneficial ownership of our common stock by (i) each of our directors and director nominees, (ii) eachcompensation of our named executive officers named("NEOs") as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table under “Executive Compensation,” (iii) all our directors and executive officers as a group, and (iv) each person or group known by us to own more than 5% of our Common Stock. The percentages reflect beneficial ownership, as determinedthis Proxy Statement in accordance with the SEC’scompensation disclosure rules as of July 10, 2020 and are based on 17,294,525 shares of common stock outstanding as of July 10, 2020. Except as noted below, the address for all beneficial owners in the table below is 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424.



 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



 

Amount and

 

 

 



 

Nature of

 

 

 



 

Beneficial

 

Percent of

Name of Beneficial Owner

 

Ownership(1)

 

Class

Directors and Executive Officers:

 

 

 

 

 

Brian D. McAuley(2)

 

354,211 

 

2.02 

Morgan E. O’Brien(3)

 

471,969 

  

2.66 

Robert H. Schwartz(4)

 

204,332 

 

1.17 

%

Timothy A.  Gray(5)

 

73,260 

 

 *

 

T. Clark Akers(6)

 

7,595 

 

 *

 

Hamid Akhavan

 

 —

 

 *

 

Greg W. Cominos(7)

 

5,145 

 

 *

 

Leslie B. Daniels

 

17,000 

 

 *

 

Gregory A. Haller(7)

 

3,704 

 

 *

 

Mark J. Hennessy(8)

 

15,881 

  

 *

  

Singleton B. McAllister(7)

 

5,145 

 

 *

 

Gregory A. Pratt(9)

 

229 

 

 *

 

Paul Saleh(7)

 

10,465 

 

 *

 

All active directors and executive officers as a group (16 persons)(10)

 

1,193,774 

  

6.54 

5% or more Stockholders (not disclosed above):

 

 

 

 

 

Owl Creek Asset Management L.P.(11)

 

5,251,015 

  

30.36 

Lomas Capital Management LLC(12)

 

1,542,838 

 

8.92 

Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (13)

 

1,358,156 

  

7.85 

American Financial Group, Inc.(14)

 

941,176 

  

5.44 



 

 

 

 

 

*            Represents less than 1% of the number of sharesSEC.

Voting and Board Recommendation
Our compensation programs are designed to effectively align our executives’ interests with the interests of our common stock outstanding asstockholders by focusing on long-term equity incentives that correlate with the growth of July 10, 2020.

(1)

We determined the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each person under rules promulgated by the SEC, based on information obtained from Company records and filings with the SEC. In calculating the number of shares beneficially owned by an individual or entity and the percentage ownership of that individual or entity, shares underlying options, warrants or restricted stock units held by that individual or entity that are either currently exercisable or exercisable or to be settled within 60 days from July 10, 2020 are deemed outstanding. These shares, however, are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other individual or entity. Unless otherwise indicated and subject to community property laws where applicable, the individuals and entities named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.

(2)

Includes 3,836 shares held by Mr. McAuley’s spouse.  Includes (i) 135,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of May 14, 2018 at an exercise price of $20.00 per share, (ii) 65,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of January 29, 2020 at an exercise price of $25.00 per share, (iii) 3,356 restricted shares to be released August 7, 2020, and (iv) 5,784 performance units to be released on August 31, 2020.

(3)

Includes (i) 135,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of May 14, 2018 at an exercise price of $20.00 per share, (ii) 165,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of January 29, 2019 at an exercise price of $25.00 per share, (iii) 50,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of January 13, 2020 at an exercise price of $25.81, (iv)  41,208 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of May 22, 2020 at an exercise price of $22.75, with 13,737 additional shares vesting in one equal annual installment, (v) 13,818 restricted shares to be released on August 13, 2020, (vi) 26,464 performance options to vest on August 31, 2020, and (vii) 26,009 performance units to be released on August 31, 2020.

(4)

Includes (i) 70,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that are exercisable on August 11, 2020 at an exercise price of $26.59, (ii)  30,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were exercisable as of February 23, 2020 at an exercise price of $24.45 per share, (iii) 2,500 restricted stock units that were vested as of June 28, 2020, (iv) 15,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that are exercisable on August 18, 2020 at an exercise price of $28.10, with 5,000 additional shares vesting in one annual installment, (v) 50,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that are exercisable on May 14, 2020 at an exercise price of $28.20 with 50,000 additional shares vesting in two equal annual installments,  (vi) 10,921 restricted shares to be released on August 10, 2020, (vii) 7,318 performance options to vest on August 31, 2020, and (vii) 10,128 performance units to be released on August 31, 2020.

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(5)

Includes (i) 50,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of May 14, 2018 at an exercise price of $20.00 per share, (ii) 3,356 restricted shares to be released on August 7, 2020, and (iii) 5,849 performance units to be released on August 31, 2020.

(6)

Includes (i) 2,500 shares of common stock underlying an option held by Mr. Akers at an exercise price of $20.00 per share, which is fully vested and (ii) 2,094 restricted shares to be released on August 6, 2020.

(7)

Includes 2,094 restricted shares to be released on August 6, 2020.

(8)

Includes 2,792 restricted shares to be released on August 6, 2020.

(9)

Includes 229 restricted shares to be released on August 6, 2020.

(10)

Incudes shares owned by and granted to our current and active executive officers and directors.

(11)

Includes 2,340,538 shares of common stock held by Owl Creek Overseas Master Fund, Ltd., 1,191,089 shares of common stock held by Owl Creek II, L.P., 790,050 shares of common stock held by Owl Creek Special Situations Fund, L.P., 582,207 shares of common stock held by Owl Creek Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., 186,640 shares of common stock held by Owl Creek SRI Master Fund, Ltd. and 160,491 shares of common stock held by Owl Creek I, L.P., each of which are controlled by Owl Creek Advisors, LLC. Owl Creek Advisors, LLC, is the general partner of each of Owl Creek I, L.P., Owl Creek II, L.P., Owl Creek Overseas Master Fund, Ltd., Owl Creek SRI Master Fund, Ltd., and Owl Creek Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. is the investment manager with respect to the shares of common stock held by each of Owl Creek I, L.P., Owl Creek II, L.P., Owl Creek Overseas Master Fund, Ltd., Owl Creek SRI Master Fund, Ltd., and Owl Creek Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. Jeffrey A. Altman is the managing member of the general partner of Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. and is the managing member of Owl Creek Advisors, LLC. We have been informed by the stockholder that Jeffrey A. Altman, Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. and Owl Creek Advisors, LLC each disclaim any direct ownership of the shares held by the stockholders. The address for Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. is 640 Fifth Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10019.

(12)

Includes shares of common stock held by Lomas Capital Management LLC (“Lomas Capital”) and Daniel Lascano.  Lomas Capital is a registered investment adviser to certain affiliated funds or investment advisory clients that directly hold the shares of our common stock for the benefit of those investors.  Lomas Capital may be deemed to share beneficial ownership with such reporting persons. Mr. Lascano is the Chief Investment Officer of Lomas Capital. The address for Lomas Capital Management, LLC is650 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10022.

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FIE II LLC, a private fund of which Pacific Investment Management Company LLC, (“PIMCO”), is the investment adviser and holds such securities of the benefit of its investors.  FIE II LLC holds these securities in its investment advisory account managed by PIMCO and has the right to receive or the power direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the securities. The address for PIMCO is 650 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660.

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Includes shares of common stock held by Great American Insurance Company and Great American Life Insurance Company. Each of Great American Life Insurance Company and Great American Insurance Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Financial Group, Inc.  The board of directors of American Financial Group, Inc. consists of Carl H. Linder III, S. Craig Linder, Kenneth C. Ambrecht, John B. Berding, Joseph E. Consolino, Virginia C. Drosos, James E. Evans, Terry S. Jacobs, Mary Beth Martin, Gregory G. Joseph, William W. Verity and John Von Lehman who exercise voting and investment control over the shares held by the stockholder. The address for Great American is 301 East 4th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202.

Changessustainable long-term value creation for our stockholders. Stockholders are urged to read the section below titled “Executive Compensation” and "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" in Control: We are not aware of any, nor are we a party to, arrangements, including any pledge by any personthis Proxy Statement, which discusses how our executive compensation policies and practices implement our compensation philosophy and contains tabular information and narrative discussion about the compensation of our securities,named executive officers. Our Compensation Committee believes that the operationobjectives of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance.  Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our common stockcompensation program, as they relate to file initial reports of beneficial ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership with the SEC. Such persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such persons. Based solely on a review of copies of reports provided to us pursuant to Rule 16a-3(e) of the Exchange Act and representations of such reporting persons, we believe that during Fiscal 2020, such SEC filing requirements were satisfied and timely.  

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

The Company awards stock options and restricted stock units to its employees meeting certain eligibility requirements under plans approved by its stockholders in 2010 and 2014, referred to as the “2010 stock option plan,” and “2014 stock option plan”, respectively. The following table summarizes our compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance as of March 31, 2020:



 

 

 



Number of Shares to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Stock Options (1)

Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Stock Options

Number of Shares Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

Equity compensation plans
approved by security holders

1,889,633

$24.58

1,187,260

Equity compensation plans
not approved by security holders

(1) Does not include 490,979 restricted stock units.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following tables summarize information concerning the compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid for services rendered in all capacities by our named executive officers, during Fiscal 2020 (the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020).  are appropriate for a company of our size and stage of development and that our compensation policies and practices help meet those objectives. In addition, our Compensation Committee believes that our executive compensation program, as it relates to our named executive officers, achieves an appropriate balance between fixed compensation and variable incentive compensation. Our Board and Compensation Committee believe that our policies and practices effectively implement our compensation philosophy and achieve our compensation program goal. Accordingly, we are asking our stockholders to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.

The vote on this resolution is not intended to address any specific element of compensation; rather, the vote relates to the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in this Proxy Statement in accordance with the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC.
Based on the above, we request that stockholders indicate their support, on a non-binding advisory basis, for the compensation of our named executive officers as described in this Proxy Statement by voting “FOR” the following resolution:
“RESOLVED, that the stockholders of Anterix Inc. approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to Anterix Inc.’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related narrative discussion.”
Although the vote is non-binding, our Board and our Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our named executive officers. We will hold an advisory vote to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers annually. The next such advisory vote will occur at the 2023 Annual Meeting of stockholders.
The approval of this advisory, non-binding proposal requires the approval of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares present or represented by proxy entitled to vote thereon. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of the proposal, other than counting towards a quorum of the Annual Meeting.
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THE BOARD RECOMMENDS AN ADVISORY VOTE FOR OUR NEO COMPENSATION
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Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Our named executive officers for Fiscal 2020 include: 

·

Morgan E. O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer

2022 were:

·

Robert H. Schwartz, President


·

Timothy A. Gray, Chief Financial Officer

Morgan E. O’Brien, Executive Chairman;

Robert H. Schwartz, President and Chief Executive Officer;
Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer;
Ryan L. Gerbrandt, Chief Operating Officer; and
Timothy A. Gray, Chief Financial Officer.

Our Board's Compensation Committee is comprised of three independent directors in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the SEC and NASDAQ. Our Board delegated authority to the Compensation Committee to establish our executive officer compensation program and to approve all compensation received by our executive officers. Our Board and Compensation Committee each believesbelieve that adopting appropriate and sound compensation programs and practices is fundamental to the overall success of our business and aligning the interests of our executivesexecutive officers with the interests of our stockholders.
This section provides information, in accordance withCompensation Discussion and Analysis describes the reduced compensation disclosures required by a smaller reporting company, about our Company andmaterial elements of our compensation practicesprogram for our named executive officers during Fiscal 2022, provides an overview of our executive officer compensation philosophy (the “Compensation Philosophy”) and programs.

objectives and discusses how and why the Compensation Committee arrived at the specific compensation decisions for our named executive officers for Fiscal 2022.

Company Overview
Overview

We are a wireless communications company focused on commercializing our spectrum assets and establishing an integrated platform to enable our targeted utility and critical infrastructure customers to deploy private broadband networks, technologies, and solutions.We are the largest holder of licensed spectrum in the 900 MHz band (896-901/935-940 MHz) throughout the contiguous United States, plus Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. On May 13, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) approved a Report and Order (the “Report and Order”) to modernize and realign the 900 MHz band to increase its usability and capacity by allowing it to be utilized for the deployment of broadband networks, technologies, and solutions. We are now engaged in qualifying for and securing broadband licenses from the FCC, with a focus on pursuing licenses in those counties in which we believe we have near-term commercial opportunities. At the same time, our sales and marketing organization isactively pursuing opportunities to lease the broadband licensesspectrum we secure to our targeted utility and critical infrastructure customers.

Fiscal 2022 Business Highlights
In Fiscal 2022, we made significant progress in advancing our mission of making 900 MHz spectrum the de facto standard for broadband solutions in the utility sector. Some of our achievements included:
Executed Long-Term Lease Agreement with Evergy. In September 2021, we entered into a long-term lease agreement of our 900 MHz broadband spectrum with Evergy, covering service territories in Kansas and Missouri with a population of approximately 3.9 million people. The Evergy Agreement is for a term of up to 40 years, comprised of an initial term of 20 years with two 10-year renewal options for additional payments. We received prepayment in full of the $30.2 million for the 20-year initial term in October 2021.
Secured First Broadband Licenses. During the year ended March 31, 2022, we applied for, and were granted by the FCC, broadband licenses for 21 counties, including several counties we are required to deliver under our long-term lease agreements with Ameren. These were the first broadband licenses we secured.
Built Customer Pipeline.Our sales teams are actively working with many of the largest Investor Owned Utilities (“IOU”), and while the timing of contracts is difficult to predict, our customer pipeline has grown to include more than 60 utilities, with a total potential prepaid contract value well in excess of $3.0 billion. As a result of our discussions with these potential customers, we project the following through 2024, including:

Contracting approximately 50% of our spectrum value;
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Securing contracted proceeds of approximately $1.8 billion for the use of our broadband spectrum; and
Collecting aggregate cash proceeds of $300.0 million to $500.0 million.
Surpassed two of three financial targets for EBITDA and Cash Balance at 106% and 110% of target goals, respectively.
Returned Capital to Stockholders.Our Board establishedauthorized a share repurchase program pursuant to which we may repurchase up to $50.0 million of our common stock on or before September 29, 2023. As of March 31, 2022, we had repurchased an aggregate of 251,610 shares of Common Stock for a repurchase price of approximately $15.0 million.
Launched the Anterix Active Ecosystem. We launched the Anterix Active Ecosystem Program with 37 leading solution providers during Fiscal 2022 to provide technical and marketing support to a broad ecosystem of technology innovators and to help them bring value to utilities and critical infrastructure companies deploying and operating 900 MHz driven private LTE broadband networks. The number of participants in our Ecosystem grew to more than 75 by the end of Fiscal 2022.
Built Support with Federal and State Agencies. We successfully developed relationships and worked with relevant government agencies and officials to educate them about the security, reliability and priority access benefits that private broadband LTE networks, technologies and solutions can offer utilities to help facilitate utilities’ ability to enter into Spectrum Lease agreements with us. In addition, we actively lobbied Congress in connection with the recently adopted infrastructure legislation to incorporate language recognizing the importance of secure broadband communications platforms for utilities.
Selectively Converted our Nationwide Narrowband Spectrum Position to Broadband. Converting our spectrum from narrowband to broadband licenses nationwide is a foundational component of our mission as it provides the platform for growing our business. To achieve this conversion, we focused on intentionally clearing incumbents out of the broadband license segment and obtaining broadband licenses in counties where we have customer contracts, where we believe we have near-term commercial prospects, or in counties which may be strategically advantageous for broadband licenses over time.
Launched our Baseline Environmental Social and Governance (“ESG”) Report and ESG Strategy. To share our progress in this area to date and establish our baseline, we published our first ESG report and delegated oversight responsibility for ESG to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in early Fiscal 2022. As we continued to enhance our ESG efforts to actively integrate ESG further into our core business through Fiscal 2022, we also developed a comprehensive ESG Strategy which included stakeholder outreach and engagement to inform our areas of focus, executive level buy-in, selection of a cross-functional ESG Committee, and selection of the SASB and GRI standards to help establish the investor grade disclosure ESG protocols and metrics we will use going forward, with an overarching objective of capturing and leveraging the long-term value that can be created for our key stakeholders (including investors, customers, employees, and the community-at-large) through an optimized ESG Strategy.
Fiscal 2022 Compensation Highlights
The Compensation Committee comprised of a minimum of three independent directors following the rules and regulations established by the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market.  Our Board delegatedmet regularly throughout Fiscal 2022 to the Compensation Committee the authority to establishreview our executive compensation program in parallel with our short-term and long-term goals given the dynamic nature of our business and the market in which we compete for executive talent. In line with such approach, during Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee updated its Compensation Philosophy to further enhance its focus on critical elements of our executive compensation program:
The Compensation Committee approved updates to our Compensation Philosophy to continue to align the compensation of our named executive officers with Company performance and growth in stockholder value. As approved in Fiscal 2022, the objectives of our Compensation Philosophy are to:
Attract and Retain — Attract, motivate, and retain the critical talent that will continue to grow our business;
Align Pay with Performance – Pay our executives in line with their performance consistent with our business objectives; and
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Align Executive Compensation with Stockholder interests – Achieve long-term business success and deliver strong and sustainable returns to our stockholders.

