As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2015

 

Registration No. 333-__________

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

NII Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 91-1671412
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1875 Explorer Street, Suite 800, Reston, VA 20190

(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)

 

NII Holdings, Inc. 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

Shana C. Smith, Esq.
Vice President and Secretary
c/o NII Holdings, Inc.
1875 Explorer Street, Suite 800
Reston, Virginia 20190
(703) 390-5100

 

(Name and Address, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)      

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of
Securities to be
Registered
  Amount to be
Registered (1)
    Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (2)
    Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
    Amount of Registration
Fee
 
Common Stock, par value $0.001     5,263,158     $ 20.68     $ 108,842,107.44     $ 12,647.46  

 

(1) Represents common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of NII Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) issuable pursuant to the NII Holdings, Inc. 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) being registered hereon. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers such additional common stock as may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.

 

(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of determining the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act, and based on the value attributed to the common stock in connection with the Registrant’s emergence from bankruptcy pursuant to its Plan of Reorganization.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

On September 15, 2014, the Registrant and eight of its U.S. and Luxembourg-domiciled subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”). In addition, following September 15, 2014, five additional subsidiaries of the Registrant filed voluntary petitions seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court.

 

On June 19, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order Confirming Pursuant to Section 1129(a) and (b) of the Bankruptcy Code the First Amended Joint Plan Of Reorganization (the “Plan of Reorganization”) Proposed by the Debtors and Debtors in Possession and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Confirmation Order”), which approved and confirmed the Plan of Reorganization, as modified by the Confirmation Order.   On June 26, 2015, the Registrant satisfied the conditions of the Confirmation Order and the Plan of Reorganization became effective (the “Emergence Date”).

 

Unless otherwise noted or suggested by context, all financial information and data and accompanying financial statements and corresponding notes, as of and prior to the Emergence Date, as contained or incorporated by reference herein, reflect the actual historical consolidated results of operations and financial condition of the Registrant for the periods presented and do not give effect to the Plan of Reorganization or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the sale of the Registrant’s operations in Mexico that the Registrant completed in April 2015, or the adoption of “fresh-start” accounting. Accordingly, such financial information may not be representative of the Registrant’s performance or financial condition after the Emergence Date. Except with respect to such historical financial information and data and accompanying financial statements and corresponding notes or as otherwise noted or suggested by the context, all other information contained herein relates to the Registrant following the Emergence Date.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following documents filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (other than portions of those documents that have been “furnished” pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 in any Current Report on Form 8-K or other information deemed to have been “furnished” rather than filed in accordance with the SEC’s rules):

 

(a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2015;

 

(b) The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on May 7, 2015; and

 

(c) The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 26, March 6, May 6, May 11, and June 22, 2015.

 

All documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from

 

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the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

 

Authorized Capital

 

The Registrant has the authority to issue a total of 140,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

Voting Rights

 

Subject to any voting rights granted to preferred stock that may be outstanding from time to time, each share of the Registrant’s common stock shall be entitled to one vote per share, in person or by proxy, on all matters submitted to a vote for the Registrant’s stockholders on which the holders of common stock are entitled to vote. Except as otherwise required in the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”), Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) or by applicable law, the holders of common stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders generally (or if any holders of shares of preferred stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of common stock, as a single class with such holders of shares of preferred stock). The Charter and Bylaws do not provide for cumulative voting in connection with the election of directors, and accordingly, holders of more than 50% of the shares voting will be able to elect all of the directors. The holders of a majority of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business.

 

Until the 2017 Annual Meeting, the Registrant’s directors are divided into two classes, designated as Class I and Class II. The initial term for the one director in Class I will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2016 and thereafter at each annual meeting of stockholders. The term for all of the other directors, who are in Class II, expires at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2017. All directors will be elected annually commencing at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2017.

 

Dividend Rights

 

Subject to the preferences applicable to any preferred stock outstanding at any time, if any, the holders of shares of common stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, property or shares of stock as may be declared thereon by the Registrant’s board of directors from time to time out of the assets or funds legally available.

 

Preferred Stock

 

As of the date hereof, no shares of the Registrant’s preferred stock are outstanding. The Charter provides that the board of directors may, by resolution, establish one or more classes or series of preferred stock having the number of shares and relative voting rights, designations, dividend rates, liquidation, and other rights, preferences, and limitations as may be fixed by them without further stockholder approval. The holders of preferred stock may be entitled to preferences over common stockholders with respect to dividends, liquidation, dissolution, or the Registrant’s winding up in such amounts as are established by the resolutions of the board of directors approving the issuance of such shares.

 

The issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Registrant without further action by the holders and may adversely affect voting and other rights of holders of common stock. In addition, issuance of preferred stock, while providing desirable

 

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flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of the outstanding shares of voting stock.

 

No Preemptive Rights

 

No holder of common stock has any preemptive right to subscribe for any shares of the Registrant’s capital stock issued in the future.

 

Liquidation Rights

 

If the Registrant is liquidated (either partially or completely), dissolved or wound up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of the common stock shall be entitled to share ratably in the Registrant’s net assets remaining after payment of all liquidation preferences, if any, applicable to any outstanding preferred stock.

 

Action by Written Consent

 

The Charter provides for action by written consent by holders of the common stock by holders having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting.

 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Law

 

The Registrant is not subject to Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent for the Registrant’s common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

 

Listing of Common Stock

 

The Registrant has applied to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “NIHD.”

 

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Jones Day, New York, New York, will pass upon the validity of the common stock offered in this offering, when issued pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Registrant’s Charter and Bylaws provide for indemnification of officers and directors of the Registrant and certain other persons to the full extent permitted by law, as now in effect or later amended, against liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them in certain stated proceedings and under certain stated conditions.

 

The Registrant may maintain insurance for the benefit of its directors, officers, employees, agents and certain other persons, insuring such persons against any expense, liability, or loss, including liability under the securities laws. In addition, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers that require it to indemnify these persons for claims made against each of these persons because he or she is, was or may be deemed to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or any of its subsidiaries. The Registrant is obligated to pay the expenses of these persons in connection with any claims that are subject to the agreement.

 

Section 102 of the DGCL allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in

 

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intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of the DGCL or obtained an improper personal benefit.

 

Section 145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, agent or employee of the corporation or is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, agent, or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (a) if such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or (b) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interest, or not opposed to the best interest, of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys’ fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties to the corporation, unless the court believes that in the light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.

 

Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.

 

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit Description

  Filed Herewith
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NII Holdings, Inc.   *
         
3.2   Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of NII Holdings, Inc.   *
         
4.1   NII Holdings, Inc. 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan   *
         
4.2   Form of stock certificate for common stock, $0.001 par value per share   *
         
5.1   Opinion of Jones Day   *
         
23.1   Consent of KPMG LLP   *
         
23.2   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   *
         
23.3   Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1)   *

 

 

 

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Item 9.  Undertakings.

 

(a)          The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

 

(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(b)    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(h)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Reston, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 26 th day of June 2015.

 

  NII HOLDINGS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Shana C. Smith
    Name: Shana C. Smith
    Title:   Vice President and Secretary

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated. In addition, each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steven M. Shindler, Shana C. Smith and Daniel E. Freiman, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or either of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Steven M. Shindler   Chief Executive Officer   June 26, 2015
Steven M. Shindler   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Juan R. Figuereo   Chief Financial Officer   June 26, 2015
Juan R. Figuereo   (Principal Financial Officer)    
         
/s/ Timothy M. Mulieri   Vice President and Controller   June 26, 2015
Timothy M. Mulieri   (Principal Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ Kevin L. Beebe   Director   June 26, 2015
Kevin L. Beebe        
         
/s/ James V. Continenza   Director   June 26, 2015
James V. Continenza        
         
/s/ Howard S. Hoffmann   Director   June 26, 2015
Howard S. Hoffmann        
         
/s/ Ricardo Knoepfelmacher   Director   June 26, 2015
Ricardo Knoepfelmacher        
         
/s/ Christopher T. Rogers   Director   June 26, 2015
Christopher T. Rogers        

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number  

Exhibit Description

  Filed Herewith
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NII Holdings, Inc.   *
         
3.2   Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of NII Holdings, Inc.   *
         
4.1   NII Holdings, Inc. 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan   *
         
4.2   Form of stock certificate for common stock, $0.001 par value per share   *
         
5.1   Opinion of Jones Day   *
         
23.1   Consent of KPMG LLP   *
         
23.2   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   *
         
23.3   Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1)   *

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

NII HOLDINGS, INC.

