Exhibit 10.26
NII HOLDINGS, INC.
OUTSIDE DIRECTORS DEFERRAL PLAN
Effective
October 24, 2007

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                      Page  
 
           
ARTICLE I
  Definition of Terms     1  
1.1.
  Account     1  
1.2.
  Administrator     1  
1.3.
  Affiliate     1  
1.4.
  Beneficiary     1  
1.5.
  Board     1  
1.6.
  Closing Price     2  
1.7.
  Code     2  
1.8.
  Compensation     2  
1.9.
  Corporation     2  
1.10.
  Deferral Contributions     2  
1.11.
  Deferral Election     2  
1.12.
  Deferred Stock Unit     2  
1.13.
  Effective Date     2  
1.14.
  Eligible Director     2  
1.15.
  Participant     3  
1.16.
  Plan     3  
1.17.
  Plan Year     3  
 
           
ARTICLE II
  Eligibility and Participation     3  
2.2.
  Participation     3  
2.3.
  Length of Participation     3  
 
           
ARTICLE III
  Determination of Deferral     4  
3.1.
  Commencement of Active Participation     4  
3.2.
  Deferral Election     4  
3.3.
  Equitable Adjustment in Case of Error or Omission     4  
 
           
ARTICLE IV
  Accounts and Investments     5  
4.1.
  Deferred Stock Units     5  
4.2.
  Hypothetical Nature of Accounts and Investments     5  
 
           
ARTICLE V
  Vesting     6  
 
           
ARTICLE VI
  Payment     6  
6.1.
  Termination of Service     6  
6.2.
  Payment of Death Benefit     6  

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6.3.
  Form of Payment     6  
6.4.
  Benefit Determination and Payment Procedure     6  
6.5.
  Distribution of Benefit When Distributee Cannot Be Located     7  
6.6.
  Acceleration of Benefits Prohibited     7  
6.7.
  Beneficiary Designation     7  
 
           
ARTICLE VII
  Plan Administration     7  
7.1.
  Appointment of Administrator     7  
7.2.
  Duties and Responsibilities of Plan Administrator     8  
 
           
ARTICLE VIII
  Amendment or Termination of Plan     8  
 
           
ARTICLE IX
  Miscellaneous     8  
9.1.
  Unfunded Plan     9  
9.2.
  Non-assignability     9  
9.3.
  Notices and Elections     9  
9.4.
  Governing Law     9  
9.5.
  Binding Effect     9  
9.6.
  Severability     9  
9.7.
  Gender and Number     9  
9.8.
  Titles and Captions     10  

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NII Holdings, Inc.
Outside Directors Deferral Plan
          Effective October 24, 2007, the Board of Directors of NII Holdings,
Inc. adopts the Outside Directors Deferral Plan, under which non-employee
directors of NII Holdings, Inc. have the opportunity to defer receipt of certain
compensation until departure from the Board and to provide an incentive to own
shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock, thereby aligning their interests more
closely with the interests of the Corporation’s shareholders.
ARTICLE I
Definition of Terms
          The following words and terms as used in this Plan shall have the
meaning set forth below, unless a different meaning is clearly required by the
context:

1.1.   Account

          A bookkeeping account established for a Participant under Article IV
hereof.

1.2.   Administrator

          The Compensation Committee of the Board is the Plan Administrator
unless responsibility is delegated as provided for in Article XII hereof.

1.3.   Affiliate

          Any subsidiary, parent, affiliate, or other related business entity to
the Corporation.

1.4.   Beneficiary

          The person or persons designated by a Participant or otherwise
entitled pursuant to Plan section 6.7 to receive benefits under the Plan
attributable to such Participant after the death of such Participant.

1.5.   Board

          The present and any succeeding Board of Directors of the Corporation,
unless such term is used with respect to a particular Affiliate and its
Directors, in which event it shall mean the present and any succeeding Board of
Directors of that Affiliate.

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1.6.   Closing Price

          The closing price of a share of common stock of the Corporation as
reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market composite tape on such day or, if
the common stock of the Corporation was not traded on the Nasdaq Global Select
Market on such day, then on the next preceding day that the common stock of the
Corporation was traded on such market, all as reported by such source as the
Administrator may select.

1.7.   Code

          The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended from
time to time.