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For Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee approved a compensation structure that is weighted toward incentivizing achievement of long-term Company goals and growth in stockholder value. The Fiscal 2022 compensation mix generally provides our named executive officers with cash compensation at or below the median of our marketplace and at or below median long-term incentive compensation compared to our peers. Specifically, the Compensation Committee approved:
positioning base salaries for our executive population, on average between the 25th percentile and median of the marketplace, after considering the competitive market, the scope, impact, and criticality of an executive’s role, internal pay equity, and other relevant factors;
positioning target bonuses for our executive officers at the median of the marketplace (as a percentage of base salary), with upside opportunity when performance is met or exceeded; and
positioning long-term incentive awards for our executive officers between the 50th and 75th percentiles of the marketplace to incentivize our lasting success, which aligns the interests of our named executive officers with the interests of our stockholders and achieves our objectives of retaining and motivating key talent, while keeping a keen focus on generating long-term value.
The Compensation Committee reviewed our Executive Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”) with our compensation consultant for continued alignment with market practices. In addition, in response to the competitive market for talent and to approve allbetter retain our key employees, the Compensation Committee approved updates to the Severance Plan to formalize the severance and change in control benefits available to certain employees below the senior executive level (referred to as “Tier 3 Executives” under the Severance Plan). Previously, the Compensation determined Tier 3 benefits at its discretion. Under the revised Severance Plan, Tier 3 Executives are eligible for severance equal to 50% of the sum of their base salary and target bonus, a pro-rated target bonus for the year of termination, pro-rated accelerated vesting of their time-based equity awards, and full accelerated vesting of equity awards in connection with a termination occurring within 6 months before or within 24 months following a change in control.











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Compensation Practices
The Compensation Committee regularly reviews best practices in governance and executive compensation. The following is a summary of the current executive compensation practices utilized by the Compensation Committee to tie compensation to Company performance and serve our stockholders‘ long-term interests:

Independent Compensation Committee Members
Executive Compensation Recoupment Policy (“Claw-back”)
Independent Compensation Consultant
No Tax Gross Ups
Peer Group Used To Assess Pay Practices
No Evergreen Provision
Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors and Executives
No Multi-Year Guaranteed Bonuses
Conduct Annual Compensation Risk Assessment
No Repricing Allowed without Stockholder Approval
Mix of Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards
No Guaranteed Term Employment Agreements
Annual Bonus Tied to Performance
Prohibit Hedging or Pledging Stock
Consider Feedback from Stockholder Outreach
Limited Perquisites Offered to Executives
Reasonable Severance Terms
Compensation Philosophy
We believe that to be successful, we must hire and retain talented leadership. We recognize that there is significant competition for qualified executives within our industry. It can be particularly challenging for companies to recruit executive officers of the caliber necessary to achieve our short-term and long-term objectives. We also believe our executive compensation program should be focused on aligning executive pay with individual performance, company performance, and stakeholder interests. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee adopted the following Compensation Philosophy for our executive officers and other senior management:
Attract and Retain — Attract, motivate, and retain the critical talent that will continue to grow our business:

Offer total direct compensation that is competitive with the market.

Align Pay for Performance — Pay our executives in line with their performance consistent with our business objectives:

The compensation received by our Section 16executives will reflect our performance and other executive officers.  The Compensation Committee retained Pearl Meyer, as its independent compensation consultant,each executive’s contributions to assist it in evaluatingachieving our executive compensation programshort- and practices.

long-term goals.

Continue to foster an entrepreneurial, high-performance, and results-driven culture.

Align Executive Compensation Programwith Stockholder Interests — Achieve long-term business success and deliver strong and sustainable returns to our stockholders:

.  As noted earlier inPromote the executive summary,achievement of short-term and long-term strategic performance objectives that the Board and management agree will lead to long-term growth and value creation for our Compensation Committee has established an executive compensation program consisting of: (i) an annual base salary, (ii) an annual performance-based bonus program and (iii) a long-term equity award consisting of a time-based and performance-based equity awards.  In establishing this program, the Compensation Committee focused on designing a program that would attract, retain, and incentivize executives, motivate them to achievestockholders.
Align our key financial, operational, and strategic goals, and reward them for superior performance.  The Compensation Committee also focused on ensuring that our executive compensation program aligns our executive officers’ and key employees’ interests with those of our stockholders by basingwithout encouraging excessive or imprudent risk-taking or decision-making.
Calibrate realizable pay opportunities to mirror the stockholder experience in the proper sharing ratios, recognizing the impact of our long sales cycle and collaborative selling requirements on short-term performance and related stockholder experience.
2021 Say on Pay Vote and Stockholder Engagement
At the 2021 Annual Meeting, our stockholders approved the compensation of our named executive officers on an advisory basis, with approximately 75.6% of the votes cast “For” such approval. The Compensation Committee interpreted stockholder approval of the executive compensation program at such a significant portionlevel as generally indicating that a majority of stockholders view our executive compensation program, plan design and governance as continuing to be well aligned with our stockholders, their investor experience and business outcomes. In addition, in response to this level of approval, we engaged in stockholder outreach targeting our stockholders holding an aggregate of over 40% of our common stock to give them the opportunity to provide
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feedback as we considered our Fiscal 2022 executive compensation program. What we heard was a desire, although not required as an emerging growth filer, to receive more information on our compensation philosophy and further explanation supporting our short-term and long-term incentives. Additionally, our Compensation Committee retained its independent compensation consultant, Korn Ferry, to evaluate our executive compensation program, including as compared to our peer group.
To ensure investor views are incorporated into our planning process, we engage with stockholders on an ongoing basis to gather their perspectives. Through this stockholder outreach, we have established important feedback channels that serve as a valuable resource for ongoing input from our stockholders.
Compensation Governance and the achievementCompensation-Setting Process
Role of corporatethe Compensation Committee and Board of Directors
The Compensation Committee is responsible for establishing and overseeing the executive compensation program, which includes, but is not limited to, setting executive pay opportunities, reviewing Company and individual performance goals approved byand determining and approving final pay outcomes for our named executive officers annually. As part of this process, it evaluates:
Each executive officer’s role and responsibilities and performance in their role;
Key historical Company performance metrics and forward-looking projections; and
Compensation practices of the Compensation Committee.companies in our peer group and broader market data, where appropriate.

Determination of Executive Compensation.

The Compensation Committee didis also responsible for recommending grants of equity awards under our stock incentive plans to our Board for approval. Other responsibilities include, but are not targetlimited to, reviewing and approving offer letters; designing the annual cash bonus program; and reviewing whether compensation programs encourage excessive risk-taking.
Roles of our Executive Officers
In discharging its responsibilities, the Compensation Committee works with members of management, including our Chief Executive Officer. As manager of the executive team, our Chief Executive Officer provides recommendations to a particular percentile forthe Compensation Committee regarding the compensation of the other named executive officers. Other members of management support the Compensation Committee’s work by providing data, information and their perspective on the tax and human resources implications of our compensation programs. No named executive officersofficer participates directly in Fiscal 2020.final decisions regarding their compensation. The Compensation Committee did considerdoes not delegate any of its responsibilities to others in setting the compensation of our executive officers.
Role of Compensation Consultant
The Compensation Committee retained Korn Ferry, a national compensation consulting firm, as its independent compensation consultant in October 2020. Korn Ferry reports directly to the Compensation Committee, which has the sole authority to retain, terminate and obtain the advice of Korn Ferry at the Company’s net operating lossesexpense.
For Fiscal 2022, Korn Ferry reviewed and advised on all principal aspects of our executive and non-executive compensation programs, including:
assisting in developing a peer group of publicly-traded companies to help us assess our compensation programs against the marketplace;
assisting in developing a competitive compensation strategy and consistent executive and non-executive compensation assessment practices relevant to a public company, including review and recommendation of our performance-based cash and equity-based incentive programs, development of applicable performance goals, as well as our equity strategy covering type of equity, dilution and grant levels; and
meeting regularly with the Compensation Committee to review all elements of executive compensation, including the competitiveness of the executive compensation program against peer companies.
After consideration of the independence assessment factors provided under the listing rules of NASDAQ and the benefitsstandards under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Compensation Committee reviewed Korn Ferry’s independence and concluded that it is an independent advisor to the Company and its stockholdersthat the work it performed during Fiscal 2022 did not raise any conflicts of managinginterest.
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Competitive Data
Our Board and Compensation Committee believe that competitive compensation data provides useful context in making compensation decisions. While our Board and Compensation Committee do not make decisions based solely on compensation data, they believe it is important in assessing the Company’scompetitiveness of our compensation packages in a highly competitive labor market. Each year, the Compensation Committee considers various factors in assessing the competitiveness of our executive compensation program and the individual compensation of each of our executive officers. These factors include our performance against our internal strategic, operational and financial corporate goals, the mix of short-term cash resourcesand long-term equity compensation we provide, and a thorough review of compensation paid by peer companies to their named executive officers as compared to the compensation we pay to our named executive officers.
Peer Group
In May 2021, the Compensation Committee, with input from Korn Ferry, evaluated the Peer Group it had previously approved and used in setting base salaries and annual bonus targets. executive compensation for Fiscal 2021, in line with Korn Ferry’s process set forth below.
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Based on this evaluation, the Compensation Committee determined to utilize the same Peer Group of companies as it selected for Fiscal 2021 for setting executive compensation for Fiscal 2022. The Fiscal 2022 Peer Group includes the following companies:
•    8x8 Inc.
•    Inseego Corp.
•    Bandwidth Inc
•    Interdigital Inc.
•    Calix, Inc.
•    Iridium Communications Inc.
•    Casa Systems Inc.
•    PagerDuty, Inc.
•    Cerence, Inc.
•    Rapid7, Inc.
•    Cogent Communications Inc.
•    Varonis Systems, Inc.
•    Digi International Inc.
•    Verra Mobility Corporation
•    Everbridge, Inc.
In evaluating and approving the 2022 Peer Group, the Compensation Committee considered benchmark datathe unique characteristics of our assets, business model and market opportunities. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee acknowledged that the companies within the 2022 Peer Group do not necessarily have business operations and characteristics that are exactly comparable to ours. Notwithstanding this acknowledgment, with input from Korn Ferry, the peer group it established, reflecting relevant publicly available market data provided inCompensation Committee determined that the compensation reports developed by Pearl Meyer. practices and characteristics of the 2022 Peer Group provided it with some appropriate compensation benchmarks for evaluating and setting the compensation of our named executed officers during Fiscal 2022.
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Compensation Elements
The annual compensation of our named executive officers consists of three principal elements: base salary, an annual performance-based bonus program, payable in cash and/or shares of common stock, and long-term equity awards consisting of time-based and/or performance-based equity awards. Given our desire to conserve our available cash for investing in our business plans, the Compensation Committee also consideredhas generally offered the compensation recommendationsshort-term cash elements of our then-serving Executive Chairman (other than with respectexecutive compensation program at or below the median of the marketplace and, to determining his compensation), as well asencourage creating long-term value, offered the Company’s overall performance,long-term equity awards above the median of the marketplace.
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For Fiscal 2022, a portion of each named executive officer’s responsibilities and individualcompensation was comprised of “at-risk” compensation, or compensation tied to the achievement of annual performance and the Company’s financial statusgoals.
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Base Salary
Base salaries are designed to provide a stable source of income for each individual executive. In addition, the Committee considered the benefits of maintaining pay parity among our named executive officers.

Base Salary.In general, the initial base salary of each of our named executive officers is established through arms-length negotiations when the officer is hired. Our Compensation Committee reviews base salaries annually, with input from its compensation consultant. The base salaries of our executive officers dependare determined based on their job responsibilities, the rate of compensation paid by our peer group of companies the pay offered to the Company’s other executive officers andin the Company’ssame or similar role, internal pay equity, our financial position, and our business performance.performance. The Compensation Committee aims to set base salaries of our named executive officers between the 25th percentile and median of the marketplace, on average, except for Mr. Guttman-McCabe. To induce him to join the Company and leave his private practice, the Compensation Committee approved an above-median base salary for Mr. Guttman-McCabe when he joined the Company in October 2020.

For Fiscal 2022, the annual base salaries for our named executive officers, forother than Mr. O’Brien, remained the same as those provided in Fiscal 2020 at or below2021. Mr. O’Brien’s Fiscal 2022 base salary was increased in recognition of his positive impact and contributions to the median of the Company’s peer group companies.Company and to align it with external benchmarks.

Performance-Based Bonus Awards
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 As part of our compensation program, our
Each named executive officers and other key employees are eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus award program, which may be paid in cash and/or shares of common stock. The Compensation Committee determines the annual performance-based bonus awards based on the executive’s individual performance and the Company’s actual performance compared to financial and corporate goalsofficer’s Fiscal 2022 base salary, as approved by the Compensation Committee. Committee, is set forth below:
Named Executive OfficerFiscal 2021
Base Salary ($)
Fiscal 2022
Base Salary ($)
% Change
Mr. O’Brien270,000300,00011.1
Mr. Schwartz500,000500,000
Mr. Guttman-McCabe425,000425,000
Mr. Gerbrandt325,000325,000
Mr. Gray300,000300,000
Short-Term Incentive Program
Through our short-term annual cash incentive program (the “Short-Term Incentive Program”), a portion of each named executive officer’s compensation is tied to achieving our annual performance goals. The Short-Term Incentive Program is designed to focus, incentivize and reward our executives in achieving key operational key performance indicators with the intent of increasing stockholder value. Each year, our CEO leads the development of the proposed performance goals for the Short-Term Incentive Program. Once developed, the goals are presented to the Compensation Committee for review, evaluation, and approval to ensure consistency with our Compensation Philosophy. The Compensation Committee also approves a percentage allocation to the performance components to determine how each executive officer’s bonus will be calculated at the end of the fiscal year. The target bonus amount for each named executive officer under the Short-Term Incentive Program is based on a percentage of the named executive officer’s base salary.
For Fiscal 2020,2022, the Compensation Committee set the annualfollowing target bonusesbonus amounts for our Chief Executive Officer at named executive officers:
Executives
Target Bonus
(as a % of base Salary
       Morgan E. OBrien
Executive Chairman
100%
Robert H. Schwartz
President and Chief Executive Officer
100%
Christopher Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer
75%
Ryan L. Gerbrandt
Chief Operating Officer
60%
Timothy A. Gray
Chief Financial Officer
60%


For Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee established three categories of his base salary,performance goals: (i) company performance goals, (ii) company financial targets and for our President and our Chief Financial Officer at 60% of their base salaries.(iii) individual performance. The Compensation Committee also determined that 40%assigned the below target weighting for these performance objectives. In the case of a named executive officer’s exceptional individual performance and significant individual contribution to our success, the Compensation Committee has the discretion to apply up to a 200% multiplier when determining the named executive officer’s level of achievement of the annual performance-based cash incentive for eachindividual performance goal.
Company Performance
Our corporate performance objectives were focused on customer acquisition and tied to the amount of our executives would be based on financialtotal customer proceeds contracted during the fiscal year. For Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee set the target for 100% achievement of this company performance goals (Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Balance as compared to the budget approved by the Board), and the other 60% would be based on the Company’s and the individual’s performance as determined by the Board.

goal at $250.0 million in total proceeds.

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OurThe Compensation Committee expected that the objectives it set for the financialachieving our customer acquisition performance goals (Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Balance as compared to the budget approved by the Board) and the corporate performance goalsgoal at the target level of performance would be challenging and require substantial and effective execution by the Company’sour management team.

During Fiscal 2022, we achieved $30.2 million in total customer proceeds contracted, resulting in 12% achievement of the target goal.

