Iridium Communications Inc.
A company that runs a constellation of low-Earth-orbit satellites providing voice and data connections — satellite phones and broadband — to governments, ships, airlines, and people in remote places where cell towers don't reach. The idea was born in a Motorola lab in 1987, and the network launched in 1998, only to go bankrupt a year later before investors rescued the satellites from being deorbited. It's named 'Iridium' because the original design called for 77 satellites, matching the atomic number of the element iridium, though the final constellation uses 66.
6.75% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock
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| Insider | Stake change | Holds now | Granted / vested | Bought | Sold |
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| Desch Matthew JChief Executive Officer, Director · 10 transactions | +30.2% | 1.45M | 407.6K | 20.0K | — |
| Krongard A BDirector · 4 transactions | +3.4% | 527.5K | 17.1K | — | — |
| Niehaus Robert HDirector · 5 transactions | +18.9% | 316.5K | 20.3K | 30.0K | — |
| Canfield Thomas CDirector · 5 transactions | +7.6% | 270.3K | 19.2K | — | — |
| Fitzpatrick ThomasDirector · 9 transactions | +2.1% | 267.5K | 45.3K | — | 31.0K |
| McBride Suzanne E.Chief Operations Officer, Director · 9 transactions | +17.6% | 264.6K | 175.2K | — | — |
| Scheimreif ScottEVP-Government Programs · 9 transactions | +37.3% | 259.8K | 92.3K | — | — |
| Morgan Kathleen A.Chief Legal Officer · 11 transactions | +92.9% | 158.1K | 96.4K | — | — |
| Olson Eric TDirector · 4 transactions | +10.3% | 157.3K | 14.7K | — | — |
| O'Neill Vincent JamesChief Financial Officer · 8 transactions | +154.9% | 128.4K | 88.6K | — | — |
| Last Timothy JamesEVP, Sales & Marketing · 9 transactions | +117.4% | 112.9K | 71.4K | — | — |
| Kapalka TimothyCAO Iridium Satellite LLC · 10 transactions | +23.8% | 49.2K | 20.2K | — | 5.8K |
| Frazier Leon AnthonyDirector · 4 transactions | +32.5% | 46.4K | 11.4K | — | — |
| Sears KayDirector · 4 transactions | +57.6% | 30.1K | 11.0K | — | — |
| Yeaney Jacqueline EDirector · 4 transactions | +76.8% | 25.3K | 11.0K | — | — |
| Shivanandan Monique S.Director · 4 transactions | +224.2% | 15.9K | 11.0K | — | — |
| Alterman Louis MDirector · 3 transactions | — | 13.8K | 13.8K | — | — |
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Net open-market activity over the last year: +13.2K shares. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not decisions to buy or sell.