---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001418819-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRDM"
cik: "0001418819"
company_name: "Iridium Communications Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:56:46+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T20:59:36.467061+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Iridium declares $0.15 dividend, shareholders approve equity plan amendment

## Summary
- Cash dividend of $0.15 per share, payable June 30, 2026 to holders of record June 15, 2026.
- Stockholders approved Amended & Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan; total reserved shares 42,947,991.
- All 11 director nominees elected; KPMG ratified as auditor; say-on-pay approved.
- Shareholder turnout 81.2% with 85,797,450 shares voted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001418819-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRDM
- cik: 0001418819
- company_name: Iridium Communications Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:56:46+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000036/0001418819-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000036/irdm-20260520.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001418819-26-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Iridium Communications Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: Proposal 2 — Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 2.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000036/0001418819-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Iridium Communications Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: Proposal 4 — Approval of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 4.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000036/0001418819-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Iridium Communications Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: Proposal 3 — Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The Company’s stockholders approved Proposal 3.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000036/0001418819-26-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Iridium Communications Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-20
  source text: Proposal 1 — Election of Directors The following eleven directors were elected to serve for one-year terms until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418819/000141881926000036/0001418819-26-000036-index.htm

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