UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 11, 2017
Iridium Communications Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | | 001-33963 | | 26-1344998 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1750 Tysons Boulevard
Suite 1400
McLean, VA 22102
(Address of principal executive offices)
703-287-7400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Current Report on Form8-K/A (the “Amendment”) amends the Current Report on Form8-K dated May 11, 2017 filed by Iridium Communications Inc. (the “Company”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 16, 2017 (the “Original Form8-K”). The Original Form8-K reported the final voting results of the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 11, 2017 (the “2017 Annual Meeting”). In addition to reporting the information set forth in Item 5.07 below, the purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future stockholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“say on pay”). No other changes have been made to the Original Form8-K.
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
As reported in the Original Form8-K, at the 2017 Annual Meeting, a majority of the Company’s stockholders that voted on the matter indicated a preference to hold, on anon-binding, advisory basis, the Company’s futuresay-on-pay advisory vote on an annual basis. In accordance with the original recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on March 30, 2017, and consistent with the stockholder voting results, on May 11, 2017, the Board determined that thesay-on-pay vote will be conducted annually, until the next stockholder vote onsay-on-pay frequency, which vote will occur no later than the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | | | | | IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC. |
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| | | | By: | | /s/ Matthew J. Desch |
| Date: September 28, 2017 | | | | | | Matthew J. Desch |
| | | | | | Chief Executive Officer |
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