Company: IRDM
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-015183
Chunk: 30

Company: Iridium Communications Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 30
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 Directors has also determined that each of Messrs. Frazier and Niehaus qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined in applicable SEC rules. The Board made a qualitative assessment of each such member’s level of knowledge and experience based on a number of factors, including (i) in the case of Mr. Frazier, his formal education and experience managing financial oversight of a reporting segment of a public company and (ii) in the case of Mr. Niehaus, his formal education, his experience as a board member of numerous public companies, including as Chairman of our Board, and his financial and investment banking expertise.

Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors

The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 with management of Iridium Communications Inc. The Audit Committee discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Audit Committee received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountants’ communications with the audit committee concerning independence, and discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the accounting firm’s independence. Based on the foregoing, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

| Respectfully submitted,      |
| AUDIT COMMITTEE              |
| L. Anthony Frazier, Chairman |
| Thomas C. Canfield           |
| Robert H. Niehaus            |
| Jacqueline E. Yeaney         |

The material in this Report of the Audit Committee is not “soliciting material,” is furnished to, but not deemed “filed” with, the SEC and is not deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing of the company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

#### Compensation Committee
Our Compensation Committee is currently composed of Messrs. Olson (Chairman) and Krongard and Ms. Sears. All of the current members of our Compensation Committee are independent within the meaning of the Nasdaq listing standards (as independence is currently defined in