Edgar Filing: Iridium Communications Inc.

IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC.

May 18, 2018

/s/ Thomas J. Fitzpatrick

Thomas J. Fitzpatrick

Chief Financial Officer

Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 17, 2018

Iridium Communications Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Iridium Communications Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 17, 2018 in McLean, Virginia. Of the 110,370,557 shares outstanding as of the record date, 95,913,669 shares, or approximately 86.9%, were present or represented by proxy at the meeting. Set forth below are the results of the matters submitted for a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting.

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors

The following twelve (12) directors were elected to serve for one-year terms until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.


Name	Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Robert H. Niehaus		78,589,461		721,575		16,602,633
Thomas C. Canfield		78,429,316		881,720		16,602,633
Matthew J. Desch		78,586,139		724,897		16,602,633
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick		74,283,598		5,027,438		16,602,633
Jane L. Harman		78,497,521		813,515		16,602,633
Alvin B. Krongard		76,219,440		3,091,596		16,602,633
Admiral Eric T. Olson (Ret.)		78,506,276		804,760		16,602,633
Steven B. Pfeiffer		78,624,489		686,547		16,602,633
Parker W. Rush		78,593,187		717,849		16,602,633
Henrik O. Schliemann		78,655,336		655,700		16,602,633
S. Scott Smith		77,194,630		2,116,406		16,602,633
Barry J. West		78,652,752		658,284		16,602,633

Proposal 2 — Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
75,560,439	3,563,052	187,545	16,602,633

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
95,037,625	695,323	180,721

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.