Financial Performance
For Fiscal 2020,2022, the financial performance objectives under the Short-Term Incentive Plan were focused on Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Balance. The Compensation Committee set the Adjusted EBITDA target at $(34.9)
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million and the Cash Balance target at $96.2 million, respectively, in each case, in order for maximum achievement of 100% for each performance goal. The Compensation Committee selected the financial metrics of Adjusted EBITDA and Cash Balance to focus our named executive officers on the critical strategic priorities of revenue growth, controlling operating costs and cash management.
In setting the financial performance goals, the Compensation Committee chose targets that it considered rigorous and challenging and would require exceptionally strong performance. Such goals took into account the relevant risks and opportunities and our business objectives. In particular, the Compensation Committee reviewed the relevant financial objectives in connection with the development of the fiscal year budget and considered various risks of achieving specific actions that underlie the targets, the implied performance relative to prior years, and risks associated with various macroeconomic factors.
Driven by the exceptional performance of our management team, both financial performance target goals were surpassed in Fiscal 2022, as we achieved Adjusted EBITDA of $(32.9) million (performance at 106% of the target goal) and ending Cash Balance of $105.6 million (performance at 110% of the target goal). As a result, our named executive officers were awarded at 100%.
The table below reconciles Adjusted EBITDA to our GAAP disclosure of net loss in (000s):
For the year ended
March 31, 2022
Adjusted EBITDA(1):
Net Loss($37,519)
Income tax expense983 
Interest (income) expense - net(56)
Other (income) expense - net(256)
Depreciation and amortization1,450 
                (Gain)/loss from disposal of intangible assets - net(11,102)
Stock-based compensation expense13,625 
Adjusted EBITDA($32,875)

(1)We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) with adjustments for depreciation and amortization, interest (income) expense-net, other (income) expense-net, (gain)/loss from disposal of intangible assets-net, income taxes and stock-based compensation.
Individual Performance
Under the Short-Term Incentive Program, our named executive officers were also incentivized by an individual performance measure. This component of the executive compensation program is included to provide a well-rounded assessment of executive performance encompassing leadership and the broad spectrum of responsibilities inherent in senior executive roles, resulting in an improved correlation between pay and performance.
Following Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee evaluated each named executive officer’s individual performance achievements during the year. Such evaluation considered a variety of factors, including, among other items, each named executive officer’s contribution towards growing stockholder value, increasing our brand awareness and industry impact, providing stable leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic and amid employee turnover, launching new customer pilot programs and obtaining new experimental licenses, and driving significant operational and product-related achievements.
In evaluating the performance of each of the named executive officers, the Compensation Committee also considered that we fell short of the contract proceeds corporate goal for Fiscal 2022. Although this outcome did not meet our performance threshold, the Compensation Committee also considered that the named executive officers actively drove and supported the growth in our customer pipeline, which now includes more than 60 utilities, with a total potential prepaid contract value well in excess of $3 billion dollars. The Compensation Committee determined that the performance of the named executive officers positioned us to achieve our long-term business objectives.
In the case of a named executive officer’s exceptional individual performance and significant individual contribution to our success, the Compensation Committee had the discretion to apply up to a 200% multiplier in determining the named executive officer’s level of achievement of the individual performance goal. The key considerations reviewed by our Compensation Committee establishedfor each named executive officer are set forth below.
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Mr. O’Brien’s individual performance achievements evaluated by the following weightingCompensation Committee include:
Advising CEO on long-term business strategy and customer contracts;
Considering and evaluating additional spectrum opportunities and considerations;
Representing Anterix at various industry speaking engagements;
Supporting leading investor meetings and quarterly earnings calls; and
Guiding strategic discussions with complex system incumbents.
Mr. Schwartz’s individual performance achievements evaluated by the Compensation Committee for the determination of his Short-term Incentive Award include:
Setting both the long-term and annual strategy and direction;
Managing the corporate execution of operational and financial objectives;
Successfully applied and delivered first broadband licenses to Ameren and collected cash milestones from Ameren and Evergy;
Initiating our twofirst ESG report and driving long-term strategy;
Fostering 900 MHz spectrum adoption through partnerships and the Anterix Active Ecosystem Program;
Publicly promoting our business through press interviews, webinars, conferences, and outreach; and
Fostering investor and investment banking relationships.
Mr. Guttman-McCabe’s individual performance achievements evaluated by the Compensation Committee for the determination of his Short-term Incentive Award include:
Successfully secured federal legislative language supporting private utility broadband;
Advocating at FCC for broadband filings and license issuance;
Launching an internal Corporate Communications department;
Successfully promoted Anterix and delivered on goals for raising our industry profile;
Educating key policymakers at both the state and federal level to drive awareness of Anterix, grid modernization, and PLTE opportunities; and
Expansion of an enhanced social media presence and the implementation of social media KPI.
Mr. Gerbrandt’s individual performance achievements evaluated by the Compensation Committee included:
Progressing the customer pipeline, securing Evergy $30.2 million contract, managing the utility market awareness and building the commercial sales readiness departments;
Restructuring and management of Anterix brand, website and customer facing marketing.
Initiating and launching the Anterix Active Ecosystem Program across 80 members and adding the Anterix Security Collective with six leading cyber firms;
Supporting the development of the 3GPP work item to support Anterix 900 MHz as 3 MHz x 3 MHz is considered for 5G; and
Guiding us through numerous responses to RFPs, RFIs and customer pilots of 900 MHz.
Mr. Gray’s individual performance evaluation by the Compensation Committee included:
Developing and implementing a share buyback program;
Successfully managed the attainment of financial objectives through improved forecasting and planning;
Investigating tax strategy with our tax attorneys and investment bankers to determine potential Anterix REIT status and use of NOLs;
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Directing investor relations to promote Anterix through analyst conferences, quarterly investor calls, individual meetings, and the production and publication of Investor Day;
Transitioning of multiple large stockholders out of Company stock without significant share price disruption; and
Completing internal full-scope IT security assessment and implementing all high-priority security enhancement recommendations in Fiscal 2022.
Following such evaluation process, the Compensation Committee determined each named executive officer’s individual performance resulted in those executives far exceeding their individual performance goals and, in light of the key contributions, significant efforts and outstanding performance of each of our named executive officers as described above, this resulted in a payout of 150% of the individual performance target (out of a possible 200%) to each named executive officer’s level of achievement.
Short-Term Incentive Payout
For Fiscal 2022, the Compensation Committee evaluated our achievement and financial performance goals under the Short-Term Incentive Program and each executive’s individual performance and awarded cash payouts to our executive officers as set forth below.

      Executives
Adjusted
EBITDA
(15% Weighting)
Cash
Balance
(15% Weighting)
Company Performance Achievement
(50% Weighting)
Individual  Performance Achievement
(20% Weighting up to 40% after applying multiplier)
Total Payout
(% of Target)
Total
Payout
($)
       Morgan E. OBrien
       Executive Chairman
15.0%15.0%6.0%30.0%66.0%198,000
Robert H. Schwartz
President and Chief Executive Officer 
15.0%15.0%6.0%30.0%66.0%330,000
Christopher Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer
15.0%15.0%6.0%30.0%66.0%210,375
Ryan L. Gerbrandt
Chief Operating Officer
15.0%15.0%6.0%30.0%66.0%128,700
Timothy A. Gray
Chief Financial Officer
15.0%15.0%6.0%30.0%66.0%118,800
Long-Term Incentive Equity Compensation
Long-term equity incentives represent the third and largest component of the executive compensation program. The long-term incentive opportunity is designed to motivate and reward executive officers to achieve multiyear strategic goals and deliver sustained long-term value to stockholders. Our Compensation Committee has found these equity types to be effective in aligning the interests of management, including our named executive officers, to company financial and business performance and to the creation of overall stockholder value, and to appropriately reward executives for growing our business. In order to emphasize this alignment in the long-term, the Compensation Committee generally positions long-term incentive awards in line with the 50th to 75th percentile range of our peer group.
Our equity incentive plan authorizes the Compensation Committee to issue both time-based and performance-based equity awards. For Fiscal 2022, our Compensation Committee determined to issue time-based equity awards (RSUs and stock options) to align the interests of executives with our stockholders, to promote retention and to reinforce an ownership culture and a commitment to our company.
CEO Awards
In Fiscal 2022, Mr. Schwartz, our President and CEO, received a time-based stock option to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock and a time-based RSU award covering 50,000 shares of Common Stock. Each award becomes 25% vested on August 23, 2022 (the first anniversary of the grant date of each award), with the remainder of each award vesting in three equal installments on the next three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to Mr. Schwartz’s continued service.
Given the proportion of his Fiscal 2021 equity awards subject to performance-based vesting, and to achieve a more balanced equity mix that incentivizes both performance and long-term retention, the Compensation Committee determined that it was appropriate to grant time-based awards to Mr. Schwartz during Fiscal 2022. Mr. Schwartz remains incentivized by challenging performance goals related to his Fiscal 2021 performance-
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based equity awards. Specifically, in Fiscal 2021, the Compensation Committee awarded performance-based RSUs to Mr. Schwartz that vest based on our achievement of Cumulative Spectrum Proceeds Monetized (“CSPM”) over a four-year measurement period commencing on June 24, 2020, with 15,025 units vesting if the minimum CSPM level is achieved, 30,049 units vesting if the target CSPM metric is achieved, and up to 60,098 vesting if the maximum CSPM metric is achieved. In addition, in Fiscal 2021, the Compensation Committee awarded 45,000 performance-based RSUs to Mr. Schwartz as a one-time grant in recognition of his promotion to Chief Executive Officer. These performance-based RSUs vest based on our achievement of Total Stockholder Return levels (“TSR Levels”), which are calculated using a four-year compound annual growth rate and based on the average closing bid price per share of our common stock measured over a sixty-trading day period.
TSR Performance-Based RSUs
The performance-based RSUs can vest in a range of 25% to 350% of the 45,000 target units based upon achieving the TSR Levels as set forth in the chart below:
Four-Year
CAGR Percentage
Stock Price Levels*Percentage of Target
Units Earned
Number of Vested Units*
30%$128.52
(the “Maximum Stock Price Level”)
350%157,500**
25%$109.86300%135,000**
20%$93.31200%90,000**
10%$65.88100%45,000**
5%Less than $54.70
(the “Minimum Stock Price Level”)
25%11,250**

**The Vested Unit Levels listed here are cumulative. If we achieve the Minimum TSR Level, vesting of the units between TSR Levels will be determined through straight-line interpolation.
Other Named Executive Officers
In Fiscal 2022, Mr. O’Brien, our Executive Chairman, received a time-based stock option to purchase 65,768 shares of Common Stock, with 33 1/3% vesting on September 7, 2022, with the remaining shares vesting in two equal annual installments thereafter.
The Compensation Committee believes granting stock options to our CEO and Executive Chairman is appropriate at our current stage of growth. As we continue to grow and explore opportunities to expand our customer base, the setting of longer-term performance goals becomes challenging. The Compensation Committee believes that stock options are inherently performance-oriented and reflect strong alignment between our senior-most executives and our stockholders. These executives will only realize value on these awards if the share price appreciates over the grant date exercise price, with greater economics occurring at higher stock prices.
Beyond the CEO and Executive Chairman, in Fiscal 2022, our named executive officers received time-based RSUs. These awards were based on advice from our compensation consultant after a subjective review of each officer’s role, responsibilities and performance, each officer’s existing equity position, and each executive's valuable contributions and services during Fiscal 2021, including their critical assistance in driving us to achieve the Company's regulatory and business objectives, their individual performance, and our achievement of corporate performance goals in Fiscal 2021. These awards were granted in May 2021.
The RSU awards granted in Fiscal 2022 to our named executive officers (other than our CEO and Executive Chairman) were as follows:
Executive Officer
Number of RSUs(1)
Christopher Guttman-McCabe21,740
Ryan L. Gerbrandt26,087
Timothy A. Gray19,566

(1)RSUs vest in equal annual installments over four years, subject to executives continued service to the Company.


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Stock Ownership Guidelines
All of our executive officers are subject to stock ownership guidelines approved by the Board. Our Chief Executive Officer is required to beneficially own shares of our common stock with a value equal to five times (5x) his base salary. Our Executive Chairman is required to beneficially own shares of our common stock with a value equal to three times (3x) his base salary. All other executive officers are required to beneficially own shares with a value equal to three times (3x) their base salary. Our executive officers have five (5) years to achieve their respective stock ownership guideline levels from their appointment or promotion date. As of the end of Fiscal 2022, each of our executive officers is in compliance with the stock ownership guidelines.
Employee Benefits
Retirement Benefits
We maintain a 401(k) plan for our employees, including our named executive officers. The 401(k) plan is intended to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code so that contributions to the plan by employees or by us, and the investment earnings thereon, are not taxable to the employees until withdrawn, and so that contributions made by us, if any, will be deductible by us when made. The company match for all employees participating in the 401(k) Plan is 3% of annual cash compensation, subject to certain limitations set forth under the 401(k) Plan and as apply under applicable law.
We do not provide any retirement benefits other than under our 401(k) Plan, nor do we sponsor or maintain any nonqualified defined contribution or deferred compensation plans.
Health and Welfare Benefits
Our named executive officers are eligible to participate in the same employee benefit plans, and on the same terms and conditions, as all other full-time, salaried employees. In the U.S., these benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, an employee assistance program, health and dependent care flexible spending accounts, health savings account, basic life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance and commuter benefits.
We design our employee benefits programs to be affordable and competitive in relation to the market. We adjust our employee benefits programs as needed based upon regular monitoring of applicable laws and practices and the competitive market. In structuring these benefit programs, we seek to provide an aggregate level of benefits that are comparable to those provided by similar companies.
Employment Arrangements
We issue employment offer letters to all new employees, including each of our named executive officers setting forth the initial terms of the officer’s employment. Offer letters issued to our named executive officers provide that the officer’s employment will be "at-will" and may be terminated at any time and offer eligibility in our Anterix Executive Severance Plan.
Severance and Change in Control Protection
In March 2015, the Board of Directors adopted an Executive Severance Plan (as subsequently amended, the “Severance Plan”) and assigned the Compensation Committee as the administrator of the Plan. The Severance Plan, updated on July 27, 2021, and which replaced any prior existing employment agreements or severance arrangements with our executives, establishes the amount of severance payments and benefits available in the event of a: (i) termination of employment by us without Cause or by the participant for Good Reason (as such terms are defined in the Severance Plan) or (ii) termination of employment by us without Cause or by the participant for Good Reason within six months before or within 24 months after a Change in Control (as defined in the Severance Plan).
The primary purpose of the change in control benefits in these agreements is to keep our named executive officers focused on pursuing corporate transaction activity that is in the best interests of our stockholders regardless of whether those transactions may result in their job loss. We also believe it is necessary to offer these protections in order to offer competitive compensation packages.
For detailed descriptions of the post-employment compensation arrangements with our named executive officers, as well as an estimate of the potential payments and benefits payable under these arrangements, see “Severance Arrangements with our Named Executive Officers” below.

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Tax and Accounting Considerations
Generally, we review and consider the various tax and accounting implications of the compensation vehicles we use.
Deductibility of Executive Compensation
In approving the amount and form of compensation for our named executive officers, our Board and Compensation Committee consider all elements of our cost of providing such compensation, including the potential impact of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, which denies a publicly-traded corporation a federal income tax deduction on compensation over $1 million per year to certain designated executives. However, our Board and Compensation Committee believe that our stockholders’ interests are best served if their discretion and flexibility in awarding compensation is not restricted, even though it may result in non-deductible compensation expense.
Accounting Implications
We follow FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, for our stock-based compensation awards. FASB ASC Topic 718 requires us to measure the compensation expense for all share-based payments made to our employees and the members of our Board, including options to purchase shares of our common stock and other stock-based awards, based on the grant date “fair value” of these awards. This calculation is performed for financial accounting purposes and reported in the compensation tables below, even though recipients may realize another or no value at all from their awards. FASB ASC Topic 718 also requires us to recognize the compensation cost of our share-based compensation awards in our income statements over the period that a recipient is required to render services in exchange for the option or other award.
Report of the Compensation Committee1
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based on such review and discussion, our Compensation Committee recommended to our Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022 and included in this Proxy Statement.
The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors:
Gregory A. Pratt (Chair)
Leslie B. Daniels
Gregory A. Haller



















1 The material in this Compensation Committee report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference in any filing of Anterix Inc. under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.
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Summary Compensation Table
The following table summarizes the compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid for services rendered in all capacities by our named executive officers during Fiscal 2022, Fiscal 2021 and Fiscal 2020.The compensation described in this table does not include medical, group life insurance, or other benefits generally available to all our salaried employees.

      Name and Principal PositionYear
Salary
($)
Bonus
($)
Stock
Awards (1)
($)
Option
Awards (1)
($)
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($) (2)
All Other
Compensation
($)
Total
($)
Morgan E. O’Brien
Executive Chairman
2022267,4622,000,005198,000400(4)2,465,867
2021291,0392,000,045(3)480(4)2,291,564
2020356,539700,000251,2501,307,789
Robert H. Schwartz
President and Chief Executive Officer
2022501,9232,850,0002,850,000330,000480(4)6,532,403
2021461,9234,401,342(5)3,023,055(6)500,000480(4)8,386,800
2020349,154680,000230,0001,259,154
Christopher
Guttman-McCabe
Chief Regulatory and Communications Officer
2022426,6351,039,824210,3751,676,834
2021302,500(7)1,277,927(8)2,150,000(9)318,7504,402,332
Ryan L, Gerbrandt
Chief Operating Officer
2022326,2501,247,741128,700440(4)1,703,131
Timothy A Gray
Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
2022301,154935,842118,8001,355,796
2021301,1541,059,342180,000160(4)1,540,656
2020308,077600,000180,0001,088,077
(1)The amounts represent the grant date fair value of equity-based stock awards granted by the Company during the periods presented, determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. All awards are amortized over the vesting life of the award. For the assumptions used in our valuations, see Note 11 - Stock Acquisition Rights, Stock Options, and Warrants of our notes to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 26, 2022. In accordance with SEC rules, the grant date fair value of any award subject to a performance condition is based on the probable outcome of the performance condition.
(2)The amounts shown reflect payments pursuant to the Company’s short-term incentive program. Under this program, the Company’s executive officers are eligible to receive an annual cash bonus based on a percentage of their base salaries contingent upon their achievement of certain pre-established corporate and individual performance objectives: 

Performance Goal

Executive Officers

Adjusted EBITDA Target(i)

20%

Cash Balance

20%

Corporate and Individual Performance

60%

(i)

The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) with adjustments for depreciation and amortization, interest (income) expense-net, other (income) expense-net, restructuring expenses, impairment of long-lived assets, income taxes and stock-based compensation and items related to the dispatch legacy business.

The table below reconciles Adjusted EBITDA to the Company's GAAP disclosure of net loss in (000's):

For the year ended

March 31, 2020

Adjusted EBITDA:

Net Loss

$

(37,638)

Income tax expense

2,402 

Interest (income) expense - net

(1,810)

Other (income) expense - net

(346)

Loss on equity method investment

Depreciation and amortization

3,591 

Stock-based compensation expense

5,826 

Restructuring costs

236 

Impairment of long-lived assets

46 

Revenue related to legacy dispatch business

(358)

Direct cost of revenue expenses related to legacy dispatch business

2,489 

General and administrative expenses related to legacy dispatch business

619 

Sales and support expenses related to legacy dispatch business

258 

General and administrative expense related to retuning activities

297 

Adjusted EBITDA

$

(24,379)

For Fiscal 2020,goals approved and evaluated by the Compensation Committee evaluated the Company’s performance relative to each of these corporate performance goals. The following table shows the Company’sCommittee.