1.8.   Compensation

          Fees payable to a Participant for service as a member of the Board, in
the form of annual retainer and committee fees paid by the Corporation to an
Eligible Director, but excluding any such compensation deferred from a prior
period, expense reimbursement and allowances and benefits not normally paid in
cash to the Participant.

1.9.   Corporation

          NII Holdings, Inc., or any successor thereto.

1.10.   Deferral Contributions

          That portion of a Participant’s Compensation which is deferred under
the Plan.

1.11.   Deferral Election

          An irrevocable written election to defer Compensation which is
executed by the Eligible Director and timely filed with the Administrator.

1.12.   Deferred Stock Unit

          A hypothetical share of the Corporation’s common stock.

1.13.   Effective Date

          The Effective Date of the Plan is October 24, 2007.

1.14.   Eligible Director

          A Director who is not an employee of the Corporation.

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1.15.   Participant

          An Eligible Director who elects to participate in the Plan.

1.16.   Plan

          This document, as contained herein or duly amended, which shall be
known as the “NII Holdings, Inc. Outside Directors Deferral Plan.”

1.17.   Plan Year

          The calendar year.
ARTICLE II
Eligibility and Participation

2.1.   Eligibility

          Each Eligible Director may participate in the Plan and elect to defer
Compensation for a Plan Year beginning with the Plan Year that commences
January 1, 2008.

2.2.   Participation

          In order to participate in the Plan, an Eligible Director must file
with the Administrator a Deferral Election, as provided in Section 3.2. The
Compensation Committee may establish such other conditions to enrollment,
enrollment periods or other requirements as it determines in its sole discretion
are necessary.

2.3.   Length of Participation

          An individual who is or becomes a Participant shall be or remain a
Participant as long as he has a Deferral Election in effect or is entitled to
future benefits under the terms of the Plan.

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ARTICLE III
Determination of Deferral

3.1.   Commencement of Active Participation

          An Eligible Director shall become a Participant with respect to a Plan
Year only if he is expected to have Compensation during such Plan Year and he
timely files and has in effect a Deferral Election for such Plan Year.

3.2.   Deferral Election

          (a) Amount of Deferral Contributions. A Participant may elect to defer
50% or 100% of his Compensation and have that Compensation invested in Deferred
Stock Units. Such Deferred Stock Units shall be credited as of the day on which
such Compensation is otherwise payable in accordance with the Corporation’s then
applicable director compensation policies (the “Payment Date”), and the number
of Deferred Stock Units shall be determined by dividing the Participant’s
deferred Compensation payable on the Payment Date by the Closing Price as of the
Payment Date.
          (b) Deferral Elections. Except as provided in subsections (c) and
(d) below, a Participant may make an election to defer Compensation for a Plan
Year only if such election is made no later than December 31 of the prior Plan
Year, or by such earlier date as may be announced by the Administrator. Such
election shall remain in effect for the entire Plan Year and for all subsequent
Plan Years until the Participant revokes such election or timely files a new
election applicable to subsequent Plan Years. Each Deferral Election shall be
made on a form provided by the Administrator and shall specify such additional
information as the Administrator may require.
          (c) First Year of Eligibility. In the case of the first Plan Year in
which an Eligible Director becomes eligible to participate in the Plan, the
Eligible Director must make an initial deferral election within thirty (30) days
after he or she becomes eligible to participate in the Plan. Such election shall
only be valid with respect to Compensation paid for services rendered after the
date of the initial deferral election.

3.3.   Equitable Adjustment in Case of Error or Omission

          If an error or omission is discovered in the Account of a Participant,
the Administrator shall make such equitable adjustment as the Administrator
deems appropriate.

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ARTICLE IV
Accounts and Investments