 

(Amended and Restated as of June 26, 2015)

 

NII Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

 

1. The name of the corporation is NII Holdings, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on October 18, 2000 under the name of NII Acquisition Company. A Certificate of Merger was filed with the Secretary of State on November 28, 2000. A Certificate of Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State on December 21, 2001. A Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State on November 12, 2002. Certificates of Amendment were filed with the Secretary of State on May 5, 2004 and on May 4, 2006. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State on May 22, 2013.

 

2. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), which both restates and further amends the provisions of the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as hereinafter set forth, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the Delaware General Corporation Law on June 26, 2015.

 

3. The text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

FIRST :  The name of the Corporation is NII Holdings, Inc.

 

SECOND :  The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

 

THIRD :  The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

 
 

 

FOURTH :  Authorized Shares.

 

The total authorized number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is one hundred fifty million (150,000,000) shares, divided into two classes as follows:

 

One hundred forty million (140,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”); and Ten million (10,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

A. Common Stock.

 

1.  Voting Rights . Subject to any voting rights granted to Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, each share of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote per share, in person or by proxy, on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation on which the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to vote. Except as otherwise required in this Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation's Bylaws or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation generally (or if any holders of shares of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class with such holders of shares of Preferred Stock, if any).

 

2.  Dividends and Distributions . Subject to the preferences applicable to any Preferred Stock outstanding at any time, if any, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation as may be declared thereon by the Corporation's Board of Directors from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.

 

3.  Liquidation . If the Corporation shall be liquidated (either partial or complete), dissolved or wound up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to share ratably in the net assets of the Corporation remaining after payment of all liquidation preferences, if any, applicable to any outstanding Preferred Stock.

 

B. Undesignated Preferred Stock.

 

Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferred Stock as preferred stock of one or more series and in connection with the creation of any such series to fix by the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of shares thereof the designation, voting powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of such series, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof. Any of the voting powers, designations, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any such series of stock may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such stock adopted by the Board of Directors, provided that the manner in which such facts shall operate upon the voting powers, designations, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series of stock is clearly and expressly set forth in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors. Such authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each such series shall include, but not be limited to, the determination of the following:

 

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(1) the distinctive designation of, and the number of shares comprising, such series, which number may be increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in creating such series) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by like action of the Board of Directors;

 

(2) the dividend rate or amount for such series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes or any other series of any class or classes of stock, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative, and if so, from which date or dates for such series;

 

(3) whether or not the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption by the Corporation and the times, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption;

 

(4) whether or not the shares of such series shall be subject to the operation of a sinking fund or purchase fund to be applied to the redemption or purchase of such shares and if such a fund be established, the amount thereof and the terms and provisions relative to the application thereof;

 

(5) whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes, or of any other series of any class or classes, of stock of the Corporation and if provision be made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments, and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

 

(6) whether or not the shares of such series shall have voting rights, in addition to the voting rights provided by law, and if they are to have such additional voting rights, the extent thereof;

 

(7) the rights of the shares of such series in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Corporation or upon any distribution of its assets; and

 

(8) any other powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof.

 

C. Non-Voting Securities.

 

The Corporation shall not issue non-voting equity securities; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall (a) have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section 1123(a)(6) of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Code"), (b) only have such force and effect for so long as Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Corporation, and (c) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time may be in effect. The prohibition on the issuance of non-voting equity securities is included in this Certificate of Incorporation in compliance with Section 1123(a)(6) of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §1123(a)(6)).

 

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FIFTH :  

 

A. The number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation, but in no case may the number of directors be less than three.

 

B. Until the 2017 Annual Meeting, the directors shall be divided into two classes, designated as Class I and Class II.  The initial term for the one director in Class I shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2016 and thereafter at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2017.  The term for all of the other directors who shall be in Class II shall expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2017.  At the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and each annual meeting of stockholders thereafter, each director shall be elected for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such director's successor is elected and qualified, or such director's earlier resignation or removal.  So long as the Board of Directors is divided into classes, any increase or decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain at least one director in each class.  Any director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the remaining term of the class to which such director is assigned.  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.  The Bylaws may contain any provision regarding classification of the Corporation’s directors not inconsistent with the terms hereof.  Until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the affirmative vote of holders of no less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal this Clause B.

 

SIXTH

 

A.  The Board of Directors is authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation (other than Sections 2.2 (Annual Meetings), 2.3 (Special Meetings), 2.5 (Quorum), 2.6 (Voting), 2.8 (Submission of Business for Consideration at Meetings of Stockholders), 2.9 (Action Without a Meeting), 3.1 (Number and Qualification), 3.2 (Election and Term), 3.3 (Nominations), 3.4 (Majority Voting in Director Elections); 3.5 (Vacancies); 3.6 (Removal), 8.7 (Beneficial Ownership) and Article IX of the Bylaws (as such provisions are designated in the Bylaws in effect on the date hereof) unless otherwise provided in any such provision, or any provision to the extent adopted, altered, amended or repealed pursuant to an action taken by stockholders, any successor provision to such provisions or any other alteration or amendment inconsistent with such sections).  The stockholders acting by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, are also authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

B.   The Corporation shall not be governed by or subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

C.   Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock:

 

(1) any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company may be taken at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company or without a meeting by means of any consent in writing of such stockholders; and

 

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(2) special meetings of stockholders of the Company may be called by the secretary upon the written request of the chairman of the Board or chief executive officer at any time and shall be called by the secretary upon the request in writing of not less than a majority of the Board of Directors, or of stockholders holding, beneficially or of record, not less than thirty-three percent (33%) of the Common Stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, where beneficial ownership for these purposes may be established by any method prescribed by Rule 14a-8(b)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor provision (without giving effect to any minimum threshold or duration of ownership limitation therein).

 

At any annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, only such business will be conducted or considered as has been brought before such meeting in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Company.  For the purposes of this Certificate of Incorporation, “Voting Stock” means stock of the Company of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors.  

 

SEVENTH :  

 

A. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as it now exists and as it may hereafter be amended, no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of any fiduciary or other duty as a director, provided that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

B. The rights and authority conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may otherwise have or hereafter acquire.

 

C. Neither the amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article SEVENTH, nor the adoption of any provision inconsistent with this Article SEVENTH, shall adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, alteration or repeal with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment, alteration, repeal or adoption.

 

D. Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, partner (limited or general) or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, shall be (and shall be deemed to have a contractual right to be) indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation (and any successor to the Corporation by merger or otherwise) to the fullest extent authorized by, and subject to the conditions and (except as provided herein) procedures set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but any such amendment shall not be deemed to limit or prohibit the rights of indemnification hereunder for past acts or omissions of any

 

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such person insofar as such amendment limits or prohibits the indemnification rights that said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Persons who are not directors or officers of the Corporation and are not serving at the request of the Corporation may be similarly indemnified in respect of such service to the extent authorized at any time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The indemnification conferred in this Clause D shall also include the right to advancement by the Corporation of any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in the defense of or other involvement in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that the advancement of expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a person in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay all amounts so paid in advance if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Clause D.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this 26 th day of June, 2015.

 

NII HOLDINGS, INC.  
   
By: /s/ Gary D . Begeman  
Name: Gary D. Begeman  
Office: Executive Vice President, General Counsel  

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

NII HOLDINGS, INC.

FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

Section 1.1   Registered Office . The registered office of NII Holdings, Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

 

Section 1.2   Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 2.1   Time and Place .

 

(a) All meetings of the stockholders for shall be held at such time and place (if any) as designated by the Board of Directors, within or without the State of Delaware, and stated in the notice of the meeting provided in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place, but may instead be held by means of remote communications pursuant to Section 8.6. The Board may reschedule to an earlier or later date any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders (subject, in the case of a special meeting called pursuant to Section 2.3, to the requirements of therein).

 

(b) Except as otherwise set forth in these bylaws, every reference in these bylaws to a majority or other proportion of the entire capital stock of the Corporation necessary to take a particular action, refers to a majority or other proportion of the votes entitled to be cast with respect to a particular matter or action by all holders of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation that are entitled to vote on such matter or action.

 

Section 2.2   Annual Meetings . Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held in each year on such date (which date, other than for the 2016 annual meeting, shall be no later than 13 months after the date of the last annual meeting of stockholders) and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which stockholders shall elect directors in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof.

 

Section 2.3   Special Meetings .