(3)Represents 40,065 time-based restricted stock units granted on June 24, 2020 and each executive’s performance achievement as well as the total annual cash performance bonus payout.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Corporate Performance Achievement
(40% Weighting)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executives

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

Cash Balance

 

Total Actual Payout

 

Individual and Corporate Performance Achievement
(60% Weighting)

 

Total Payout
(% of Target)

 

Total Payout ($)

Morgan E. O'Brien, CEO(1)

 

20.0%

 

20.0%

 

40.0%

 

48.9%

 

88.9% 

 

$

233,250 

Robert H. Schwartz,

President and COO (1)

 

20.0%

 

20.0%

 

40.0%

 

74.3%

 

114.3% 

 

$

233,250 

Timothy A. Gray, CFO

 

20.0%

 

20.0%

 

40.0%

 

60.0%

 

100.0% 

 

$

180,000 

(1) Per the Company’s Succession Plan,vesting on July 1, 2020, Morgan E. O’Brien,2021.

(4)Represents reimbursement for home internet use for remote work due to the Company’s then-serving Chief Executive Officer assumedongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
(5)Includes (i) $1,129,842, for the positiongrant date fair value of Executive Chairman, following the resignation of Brian D. McAuley from that role, and Robert H. Schwartz was appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer.

Long-Term Equity Awards.

In Fiscal 2020, the Compensation Committee granted time-basedMr. Schwartz’s performance-based equity awards to all named executive officers. The time-based equity awards were granted in the form of restricted stock units that vest overbased on our achievement of Cumulative Spectrum Proceeds Monetized, which assumed achievement at the target level (30,049 units); and (ii) $3,271,500 for the grant date fair value of Mr. Schwartz’s performance-based restricted stock units that vest based on our achievement of Total Stockholder Return levels, which was determined using a four-year period,Monte Carlo valuation model. The grant date fair value of Mr. Schwartz’s performance-based restricted stock units that vest based on achievement of CSPM, assuming achievement at the maximum level (60,098 units), is $2,259,685.

(6)Represents a stock option to purchase 60,558 shares of Common Stock, with 25% of the option shares scheduled to vesting on July 1, 2021, and 25% vesting each year overfor the four-year period.  next three years thereafter.
(7)Includes $90,000 in consulting fees received prior to the executive’s employment start date.
(8)Represents 5,000 time-based restricted stock units granted on August 24, 2020, and were fully vested on December 15, 2020, and 30,572 time-based restricted stock units vesting in four equal yearly installments measured from October 22, 2020.
(9)Represents a stock option for 62,500 shares of common stock, vesting in four equal yearly installments measured from October 22, 2020.



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2022 Grants of Plan-Based Awards
The Compensation Committee also awardedfollowing table provides certain information regarding each plan-based award granted to our named executive officers performance-based restrictedduring Fiscal 2022.All of the non-equity incentive plan awards set forth below were made under our short-term incentive program. All stock units and/or performance-basedoption and RSU awards set forth below were made under our 2014 Stock Plan.For a description of the acceleration of vesting provisions applicable to the stock options awards.  Eachand RSUs granted to our named executive officers, see the section of this Proxy Statement entitled Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.

      Name Grant Date
Stock Awards: Number of Shares or Units(1)
Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options(1)
Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards
Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards ($)(2)
Morgan E. O’Brien9/7/202165,76860.922,000,005
Robert H. Schwartz8/23/202150,000100,00057.005,700,000
N/A
Christopher E. Guttman-McCabe5/5/202121,7401,039,824
N/A
Ryan L. Gerbrandt5/5/202126,0871,247,741
N/A
Timothy A. Gray5/5/202119,566935,842
N/A

(1)The amounts set forth in these columns represent RSUs and Stock Options granted to the named executive officers under the 2014 Stock Plan.
(2)The amounts represent the grant date fair value of equity-based stock awards granted by the Company during the periods presented, determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. All awards are amortized over the vesting life of the performance-basedaward. For the assumptions used in our valuations, see Note 11 - Stock Acquisition Rights, Stock Options, and Warrants of our notes to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 26, 2022.



















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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding equity awards hadheld by our named executive officers on March 31, 2022.

Option AwardsStock Awards
NameNumber of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) ExercisableNumber of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) UnexercisableOption Exercise Price ($)Option Expiration DateNumber of Shares That Have Not Vested
Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($) (1)
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights that Have not Vested ($) (1) (#)
Morgan E. O’Brien—   
8,750 (2)
506,625   
5,244 (3)
303,628   
26,464 (4)
46.85 8/28/2025  
54,94522.75 5/22/2027  
50,00025.81 1/13/2026  
65,00025.00 1/29/2025  
50,00025.00 1/29/2025  
20,00020.00 5/14/2024
65,768 (5)
60.92 9/7/2031  
Robert H. Schwartz— 
15,025 (6)
869,948 
— 
11,250 (7)
651,375 
— 
50,000 (8)
2,895,000  
15,140
45,418 (9)
49.92 6/24/2030—  
— 
8,500 (3)
492,150  
7,318 (4)
46.85 8/28/2025 
75,000
25,000 (10)
28.20 5/14/2028 
20,00028.10 8/17/2027 
4,08924.45 2/23/2026 
15,04026.59 8/11/2025
100,000 (11)
57.00 8/23/2031 
Christopher 
E. Guttman-McCabe
11,75025.75 2/28/2027  
8,00032.50 2/6/2028  
6,71542.14 2/12/2029  
15,625
46,875 (12)
34.40 10/22/2030  
22,929 (13)
1,327,589 
21,740 (14)
1,258,746   
Ryan L. Gerbrandt
10,406 (15)
602,507 
26,087 (14)
1,510,437 
Timothy A. Gary50,00020.005/14/2024
3,356 (16)
194,312 
7,500 (17)
434,250 
13,532 (18)
783,503 
19,566 (14)
1,132,871 

(1)The market value of the stock awards is determined by multiplying the number of shares underlying the stock awards by $57.90, the closing stock price of our common stock on March 31, 2022.
(2)RSUs granted on May 9, 2019 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows: 25% on each of May 15, 2020, May 17, 2021, May 16, 2022, and May 15, 2023.
(3)RSUs granted on August 6, 2018 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows: 25% on each of August 6, 2019, August 6, 2020, August 6, 2021, and August 6, 2022.
(4)Performance-based stock options issued on February 28, 2020, that vested upon the achievement of “target” and “stretch”

16


performance goals.goal by December 31, 2020. Under the target goal, 50% of the shares subject to the

55


performance-based awardsaward vest upon achievement by December 31, 2020, of a Final Order from the FCC providing for the creation and allocation of licenses for spectrum in the 900 MHz band consisting of paired blocks of contiguous spectrum, each containing at least 3 MHz of contiguous spectrum, authorized for broadband wireless communications use and the lack of objection by the Anterix Board to the terms and conditions (including but not limited to, the rebanding, clearing and relocation procedures, license assignment and award mechanisms, and technical and operational rules) set forth or referenced in the Final Order.  Under
(5)Stock options granted on September 07, 2021 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows: 33.33% of each of September 07, 2022, September 07, 2023, and September 07, 2024.
(6)RSUs granted on December 31, 2020 that vest, subject to continued service, based on the stretch goal,achievement of a Cumulative Spectrum Proceeds Monetized (“CSPM”) metric over a four-year measurement period commencing on June 24, 2020, with no vesting occurring if the remaining 50%threshold CSPM metric is not achieved, 15,025 RSUs vesting if the threshold CSPM metric is achieved, 30,049 RSUs vesting if the target CSPM metric is achieved and 60,098 vesting if the maximum CSPM metric is achieved. The number of the shares subject to the performance-based equity awards vest uponRSUs set forth in the occurrencetable above and the corresponding value of all threesuch shares reflect vesting at the threshold level. As of March 31, 2022, no RSUs had become vested under this award. For a description of the following conditions by December 30, 2020: (A)acceleration of vesting provisions applicable to this RSU, see the Company enters into onesection of this Proxy Statement entitled “Potential Payments Upon Termination or more long-term lease agreement(s) with critical infrastructure or enterprise business(es)Change in Control.”
(7)RSUs granted on February 1, 2021 that vest, subject to enable such business(es) to utilizecontinued service, based on the Company’s spectrum for broadband connectivity; (B) the combined total contract dollars payableachievement of a Total Stockholder Return (“TSR”) metric over a four-year measurement period that is evaluated in relation to the Company over the initial term(s) of such agreement(s) equals or exceeds $25 million; and (C) the agreement(s) is/are binding on such business(es) and is/are either not contingent on prior Board of Director approval(s) or such approval(s) has/have been received.

The Compensation Committee will re-evaluate its long-term equity grant practice and use of equity instruments with its compensation consultant for the coming year to ensure practices remain appropriately aligned with the Company’s business and strategies.

Stock Ownership Guidelines.All our executive officers are subject to stock ownership guidelines approved by the Board. Our Chief Executive Officer is required to beneficially own sharesaverage closing bid price per share of the Company’s common stock withmeasured over a sixty-trading day period. RSUs are subject to vest in a range of 0% to 350% of the 45,000 target amount of RSUs based on the level of achievement of the TSR metric. The number of shares subject to the RSUs set forth in the table above and the corresponding value equal to five times (5x) his base salary. All other executive officers are required to beneficially own of such shares with a value equal to three times (3x) their base salary. Our executives have five (5) years to achieve their respective stock ownership guideline levels. reflect vesting at the threshold level, which would result in 25% of the RSUs becoming vested. As of March 31, 2022, no RSUs had become vested under this award. For a description of the endacceleration of Fiscal 2020,vesting provisions applicable to this RSU, see the section of this Proxy Statement entitled “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control.”

(8)RSUs granted on August 23, 2021 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows: 25% on each of our executive officers who had been with the Company for more than one year is in compliance with the stock ownership guidelines.  August 23, 2022, August 23, 2023, August 23, 2024, and August 23, 2025.

Summary Compensation Table 

The following table summarizes information concerning the compensation awarded(9)Stock options granted on June 24, 2020 that vest, subject to earned by, or paid for services rendered in continued service, as follows: 25% on each of July 1, 2021, July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023, and July 1, 2024.

(10)all capacities by our named executive officers during Fiscal 2020 and Fiscal 2019. The compensation described in this table does not include medical, group life insurance, or other benefits which are available generallyStock options granted on May 14, 2018 that vest, subject to all our salaried employees. 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Equity

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock

 

 

Option

 

 

Incentive Plan

 

All Other

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Salary

 

 

Bonus (1)

 

 

Awards (2)

 

 

Awards (2)

 

 

Compensation

 

Compensation

 

 

Total

Name and Principal Position

 

 

Year

 

($)

 

 

($)

 

 

($)

 

 

($)

 

 

($)

 

($)

 

 

($)

Morgan E. O’Brien(11)

 

 

2020

 

356,539 

 

 

251,250 

 

 

700,000 

(3)

 

 —

(4)

 

 —

 

 —

  

 

1,307,789 

Chief Executive  Officer

 

 

2019

  

324,391 

 

 

170,000 

 

 

625,025 

(5)

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 —

  

 

1,119,416 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert H. Schwartz(11)

 

 

2020

  

349,154 

 

 

230,000 

 

 

680,000 

(6)

 

 —

(7)

 

 —

 

 —

  

 

1,259,154 

President and Chief

 

 

2019

  

323,784 

 

 

150,001 

 

 

 —

 

 

1,305,511 

(8)

 

 —

 

 —

  

 

1,779,296 

Operating Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timothy A. Gray

 

 

2020

 

308,077 

 

 

180,000 

 

 

600,000 

(9)

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 —

 

 

1,088,077 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

2019

 

276,522 

 

 

110,000 

 

 

400,005 

(10)

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 —

 

 

786,527 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

The amounts shown reflect payments pursuant to the Company's annual performance-based bonus program. Under this program, the Company's executive officers are eligible to receive an annual cash bonus based on a percentage of their base salaries contingent upon their achievement of certain  pre-established corporate and individual performance goals approved and evaluated by the Compensation Committee.

(2)

The amounts represent the gran date fair value of equity-based stock awards granted by the Company during the periods presented, determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. All awards are amortized over the vesting life of the award. For the assumptions used in our valuations, see "Note 12 - Stock Acquisition Rights, Stock Options and Warrants" of our notes to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on May 28, 2020.

(3)

Represents the grant of 17,500 time-based restricted stock units granted on May 9, 2019 and vesting over a four-year period measured from the grant date. Amount does not include an award of 52,018 performance-based restricted stock units granted on February 28, 2020 with a performance criteria that were considered not probable to be met as of March 31, 2020. If the performance criteria were achieved, the grant date fair value of the performance-based restricted stock units would have been $2,437,044.

(4)

Amount does not include an award of 52,927 performance based stock options granted on February 28, 2020 with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of the Company's common stock on that date, with performance criteria that were considered not probably to be met as of March 31, 2020. If the performance criteria were achieved, the grant date fair value of the performance-based stock option award would have been $893,460. 

(5)

Represents the grant of 20,974 time-based restricted stock units granted on August 6, 2018 vesting over a four-year period measured from the grant date.

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(6)

Represents the grant of 17,000 time-based restricted stock units granted on May 9, 2019 and vesting over a four-year period measured from the grant date. Amount does not include an award of 20,255 performance-based restricted stock units granted on February 28, 2020 with a performance criteria that were considered not probable to be met as  March 31, 2020. If the performance criteria were achieved, the grand date fair value of the performance-based restricted stock units would have been $948,947.

(7)

Amount does not include an award of 14,635 performance based stock options granted on February 28, 2020 with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of the Company's common stock on that date, with performance criteria that were considered not probably to be met as of March 31, 2020. If the performance criteria were achieved, the grant date fair value of the performance-based stock option award would have been $247,053.

(8)

Represents the grant of a stock option for 100,000 shares (in lieu of time-based restricted units) granted on May 14, 2018 in connection with his appointment as the Company's president and chief operating officer, with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of the Company's common stock on the grant date and vestingcontinued service, as follows: 50% on May 14, 2020 and 25% each on May 14, 2021 and May 14, 2022.

(9)

Represents the grant of 15,000 time-based restricted stock units granted on May 9, 2019 and vesting over a four-year period measured from the grant date. Amount does not include an award of 11,697 performance-based restricted stock units granted on February 28, 2020 with a performance criteria that were considered not probable to be met as of March 31, 2020. If the performance criteria were achieved, the grand date fair value of the performance-based restricted stock units would have been $548,004.

(10)

Represents the grant of 13,423 time-based restricted stock units granted on August 6, 2018 vesting over a four-year period measured from the grant date.

(11)

Per the Company’s Succession Plan, on July 1, 2020, Morgan E. O’Brien, the Company’s then-serving Chief Executive Officer assumed the position of Executive Chairman, following the resignation of Brian D. McAuley from that role, and Robert H. Schwartz was appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer.

Narrative to the Summary Compensation Table

The compensation program established for executive officers consisted of the following elements for Fiscal 2020 and Fiscal 2019:

Morgan E. O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer:  The salary and bonus amounts represent Mr. O’Brien’s annual base salary and annual bonus payment pursuant to our executive compensation program established by the Compensation Committee.  Based on his achievement of certain pre-established corporate and individual performance goals approved and evaluated by the Compensation Committee, Mr. O’Brien received an annual cash bonus award equal to 100% of his target bonus for Fiscal 2020.  During Fiscal 2020 Mr. O’Brien received 17,500 time-based restricted stock units on May 9, 2019. The restricted stock units vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the restricted stock units vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder of the restricted stock units vesting in three equal annual installments thereafter. During Fiscal 2020, Mr. O’Brien received a performance-based restricted stock unit award for 52,018 shares of common stock and a performance-based stock option award for 52,927 shares of common stock.  Each of these performance-based awards has “target” and “stretch” performance goals.  Under the target goal, 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based awards vest upon achievement by December 31, 2020 of a Final Order from the FCC providing for the creation and allocation of licenses for spectrum in the 900 MHz band consisting of paired blocks of contiguous spectrum, each containing at least 3 MHz of contiguous spectrum, authorized for broadband wireless communications uses and the lack of objection by the Anterix Board to the terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, the rebanding, clearing and relocation procedures, license assignment and award mechanisms, and technical and operational rules) set forth or referenced in the Final Order.  Under the stretch goal, the remaining 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based equity awards vest upon the occurrence of all three of the following conditions by December 30, 2020: (A) the Company enters into one or more long-term lease agreement(s) with critical infrastructure or enterprise business(es) to enable such business(es) to utilize the Company’s spectrum for broadband connectivity; (B) the combined total contract dollars payable to the Company over the initial term(s) of such agreement(s) equals or exceeds $25 million; and (C) the agreement(s) is/are binding on such business(es) and is/are either not contingent on prior Board of Director approval(s) or such approval(s) has/have been received. During Fiscal 2019, Mr. O’Brien received 20,974 time-based restricted stock units on August 6, 2018.  The restricted stock units vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the restricted stock units vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder of the restricted stock units vesting in three equal annual installments thereafter. 