4.1.   Deferred Stock Units

          (a) Except as provided below, a Participant’s Account shall be treated
as if it were invested in Deferred Stock Units that are equivalent in value to
the fair market value of the shares of the Corporation’s common stock in
accordance with the following rules.
          (b) The number of Deferred Stock Units credited to a Participant’s
Account shall be increased on each date on which a dividend is paid on the
Corporation’s common stock. The number of additional Deferred Stock Units
credited to a Participant’s Account as a result of such increase shall be
determined by (i) multiplying the total number of Deferred Stock Units (with
fractional Deferred Stock Units rounded off to the nearest thousandth) credited
to the Participant’s Account immediately before such increase by the amount of
the dividend paid per share of the Corporation’s common stock on the dividend
payment date, and (ii) dividing the product so determined by the Closing Price
on the dividend payment date.
          (c) The dollar value of the Deferred Stock Units credited to a
Participant’s Account on any date shall be determined by multiplying the number
of Deferred Stock Units (including fractional Deferred Stock Units) credited to
the Participant’s Account by the Closing Price on that date.
          (d) In the event of a transaction or event described in this
subsection (d), the number of Deferred Stock Units credited to a Participant’s
Account shall be adjusted in such manner as the Board, in its sole discretion,
deems equitable. A transaction or event is described in this subsection (d) if
(i) it is a dividend (other than regular quarterly dividends) or other
distribution (whether in the form of cash, shares, other securities, or other
property), extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse
stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off,
repurchase, or exchange of shares or other securities, the issuance or
exercisability of stock purchase rights, the issuance of warrants or other
rights to purchase shares or other securities, or other similar corporate
transaction or event and (ii) the Board determines that such transaction or
event affects the shares of the Corporation’s common stock, such that an
adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d) is appropriate to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under the Plan.

4.2.   Hypothetical Nature of Accounts and Investments

          The Accounts established under this Article IV shall be maintained for
bookkeeping purposes only. Neither the Plan nor the Accounts established under
the Plan shall hold any actual funds or assets. The Deferred Stock Units
established hereunder shall be used solely to determine the amounts to be paid
hereunder, shall not represent an equity security of the Corporation, and shall
not carry any voting or dividend rights.

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ARTICLE V
Vesting
          A Participant’s Account shall be fully vested and non-forfeitable at
all times.
ARTICLE VI
Payment

6.1.   Termination of Service

          A Participant’s Account shall become payable to the Participant on the
first day of the month following his termination of service from the Board or as
soon thereafter as is administratively practical.

6.2.   Payment of Death Benefit

          The Account of a Participant who dies prior to the payment of his
Account under Plan section 6.1 shall be payable to his Beneficiary 30 days
following the date of the Participant’s death, or as soon thereafter as is
administratively practical.

6.3.   Form of Payment

          A Participant’s Account shall be paid either (a) in a lump sum in
shares of the Corporation’s common stock, with any fractional share paid in cash
or (b) at the Corporation’s election, in a lump sum in cash in an amount equal
to the dollar value of the Deferred Stock Units credited to the Participant’s
Account on the date the Participant’s service on the Board terminates. The
payment of such shares shall be made pursuant to the NII Holdings, Inc. 2004
Incentive Compensation Plan. The dollar value of the Deferred Stock Units
credited to a Participant’s Account for purposes of clause (b) of this
Section 6.3, shall be determined by multiplying the number of Deferred Stock
Units (including fractional Deferred Stock Units) credited to the Participant’s
Account by the Closing Price on the date the Participant’s service on the Board
terminates. Any election by the Corporation pursuant to clause (b) of this
Section 6.3 shall be made by the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation or a
person designated by the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation who is not a
Participant under the Plan.

6.4.   Benefit Determination and Payment Procedure

          The Administrator shall make all determinations concerning eligibility
for benefits under the Plan, the time or terms of payment, and the form or
manner of payment to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary, in the
event of the death of the Participant. The Administrator

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shall promptly notify the Corporation of each such determination that benefit
payments are due and provide to the Corporation all other information necessary
to allow the Corporation to carry out such determination, whereupon the
Corporation shall pay such benefits in accordance with the Administrator’s
determination.

6.5.   Distribution of Benefit When Distributee Cannot Be Located

          The Administrator shall make all reasonable attempts to determine the
identity and/or whereabouts of a Participant or a Participant’s Beneficiary
entitled to benefits under the Plan, including the mailing by certified mail of
a notice to the last known address shown on the Corporation’s or the
Administrator’s records. If the Administrator is unable to locate such a person
entitled to benefits hereunder, or if there has been no claim made for such
benefits, the Corporation shall continue to hold the benefit due such person,
subject to any applicable statute of escheats.

6.6.   Acceleration of Benefits Prohibited

          Except as provided in Treasury Regulation section 1.409A-3(j), no
acceleration in the time or schedule of any payment or amount scheduled to be
paid from the Participant’s Account is permitted.