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), may be called by the secretary upon the written request of the chairman of the Board or chief executive officer at any time and shall be called by the secretary upon the request in

 

 
 

 

writing of not less than a majority of the Board of Directors, or of stockholders holding, beneficially or of record, not less than thirty-three percent (33%) of the common stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote as of the record date (the “Requisite Percentage”) referred to in this Section 2.3 , subject to the following: In order for a special meeting requested by one or more stockholders (a “Stockholder Requested Special Meeting”) to be called by the secretary, one or more written requests for a special meeting (each a “Special Meeting Request,” and collectively, the “Special Meeting Requests”) stating the purpose of the special meeting and the matters proposed to be acted upon thereat must be signed and dated by the Requisite Percentage of holders of common stock of the Corporation (or their duly authorized agents), must be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation and must set forth: (i) in the case of any director nominations proposed to be presented at such Stockholder Requested Special Meeting, the information required by Section 3.3(d); (ii) in the case of any matter (other than a director nomination) proposed to be conducted at such Stockholder Requested Special Meeting, the information required by Section 2.8(b); and (iii) an agreement by the requesting stockholder(s) to notify the secretary immediately in the case of any disposition prior to the record date for the Stockholder Requested Special Meeting of shares of Voting Stock owned of record and an acknowledgement that any such disposition shall be deemed a revocation of such Special Meeting Request to the extent of such disposition such that the number of shares disposed of shall not be included in determining whether the Requisite Percentage has been reached (except that for purposes of this Section 2.3, the term “Stockholder Requested Special Meeting” will be substituted for the term “annual meeting” in all places where it appears in Section 2.8(b)).

 

(b) In determining whether a special meeting of stockholders has been requested by the holders of shares representing in the aggregate at least the Requisite Percentage, multiple Special Meeting Requests delivered to the secretary will be considered together only if each such Special Meeting Request (A) identifies substantially the same purpose or purposes of the special meeting and substantially the same matters proposed to be acted on at the special meeting (in each case as determined in good faith by the Board), and (B) has been dated and delivered to the secretary within 60 days of the earliest dated of such Special Meeting Requests. Any requesting stockholder may revoke his, her or its Special Meeting Request at any time by written revocation delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation; provided , however , that if following such revocation (or any deemed revocation pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(iii) above), the unrevoked valid Special Meeting Requests represent in the aggregate less than the Requisite Percentage there shall be no requirement to hold a special meeting. The first date on which unrevoked valid Special Meeting Requests constituting not less than the Requisite Percentage shall have been delivered to the secretary is referred to herein as the “Request Receipt Date.”

 

(c) A Special Meeting Request shall not be valid: (i) if the Special Meeting Request relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law; and (ii) an identical or substantially similar item as determined in good faith by the Board is included in the Corporation’s notice as an item of business to be brought before a stockholder meeting that has been called but not yet held or that is called for a date within 75 days after the Request Receipt Date.

 

(d) The Corporation will provide the requesting stockholder(s) with notice of the record date(s) for the determination of stockholders (i) entitled to submit a Special Meeting Request and (ii) entitled to vote at the Stockholder Requested Special Meeting.

 

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(e) A Stockholder Requested Special Meeting shall be held at such date and time as may be fixed by the Board; provided , however , that the Stockholder Requested Special Meeting shall be called for a date not less than 75 calendar days after the Request Receipt Date.

 

(f) No requesting stockholder will be entitled to have any matter proposed to be presented at a Stockholder Requested Meeting in any proxy statement or form of proxy that the Corporation may use in connection therewith solely as a result of such stockholder’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3.

 

(g) Business transacted at any Stockholder Requested Special Meeting shall be limited to (i) the purpose(s) stated in the valid Special Meeting Request(s) received from the Requisite Percentage of stockholders; and (ii) any additional matters that the Board determines to include in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting. If none of the stockholders (owning beneficially or of record) who submitted the Special Meeting Request appears in person or by proxy to present the matters to be presented for consideration that were specified in the Stockholder Meeting Request, the Corporation need not present such matters for a vote at such meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matter may have been solicited, obtained or delivered.

 

Section 2.4   Notice of Meetings . Notice of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, stating the place (if any), date and hour of the meeting, as well as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such record date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), and the means of remote communication (if any) by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to notice of such meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of such meeting. Notice of special meetings of stockholders shall also include the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

Section 2.5   Quorum . The holders of shares representing a majority of votes that may be cast by the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat with respect to a particular matter, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings with respect to each matter to be voted upon at a meeting of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented.

 

Section 2.6   Voting . When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes properly cast on the matter (excluding any abstentions or broker non-votes) will be the act of the stockholders with respect to all matters other than the election of directors which will be elected in accordance with Section 3.4, or as otherwise provided in these bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, a Preferred Stock Designation, or by the DGCL.

 

Section 2.7   Conduct of Meetings . The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at such meeting by the

 

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person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate; provided that such rules or regulations shall be consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and these bylaws. Unless otherwise specified in such rules or regulations, the chairman of the Board shall serve as the chair of any meeting of stockholders. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chair of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chair of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting, to stockholders (owning beneficially or of record) of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair shall permit; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and (vi) the adjournment of the meeting by the chair. Unless, and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chair of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

Section 2.8   Submission of Business for Consideration at Meetings of Stockholders .

 

(a) At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such business (other than the nomination of candidates for election as directors of the Corporation, which is governed by Section 3.3 hereof) will be conducted or considered as is properly brought before the annual meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of the annual meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by the presiding officer or by or at the direction of a majority of the entire Board, or (iii) otherwise properly requested to be brought before the annual meeting by a stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 2.8. For purposes of these bylaws, “entire Board” refers to the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

 

(b) For business to be properly requested by a stockholder to be brought before an annual meeting, (i) the stockholder must be the holder, beneficially or of record, of shares, (ii) the stockholder must be entitled to vote at such meeting (either directly or through a proxy or beneficial interest), and (iii) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided by law, to be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or mailed and received by the secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 75 calendar days prior to the anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting of stockholders; provided , however , that if there was no annual meeting in the preceding year or the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to, or delayed by more than 30 calendar days after the anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 45th calendar day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th calendar day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public disclosure of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above. To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the secretary of the Corporation must set forth (A) as to each matter the stockholder

 

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proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (1) a description in reasonable detail of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting; and (2) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, if the business includes a proposal to amend these bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, the language of the proposed amendment); and (B) as to each stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associate (as defined below): (1) the name and address of the stockholder and the name and address of any Stockholder Associate; (2) a representation that at least one of these persons is a holder of record or beneficially of securities of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to remain so through the date of the meeting and to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to present the business stated in the stockholder's notice; (3) the class, series and number of any securities of the Corporation that are owned of record or beneficially by any of these persons as of the date of the stockholder's notice; (4) a description of any material interests of any of these persons in the business proposed and of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between these persons and any other person (including their names) in connection with the proposal of the business by the stockholder; (5) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which any of these persons has a right to vote any shares of any securities of the Corporation; (6) a description of any derivative positions related to any class or series of securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associate; (7) a description of whether and the extent to which any hedging, swap or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of securities) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or manage risk of stock price changes for, or to increase the voting power of, the stockholder or any Stockholder Associate with respect to any securities of the Corporation; and (8) a representation that after the date of the stockholder's notice and until the date of the annual meeting, each of these persons will provide written notice to the secretary of the Corporation as soon as practicable following a change in the number of securities of the Corporation held as described in response to subclause (3) above that equals 1% or more of the then-outstanding shares of the Corporation, and/or entry, termination, amendment or modification of the agreements, arrangements or understandings described in response to subclause (6) above that results in a change that equals 1% or more of the then-outstanding shares of the Corporation or in the economic interests underlying those agreements, arrangements or understandings; and (C) a representation as to whether the stockholder giving notice and any Stockholder Associate intends, or intends to be part of a group that intends: (1) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation's outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal; and/or (2) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of the proposal.

 

For purposes of this Section 2.8 and Section 3.3 hereof, (x) “public disclosure” means disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg or comparable national news service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or furnished by the Corporation to its stockholders and (y) “Stockholder Associate” of any stockholder means (1) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, the stockholder; and (2) any beneficial owner of securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by the stockholder. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the Corporation's proxy statement and form of proxy for a meeting of stockholders, a stockholder must provide notice as required by, and otherwise comply with, all of the applicable requirements of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any comparable successor rule or regulation).

 

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Nothing in this Section 2.8 will be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any comparable successor rule or regulation).

 

(c) At a special meeting of stockholders, only such business may be conducted or considered as is properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting (subject to Section 2.3(g) in the case of a Stockholder Requested Special Meeting), business must be (i) specified in the notice of the meeting (or any supplement thereto) given in accordance with these bylaws or (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these bylaws, by the presiding officer of the meeting or by or at the direction of a majority of the entire Board.