Robert H. Schwartz, President:  The salary and bonus amounts represent Mr. Schwartz’s annual base salary and annual bonus payment pursuant to our executive compensation program established by the Compensation Committee.  Based on his achievement of certain pre-established corporate and individual performance goals approved and evaluated by the Compensation Committee, Mr. Schwartz received an annual cash bonus award equal to 112.7% of his target bonus for Fiscal 2020.   During Fiscal 2020 Mr. Schwartz received 17,000 time-based restricted stock units on May 9, 2019. The restricted stock units vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the restricted stock units vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder of the restricted stock units vesting in three equal annual installments thereafter. During Fiscal 2020, Mr. Schwartz received a performance-based restricted stock unit award for 20,255 shares of common stock and a performance-based stock option award for 14,635 shares of common stock.  Each of these performance-based awards has “target” and “stretch” performance goals.  Under the target goal, 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based awards vest upon achievement by December 31, 2020 of a Final Order from the FCC providing for the creation and allocation of licenses for spectrum in the 900 MHz band consisting of paired blocks of contiguous spectrum, each containing at least 3 MHz of contiguous spectrum, authorized for broadband wireless communications uses and the lack of objection by the Anterix Board to the terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, the rebanding, clearing and relocation procedures, license assignment and award mechanisms, and technical and operational rules) set forth or

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referenced in the Final Order.  Under the stretch goal, the remaining 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based equity awards vest upon the occurrence of all three of the following conditions by December 30, 2020: (A) the Company enters into one or more long-term lease agreement(s) with critical infrastructure or enterprise business(es) to enable such business(es) to utilize the Company’s spectrum for broadband connectivity; (B) the combined total contract dollars payable to the Company over the initial term(s) of such agreement(s) equals or exceeds $25 million; and (C) the agreement(s) is/are binding on such business(es) and is/are either not contingent on prior Board of Director approval(s) or such approval(s) has/have been received. During Fiscal 2019, Mr. Schwartz was granted a time-based stock option to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $28.20.  Fifty percent of the option shares vested on May 14, 2020, 25% of the option shares will vest on May 14, 2021 and the remainingMay 14, 2022.

(11)Stock options granted on August 23, 2021 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows: 25% willon each of August 23, 2022, August 23, 2023, August 23, 2024, and August 23, 2025.
(12)Stock options granted on October 22, 2020 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows:25% on each of November 15, 2021, November 15, 2022, November 15, 2023, and November 15, 2024.
(13)RSUs granted on October 22, 2020 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows:25% on each of November 15, 2021, November 15, 2022, November 15, 2023, November 15, 2024.
(14)RSUs granted on May 14,5, 2021 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows:25% on each of May 15, 2022, May 15, 2023, May 15, 2024 and May 15, 2025.
(15)RSUs granted on February 28, 2020 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows:25% on each of February 15, 2021, February 15, 2022, February 15, 2023, and February 15, 2024.
(16)RSUs granted on August 6, 2018 that vest, subject to continued service, as follows:25% on each of August 06, 2019, August 06, 2020, August 06, 2021 and August 06, 2022.

Timothy A. Gray, Chief Financial Officer.(17)  The salary and bonus amounts represent Mr. Gray’s annual base salary and annual bonus payment pursuant to our executive compensation program established by the Compensation Committee.  Based on his achievement of certain pre-established corporate and individual performance goals approved and evaluated by the Compensation Committee, Mr. Gray received an annual cash bonus award equal to 100% of his target bonus for Fiscal 2020.  During Fiscal 2020 Mr. Gray received 15,000 time-based restricted stock unitsRSUs granted on May 9, 2019. The restricted stock units2019 that vest, over a four-year period, with 25% of the restricted stock units vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder of the restricted stock units vesting in three equal annual installments thereafter. During Fiscal 2020, Mr. Gray received a performance-based restricted stock unit award for 11,697 shares of common stock.  The performance-based restricted stock unit award has “target” and “stretch” performance goals.  Under the target goal, 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based awardscontinued service, as follows:25% on each of May 15, 2020, May 15, 2021, May 15, 2022 and May 15, 2023.
(18)RSUs granted on May 6, 2020 that vest, upon achievement by December 31, 2020 of a Final Order from the FCC providing for the creation and allocation of licenses for spectrum in the 900 MHz band consisting of paired blocks of contiguous spectrum, each containing at least 3 MHz of contiguous spectrum, authorized for broadband wireless communications uses and the lack of objection by the Anterix Board to the terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, the rebanding, clearing and relocation procedures, license assignment and award mechanisms, and technical and operational rules) set forth or referenced in the Final Order.  Under the stretch goal, the remaining 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based equity awards vest upon the occurrencecontinued service, as follows: 25% on each of all three of the following conditions by December 30, 2020: (A) the Company enters into one or more long-term lease agreement(s) with critical infrastructure or enterprise business(es) to enable such business(es) to utilize the Company’s spectrum for broadband connectivity; (B) the combined total contract dollars payable to the Company over the initial term(s) of such agreement(s) equals or exceeds $25 million;May 15, 2021, May 15, 2022, May 15, 2023 and (C) the agreement(s) is/are binding on such business(es)May 15, 2024.




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Fiscal 2022 Option Exercises and is/are either not contingent on prior Board of Director approval(s) or such approval(s) has/have been received.  During Fiscal 2019, Mr. Gray received 13,423 time-based restricted stock units on August 6, 2018.  The restricted stock units vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the restricted stock units vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder of the restricted stock units vesting in three equal annual installments thereafter.

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Stock Vested

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 

The following table sets forthprovides information regarding outstanding equity awards held bythe number of shares each of our named executive officers on March 31, 2020.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

Option Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Awards

 

 



 

Number of Securities

 

Number of Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Value



 

Underlying

 

Underlying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

of Shares or



 

Unexercised

 

Unexercised

 

 

 

Option

 

Option

 

Shares That

 

 

Units of Stock



 

Options

 

Options (#)

 

 

 

Exercise

 

Expiration

 

Have Not

 

 

That Have Not

Name

 

(#) Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

 

 

Price

 

Date

 

Vested

 

 

Vested (1)

Morgan E. O’Brien

 

 —

 

 —

 

 

 

 —

 

 —

 

52,018 

(2)

$

2,375,662 



 

 —

 

 —

 

 

 

 —

 

 —

 

17,500 

(3)

 

799,225 



 

 —

 

 —

 

 

 

 —

 

 —

 

15,731 

(4)

 

718,435 



 

 —

 

52,927 

(5)

 

$

46.85 

 

8/28/2025

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

27,472 

(6)

27,473 

(6)

 

$

22.75 

  

5/22/2027

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

50,000 

(7)

 —

 

 

$

25.81 

 

1/13/2026

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

65,000 

(8)

 —

 

 

$

25.00 

 

1/29/2025

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

100,000 

(9)

 —

 

 

$

25.00 

 

1/29/2025

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

135,000 

(10)

 —

 

 

$

20.00 

 

5/14/2024

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert H. Schwartz

 

 —

 

 —

 

 

$

 —

 

 —

 

20,255 

(2)

 

925,046 



 

 —

 

 —

 

 

$

 —

 

 —

 

17,000 

(3)

 

776,390 



 

 —

 

14,635 

(5)

 

$

46.85 

 

8/28/2025

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

 —

 

100,000 

(11)

 

$

28.20 

 

5/14/2028

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

 —

  

 —

 

 

 

 —

  

 —

 

4,945 

(12)

$

225,838 



 

10,000 

(13)

10,000 

(13)

 

$

28.10 

 

8/17/2027

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

30,000 

(14)

 —

 

 

$

24.45 

  

2/23/2026

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

70,000 

(15)

 —

 

 

$

26.59 

  

8/11/2025

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

 —

  

 —

 

 

 

 —

  

 —

 

515 

(16)

$

23,520 



 

 —

  

 —

 

 

 

 —

  

 —

 

2,500 

(17)

$

114,175 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timothy A. Gray

 

 —

  

 —

 

 

 

 —

  

 —

 

11,697 

(2)

$

534,202 



 

 —

  

 —

 

 

 

 —

  

 —

 

15,000 

(3)

$

685,050 



 

 —

  

 —

 

 

 

 —

  

 —

 

10,068 

(4)

$

459,806 



 

 —

  

 —

 

 

 

 —

  

 —

 

4,396 

(12)

$

200,765 



 

50,000 

(10)

 —

 

 

$

20.00 

 

5/14/2024

 

 —

 

 

 —



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

The market value of the stock awards is determined by multiplying the number of shares underlying the stock awards by the closing stock price of our common stock of $45.67 on March 31, 2020.

(2)

Performance-based restricted stock units issued of February 28, 2020 that will vest upon the achievement of “target” and “stretch” performance goals by December 31, 2020 and December 30, 2020, respectively. Under the target goal, 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based award vests upon achievement by December 31, 2020, of a Final Order from the FCC providing for the creation and allocation of licenses for spectrum in the 900 MHz band consisting of paired blocks of contiguous spectrum, each containing at least 3 MHz of contiguous spectrum, authorized for broadband wireless communications uses and the lack of objection by the Anterix Board to the terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, the rebanding, clearing and relocation procedures, license assignment and award mechanisms, and technical and operational rules) set forth or referenced in the Final Order.  Under the stretch goal, the remaining 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based equity award vests upon the occurrence of all three of the following conditions by December 30, 2020: (A) the Company enters into one or more long-term lease agreement(s) with critical infrastructure or enterprise business(es) to enable such business(es) to utilize the Company’s spectrum for broadband connectivity; (B) the combined total contract dollars payable to the Company over the initial term(s) of such agreement(s) equals or exceeds $25 million; and (C) the agreement(s) is/are binding on such business(es) and is/are either not contingent on prior Board of Director approval(s) or such approval(s) has/have been received.

(3)

Restricted stock units granted on May 9, 2019 that will vest as follows:  25% on each of May 15, 2020, May 17, 2021, May 16, 2022, and May 15, 2023.

(4)

The restricted stock units granted on August 6, 2018 that have vested or will vest as follows:  25% on each of August 6, 2019, August 6, 2020, August 6, 2021, and August 6, 2022.

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(5)

Performance-based stock options issued on February 28, 2020 that will vest upon the achievement of “target” and “stretch” performance goals by December 31, 2020 and December 30, 2020, respectively. Under the target goal, 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based award vests upon achievement by December 31, 2020, of a Final Order from the FCC providing for the creation and allocation of licenses for spectrum in the 900 MHz band consisting of paired blocks of contiguous spectrum, each containing at least 3 MHz of contiguous spectrum, authorized for broadband wireless communications uses and the lack of objection by the Anterix Board to the terms and conditions (including, but not limited to, the rebanding, clearing and relocation procedures, license assignment and award mechanisms, and technical and operational rules) set forth or referenced in the Final Order.  Under the stretch goal, the remaining 50% of the shares subject to the performance-based equity award vests upon the occurrence of all three of the following conditions by December 30, 2020: (A) the Company enters into one or more long-term lease agreement(s) with critical infrastructure or enterprise business(es) to enable such business(es) to utilize the Company’s spectrum for broadband connectivity; (B) the combined total contract dollars payable to the Company over the initial term(s) of such agreement(s) equals or exceeds $25 million; and (C) the agreement(s) is/are binding on such business(es) and is/are either not contingent on prior Board of Director approval(s) or such approval(s) has/have been received.

(6)

The stock options granted on May 22, 2017 that have vested or will vest as follows:  25% of each of May 22, 2018, May 22, 2019, May 22, 2020, and May 22, 2021.

(7)

The stock options granted on January 13, 2016, which are fully vested.

(8)

The stock options granted on January 29, 2015, which are fully vested.

(9)

The stock options granted on January 29, 2015, which are fully vested.

(10)

The stock options granted on May 14, 2014, which are fully vested.

(11)

The stock options granted on May 14, 2018 that will vest as follows:  50% on May 14, 2020 and 25% each on May 14, 2021 and May 14, 2022.

(12)

The restricted stock units granted on May 22, 2017 that have vested or will vest as follows:  25% on each of May 22, 2018, May 22, 2019, May 22, 2020, and May 22, 2021.

(13)

The stock options granted on August 17, 2017 that have vested or will vest as follows:  25% on each of August 17, 2018, August 17, 2019, August 17, 2020, and August 17, 2021.

(14)

The stock options granted on February 23, 2016, which are fully vested.

(15)

The stock option granted on August 11, 2015, which are fully vested.

(16)

The restricted units granted on January 13, 2017 that have vested or will vest as follows:  25% on each of January 16, 2018, January 14, 2019, January 13, 2020 and January 13, 2021.

(17)

The restricted units granted on June 27, 2016 that have vested or will vest as follows:  25% on each of June 27, 2017, June 27, 2018, June 27, 2019 and June 29, 2020.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested

The following table sets forth the number of shares acquired the value realized upon exercise of stock options and the vesting of stock awardsRSUs during Fiscal 20202022.


Option AwardsStock Awards
Name
Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#)(1)
Value Realized on Exercise ($)(2)
Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#)(3)
Value Realized on Vesting ($)(4)
Morgan E. O’Brien81,6662,482,48949,6832,914,058
Robert H. Schwartz80,8712,516,5066,723322,704
Christopher E. Guttman-McCabe7,643469,662
Ryan L. Gerbrandt5,203289,287
Timothy A. Gray13,814691,369

(1)Number of shares acquired on exercise represent options that were exercised in Fiscal 2022.
(2)Amounts are calculated as the difference between the market price of our common stock at the time of exercise and the exercise price of the stock option.
(3)Number of shares acquired on vesting represent RSUs that vested in Fiscal 2022.
(4)Amounts are calculated by multiplying the number of shares vested by our closing stock price on the date of vesting or by the closing stock price the next day the stock market was open.
Severance Arrangements with our Named Executive Officers
Executive Severance Plan
Under our Severance Plan, our named executive officers are entitled to receive cash severance and related benefits and vesting acceleration of equity awards in the event of a termination of employment without Cause or for Good Reason. In order to receive such severance payments and benefits, the named executive officer generally must execute and allow to become effective a general release of claims against us and comply with the restrictive covenants set forth in our Severance Plan.
For purposes of the Severance Plan, each of our named executive officers.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Option Awards

 

 

 

Stock Awards

 



 

Number of Shares

 

Value Realized

 

Number of Shares

 

Value Realized



 

Acquired on Exercised

 

on Exercise

 

Acquired on Vesting

 

on Vesting (1)

Name

 

(#)

 

($)

 

(#)

 

($)

Morgan E. O’Brien

 

 —

 

 —

 

5,243 

 

220,154 

Robert H. Schwartz

 

 —

  

 —

 

5,487 

 

239,689 

Timothy A. Gray

 

 —

  

 —

 

7,975 

 

357,748 



 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

The value realized on vesting is determined by multiplying the number of shares that vested during Fiscal 2020, times the closing price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on the applicable vesting date.

Pension and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

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We do not provide any retirement benefits, other than under our 401(k) Plan, nor do we sponsor or maintain any nonqualified defined contribution or deferred compensation plans.

Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control 

The table below describes the potential payments or benefits to our named executive officers upon termination of employment by us without Cause or for Good Reason (eachhas been classified as defined in our Executive Severance Plan), as if each executive’s employment terminated as of March 31, 2020. See “Severance Arrangements with our Named Executive Officers” below for additional information.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Acceleration on Vesting(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Stock

 

RSU's &

 

Base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Options

 

PSU's

 

Salary (2)

 

 

Health

 

Other (3)

 

 

Total

Name

 

($)

 

($)

 

($)

 

 

($)

 

($)

 

 

($)

Morgan E. O’Brien

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Severance absent a change of control

 

52,472 

 

133,080 

 

700,000 

 

 

38,940 

 

550,000 

 

 

1,474,492 

 Severance in connection with a change of control

 

629,681 

 

1,517,660 

 

700,000 

 

 

38,940 

 

550,000 

 

 

3,436,281 

Robert H. Schwartz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Severance absent a change of control

 

182,188 

 

99,294 

 

680,000 

 

 

38,940 

 

535,000 

 

 

1,535,422 

 Severance in connection with a change of control

  

1,922,700 

 

1,139,923 

 

680,000 

 

 

38,940 

 

535,000 

 

 

4,316,563 

Timothy A. Gray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Severance absent a change of control

 

 —

 

168,571 

 

600,000 

 

 

38,940 

 

385,000 

 

 

1,192,511 

 Severance in connection with a change of control

 

 —

 

961,685 

 

600,000 

 

 

38,940 

 

385,000 

 

 

1,985,625 

(1)

Represents value of any vesting of unvested stock options and stock awards.

(2)

Represents 2 times the base salary.

(3)

Represents 2 times target annual bonus and outplacement support.

Severance Arrangements with our Named Executive Officers

Severance Plan Participation Agreement

On or after March 2015, we entered into a Severance Plan Participation Agreement, as amended on February 12, 2019 (the “Participation Agreement”) with each of our executive officers and certain key employees pursuant to our Executive Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”) approved by our Compensation Committee, which replaced any prior existing employment agreements or severance arrangements with our executives. The Severance Plan establishes the amount of severance payments and benefits available in the event of a (i) termination of employment by us without Cause or by the participant for Good Reason and (ii) termination of employment by us without Cause or by the participant for Good Reason within six months before or within 24 months after a Change in Control (as defined in the Severance Plan).

As of the end of Fiscal 2020, all three of the named executive officers, Morgan E. O’Brien, Robert H. Schwartz, and Timothy A. Gray were parties to the Severance Plan.

Tier 1 Executive. Upon termination of employment by the Company without Cause or by the participant for Good Reason, each named executive officer (“NEO”) is eligible forfor: (1) a cash severance payment equal to 2.0 times the sum of the executive’s base salary plus target bonus, paid in installments over 24 months plus(the “Cash Severance”), (2) a pro-rated target bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination occurs, paid at the time at which bonuses are paid to actively employed executives for such fiscal year, (3) pro-rated accelerated vesting of time-based equity awards to reflect their actual time-based services between the prior vesting date and next vesting date and, with respect to any time-based stock option awards, a nine-month time period to exercise, and (4) continued payment of the named executive’s officers health plan premiums for a maximum of 18 months and outplacement assistance for a period of 12 months at a cost not exceeding $25,000. If within six months following such termination, we are subject to a Change in Control (as defined in the Severance Plan), then the terminated named executive officer’s outstanding equity awards will become fully vested and, with respect to any stock option awards, the named executive officer will have a two-year period to exercise.