6.7.   Beneficiary Designation

          A Participant may designate a Beneficiary to receive the value of his
or her Account upon death. Any Beneficiary designation made hereunder shall be
effective only if properly signed and dated by the Participant and delivered to
the Administrator prior to the time of the Participant’s death. Any Beneficiary
designation hereunder shall remain effective until changed or revoked hereunder.
A Beneficiary designation may be changed by the Participant at any time, or from
time to time, by filing a new designation in writing with the Administrator. If
the Participant dies without having designated a Beneficiary, or if the
Beneficiary so designated has predeceased him, then his estate shall be deemed
to be his Beneficiary.
ARTICLE VII
Plan Administration

7.1.   Appointment of Administrator

          The Compensation Committee may appoint one or more persons to serve as
the Administrator for the purpose of administering the Plan. In the event more
than one person is appointed, the persons shall form a committee for the purpose
of functioning as the Administrator. The person or persons serving as
Administrator shall serve for indefinite terms at

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the pleasure of the Compensation Committee, and may, by 30 days prior written
notice to the Compensation Committee, terminate such appointment.

7.2.   Duties and Responsibilities of Plan Administrator

          (a) The Administrator shall maintain and retain necessary records
regarding its administration of the Plan.
          (b) The Administrator is empowered to settle claims against the Plan
and to make such equitable adjustments in a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s
rights or entitlements under the Plan as it deems appropriate in the event an
error or omission is discovered or claimed in the operation or administration of
the Plan.
          (c) The Administrator may construe the Plan, correct defects, supply
omissions or reconcile inconsistencies to the extent necessary to effectuate the
Plan, and such action shall be conclusive.
          (d) The Administrator, in its discretion, may delegate to one or more
third party administrators all or part of the Administrator’s duties with
respect to the administration of the Plan. The Administrator may consult with
counsel, who may be counsel to the Corporation, and shall not incur any
liability for any action taken in good faith in reliance upon the advice of
counsel. The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation or
consultation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions
of the Administrator’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms
of the Plan. The express grant in the Plan of any specific power to the
Administrator shall not be construed as limiting any power or authority of the
Administrator. Any decision made, or action taken, by the Administrator or in
connection with the administration of this Plan shall be final and conclusive.
All expenses of administering this Plan shall be borne by the Corporation.
          (e) this Plan shall be borne by the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendment or Termination of Plan
          The Plan may be terminated or amended at any time by the Board,
effective as of any date specified provided, however, that any termination must
comply with the requirements of Code section 409A. Any such action taken by the
Board shall be evidenced by a resolution and shall be communicated to
Participants and Beneficiaries prior to the effective date thereof. No amendment
or termination shall decrease the value of a Participant’s Account accrued prior
to the effective date of the amendment or termination.
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous

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9.1.   Unfunded Plan

          All Plan Participants and Beneficiaries are general unsecured
creditors of the Corporation with respect to the benefits due hereunder and the
Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Corporation to make benefit payments in
the future. It is the intention of the Corporation that the Plan be considered
unfunded for tax purposes.

9.2.   Non-assignability

          The interests of each Participant under the Plan are not subject to
claims of the Participant’s creditors; and neither the Participant nor his
Beneficiary shall have any right to sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey
the right to receive any payments hereunder or any interest under the Plan,
which payments and interest are expressly declared to be non-assignable and
non-transferable.

9.3.   Notices and Elections

          All notices required to be given in writing and all elections required
to be made in writing under any provision of the Plan shall be invalid unless
made on such forms as may be provided or approved by the Administrator and, in
the case of a notice or election by a Participant or Beneficiary, unless
executed by the Participant or Beneficiary giving such notice or making such
election. Notices and elections shall be deemed given or made when received by
any member of the committee that serves as Administrator.

9.4.   Governing Law

          The Plan shall be construed, enforced and administered in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware.

9.5.   Binding Effect

          The Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Corporation, its successors and assigns, and the Participant and his heirs,
executors, administrators and legal representatives.

9.6.   Severability

          If any provision of the Plan should for any reason be declared invalid
or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions
shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.

9.7.   Gender and Number

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          In the construction of the Plan, the masculine shall include the
feminine or neuter and the singular shall include the plural and vice-versa in
all cases where such meanings would be appropriate.

9.8.   Titles and Captions

          Titles and captions and headings herein have been inserted for
convenience of reference only and are to be ignored in any construction of the
provisions hereof.

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