 

(d) The determination of whether any business sought to be brought before any annual or special meeting of stockholders is properly brought before such meeting in accordance with this Section 2.8 will be made by the presiding officer of such meeting.

 

Section 2.9   Action Without a Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, if stockholders having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted consent in writing or by electronic transmission, provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

 

Section 3.1   Number and Qualification . The Board of Directors shall consist of at least three members, shall initially consist of seven members, and may be fixed from time to time for any period on or after the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders by (i) resolution of the Board of Directors at no more than nine members or (ii) stockholders holding a majority of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. No decrease in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

Section 3.2   Election and Term . Directors shall be elected for terms as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and in the manner provided in Section 3.4 hereof at the annual meeting of the stockholders.

 

Section 3.3   Nominations .

 

(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.3 will be eligible for election as directors at a meeting of stockholders.

 

(b) Nominations of persons for election as directors may be made only at a meeting of stockholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof or (ii) by any stockholder, beneficially or of record, at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 3.3, who is entitled to

 

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vote for the election of directors at such annual meeting, and who makes the nomination pursuant to timely notice in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation in compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.3.

 

(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, to be timely, a stockholder's notice with respect to nominations of persons for election as directors of the Corporation must be delivered to or mailed and received by the secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 75 days prior to the anniversary of the date for the preceding year's annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if there was no annual meeting in the preceding year or the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to, or delayed by more than 30 calendar days after the anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 45th calendar day prior to such annual meeting or the 10 th calendar day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public disclosure of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above.

 

(d) To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice pursuant to this Section 3.3 must set forth or include:

 

(i) as to each person who is not an incumbent director of the Corporation whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person; (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person; (C) the class, series and number of securities of the Corporation that are owned of record or beneficially by such person; (D) the date or dates the securities were acquired; (E) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitation for proxies or election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (or any comparable successor rule or regulation); and (F) a representation that such person meets the qualifications to serve as a director of the Corporation.

 

(ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associate, (A) the name and address of the stockholder and the name and address of any Stockholder Associate; (B) a representation that at least one of these persons is a holder of record or beneficially of securities of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to remain so through the date of the meeting and to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the stockholder's notice; (C) the class, series and number of securities of the Corporation that are owned of record or beneficially by each of these persons as of the date of the stockholder's notice; (D) a description of any material relationships, including legal, financial and/or compensatory, between the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associate, on one hand, and the proposed nominee(s), on the other hand; (E) a description of any derivative positions related to any class or series of securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by the stockholder or any Stockholder Associate; (F) a description of whether and the extent to which any hedging, swap or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of securities) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or manage risk of stock price changes for, or to increase the voting power of, the stockholder or any Stockholder Associate with respect to any securities of the Corporation; and (G) a representation that after the date of the stockholder's notice and until the date of the annual meeting each of these persons will

 

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provide written notice to the secretary of the Corporation as soon as practicable following a change in the number of securities of the Corporation held as described in response to subclause (C) above that equals 1% or more of the then-outstanding shares of the Corporation, and/or entry, termination, amendment or modification of the agreements, arrangements or understanding described in response to subclause (F) above that results in a change that equals 1% or more of the then-outstanding shares of the Corporation or in the economic interests underlying these agreements, arrangements or understanding;

 

(iii)  a representation as to whether the stockholder giving notice and any Stockholder Associate intends, or intends to be part of a group that intends: (A) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to stockholders; and/or (B) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of the proposed nominee;

 

(iv) the director questionnaire (which is available from the secretary of the Corporation upon request) that is distributed to all directors of the Corporation; and

 

(v) a written consent of each proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, if elected.

 

(e) The determination of whether any nomination sought to be brought before any annual meeting of the stockholders is properly brought before such meeting in accordance with this Section 3.3 will be made by the presiding officer of such meeting.

 

Section 3.4   Majority Voting in Director Elections . Each director to be elected by stockholders shall be elected as such by the vote of the majority of the votes cast by stockholders for that director at a meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, except that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any such meeting. For purposes of this Section 3.4, a “majority of votes cast” shall mean that the number of shares voted “for” a director's election exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that director's election.

 

Section 3.5   Vacancies . In the case of any vacancy on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director or by stockholders acting by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. Any director appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed until the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders (or for the remainder of the term for the applicable class of directors for so long as the Board is divided into classes) and thereafter until such director's successor is elected and qualified or such director earlier resigns or is removed.

 

Section 3.6   Removal . Subject to the rights of holders of preferred stock (if any) with respect to any directors elected by the holders of such preferred stock, any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause (except that so long as the Board of Directors is divided into classes, directors may be removed only for cause), by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote

 

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generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

Section 3.7   General Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by the DGCL or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The Board of Directors may adopt such special rules and regulations for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the affairs of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may deem proper, not inconsistent with law or these bylaws.

 

Section 3.8   Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time, on such date and at such place (if any), within or without the State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.9   Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer, or by the secretary upon the written request of two directors. Notice of the place (if any), date and time of each such special meeting shall be given to each director on one day's notice to each director, either personally, by mail, by telegram or by electronic transmission.

 

Section 3.10   Quorum . At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by the DGCL or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

 

Section 3.11   Action Without Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings, or, if the consent action is taken by electronic transmission, paper reproductions of such electronic transmission or transmissions, are filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board or committee.

 

Section 3.12   Participation in Meetings by Remote Communication . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting in accordance with Section 8.6.

 

Section 3.13   Committees . There shall be such committees of the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate. Each committee shall consist of one or more directors of the Corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. Any such committee shall have such power and authority as may be conferred by a

 

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resolution of the board of directors; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the power and authority of the board of directors with respect to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, amending the bylaws of the Corporation, or declaring a dividend or authorizing the issuance of stock (other than in connection with a stock option or other management equity incentive plan, which plan has been approved by the Corporation's board of directors). Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

Section 3.14   Committee Meetings, Procedures and Minutes . Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

 

ARTICLE IV

NOTICES

 

Section 4.1   Notice . Whenever, under the provisions of the DGCL or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail addressed to such director or stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation with postage thereon prepaid and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors and stockholders may also be given by facsimile, by telephone or by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the director or stockholder to whom the notice is given.

 

Section 4.2   Waiver . Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the DGCL or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to the notice, in each case, whether before or after the time of the event for which the notice is given, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

 

Section 5.1   Generally . The officer positions in the Corporation shall consist of such as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors and the officers to fill same shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws otherwise provide.

 

Section 5.2   Compensation . The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation that are also directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate the power to fix the compensation of all other officers and agents of the Corporation to an officer of the Corporation.

 

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Section 5.3   Succession . The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.4   Authority and Duties . The officers of the Corporation shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices, or as may be specified from time to time by the Board of Directors in a resolution which is not inconsistent with these bylaws, regardless of whether such authority and duties are customarily incident to such office.

 

ARTICLE VI

CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 6.1   Certificates . The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, to the extent required by the DGCL, every holder of shares of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate or certificates, signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the president or a vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificates may be facsimiles.

 

Section 6.2   Transfer .

 

(a) Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books or, if such shares may be represented in uncertificated form pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, record such transaction upon its books as an issuance of uncertificated shares to the person entitled thereto, unless such person requests a certificate or certificates, in which case such person shall be entitled to have a certificate or certificates in accordance with Section 6.1.

 

(b)  Transfers of shares of stock represented by certificates shall be made upon the books of the Corporation only by the record holder of such stock, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon the surrender of the certificate or certificates for the same number of shares, properly endorsed. Transfers of uncertificated shares of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of the uncertificated shares, an instruction from an approved source duly authorized by such owner or from an attorney lawfully constituted in writing. The Corporation is entitled for all purposes to treat the record holder as the owner of such stock, notwithstanding any knowledge of the Corporation to the contrary. The Board of Directors shall have the power to make all such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws and the DGCL, as the Board

 

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of Directors may deem appropriate concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for stock of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or registrars of transfers or both, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of either or both.

 

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

Section 7.1   Right to Indemnification . Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, partner (limited or general) or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, shall be (and shall be deemed to have a contractual right to be) indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation (and any successor to the Corporation by merger or otherwise) to the fullest extent authorized by, and subject to the conditions and (except as provided herein) procedures set forth in the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but any such amendment shall not be deemed to limit or prohibit the rights of indemnification hereunder for past acts or omissions of any such person insofar as such amendment limits or prohibits the indemnification rights that said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Persons who are not directors or officers of the Corporation and are not so serving at the request of the Corporation may be similarly indemnified in respect of such service to the extent authorized at any time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The indemnification conferred in this Section 7.1 shall also include the right to advancement by the Corporation of any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in the defense of or other involvement in any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that the advancement of expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a person in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay all amounts so paid in advance if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be so indemnified under this Section 7.1.