Upon termination of a named executive officer’s employment without Cause or for Good Reason within 24 months after a Change in Control, they are eligible for the severance payments and benefits described above, except that: (1) the Cash Severance and pro-rated target bonus are paid in a lump sum, and (2) all of the named executive officer’s outstanding equity grants become fully vested and, with respect to any stock options, the named executive officer will have a two-year period to exercise.
For purposes of the Severance Plan, “Cause” with respect to our named executive officers is defined as the named executive officer’s: (i) willful and continued failure to perform substantially their duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness), as determined by the Board no earlier than thirty (30) days after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the named executive officer, which specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that they have willfully and continuously failed to perform substantially their duties with the Company (provided, however, that the failure to achieve individual or Company-based performance goals, budgets or targets shall not be deemed to be a failure of the named executive officer to perform their duties); (ii) willful engagement in illegal conduct or
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gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to the Company or their ability to perform their duties with the Company; (iii) conviction (including a plea of guilty or nolo contendere) of a felony; (iv) breach of any written agreement between them and the Company or their failure or refusal to comply with the procedures and policies of the Company which, in each case, materially harms the Company; or (v) material breach of the restrictive covenants in the Severance Plan (subject to the cure provisions provided for in the Severance Plan).
For purposes of the Severance Plan, “Good Reason” with respect to our named executive officers is defined as, without the named executive officer’s consent: (i) a material diminution in their annual base salary, other than a material diminution that results from a determination by both the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Company’s Executive Chairman that the Company’s financial condition is such that a reduction in compensation is appropriate and the reduction is applied uniformly to all Company officers; (ii) a material diminution in their authority, duties, or responsibilities, which shall include: (A) if the named executive officer is a member of the Board, any failure of the Board to appoint or the stockholders of the Company to elect them as a member of the Board, or any removal of them from the Board for reasons other than Cause, and (B) following a Change in Control, a material change in the Company’s long-term business plan or its strategy to increase the value of its FCC licenses; or (iii) any requirement that they relocate, by more than fifty (50) miles, the principal location from which they performs services for the Company immediately prior to the termination of employment or the occurrence of the Change in Control. It is a condition precedent to a named executive officer’s right to terminate employment for Good Reason (before or after a Change in Control) that: (i) they shall have first given the Company written notice stating with reasonable specificity the breach on which such termination is premised within ninety (90) days after they becomes aware or should have become aware of such breach, and (ii) if such breach is susceptible of cure or remedy, such breach has not been cured or remedied within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such notice.
The Severance Plan also provides that, in the event that the payments and benefits provided under the Severance Plan, together with all other payments and benefits received or to be received by a named executive officer constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and would otherwise be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), then the payments and benefits provided under the Severance Plan or other payments and benefits payable to the named executive officer will be made either: (i) in full; or (ii) as to such lesser amount as would result in no portion of the such payments and benefits being subject to the Excise Tax, whichever of the foregoing amounts, taking into account applicable federal, state and local income and employment taxes and the Excise Tax, results in the receipt by the named executive officer on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of such payments and benefits, notwithstanding that all or some portion of the payment and benefits may be subject to the Excise Tax.
Performance-Based Equity Awards
Between December 2020 and February 2021, the Compensation Committee awarded two performance-based RSUs to Mr. Schwartz, each of which vests based on the achievement of certain performance goals applicable to such performance-based RSU. The award agreement for each performance-based RSU provides that the treatment of such RSU award upon an Involuntary Termination, a Change in Control, or an Involuntary Termination in connection with a Change in Control will be governed by the terms set forth in such award agreement rather than the terms of the Severance Plan.
TSR Performance-Based RSU Award
One of the performance-based RSU awards granted to Mr. Schwartz vests based on our achievement of stock price levels calculated using a four-year compound annual growth rate (the “TSR Award”). The TSR Award vests based on measuring the highest average stock price achieved by the Company during any sixty-day period through the applicable determination date against the stock price performance levels set forth in the TSR Award. The end measurement date under the TSR Award is February 1, 2025. The number of RSUs that may vest under the TSR Award ranges from 25% (if the minimum stock price level is achieved) to 350% (if the maximum stock price level is achieved) of the 45,000 target RSUs granted under the TSR Award. As of March 31, 2022, no RSUs subject to the TSR Award had become vested.
Involuntary Termination Only
In the event Mr. Schwartz is subject to an Involuntary Termination prior to February 1, 2025, the TSR Award is subject to accelerated vesting based on a measurement of the highest stock price level achieved by the Company during any sixty-day period prior to the date of Mr. Schwartz’s Involuntary Termination against the stock price performance levels set forth in the TSR Award; provided that, in connection with an Involuntary Termination: (1) the stock price levels are to be recalculated using a compound annual growth rate over the period from February 1, 2021, through the date of the Involuntary Termination, rather than a four-year
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performance period, and (2) the number of RSUs that become vested under the TSR Award is to be reduced proportionately to reflect the shorter performance period.
Change in Control Only
If we consummate a Change in Control prior to February 1, 2025, and Mr. Schwartz has remained in continuous service as our President and Chief Executive Officer through the date of such Change in Control, then the TSR Award is subject to accelerated vesting based on a measurement of the actual price per share paid to the public holders of our common stock pursuant to the definitive agreement or the final tender offer for such Change of Control transaction against the stock price performance levels set forth in the TSR Award.
Involuntary Termination followed by a Change in Control
In the event Mr. Schwartz is subject to an Involuntary Termination prior to February 1, 2025, and less than six months prior to the consummation of a Change in Control, then the TSR Award will remain outstanding following such termination and is subject to accelerated vesting as described above in “Change in Control Only”; provided, however, if the Change in Control does not occur until after February 1, 2025, then, on February 1, 2025, the TSR Award will be subject to vesting based on the achievement of the stock price performance levels and based on using February 1, 2025, as the determination date.
CSPM Performance-Based RSU Award
The other performance-based RSU granted to Mr. Schwartz vests based on the level of achievement of CSPM by the Company over a four-year measurement period commencing on June 24, 2020 and ending on June 24, 2024 (the “CSPM Award”). Under the CSPM Award, Mr. Schwartz can vest in 15,025 RSUs (if the minimum CSPM level is achieved), an aggregate of 30,049 RSUs (if the target CSPM level is achieved) and up to an aggregate of 60,098 RSUs (if the maximum CSPM level is achieved). CSPM is calculated based on the cumulative sum of contract proceeds from all revenue-generating contracts executed by the Company from June 24, 2020, through the applicable determination date. As of March 31, 2022, no RSUs subject to the CSPM Award had become vested.
Involuntary Termination Only
In the event Mr. Schwartz is subject to an Involuntary Termination prior to June 24, 2024, then the CSPM Award is subject to accelerated vesting based on a measurement of the actual CSPM level achieved by the Company as of the date of Mr. Schwartz’s Involuntary Termination against the CSPM performance levels set forth in the CSPM Award.
Change in Control Only
If we consummate a Change in Control prior to June 24, 2024 that results in a price per share paid to our stockholders equal to or greater than $100 per share, and Mr. Schwartz has remained in continuous service as our President and Chief Executive Officer through the date of such Change in Control, then CSPM Award will vest with respect to 60,098 RSUs.
Involuntary Termination with a Change in Control
In the event Mr. Schwartz is subject to an Involuntary Termination either: (i) less than six (6) months prior to a Change in Control or (ii) less than twenty-four months after a Change in Control, then the CSPM award will become vested in the greater of: (A) 30,049 RSUs or (B) a number of RSUs determined by measuring the actual CSPM level achieved by the Company as of the date of the Involuntary Termination against the CSPM performance levels set forth in the CSPM award agreement.







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The following table reflects the potential payments and benefits to which our named executive officers would be entitled under the arrangements described above, assuming that both a change in control (if applicable) and an involuntary termination of employment occurred on March 31, 2022 (the last day of Fiscal 2022).

      Name Acceleration on Vesting (1)
Stock Options
($)
RSUS & PSUs
($)
Base Salary (2)
($)
Health Benefits(3)
($)
Other (4)
($)
Total
($)
Morgan E. O’Brien
Severance absent a change of control434,602600,00040,591625,0001,700,193
Severance in connection with a change of control810,253600,00040,591625,0002,075,844
Robert H. Schwartz
Severance absent a change of control1,275,4714,850,8141,000,00040,5911,025,0008,191,876
Severance in connection with a change of control8,141,8915,778,3621,000,00040,5911,025,00015,985,844
Christopher E. Guttman-McCabe
Severance absent a change of control137,695509,727850,00040,591662,5002,200,513
Severance in connection with a change of control1,101,5632,586,335850,00040,591662,5005,240,989
Ryan L. Gerbrandt
Severance absent a change of control396,351650,00040,591415,0001,501,942
Severance in connection with a change of control2,112,945650,00040,591415,0003,218,536
Timothy A. Gray
Severance absent a change of control827,574600,00040,591385,0001,853,165
Severance in connection with a change of control2,544,908600,00040,591385,0003,570,499
(1)Represents value of immediate vesting of unvested stock options and stock awards, in accordance with the severance plan. Absent a change in control, time-based awards will vest on a pro-rated basis based on a named executive officer’s length of service to us since the grant date. In connection with a change of control, all time-based awards will become fully vested. With respect to Mr. Schwartz’s performance-based RSU awards, the amount of any vesting acceleration with respect to any Change of Control was calculated assuming that the per share price received by our public stockholders would be equal to $57.90 (the closing price of our common stock on March 31, 2022). The market value of the stock awards and stock options is determined by multiplying the number of shares underlying the stock award or stock option that are subject to acceleration upon the termination or change of control (as applicable) by $57.90, the closing stock price of our common stock on March 31, 2022, and, with respect to stock options, reducing such amount by the exercise price applicable to such accelerated shares.
(2)Represents two (2) times annual base salary.
(3)Reflects sum of the cost of continued health benefits for a total of 18 months (based on the cost for such benefits for Fiscal 2023).
(4)Represents sum of: (i) two (2) times targeted annual cash bonus, and (ii) a pro-rated target bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination occurs. Each NEO will receive pro-rated accelerated vestingBecause it is assumed for purposes of time-based equity awardsthe above table that the termination would occur on the last day of Fiscal 2022, the target annual cash bonus amount for Fiscal 2022 is included above and (iii) estimated outplacement support fees of $25,000.
CEO Pay Ratio
Under the SEC’s rules, we are required to identify our median employee only once every three years and to calculate annual total compensation for that employee each year, referred to as “pay-ratio” disclosure, as long as, during Fiscal 2022, there have been no changes to our employee population or employee compensation arrangements that we reasonably believe would result in a significant change to the pay-ratio disclosure. We have opted to identify our median employee for Fiscal 2022 based on our employee population as of March 31, 2022, as described below.
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The pay ratio reported below is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with SEC rules based on our internal records and the methodology described below. Because the SEC’s rules for identifying the median employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, apply certain exclusions, and make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their actual time-based servicesemployee populations and compensation practices, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparable to us measured from the grant datepay ratio reported below, as other companies have different employee populations and a nine-month time period to exercise any stock options includedcompensation practices and may utilize different methodologies, exclusions, estimates, and assumptions in such equity awards.

Upon termination of an NEO’s employment by us without Cause or by the executive for Good Reason within six months before or within 24 months after a Change in Control (as defined in the Severance Plan), he is eligible for a cash severance payment equal to 2.0 times the sum of the executive’s base salary plus target bonus, paid in a lump sum, plus a pro-rated target bonus for the fiscal year in which the termination occurs. In addition, each NEO will receive full accelerated vesting of all outstanding time-based equity grants and a two-year period to exercise any stock options included in such equity awards. 

The Severance Plan also provides for payment of health benefits continuation for NEOs for a maximum of 18 months.

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Employee Benefit Plans

401(k) Plan

Our employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) Plan.  The company match for all employees participating in the 401(k) Plan is 3% of annual cash compensation.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

Our directors play a critical role in guiding our strategic direction and overseeing the management of our Company. Ongoing developments in corporate governance and financial reporting have resulted in an increased demand for highly qualified and productive public company directors. The varied responsibilities, the substantial time commitment and the potential risks of serving as a director for a public company require that we provide adequate compensation for the continued performance of our non-employee directors by offering them compensation that is commensurate with the workload and the demands we place on them. Our non-employee directors are compensated based uponcalculating their Board and Board Committee responsibilities. Our executive officers who serve on the Board do not receive any additional compensation for their service as directors. 

Our director compensation is overseen byown pay ratios. Neither the Compensation Committee which makes recommendationsnor our management use our pay ratio to make compensation decisions.

For purposes of identifying our Board“median employee,” we used our employee population as of DirectorsMarch 31, 2022 (including all employees, whether employed on a full-time, part-time, seasonal or temporary basis). To identify the appropriate structuremedian employee, we used the following methodology and amountconsistently applied material assumptions, adjustments, and estimates:
We calculated the Fiscal 2022 annual total compensation of each employee, excluding Mr. Schwartz, our President and CEO, as the sum of: (1) annual base salary for permanent salaried employees, or hourly rate multiplied by the expected annual work schedule for hourly employees; (2) target annual cash incentive compensation, for our non-employee director pay. Our Boardif applicable; and (3) grant date fair value of Directors is responsible for final approval of our non-employee director compensation program andequity awards granted during the year.
In identifying the median employee, we annualized the compensation paid tovalues of individuals who joined our non-employee directors. The Compensation Committee retained Pearl Meyer as its independent compensation consultant to assess our non-employee director compensation program. WithCompany during Fiscal 2022.
We calculated the assistance of Pearl Meyer, the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors established our philosophy to targetannual total compensation for Fiscal 2022 for such employee using the same methodology we used for our non-employee directors atnamed executive officers as set forth in the 50th percentileSummary Compensation Table above. For Fiscal 2022, the annual total compensation for Mr. Schwartz and our median employee were $6.5 million and $0.3 million, respectively. Accordingly, the resulting ratio of the market,two amounts is approximately 24:1. We believe the pay ratio is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with applicable SEC rules based on our internal payroll and employment records and the same peer group usedmethodology described above.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
We award stock options and restricted stock units to our employees meeting certain eligibility requirements under plans approved by our stockholders in benchmarking2010 and 2014, referred to as the “2010 stock option plan” and “2014 stock option plan,” respectively.
The following table summarizes our compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance as of our executive officers.

March 31, 2022:

Non-Employee Director Compensation

For Fiscal 2020, our non-employee director compensation program consisted of: 

·

Annual cash retainers for Board service;

Number of Shares
to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Stock Options (1)
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of Outstanding Stock Options
Number of Shares
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders1,040,023$33.43
1,216,868 (2)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

·

Annual cash retainers for service as the Chair of one of the three standing Board Committees; and

(1)Does not take into account outstanding restricted stock units.

·

Long-term equity awards consisting of restricted stock awards granted on an annual basis to continuing non-employee directors immediately following the Annual Meeting of stockholders or upon their initial appointment to the Board for new directors. 

Our non-employee directors are not entitled to any Board or Board Committee meeting fees.

Annual Cash Retainers.(2) Under our non-employee director compensation program, our non-employee directors receivedHistorically, the following annual cash retainers. These annual retainers are payable in four equal quarterly installments onnumber of shares reserved under the first day of each new calendar quarter. Our non-employee director compensation program provides that newly appointed non-employee directors receive annual cash retainers on a pro-rata basis,2014 Stock Plan was increased, based on the fiscal quarter in which the director is appointedBoard approval, each January 1 by an amount equal to the Board and each Board committee. 

Board Cash Retainer

$

65,000 

Lead Independent Director Cash Retainer (in lieu of Board Cash Retainer)

$

65,000 

Audit Committee Chair

$

18,000 

Compensation Committee Chair

$

12,000 

Nominating and Governance Committee Chair

$

8,000 

Long-Term Equity Awards. Under our non-employee director compensation program, each of our non-employee directors (other than our lead independent director) are issued annual restricted stock award with a grant date fair market value equal to approximately $90,000. Our lead independent director receives an annual restricted stock award with a grant date fair market value equal to approximately $120,000. Each such annual award will vest on the earlier oflesser of: (i) immediately prior to the commencement5% of the next regularly scheduled Annual Meetingnumber of stockholders or (ii) 12 months from the grant date. On August 6, 2019, immediately following the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, each of our continuing non-employee directors (other than our lead independent director) received restricted stock awards for 2,094 shares of common stock with a fair value of $42.99 per share, which was the closing bid price of our common stockissued and outstanding on the Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of grant. Immediately following the 2019 Annual Meeting, our lead independent director received restricted stock awards for 2,792 shares of common stock with a fair value of $42.99 per share, which was the closing bid price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of grant.

Our non-employee director compensation program provides that newly appointed non-employee directors receiveimmediately preceding December 31; and (ii) an annual restricted stock grant, with the fair market value on the grant date calculated on pro-rata basis, based on the fiscal quarter in which the director is appointed to the Board.

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Stock Ownership Guidelines.All our non-employee Directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines approvedamount determined by the Board. Non-employee Directors are requiredBoard (the “evergreen provision”). Effective January 1, 2021, the Board elected to beneficially ownincrease the shares authorized under the 2014 Stock Plan by 879,216 shares, which represented 5% of the Company’s common stock with a value equal to three times (3x)issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020. On June 15, 2021, the annual cash retainer paid to them for service as a member of our Board. Our Board members have five (5) years to achieve their stock ownership guideline level. As of the end of Fiscal 2020, each of our non-employee directors who has been a memberCompensation Committee of the Board approved Amendment No. 1 to 2014 Stock Plan to eliminate the evergreen provision for more than one year is in compliance with the stock ownership guidelines.  all future years (i.e., January 1, 2022 through January 1, 2024).

