Company: IRDM
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-013200
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Company: Iridium Communications Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: PRE 14A
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 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our Board of Directors believes that Ms. Yeaney is qualified to serve as a member of our Board due to her extensive experience as an executive of high-growth technology companies, her extensive marketing experience, and her experience as a board member of public companies.

### THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

#### A VOTE “FOR” EACH NAMED NOMINEE.
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### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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### IRECTOR

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### NDEPENDENCE
As required under Nasdaq listing standards, a majority of the members of a listed company’s board of directors must qualify as “independent,” as affirmatively determined by its board of directors. The Board consults with our counsel to ensure that the Board’s determinations are consistent with relevant securities and other laws and regulations regarding the definition of “independent,” including those set forth in pertinent Nasdaq listing standards, as in effect from time to time.

Consistent with these considerations, after review of all relevant identified transactions or relationships between each director, or any of his or her family members, and us, our senior management and our independent registered public accounting firm, the Board has affirmatively determined that the following seven director nominees are independent within the meaning of the applicable Nasdaq listing standards: Messrs. Canfield, Frazier, Krongard, Niehaus, and Olson and Mses. Sears and Yeaney. In making these determinations, the Board found that none of these directors had a material or other disqualifying relationship with us. Messrs. Desch and Fitzpatrick and Ms. McBride are not independent directors by virtue of their current or former positions as our executive officers. We believe that service by these current and former executive officers on our Board allows us to consider a broad range of opinions in the course of our Board deliberations, including from those with knowledge of our day-to-day operations and business strategy. Additionally, our independent directors meet in executive session without management present at the end of all regularly scheduled Board meetings. Each of our Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees is 100% comprised of independent directors.

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### EADERSHIP

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### TRUCTURE
Our Board of Directors has an independent Chairman, Mr. Niehaus, who has authority, among other things,