 

Section 7.2   Non-Exclusivity of Rights . The rights to indemnification and advance payment of expenses provided by Section 7.1 hereof shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and advance payment of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

 

Section 7.3   Nature of Rights . The indemnification and advance payment of expenses and rights thereto provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 7.1 hereof shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, partner or

 

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agent and shall inure to the benefit of the personal representatives, heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

 

Section 7.4   Insurance . The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, partner (limited or general) or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person or incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, and related expenses, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

 

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 8.1   Dividends . Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 8.2   Reserves . Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

Section 8.3   Checks . All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

Section 8.4   Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8.5   Corporate Seal . The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal and use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

 

Section 8.6 Meeting Attendance via Remote Communication Equipment .

 

(a)  Stockholder Meetings . If authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

 

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(ii) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (A) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (B) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (C) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such votes or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

(b)   Board Meetings . Unless otherwise restricted by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 8.7 Beneficial Ownership . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws to the extent permitted by law, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company may be taken by any stockholder of record or by any beneficial owner of any Voting Stock for any period of time that has verified its holdings in accordance with any method prescribed by Rule 14a-8(b)(2) under the Exchange Act (without giving effect to any minimum threshold or duration of ownership limitation therein). For the purposes of these bylaws, “Voting Stock” means stock of the Company of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

 

These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the Board of Directors (other than Sections (other than Sections 2.2 (Annual Meetings), 2.3 (Special Meetings), 2.5 (Quorum), 2.6 (Voting), 2.8 (Submission of Business for Consideration at Meetings of Stockholders), 2.9 (Action Without a Meeting), 3.1 (Number and Qualification), 3.2 (Election and Term), 3.3 (Nominations), 3.4 (Majority Voting in Director Elections); 3.5 (Vacancies); 3.6 (Removal), 8.7 (Beneficial Ownership) and this Article IX of these bylaws (as such provisions are designated in the Bylaws in effect as of June 26, 2015) unless otherwise provided in any such provision, or any provision to the extent adopted, altered, amended or repealed pursuant to an action taken by stockholders, any successor provision to such provisions or any other alteration or amendment inconsistent with such sections) or by stockholders provided that any amendment proposed to be acted upon is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

Effective as of June 26, 2015

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

NII Holdings, Inc.

2015 Incentive Compensation Plan

 

 
 

 

NII Holdings, Inc.

2015 Incentive Compensation Plan

 

1.            Purpose of the Plan

 

The primary purpose of the Plan is to assist the Company in attracting, retaining and motivating Directors, officers and other designated employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and to further align their interests with the interests of the Company’s stockholders by increasing their ownership interests in the Company, and/or providing incentives based on the financial performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

2.            Definitions

 

2.1           “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

2.2           “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such specified Person. Unless the context requires otherwise, when a specified Person is not referenced, the term “Affiliate” shall refer to Affiliates of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries.

 

2.3           “Award” means a grant of an Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit or Cash-Based Incentive Award.

 

2.4           “Award Agreement” means the agreement, letter, notice, certificate or other document which evidences an Award, and specifies the terms and conditions of the Award, including the vesting requirements, Exercise Price, Goals or Performance Goals, exercise and/or distribution provisions, and forfeiture provisions applicable to that Award. The Committee shall determine the form and substance of Award Agreements. It is contemplated, generally, that Award Agreements, other than Cash-Based Incentive Awards, will be in the form

 

 
 

 

 

of an agreement between the Company and the Participant, and that Award Agreements evidencing Cash-Based Incentive Awards will be in the form of a certificate or other notice from the Company to Participants describing the form, conditions and parameters of the Cash-Based Incentive Award.

 

2.5           “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

2.6           “Cash-Based Incentive Award” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 9 hereof, that entitles the Participant to receive cash or shares of Common Stock upon the attainment of specified Goals or Performance Goals during a performance period, as determined by the Committee.

 

2.7           “Cause” shall mean Cause as such term is defined in any employment agreement between the Participant and the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or, if there is no such agreement that defines Cause, in an Award Agreement. If no such definition exists, “Cause” shall exist with respect to a Participant if such Participant has: (i) committed an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation or breach of fiduciary duty against the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, or a felony involving the business, assets, or customers of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, or been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any other felony or other crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) committed a material breach of any confidentiality, non-compete, non-solicitation or business opportunity covenant or obligation owed by the Participant to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate; (iii) used alcohol or drugs in a manner that materially interferes with the performance of Participant’s duties; (iv) violated material written policies of the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate; (v) engaged in wrongful conduct materially harmful (whether financially, reputationally or otherwise) to the Company, any Subsidiary or any

 

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Affiliate or (vi) failed to perform, or exhibited gross negligence in the performance of, such Participant’s duties to the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate, in each case, after written notice and a 30-day cure period is provided to Participant; provided, that such cure right only applies to the first instance of the conditions described in (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) above and shall not apply to subsequent instances of the same such conditions; provided, further that no cure right shall exist in respect of the conditions described in (i) and (ii) above. A termination for Cause shall include a determination by the Committee following a termination of service that the conditions described in (i) or (ii) existed during the service period and would have justified a termination by the Company for Cause; provided, that such determination must be made within six months of the termination of service.

 

2.8           “Change in Control” means the first occurrence of any of the events set forth in any one of the following paragraphs, in each case with the Board of Directors determining by resolution the specific date of the triggering event:

 

(a)          The Company is merged or consolidated or reorganized into or with another company or other legal entity, and as a result of such merger, consolidation or reorganization less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of such resulting company or entity immediately after such transaction is held directly or indirectly in the aggregate by the holders of voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such transaction, including voting securities issuable upon the exercise or conversion of options, warrants or other securities or rights; or

 

(b)          The Company sells or otherwise transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another company or other legal entity, and immediately following such sale or other transfer of assets, less than a majority of the combined voting power of the

 

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then outstanding securities of such company or other legal entity is held directly or indirectly in the aggregate by the holders of voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such sale or transfer, including voting securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of options, warrants or other securities or rights; or

 

(c)          Individuals who, as of the effective date of the Plan, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person or entity other than the Board; provided, that this clause (c) shall only apply to the extent the Common Stock is then listed or traded on a national securities exchange; or

 

(d)          Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

(e)          An acquisition by an individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of 50% or more of either the then outstanding shares of the Company (“Outstanding Company Stock”), or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (“Outstanding Company Voting Securities”), excluding, however, the

 

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following: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company other than the acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege unless the security being so converted was itself acquired directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the Common Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

2.9           "Chapter 11 Plan" means the First Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization Proposed by the Plan Debtors and Debtors in Possession and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors dated April 20, 2015, as filed on the docket of the bankruptcy case styled In re NII Holdings, Inc, et al. , Case No. 14-12611 (SCC), commenced in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

 

2.10         "Chapter 11 Plan Effective Date" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Chapter 11 Plan.

 

2.11         “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

2.12         “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board, or such other committee or subcommittee designated by the Board to administer the Plan. The Committee shall have at least two members, and all Committee members shall be both Non-Employee Directors and Outside Directors. The Committee may designate a subcommittee of

 

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members of the Committee, and/or officers of the Company, to act on certain matters where such designation is necessary or desirable.

 

2.13         “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

2.14         “Company” means NII Holdings, Inc.

 

2.15         "Confirmation Order" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Chapter 11 Plan.

 

2.16         “Director” means a member of the Board.

 

2.17         “Employee” means an individual who is employed as an employee by the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, including a director or an officer who is an employee.

 

2.18         “Exercise Price” means the exercise price per share of Common Stock of an Option.

 

2.19         “Fair Market Value” means, on any given date, the closing price of a share of Common Stock on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or traded on such date or, if Common Stock was not traded on such date, on the last preceding day on which the Common Stock was traded. Alternatively, if the Common Stock is not listed on any securities exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the value of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Committee, consistent with applicable legal requirements (including, if applicable, the requirements of Code Section 409A).

 

2.20         “Goal” means any objective measure or target selected by the Committee, including, but not limited to, any measure or target based upon one or more of the criteria listed in Appendix “A” attached hereto, that must be met by the time and in the manner specified by the Committee. Goals may be based on Company-wide performance or other

 

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performance levels, such as performance of a Subsidiary, Affiliate or business unit. Goals may be defined in absolute terms or measured relative to other companies or against a predefined index. Additionally, Goals may be expressed as a percentage change or in absolute value terms, or in combination or in relationship to one another. Goals may be adjusted by the Committee.