Reimbursement.  
Our directors are entitled to reimbursement for their reasonable travel

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Certain Relationships and lodging expenses for attending Board and Board Committee meetings.

Related Transactions

Director Compensation TableRelated Party Transaction Policy

The following table summarizes information concerning the compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid for services rendered in all capacities by our non-employee directors during Fiscal 2020.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Fees earned or paid in Cash (1)

 

Stock Awards (2)

 

 

 

Name

 

($)

 

($)

 

 

Total ($)

T. Clark Akers

  

83,000 

  

90,021 

(3)

 

173,021 

Rachelle B. Chong

 

65,000 

 

90,021 

(3)

 

155,021 

Greg W. Cominos

 

65,000 

 

90,021 

(3)

 

155,021 

Gregory A. Haller

 

65,000 

 

90,021 

(3)

 

155,021 

Mark J. Hennessy

  

77,000 

  

120,028 

(4)

 

197,028 

Singleton B. McAllister

 

73,000 

 

90,021 

(3)

 

163,021 

Paul Saleh

 

65,000 

 

90,021 

(3)

 

155,021 

(1)

Represents annual cash retainers for Board service and for service as the chair of one of the standing Board Committees, if applicable.  Cash retainers are paid on a quarterly basis in four equal installments.

(2)

These amounts represent the grant date fair value of restricted stock awards granted by the Company during the period presented, determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. All restricted stock awards are amortized over the vesting life of the award. For the assumptions used in our valuations, see “Note 12 – Stock Acquisition Rights, Stock Options and Warrants” of our notes to consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on May 28, 2020.

(3)

Represents 2,094 shares of restricted stock granted on August 6, 2019 to our non-employee directors (other than our lead independent director), immediately following the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. 

(4)

Represents 2,792 shares of restricted stock granted on August 6, 2019, immediately following the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders.  The closing stock price on the date of the grant, which represents the fair value of a share of restricted stock was $42.99 per share. 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

Related Party Transactions Reviewed Since April 1, 2018 

The following is a description of transactions since April 1, 2018, to which we have been a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which any of our directors, executive officers or holders of more than 5% of our capital stock or an affiliate or immediate family member thereof, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest. We refer to such transactions as “related party transactions” and such persons as “related parties.”

Other than described below, there have not been, nor are there any currently proposed, transactions or series of similar transactions to which we have been or will be a party other than compensation arrangements, which are described where required under the section titled “Executive and Director Compensation.”

During Fiscal 2019, we incurred $141,000 in consulting fees to Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC, a consultant firm who is an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., who was a beneficial holder of more than 5% of our capital stock during Fiscal 2019. No such services were provided and owed to the consulting firm during Fiscal 2020.

In May 2020, we entered into a consulting agreement with Rachelle B. Chong, a former member of our Board and utility regulatory expert, under which she now serves as a Senior Advisor to our management team. The consulting agreement provides that Ms. Chong will receive cash compensation of $12,000 per month and a restricted stock award with a grant date fair value equal to $144,000 for her consulting services.

Related Party Transaction Policy

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Pursuant to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Related Party Transaction Policy, our executive officers, directors, and principal stockholders, including their immediate family members and affiliates, will be prohibited from entering into a related party transaction with us without the approval of our Audit Committee or our independent directors. Any request for us to enter into a transaction with an executive officer, director, principal stockholder, or any of such persons’ immediate family members or affiliates in whichwhere the amount involved exceeds $120,000, must first be presented to our Audit Committee for review, consideration, and approval. In approving or rejecting the proposed agreement, our Audit Committee will consider the relevant facts and circumstances available and deemed relevant, including, but not limited to, the risks, costs, and benefits to us, the terms of the transaction, the availability of other sources for comparable services or products, and, if applicable, the impact on a director’s independence. Our Audit Committee shall approve only those agreements that, considering known circumstances, are in, or are not inconsistent with, our best interests, as our Audit Committee determines in the good faith exercise of its discretion.

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No Related Party Transactions

PROPOSAL ONE

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders will vote on the electionend of eight directors to serve until our 2021 Annual Meeting and until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Our Board has unanimously nominated each of the eight director nominees for election to our Board at the Annual Meeting. 

Vote Required and Board Recommendation 

Under our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and our Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, in an uncontested election, the directors are elected by a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting assuming a quorum is present.  This means that the number of shares voted “FOR” a nominee for election as a director must exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” that director nominee.  If you hold your shares in street name and you do not instruct the broker, bank, trustee or nominee on how to vote on this proposal, they will not have authority to vote your shares. Abstentions and broker non-votes will each be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum, but will not be voted for or against the election of any director nominee, and so will not have any effect on the outcome of this proposal.

We have also implemented a majority voting policy for director resignations, which is applicable if an incumbent director nominee receives less than a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election. We expectfiscal year, each director nominated for reelectionand officer must respond to tendera questionnaire that requires them to identify certain information about their immediate family and any transaction or relationship that occurred during the year or any proposed transaction that involves Anterix (or any subsidiary or affiliate of Anterix) and that individual, his or her written irrevocable, conditional resignationimmediate family, or any entity with which he, she or such immediate family member is associated. All responses to the Chairman ofquestionnaires are reviewed by the Board that will be effective only upon both (i) the failure to receive the required vote at the Annual Meeting and (ii) Board acceptance of such resignation. If a director nominee fails to receive the required vote for reelection, our NominatingChief Legal Officer and Corporate Governance Committee (other thanSecretary and shared with our President and CEO as appropriate. In addition, we independently search our records for potential transactions with known related parties. Based upon such director) will act on an expedited basisreview, there were no related party transactions with respect to determine whether to accept the director's irrevocable, conditional resignation, and it will submit such recommendation for prompt consideration by the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and memberspersons who were officers or directors during Fiscal 2022.


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Ratification of the Board (other than such director) may consider any factors they deem relevant in deciding whether to accept a director's resignation. This policy does not apply in circumstances involving contested director elections.

AllAppointment of our nominees have indicated their willingness to serve if elected, but if any should be unable or unwilling to stand for election, the shares represented by proxies may be voted for a substitute as the Board may designate, unless a contrary instruction is indicated in the proxy.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR, AND SOLICITS PROXIES IN FAVOR OF, EACH OF OUR DIRECTOR NOMINEES.

Unless otherwise instructed, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy card to vote shares represented by properly executed proxy cards for the election of each of our director nominees.

Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm

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PROPOSAL TWO

RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS
THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee has selected Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’sour independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.  2023. 


Voting and Board Recommendation
At the Annual Meeting, we are asking our stockholders to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton as our independent auditorregistered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, because we value our stockholders’ views on the Company’sour independent auditor, even though the ratification is not required by our Amended and Restated Bylaws or otherwise. However, the Audit Committee will reconsider the appointment if it isour stockholders do not ratified by our stockholdersratify it at the Annual Meeting. In addition, even if our stockholders ratify the selection, the Audit Committee, inat its discretion, may direct the appointment of a different independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it believes that a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. Our Audit Committee appointed Grant Thornton to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.

2022.

During Fiscal 20202022 and Fiscal 2019,2021, neither the Company nor anyone on the Company’sour behalf consulted with Grant Thornton with respect to (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered with respect to the Company’sour consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company by Grant Thornton that Grant Thornton concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (b) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event (as those terms are described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and (v), respectively, of Regulation S-K).

Representatives of Grant Thornton are expected to attend at the Annual Meeting, and will have the opportunity to make statements if they desire to do so, and to respond to appropriate questions.

Audit Related Matters 

The Audit Committee is responsible for approving the engagement of Grant Thornton as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

The Audit Committee intends to meet with Grant Thornton on a quarterly or more frequent basis, as the Audit Committee had done in Fiscal 2020. At such times, the Audit Committee has reviewed the services performed by Grant Thornton, as well as the fees charged for such services.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services 

The following table shows the aggregate fees paid or accrued by the Company for the audit and other services provided by Grant Thornton for Fiscal 2020 and Fiscal 2019.



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

2020 

 

2019 

Audit fees

 

$

437,602 

 

$

270,095 

Audit-related fees

 

 

96,075 

 

 

49,035 

Tax fees

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

Other fees

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

Total

 

$

533,677 

 

$

319,130 

Audit Fees. Audit fees consist of fees billed for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements, the review of the interim consolidated financial statements, fees relating to our amended annual and interim financial statements and related services that are normally provided in connection with registration statements.

Audit-Related Fees. For Fiscal 2020 and Fiscal 2019, fees include review of adoption of new accounting pronouncements,  material contracts, issuance of comfort letters and consents.

Tax Fees. There were no such fees incurred in Fiscal 2020 or Fiscal 2019.

All Other Fees. We did not incur any other fees in Fiscal 2020 or Fiscal 2019.

Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permitted Non-Audit Services of Independent Auditors 

The Audit Committee has determined that all services provided by Grant Thornton to date were compatible with maintaining the independence of such audit firm. The charter of the Audit Committee requires advance approval of all auditing services and permitted non-

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audit services (including the fees and terms thereof) to be performed for the Company by our independent registered public accounting firm, subject to any exception permitted by law or regulation.     

Vote Required and Board Recommendation 

If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting is required for ratification of our independent registered public accounting firm. Abstentions will be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum but will not be considered as votes cast for or against this proposal and will therefore have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF GRANT THORNTON AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2021.

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PROPOSAL THREE

ADVISORY, NON-BINDING VOTE TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Section 14AThe Board of the Exchange Act requires that we provide our stockholders with the opportunity to vote to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement in accordance with the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC.

Our compensation programs are designed to effectively align our executives’ interests with the interests of our stockholders by focusing on long-term equity incentives that correlate with the growth of sustainable long-term value for our stockholders. Stockholders are urged to read the section titled “Executive Compensation” in this Proxy Statement, which discusses how our executive compensation policies and practices implement our compensation philosophy and contains tabular information and narrative discussion about the compensation of our named executive officers. Our Compensation Committee believes that the objectives of our executive compensation program, as they relate to our named executive officers, are appropriate for a company of our size and stage of development and that our compensation policies and practices help meet those objectives. In addition, our Compensation Committee believes that our executive compensation program, as it relates to our named executive officers, achieves an appropriate balance between fixed compensation and variable incentive compensation. Our Board and our Compensation Committee believe that our policies and practices are effective in implementing our compensation philosophy and in achieving our compensation program goal. Accordingly, we are asking our stockholders to approve the compensation of our named executive officers.

The vote on this resolution is not intended to address any specific element of compensation; rather, the vote relates to the compensation of our named executive officers, as described in this proxy statement in accordance with the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC.

Based on the above, we request that stockholders indicate their support, on a non-binding advisory basis, for the compensation of our named executive officers as described in this Proxy Statement by voting “FOR” the following resolution:

“RESOLVED,Directors unanimously recommends that the stockholders vote for the ratification of Anterix Inc. approve, on an advisory basis,Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the compensation paid to Anterix Inc.’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Executive Compensation section, the compensation tables and the narrative discussion in Anterix Inc.’s 2020 proxy statement.”

As an advisory vote, this proposal 3 is non-binding. Although the vote is non-binding, our Board and our Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders and will consider the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our named executive officers.

fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 ("Fiscal 2023").

Vote Required and Board Recommendation 

The approval of this advisory, non-binding proposal requires the approval of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereon. üAbstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of this proposal, other than counting towards the quorum of the Annual Meeting.ü

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL, ON A NON-BINDING ADVISORY BASIS,FOR RATIFICATION OF THE COMPENSATION OFGRANT THORNTON LLC AS OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR FISCAL 2023

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Audit-Related Matters
The Audit Committee is responsible for approving the engagement of Grant Thornton as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
The Audit Committee intends to meet with Grant Thornton on a quarterly or more frequent basis, as the Audit Committee did in Fiscal 2022. At such times, the Audit Committee has reviewed the services performed by Grant Thornton, as well as the fees charged for such services.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The following table shows the aggregate fees we paid or accrued for the audit and other services provided by Grant Thornton for Fiscal 2022 and Fiscal 2021.
20222021
Audit fees (1)
$620,500 $370,500 
Audit-related fees (2)
— 31,500 
Tax fees— — 
Other fees (3)
— — 
Total$620,500 $402,000 
PROPOSAL FOUR

ADVISORY, NON-BINDING VOTE ON THE FREQUENCY OF FUTURE ADVISORY, NON-BINDING VOTES TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Section 14A

(1)Audit Fees: Audit fees consist of fees billed for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements, the review of the Exchange Act providesinterim consolidated financial statements, and related services that stockholders must be givenare normally provided in connection with registration statements. The increase in audit fees in Fiscal 2022 was due to the opportunityCompany’s transition to vote, on a non-binding advisory basis, for their preference as to how frequently we should seek future non-binding advisory votes to approve the compensation of our named executive officers, as disclosed in accordancelarge accelerated filer and complying with the compensation disclosure rulesSection 404 of the SEC, which we refer to as an advisory vote to approveSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the compensationcosts associated with such compliance and implementation of our named executive officers.

procedures thereunder.

By voting(2)Audit-Related Fees: We did not incur any audit-related fees in Fiscal 2022. For Fiscal 2021, audit-related fees include reviewing comfort letters associated with respect to this proposal, stockholders may indicate whether they would prefer that we conduct future non-binding advisory votes to approve the compensationpublic offering. 
(3)All Other Fees: We did not incur any other fees in Fiscal 2022 or Fiscal 2021.
Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of our named executive officers every one, two or three years. Stockholders also may, if they wish, abstain from casting a vote on this proposal. Our BoardAudit and Permitted Non-Audit Services of DirectorsIndependent Auditors
The Audit Committee has determined that an annual advisory voteall services provided by Grant Thornton to approvedate were compatible with maintaining the compensationindependence of our named executive officers will enable our stockholders to providesuch audit firm. The Audit Committee charter requires advance approval of all auditing services and permitted non-audit services (including the Company with input regarding the compensation of our named executive officers on a timely basis.

Stockholders will not be voting to approve or disapprove of the recommendation of our Board of Directors. The proxy card provides stockholders with the opportunity to choose among four options with respect to this proposal (holding the vote every one, two or three years, or abstaining). The option that receives the highest number of votes from the voting power of shares of our common stock present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meetingfees and entitled to vote thereon will be deemedterms thereof) to be the frequency preferredperformed for us by our stockholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal.

independent registered public accounting firm, subject to any exception permitted by law or regulation.

As an advisory vote, this proposal will not be binding on the Company, our Board of Directors or our Compensation Committee in any way. As such, the results of the vote will not be construed to create or imply any change to the fiduciary duties of our Board. Our Board may decide that it is in the best interests of our stockholders and the Company to hold a non-binding advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation more or less frequently than the option approved by our stockholders. Notwithstanding the non-binding advisory nature of this vote, the Company recognizes that the stockholders may have different views as to the best approach for the Company and looks forward to hearing from stockholders as to their preferences on the frequency of a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation.

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Vote Required and Board Recommendation 



Report Of The frequency of one year, two years or three years that receives the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast will be deemed to be the recommended frequency, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. You may vote for a frequency of future stockholder votes on executive compensation of every “ONE YEAR,” “TWO YEARS,” or “THREE YEARS” or “ABSTAIN.” If no frequency receives the majority of the foregoing vote, then we will consider the option of one year, two years or three years that received the highest number of votes cast to be the frequency recommended by stockholders. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of this proposal, other than counting towards the quorum of the Annual Meeting.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE OPTION OF ONE YEAR AS THE PREFERRED FREQUENCY FOR FUTURE ADVISORY, NON-BINDING VOTES TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

Audit Committee
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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The following is the report of our Audit Committee with respect to our audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020,2022, filed with the SEC on May 28, 2020 (the “Annual Report”). The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference in such filing.

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The Audit Committee currently consists of four directors, each of whom is an “independent director” as defined under the listing standards for the Nasdaq Stock Marketof NASDAQ and the rules and regulations of the SEC. The Board has determined that Gregory Pratt and Paul Saleh are ‘‘audit committee financial experts’’ within the meaning of rules adopted by the SEC. The Audit Committee acts pursuant to a written charter that has been adopted by our Board. A copy of the charter is available on the Company’sour website at www.anterix.com.

Our Audit Committee oversees our financial reporting process on behalf of our Board. Management has the responsibilityis responsible for the financial statements and the reporting process, including internal control systems. Our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020,2022, Grant Thornton, was responsible for expressing an opinion as toon the conformity of our audited financial statements with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Review with Management

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management of the Company.

Review and Discussions with Independent Accountants

The Audit Committee met with Grant Thornton to review the financial statements included in the Annual Report. The Audit Committee discussed with a representative of Grant Thornton the matters required to be discussed under the rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, (the “PCAOB”), including General Auditing Standards 1301, Communications with Audit Committees.Committees. In addition, the Audit Committee met with Grant Thornton, with and without management present, to discuss the overall scope of Grant ThorntonThornton’s audit, the results of its examinations and the overall quality of the Company’sour financial reporting. The Audit Committee received the written disclosures and the letter from Grant Thornton required by Rule 3526 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Communication with Audit Committee Concerning Independence, and has discussed with Grant Thornton its independence and satisfied itself as to the independence of Grant Thornton.