 

2.21         “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option which is designated as, and is intended to meet the requirements of, an incentive stock option as defined in Code Section 422.

 

2.22         “Material Business Event” means the Company (i) effects one or more stock dividends, stock split-ups, subdivisions or consolidations of shares or (ii) engages in a transaction to which Code Section 424(a) applies.

 

2.23         “Named Executive Officer” means a Participant who is one of the group of “covered employees,” as defined in the regulations promulgated under Code Section 162(m).

 

2.24          “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who meets the definition of a “non-employee director” under Rule 16b-3(b)(3) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1934 Act.

 

2.25         “Non-Qualified Option” means an Option that is not intended to be, and/or does not meet the requirements of, an Incentive Stock Option.

 

2.26         “Option” means any stock option granted from time to time under Section 6 of this Plan. Options granted under the Plan may be Non-Qualified Options or Incentive Stock Options, as determined by the Committee.

 

2.27         “Outside Director” means a member of the Board who meets the definition of an “outside director” under Treasury Regulation § 1.162-27(e)(3).

 

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2.28         “Participant” means an eligible individual to whom an Award is granted.

 

2.29         “Performance Goal” means an objective goal subject to the provisions of Code Section 162(m) that must be met by the time and in the manner specified by the Committee based upon one or more of the criteria listed on Appendix “A” attached hereto and made a part hereof. Performance Goals may be based on Company-wide performance or other performance levels, such as performance of a Subsidiary, Affiliate or business unit. Performance Goals may be defined in absolute terms or measured relative to other companies or against a predefined index. Additionally, Performance Goals may be expressed as a percentage change or in absolute value terms, or in combination or in relationship to one another. Performance Goals may be adjusted to account for Material Business Events as the Committee deems appropriate and equitable, except where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Code Section 162(m).

 

2.30         “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof; provided that the term “Person” does not include the Company or any affiliate of the Company, and the term Person does not include any employee-benefit plan maintained by the Company or any affiliate of the Company, or any person or entity organized, appointed, or established by the Company or any affiliate of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee-benefit plan, unless the Committee determines that such an employee-benefit plan or such person or entity is a “Person”.

 

2.31         “Plan” means the NII Holdings, Inc. 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan herein set forth, as amended from time to time.

 

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2.32         “Plan Year” means the twelve-month period ending December 31 st , each calendar year, provided that the plan year for the first year shall be less than twelve months.

 

2.33         “Restricted Stock” means an Award of Common Stock granted pursuant to Section 7 hereof, subject to such conditions and criteria as the Committee may determine.

 

2.34         “Restricted Stock Units” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 8 hereof, in the amount determined by the Committee, stated with reference to a specified number of shares of Common Stock, that entitles the Participant to receive shares of Common Stock or cash for each Restricted Stock Unit equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of payment, upon the lapse of a Restriction Period and/or subject to such other conditions and criteria as the Committee may determine.

 

2.35         “Restriction Period” means the period during which an Award is subject to forfeiture. A Restriction Period shall not lapse until all conditions, imposed under this Plan or under the applicable Award Agreement, have been satisfied.

 

2.36         “Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, any corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the overall economic equity or a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (regardless of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof; or (ii) if a partnership, association,

 

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limited liability company or other business entity, a majority partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof is, at the time, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, through a majority of the overall economic interest or a majority of the total voting power by the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof.

 

2.37         “Ten Percent Stockholder” means a Person who, on any given date, owns, either directly or indirectly (taking into account the attribution rules contained in Code Section 424(d)), shares possessing 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

2.38         “Termination Date” means the day on which a Participant’s employment or service with the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates terminates or is terminated. If an Award is intended or required to comply with Code Section 409A, the term “Termination Date” shall, with respect to such Award, mean “separation from service” as defined in Code Section 409A and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

3.            Eligibility

 

3.1           Any Director or any Employee of the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates is eligible to participate in this Plan. The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the eligible Persons to whom Awards shall be made. The mere status of an individual as an Employee or Director shall not entitle such individual to an Award hereunder; all Awards hereunder must be approved by the Committee as provided for herein.

 

4.            Administration and Implementation of Plan

 

4.1           The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full power to interpret and administer the Plan and full authority to take, or cause to be taken, any and all action which it deems necessary to implement, carry out and administer the Plan, including without limitation: (a) selecting the eligible Persons to whom Awards will be granted;

 

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(b) determining the amount and type of Awards to be granted to each Participant; (c) determining the terms and conditions of all Awards; and (d) determining and interpreting the terms of Award Agreements. Additionally, the Committee may impose restrictions, including without limitation, confidentiality, non-compete, non-recruitment and non-solicitation restrictions, as well as the attainment of Goals or Performance Goals, on the grant, vesting, exercise and/or payment of any Award, as the Committee determines to be appropriate.

 

4.2           The Committee shall have the power to adopt procedures for carrying out the Plan and to change such procedures as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable. Any interpretation by the Committee of the terms and provisions of the Plan and/or any Award Agreement and the administration thereof, and all actions taken by the Committee, shall be final and binding on all Participants, and any Person claiming any rights through a Participant. Each Participant shall, as a condition to the Participant’s participation hereunder, take whatever actions and execute whatever documents the Committee may, in its reasonable judgment, deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out or effect the obligations or restrictions imposed on the Participant pursuant to the provisions of this Plan and/or an Award Agreement.

 

4.3           The Committee may (but is not required to) condition the vesting, exercise and/or payment of any Award or the lapse of any Restriction Period (or any combination thereof) upon the achievement of one or more Goals or Performance Goals established by the Committee. The Committee shall have discretion to determine the specific targets and parameters with respect to each category of Goals or Performance Goals relative to any Award. Performance Goals for Awards to Named Executive Officers shall be established not later than ninety (90) days after the beginning of the applicable performance period (or at

 

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such other date as may be required or permitted for “performance-based” compensation under Code Section 162(m)), and shall otherwise meet the requirements of Code Section 162(m), including the requirement that the outcome of the Performance Goals be substantially uncertain at the time established, and that the attainment of the Performance Goals be certified in writing by the Committee prior to paying the Award.

 

4.4           To the extent applicable law so permits, the Committee, in its discretion, may delegate to one or more officers of the Company all or part of the Committee’s authority and duties with respect to Awards to be granted to individuals who are not Named Executive Officers or other officers, Directors or more than 10% beneficial owners of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Committee may revoke or amend the terms of any such delegation at any time, but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Committee’s delegate(s) that were consistent with the terms of the Plan and the Committee’s prior delegation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, all Awards, including applicable Performance Goals, of Named Executive Officers or other officers, Directors or more than 10% beneficial owners of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, shall be determined and approved by the Committee.

 

4.5           Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, no vesting date of any Award granted under the Plan to a Participant (but excluding Awards to Non-Employee Directors and those made within six months of the effective date of the Plan) shall be

 

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less than one year following the date the Award is granted; provided, however, that (i) the Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine that, on an ad hoc basis, Awards may be granted under the Plan without regard to the foregoing minimum vesting provisions in order to achieve a specified business objective, such as an inducement to a new hire or a retention award to a key employee or group of key employees; (ii) Awards may be granted to certain Participants under the Plan without regard to the foregoing minimum vesting provisions (x) if such Participant is subject to laws and/or regulations imposing certain requirements or restrictions on the remuneration of such individual or (y) in order to conform with local laws applicable to such Award; and (iii) nothing in this Section 4.5 shall preclude the Committee from taking action, in its sole discretion, to accelerate the vesting of any Award upon circumstances it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, upon or following a Change in Control or the Participant’s death, disability, retirement or involuntary termination.

 

5.            Shares Subject to the Plan

 

5.1           Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10 hereof, the total number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available for Awards under the Plan shall be 5,263,158 (all of which may be issued as Incentive Stock Options). Awards granted under the Plan that are settled in cash, in whole or in part, shall not count against the total number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under the Plan to the extent of such cash settlement. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10 hereof and the other share counting rules in the Plan, the total number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under the Plan will be reduced by (a) one share of Common Stock for every one share of Common Stock subject to an Option granted under this Plan, and (b) 1.5 shares of Common Stock for every one share of Common Stock subject to an Award other than an Option granted under this Plan.

 

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5.2          The following limits (each, an “Annual Award Limit”, and collectively, “Annual Award Limits”) shall, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10, apply to grants of Awards under this Plan:

 

(a)          Options: The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to Options which may be granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be 1,000,000. All such Options may be issued as Incentive Stock Options.

 

(b)          Restricted Stock: The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to Awards of Restricted Stock that are intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) which may be granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be 500,000.

 

(c)          Restricted Stock Units: The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to Restricted Stock Units that are intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) which may be granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be 500,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

(d)          Cash-Based Incentive Awards: The maximum aggregate Cash-Based Incentive Award cash payments that are intended to qualify as “qualified performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) that may be made in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be $3,000,000.

 

5.3          (a)          Shares of Common Stock covered by an Award shall be removed from the Plan share reserve as of the date of grant (except in the case of Awards payable in either stock or cash, which shares of Common Stock will not be removed from the Plan share reserve until payment), and the following shares of Common Stock may not again be made available for issuance as Awards under the Plan: (i) shares of Common Stock not issued or

 

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delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Option; (ii) shares of Common Stock used to pay the Exercise Price or withholding taxes related to an outstanding Option; and (iii) shares of Common Stock repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of Option Exercise Price.

 

(b)          To the extent that an Award is canceled, terminates, expires, is forfeited or otherwise lapses for any reason, including the non-attainment of Goals or Performance Goals, any shares of Common Stock subject to the Award will again, to the extent of such cancellation, termination, expiration, forfeiture or lapse, be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan.

 

(c)          To the extent that an Award is not an Option, shares of Common Stock withheld by the Company or otherwise used to satisfy the payment of withholding taxes relating to such outstanding Award will again be available for issuance as Awards granted under the Plan on and after the date the Plan becomes effective as provided in Section 13.1 through the day prior to the 10-year anniversary of the effective date of the Plan.

 

(d)          Substitute Awards granted pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan shall not count against the shares of Common Stock otherwise available for issuance under the Plan or any Annual Award Limits.

 

5.4           It is intended generally that Awards granted under this Plan shall not constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” as defined under Code Section 409A. If, however, any Award is, or becomes, subject to any of the requirements of Code Section 409A, such Award, and the applicable Award Agreement, shall be interpreted and administered to be consistent with such requirements (including any required six-month delay on payments to

 

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“specified employees”), and the Committee shall be entitled, on a unilateral basis, to amend, reform, interpret and administer this Plan, such Award and such Award Agreement accordingly.

 

6.           Options

 

Options shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

6.1           Each Option shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Such Award Agreement shall conform to the requirements of the Plan, and may contain such other provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable, including without limitation, the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Option, the type of the Option, the Exercise Price, any applicable Goals or Performance Goals, and forfeiture provisions (including forfeitures and exercise rights following the Participant’s Termination Date). The terms of Option Awards need not be uniform among all such Awards granted hereunder.

 

6.2           The Exercise Price of an Option shall be determined by the Committee; however, the Exercise Price per share shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock underlying such Option on the date of grant. In the case of any Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder, the Exercise Price per share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant.

 

6.3           Award Agreements evidencing Options shall specify when and under what terms and conditions an Option shall become vested and may be exercisable, which may include the attainment of specified Goals or Performance Goals. The term of an Option shall in no event be greater than ten years (five years in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder). The Option shall also expire, be forfeited and terminate at such times and in such circumstances as otherwise provided hereunder and/or under the applicable Award Agreement.

 

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6.4           Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to Employees of the Company or a Subsidiary (provided, however, that solely for this purpose, grants of Incentive Stock Options to an employee of a Subsidiary may only be made if the Company controls at least a majority of the total voting power of such Subsidiary, as determined in accordance with Code Section 424 and the regulations thereunder). Incentive Stock Options shall not be granted to any nonresident alien in return for services performed outside of the United States. Any Incentive Stock Options, which first become exercisable in any one calendar year that are in excess of the $100,000 statutory limit shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options, with respect only to such excess. Participants shall notify the Company of any sale or other disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Incentive Stock Option if such sale or disposition occurs (i) within two years of the grant of an Incentive Stock Option or (ii) within one year of the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Participant upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option. Such notice shall be in writing and directed to the Secretary of the Company, or such Secretary’s designee. The Company shall not be liable to any Participant or any other person if the Internal Revenue Service or any court or other authority having jurisdiction over such matter determines for any reason that an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

6.5           The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may, but need not, vest and become exercisable in periodic installments, which installments may, but need not, be equal. An Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may be exercised (which may be based on performance, the attainment of Goals or Performance Goals, or other criteria) as the Committee may deem appropriate. The vesting

 

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provisions of individual Options, as provided in the Award Agreement, may vary. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting and exercisability of Options.

 

6.6          The Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder (including no rights to dividends or other distributions) with respect to any shares of Common Stock underlying an Option until such time as the Option has been exercised and the shares of Common Stock have been so issued.

 

6.7          Subject to vesting and other restrictions provided for hereunder or in an Award Agreement, an Option may be exercised, and payment of the Exercise Price made, by a Participant (or, where appropriate, a permitted transferee of the Participant) only by notice (in the form prescribed by the Committee) to the Company specifying the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased.

 

6.8          The aggregate Exercise Price and any related taxes shall be paid in full upon the exercise of the Option. Payment must be made by one of the following methods:

 

(a)          cash or a certified or bank cashier’s check;

 

(b)          if approved by the Committee in its sole discretion, shares of Common Stock previously owned and held for such period of time as necessary to avoid a charge for financial accounting purposes and having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the day prior to the date of exercise equal to the aggregate Exercise Price;

 

(c)          a broker assisted cashless exercise methodology approved by the Committee; or

 

(d)          any combination of such methods of payment or any other legal method acceptable to the Committee in its discretion.

 

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7.            Restricted Stock

 

An Award of Restricted Stock shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

7.1           Each Award of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Such Award Agreement shall conform to the requirements of the Plan, may contain such terms, conditions and provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable including, without limitation, any applicable Restriction Period, any applicable Goals or Performance Goals, forfeiture provisions (including forfeiture following the Participant’s Termination Date), and the price, if any, to be paid by the Participant for each share of Common Stock subject to the Award. Such terms and conditions need not be uniform among all Awards.

 

7.2           Unless the Committee determines otherwise and as provided in the applicable Award Agreement, during the Restriction Period, the Participant shall have (i) the right to vote the shares of Restricted Stock and, (ii) unless the Restricted Stock Award includes Goals or Performance Goals, the right to receive the Participant’s allocable share of any cash dividends declared and paid by the Company on its Common Stock. Should the Restricted Stock Award be subject to Goals or Performance Goals, the Committee may, in its discretion and to the extent the Company pays dividends on the Common Stock during the Restriction Period, determine that the Participant may be credited with dividend equivalent units equal in value to the amount of dividends the Participant would have received had he/she owned the target number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Award.  Such dividend equivalent units, if so determined by the Committee, shall be accumulated but shall not be paid during the Restriction Period and, if all applicable conditions are satisfied and the restrictions imposed under the Award lapse, shall be paid to the Participant in cash, or shares of Common Stock of equal value, as soon as reasonably practical following the expiration of the Restriction Period and, in any event, no

 

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later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the end of the year during which the Restriction Period ends.

 

7.3          The Committee may (but shall not be required to) condition the payment of an Award of Restricted Stock upon the Participant’s continued service over a period of time with the Company, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, or satisfaction of Goals or Performance Goals as specified in the Award Agreement. If the specified conditions are not attained, the Participant shall forfeit the Award, or portion of the Award with respect to which those conditions are not attained, and the underlying Common Stock shall be forfeited.

 

7.4          Upon the expiration of the Restriction Period, if all applicable conditions have been satisfied, the restrictions imposed under the Award shall lapse with respect to the applicable number of shares of Restricted Stock as determined by the Committee. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of Restricted Stock.

 

7.5          If applicable, the purchase price per share of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the Award of Restricted Stock and any related taxes shall be paid in one of the following ways:

 

(a)          in cash at the time of purchase;

 

(b)          at the discretion of the Committee, and to the extent legally permissible, according to a deferred payment or other similar arrangement with the Participant;

 

(c)          at the discretion of the Committee, by services rendered or to be rendered to the Company;

 

(d)          through net settlement, or

 

(e)          in any other form of legal consideration that may be legally permissible and acceptable to the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

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8.            Restricted Stock Units

 

An Award of Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

8.1           Each Award of a Restricted Stock Unit shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement. Such Award Agreement shall conform to the requirements of the Plan and may contain such other provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable, including, without limitation, the applicable Restriction Period, any applicable Goals or Performance Goals, forfeiture provisions (including forfeiture following the Participant’s Termination Date) and payment provisions. Such terms and conditions need not be uniform among all Awards.

 

8.2           During the Restriction Period the Participant shall not be entitled to exercise voting rights with respect to shares of Common Stock underlying the Award.