Conclusion

Based on the above review, discussions, and representations received, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors(and the Board subsequently approved) that the audited financial statements for the fiscal yearsyear ended March 31, 2020 and 2019,2022 be included in the Company’sour Annual Report on Form 10-K and filed with the SEC.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:

T. Clark Akers, Chair

Greg W. Cominos

Gregory A. Pratt

Paul Saleh

In addition, the Audit Committee selected Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. The Board recommends that our stockholders ratify and approve the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:

Paul Saleh, Chair
Gregory A. Haller
Gregory A. Pratt
Mahvash Yazdi
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2 The information contained in this Audit Committee report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference in such filing.
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OTHER MATTERSStock Ownership

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management:
The following table sets forth information about the beneficial ownership of our common stock by (i) each of our directors and director nominees, (ii) each of our named executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table, (iii) all our directors and executive officers as a group, and (iv) each person or group known by us to own more than 5% of our Common Stock. The percentages reflect beneficial ownership, as determined in accordance with the SEC’s rules, as of June 15, 2022, and are based on 18,945,840 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 15, 2022. Except as noted below, the address for all beneficial owners in the table below is 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424.
Name of Beneficial Owner
Directors and Executive Officers
Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership(2)
Percent of
Class(1)
Morgan E. O’Brien(3)
267,7721.40%
Robert H. Schwartz(4)
182,743*
Ryan Gerbrandt10,337*
Timothy A. Gray(5)
87,977*
Christopher Guttman-McCabe(6)
56,332*
Leslie B. Daniels(7)
37,906*
Gregory A. Haller(7)
8,610*
Singleton B. McAllister(8)
11,242*
Gregory A. Pratt (7)
5,135*
Paul Saleh(7)
15,371*
Mahvash Yazdi(7)
4,834*
All active directors and executive officers as a group (12 persons)(9)
5% or more Stockholders (not disclosed above)
688,2593.53%
Owl Creek Asset Management L.P.(10)
5,411,73828.56%
Morgan Stanley(11)
1,265,3486.68%
(1)* Represents less than 1% of the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 15, 2022.
(2)We determined the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each person under rules promulgated by the SEC, based on information obtained from Company records and filings with the SEC. In calculating the number of shares beneficially owned by an individual or entity and the percentage ownership of that individual or entity, shares underlying options, warrants or restricted stock units held by that individual or entity that are either currently exercisable or exercisable or to be settled within 60 days from June 11, 2021, are deemed outstanding. However, these shares are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other individual or entity. Unless otherwise indicated and subject to community property laws where applicable, the individuals and entities named in the table above have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
(3)Includes (i) 20,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of May 14, 2018 at an exercise price of $20.00 per share, (ii) 165,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of January 29, 2019 at an exercise price of $25.00 per share, (iii) 50,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of January 13, 2020 at an exercise price of $25.81, (iv) 54,945 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of May 22, 2020 at an exercise price of $22.75, (v) 5,244 restricted shares to be released on August 6, 2022, and (vi) 26,464 performance options that are exercisable as of August 29, 2020, at an exercise price of $46.85.
(4)Includes (i) 70,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that are exercisable on August 3, 2019 at an exercise price of $26.59, (ii) 30,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were exercisable as of February 23, 2020 at an exercise price of $24.45 per share, (iii) 15,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that are exercisable on August 18, 2020 at an exercise price of $28.10, with 5,000 additional shares vesting in one annual installment, (iv) 75,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that are exercisable on May 14, 2020 at an exercise price of $28.20 with 25,000 additional shares vesting in one annual installment, (v) 7,318
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performance options that are exercisable on August 29, 2020, at an exercise price of $46.85 and (vi) 15,139 shares of common stock underlying an option that will be exercisable on July 1, 2022 at an exercise price of $49.92.
(5)Includes (i) 50,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of May 14, 2018, at an exercise price of $20.00 per share and (ii) 3,356 restricted stock units to be released on August 6, 2022.
(6)Includes (i) 11,750 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of January 1, 2018, at an exercise price of $25.75, (ii) 8,000 shares of common stock underlying an option that were all exercisable as of December 31, 2018, at an exercise price of $32.50, and (iii) 6,715 shares of common stock that were all exercisable as of January 1, 2020, at an exercise price of $42.14.
(7)Includes 2,834 restricted shares to be released on August 6, 2022.
(8)Includes 3.334 restricted shares to be released on August 6, 2022.
(9)Includes shares owned by and granted to our current and active executive officers and directors.
(10)The shares are held directly by Owl Creek I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Owl Creek I”), Owl Creek II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Owl Creek II”), Owl Creek Overseas Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Owl Creek Overseas”), Owl Creek SRI Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Owl Creek SRI”), Owl Creek Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Owl Creek Credit Fund”) and Owl Creek Special Situations Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Owl Creek Special Situations,” and together with Owl Creek I, Owl Creek II, Owl Creek Overseas, Owl Creek SRI and Owl Creek Credit Fund, the “Owl Creek Funds”). Owl Creek Advisors, LLC (“Owl Creek Advisors”) serves as the general partner of, and has the power to direct the affairs of, Owl Creek I, Owl Creek II, Owl Creek Credit Fund and Owl Creek Special Situations. Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. (the “Investment Manager”) serves as the investment manager to, and has the power to direct the investment activities of, each of the Owl Creek Funds. Jeffrey A. Altman is the managing member of Owl Creek Advisors and the managing member of the general partner of the Investment Manager. Jeffrey A. Altman, Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P., and Owl Creek Advisors, LLC each disclaim any direct ownership of the shares held by the stockholders, except as to such extent of their respective pecuniary interest in the shares. The address for Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. is 640 Fifth Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
(11)The shares are held by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. The address for Morgan Stanley is 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
Stock Ownership Guidelines: Our executive officers and directors are subject to stock ownership guidelines approved by the Board. Our Chief Executive Officer must beneficially own shares of our common stock with a value equal to five times (5x) his base salary. All other executive officers must beneficially own shares with a value equal to three times (3x) their base salary. Non-employee Directors must beneficially own shares of our common stock with a value equal to three times (3x) their annual cash retainer. Our executives and directors have five (5) years to achieve their respective stock ownership guideline levels from their appointment or promotion date. As of the end of Fiscal 2022, each executive officer is in compliance with the stock ownership guidelines, and each non-employee director is in compliance with the stock ownership guidelines.
Changes in Control:We are not aware of any, nor are we a party to, arrangements, including any pledge by any person of our securities, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers and holders of ten percent (10%) or more of our common stock (collectively, “Reporting Persons”) to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and any other equity securities. Based on a review of the copies of the reports furnished to us, the Reporting Persons complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements, except for one Form 4 report we filed late on behalf of Leslie B. Daniels on June 22, 2021, due to an administrative error. This Form 4 reported purchases of shares of our common stock by Mr. Daniels on November 18, 2020.
Additional Information
These proxy materials are provided to you in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of Anterix Inc. for proxies to be voted at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 10, 2022, via the internet at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/atex2022 and at any adjournments or postponements thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of 2022 Annual
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Meeting of Stockholders (the “Notice”). References in this Proxy Statement to the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” are to Anterix Inc. and its subsidiaries.
You may attend the Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder of record as of the Record Date (June 15, 2022) or hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. If you are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting, you may attend, vote, and submit questions during the Annual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/atex2022 using the 16-digit control number on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials to enter the Annual Meeting. If you are not a stockholder of record but hold shares as a beneficial owner in street name and you wish to vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting, you will need to first obtain a proxy issued in your name from your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee.
You should give yourself plenty of time to log into the virtual meeting platform and ensure that you can hear audio before the start of the Annual Meeting. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the Annual Meeting during the check-in or meeting time, please call the technical support number posted on the virtual annual meeting page for assistance. Technical support will be available 15 minutes before the start of the Annual Meeting.
If you want to submit a question or make a comment during the Annual Meeting, log into the virtual meeting platform at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/atex2022, type your question into the “Ask a Question” field, and click “Submit.” We will address questions and comments submitted via the virtual meeting platform pertinent to Annual Meeting matters during the meeting. Consistent with our approach when Annual Meetings are held in person, questions or comments that are not related to the proposals under discussion, are about personal concerns not shared by stockholders generally, or use blatantly offensive language may be ruled out of order.
Record Date
Holders of shares of our common stock, our only class of issued and outstanding voting securities, at the close of business on June 15, 2022 are entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting. As of June 15, 2022, 18,945,840 shares of our Common Stock were issued and outstanding.
Quorum
The presence, either online or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Annual Meeting. Votes for and against, abstentions, and “broker non-votes” will each be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.
The Annual Meeting may be adjourned or postponed from time to time, and at any reconvened meeting, action with respect to the matters specified in this Proxy Statement may be taken without further notice to stockholders except as required by applicable law or our charter documents.
Stockholders of Record
You are a “stockholder of record” if your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. As a stockholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to the proxy holders listed on the proxy card, to vote electronically at the Annual Meeting, or by Internet or by telephone, or, if you received paper copies of the proxy materials by mail, to vote by mail by following the instructions on the proxy card or voting instruction card. All shares represented by a proxy will be voted at the Annual Meeting, and where a stockholder specifies a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, at the Annual Meeting other thanshares will be voted in accordance with the matters describedspecification so made. If a stockholder does not indicate a choice on the proxy card, the shares will be voted in favor of the election of the nominees for director contained in this Proxy Statement. However, if any other matter properly comes beforeStatement, in favor of ratifying Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the Annual Meeting,fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, and in favor of approving, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, and as the proxy holders will vote the proxiesdetermine in the exercise of their discretion on any other business or item as may be properly brought before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Shares Held in Street Name
You are deemed to beneficially own your shares in “street name” if your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, trust, or other similar organization. If this is the case, you will receive a separate voting instruction form with this Proxy Statement from that organization. 
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As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee how to vote your shares, and you are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting. Please note that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank, trustee, or nominee and you wish to vote your shares electronically at the Annual Meeting, you will not be permitted to do so during the Annual Meeting unless you first obtain a proxy issued in your name from your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee.
If you hold your shares in street name and do not provide voting instructions to your broker, bank, trustee, or nominee, your shares will not be voted on any proposals on which such matter.

PROXY SOLICITATION 

party does not have discretionary authority to vote (a “broker non-vote”), as further described below under the heading “Broker Non-Votes.”

Broker Non-Votes
Broker non-votes are shares held by brokers, banks, trustees, or other nominees who are present online or represented by proxy, but which are not voted on a particular matter because the brokers, banks, trustees, or nominees do not have discretionary authority with respect to that proposal and they have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner. Under the rules that govern brokers, banks, trustees, and other nominees, these entities have the discretion to vote on routine matters but not on non-routine matters. The Companyonly routine matter to be considered at the Annual Meeting is the ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm. The remaining proposals are considered non-routine matters. As a result, if you do not provide your broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee with voting instructions on these non-routine matters, your shares will not be voted either for or against our director nominees or for or against the advisory approval of the compensation to our named executive officers.
Voting Matters
Stockholders are entitled to cast one vote per share of common stock on each matter presented at the Annual Meeting. For ten (10) days preceding the Annual Meeting, a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for examination by any stockholder for a purpose related to the Annual Meeting at 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424. To the extent office access is impracticable due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may email us at bbell@anterix.com. The list of stockholders will also be available during the Annual Meeting through the meeting website at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/atex2022.
There are three proposals scheduled to be voted on at the Annual Meeting:
1.to elect eight directors to hold office until the 2023 Annual Meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified;
2.to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers; and
3.to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
Our Board Recommends a Vote “FOR” Each of the Proposals
Nominees for the Board will be elected if more votes are cast in favor of the nominee than are cast against the nominee by the holders of shares present and voting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each other matter to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present or represented by proxy and entitled to vote.
Other Matters
We are currently unaware of any matters to be raised at the Annual Meeting other than those referred to in this Proxy Statement. If other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting for consideration and you are a stockholder of record and have submitted your proxy, the persons named in your proxy will have the discretion to vote on those matters for you, provided that they will not vote in the election of directors for any nominee(s) from whom authority to vote has been withheld.
Proxy Solicitation
We will bear the expenses of calling and holding the Annual Meeting and the soliciting of proxies therefor. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying materials, inIn addition to being mailed directly to stockholders, this Proxy Statement and the accompanying materials will be
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distributed through brokers, custodians, nominees, and other like parties to beneficial owners of shares of Common Stock. The Companycommon stock. We will pay reasonable expenses incurred in forwarding the proxy materials to the beneficial owners of shares and in obtaining the written instructions of such beneficial owners. In addition, the Company haswe have hired Broadridge Advisors,Investor Communications Solutions, Inc., at an estimated cost of $25,000.00$10,000 plus reimbursement of reasonable expenses, to assist in the solicitation of proxies. Our directors, officers, and employees may also solicit proxies by mail, telephone, and personal contact, but they will not receive any additional compensation for these activities.

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2021 ANNUAL MEETING Stockholder Proposals for 2023 Annual Meeting

Stockholders interested in submitting a proposal for consideration at our 20212023 Annual Meeting must do so by sending the proposal to our General Counsel &Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Anterix Inc., 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424. Under the SEC’s proxy rules,SEC Regulation 14A-8, the deadline for submission ofsubmitting proposals to be included in our proxy materials for the 20212023 Annual Meeting is March 22, 2021.2, 2023. Accordingly, in order for a stockholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in our proxy materials for the 20212023 Annual Meeting, any such stockholder proposal must be received by our General Counsel &Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary on or before March 22, 2021,2, 2023, and comply with the procedures and requirements set forth in Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as well as the applicable requirements of our Amended and Restated Bylaws. Any stockholder proposal received after March 22, 2021,2, 2023, will be considered untimely and will not be included in our proxy materials. In addition, stockholders interested in submitting a proposal outside of Rule 14a-8 must properly submit such a proposal in accordance with our Amended and Restated Bylaws.

Our Amended and Restated Bylaws require advance notice of business to be brought before a stockholders’ meeting, including nominations of persons for election as directors. To be timely, notice to our Corporate Secretary must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 days but not more than 120 days prior to the one-year anniversary of the date on of the 20202022 Annual Meeting (i.e., September 2, 2021)August 10, 2023) and must contain specified information concerning the matters to be brought before such meeting and concerning the stockholder proposing such matters as required by our Amended and Restated Bylaws. Therefore, to be presented at our 20212023 Annual Meeting, such a proposal must be received by the Company on or after May 5, 2021April 12, 2023, but no later than June 4, 2021.May 12, 2023. If the date of the 20212023 Annual Meeting is advanced by more than 30 days, or delayed by more than 70 days, from the one year anniversary date of the 20202022 Annual Meeting, notice must be received no earlier than the 120th day prior to such Annual Meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such Annual Meeting or (ii) the 10th day following the day on which the public announcement of the date of such Annual Meeting is first made.

To comply with the universal proxy rules (once effective), stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 no later than June 11, 2023. If a proposal is received on time, the proxies that management solicits for the meeting may still exercise discretionary voting authority on the proposal under circumstances consistent with the proxy rules of the SEC. You are advised to review our Amended and Restated Bylaws, which contain additional requirements about advance notice of stockholder proposals and director nominations. Stockholders may request a free copy of our bylaws by contacting our Corporate Secretary at Anterix Inc., 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424.

HOUSEHOLDING OF ANNUAL MEETING MATERIALS Householding Of Annual Meeting Materials

We have adopted “householding,” a procedure approved by the SEC under which stockholders who share an address will receive a single copy of the Notice and Proxy Statement or a single set of our proxy material, as applicable. Each stockholder continues to receive a separate proxy card. This procedure reduces printing costs and mailing fees, while also reducing the environmental impact of the distribution ofdistributing documents related to the Annual Meeting. If you reside at the same address as another Anterix Inc. stockholder and wish to receive a separate copy of the Annual Meeting materials, you may do so by making a written or oral request to:to Anterix Inc., 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424, Attn: General Counsel &Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, (973) 255-4945. Upon your request, we will deliver a separate copy to you.

Some brokers household proxy materials, delivering a single Proxy Statement or Notice to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. Once you have received notice from your broker that they will be householding materials to your address, householding will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in householding and would prefer to receive a separate Proxy Statement or notice,Notice, please notify your broker directly. You may also write to:to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 1 State Street 30th30th Floor, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Compliance Department, and include your name, the name of your
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broker or other nominee, and your account number(s). Any stockholders who share the same address and currently receive multiple copies of the Annual Report, Proxy Statement and Notice who wish to receive only one copy in the future may contact their bank, broker, or other holder of record, or Anterix Inc. at the contact information listed above, to request information about householding.
Annual Report On Form 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K 

The Company

We filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20202022 with the SEC, which is accessible free of charge on our website at www.anterix.com under Investor—SEC Filings.Investors—Financials—Annual Reports & Proxies. A copy of the Company’sour Annual Report on Form 10-K will also be made available (without exhibits), free of charge to interested stockholders upon written request to Anterix Inc., 3 Garret Mountain Plaza, Suite 401, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424, Attention: General Counsel &Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. The Annual Report on Form 10-K is not incorporated into this Proxy Statement and is not considered to be proxy-soliciting material.
Forward-Looking Statements

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

ThisCertain statements contained in this Proxy Statement containsand the accompanying letters, other than historical information, constitute forward-looking statements. Any such forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as statement ofare based on our plans, objectives,management’s current expectations and intentions.  Any statement that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statement are subject to many risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual future results or events to differ materially from our management’s current expectations or those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable law, we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the dateThe risks and uncertainties that may affect our future results of this Proxy Statement.

Important factors, including those discussed under the sections titled “Business,” “Risk Factors”operations are identified and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” containeddescribed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2020,the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 28, 2020, may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any26, 2022. Accordingly, you should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Therefore, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks onlyevents. Except as of the date on which it is made, and except to the extent required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events,statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances, or otherwise.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Gena L. Ashe

General CounselChief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

June 30, 2022

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