 

8.3           At the time the Restricted Stock Unit is granted, the Committee may, in its discretion and to the extent the Company pays dividends on the Common Stock during the Restriction Period, determine that the Participant may be credited with dividend equivalent units equal in value to the amount of dividends the Participant would have received had he/she owned the target number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Award. Such dividend equivalent units, if so determined by the Committee, shall be accumulated but shall not be paid during the Restriction Period and if all applicable conditions are satisfied and the Award is distributed in accordance with Section 8.5 below, shall be paid to the Participant in cash, or shares of Common Stock of equal value, as soon as reasonably practical following the expiration of the Restriction Period and, in any event, no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the end of the year during which the Restriction Period ends.

 

8.4           The Committee may condition the expiration of the Restriction Period with respect to a grant of Restricted Stock Units upon the Participant’s continued service

 

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over a period of time with the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or satisfaction of Goals or Performance Goals as specified in the Award Agreement. If the specified conditions are not attained, the Participant shall forfeit the portion of the Award with respect to which those conditions are not attained, and the underlying Common Stock and Award, including dividend equivalent units, if any, shall be forfeited.

 

8.5           Upon the expiration of the Restriction Period, if all applicable conditions have been satisfied, the Participant shall be entitled to receive a share of Common Stock for each share underlying the Restricted Stock Unit Award that is then free from restriction, or cash equal to the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock on the date the Restriction Period expires, and such shares or cash shall be delivered to the Participant (or, where appropriate, the Participant's legal representative) as soon as reasonably practical thereafter, and, in any event, no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the end of the year during which the Restriction Period ends. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of Restricted Stock Units.

 

9.            Cash-Based Incentive Awards

 

A Cash-Based Incentive Award shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

9.1           Each Cash-Based Incentive Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement or Committee resolutions, if the Cash-Based Incentive Award is to be settled solely in cash. Such Award Agreements or Committee resolutions shall conform to the requirements of the Plan and may contain such other provisions as the Committee shall deem advisable.

 

9.2           The applicable Award Agreement or Committee resolutions shall set forth the Goals or Performance Goals and/or continued employment requirements that must be satisfied in order for the Participant to receive payment under the Cash-Based Incentive

 

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Award. If the specified conditions are not attained, the Participant shall forfeit the Award, or the portion of the Award with respect to which those conditions are not attained, and the underlying Common Stock, if any.

 

9.3           The Participant shall not have any rights as a stockholder with respect to a Cash-Based Incentive Award until such time as the Cash-Based Incentive Award has been earned and settled, provided that such settlement is made in shares of Common Stock.

 

9.4           The Award Agreement shall specify the form of payment under a Cash-Based Incentive Award, which may be in cash, by the issuance of shares of Common Stock, or by a combination thereof.

 

9.5           If and to the extent the applicable conditions are satisfied during the applicable performance period, the Company shall distribute the Award to the Participant as soon as reasonably practical following the expiration of the applicable performance period, and, in any event, no later than the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the expiration of the performance period.

 

10.          Adjustments upon Changes in Capitalization

 

10.1        In the event of a Material Business Event, the Committee, in its sole discretion, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under this Plan, may substitute or adjust, as applicable:

 

(a)          the number and/or kind of shares that may be issued under this Plan or under particular types of Awards;

 

(b)          the number and/or kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards;

 

(c)          the Exercise Price or other economic terms of any outstanding Awards;

 

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(d)          the Annual Award Limits;

 

(e)          the amount and/or type of payment to be received under Awards; and

 

(f)          any other value determinations applicable to outstanding Awards.

 

10.2        Additionally, upon the occurrence of a Material Business Event, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may make appropriate adjustments or modifications in the terms and conditions of any outstanding Awards under this Plan, including, but not limited to, modifications and accelerations of vesting provisions, Performance Goals and Restriction Periods.

 

10.3        The determination of the occurrence of a Material Business Event, as well as any appropriate adjustments or modifications shall be made in the sole discretion of the Committee, and its determinations shall be conclusive and binding on all interested parties, including Participants under this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall not make any adjustments or modifications to an Award where such action would result in the loss of an otherwise available exemption of the Award under Code Section 162(m).

 

11.           Substitute Awards

 

11.1         The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock-based awards held by employees of another entity who become employees of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate as a result of a merger or consolidation of the former employing entity with the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, or the acquisition by the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of property or stock of the former employing corporation. The Committee may direct that the substitute Awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Committee considers appropriate in the circumstances.

 

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12.           Change in Control

 

12.1         Unless an outstanding Award is assumed, replaced or converted to an equivalent award by the continuing entity (a “Replacement Award”), or as otherwise determined by the Committee, upon a Change in Control (i) each outstanding Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall be fully vested, except that any Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that are subject to Goals or Performance Goals shall vest at the target level, (ii) each outstanding Award of Options shall be fully exercisable (in whole or in part at the discretion of the holder), except that any Awards of Options that are subject to Goals or Performance Goals shall become exercisable at the target level, and (iii) each outstanding Cash-Based Incentive Award shall be earned pro-rata based on the fraction (using the nearest whole months) of the performance period that has elapsed from the beginning of the performance period until the Change in Control and assuming achievement of Goals and Performance Goals at the target level (if applicable). Any Replacement Award shall be fully exercisable, vested or earned (except that Replacement Awards subject to Goals or Performance Goals or other performance goals shall be exercisable, vested or earned at the target level) if, within twelve (12) months after a Change in Control, (a) the Participant’s employment or other service with the Company (or other Affiliate to which the Participant provides services) is terminated by the Company or such Affiliate without Cause and not in the circumstances described in the following sentence, or (b) the Participant voluntarily terminates his or her service with the Company or such Affiliate for Good Reason (if applicable). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the exercisability, vesting or payment of such Replacement Award shall not be accelerated or enhanced (as contemplated in the preceding sentence) if the Participant’s employment or services with the Company or an Affiliate is terminated within twelve (12) months after a Change in Control for Cause or because (i) of the Participant’s retirement or

 

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voluntary withdrawal from employment, other than for Good Reason; (ii) of the Participant’s death; (iii) the Participant becomes permanently disabled within the meaning of, and begins actually to receive disability benefits pursuant to, the long-term disability plan in effect for, or applicable to, the Participant; (iv) of the Participant’s failure to return to work after a temporary lay-off; or (v) of the Participant’s withdrawal or loss of employment due to personal leave, other than for Good Reason. To the extent applicable, any such Replacement Awards shall satisfy the substitution requirements of Code Section 409A and the Incentive Stock Option rules. An Option that becomes exercisable pursuant to this Section shall remain exercisable thereafter in accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement.

 

12.2         In connection with a Change in Control, the Committee may in its sole discretion provide that such Awards and all rights thereunder (after applying the provisions of Section 12.1) shall terminate on the Change in Control and each Participant shall receive, in exchange therefor, a cash payment as described below; provided that if the calculations below do not amount to a positive cash payment, all rights under such Award shall terminate without payment in any event. In the case of Options such cash payment shall equal the amount (if any) by which (A) the per share consideration to be paid for each outstanding share of Common Stock in (or other applicable per share value) the Change in Control multiplied by the number of shares subject to such outstanding Options, exceeds (B) the aggregate Exercise Price of such Options. In the case of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, the cash payment shall be based on the value of the underlying Common Stock (calculated as the per share consideration to be paid for each outstanding share of Common Stock in (or other applicable per share value) the Change in Control).

 

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12.3        Notwithstanding the foregoing, the time for payment for an Award shall not be accelerated under this Section to the extent such acceleration would be contrary to the payment timing or other rules under Code Section 409A.

 

12.4        The following defined terms shall apply for purposes of Sections 12.1 through 12.4:

 

(a)          “Base Salary” means with respect to each Participant, the annual base salary or retainer, exclusive of any bonus, special pay (including any retention pay) or other benefits he or she may receive, but without giving effect to any salary reductions authorized by the Participant under any qualified or non-qualified deferred compensation plan of the Company or an Affiliate, in effect (i) on the date immediately preceding the date of the relevant Change in Control or (ii) on the date of the Participant’s termination of employment or services with the Company or an Affiliate, whichever is the highest.

 

(b)          “Good Reason” shall mean Good Reason as such term is defined in any employment agreement between the Participant and the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or, if there is no such agreement that defines Good Reason, in an Award Agreement. If no such definition exists, “Good Reason” shall mean, with respect to any Participant (i) any material and adverse change in or reduction of the Participant’s duties and responsibilities, as compared in each case to the corresponding circumstances in place on the date immediately preceding the first occurrence of a Change in Control (the Reference Date ); (ii) a relocation of the principal work location at which the Participant is based on the Reference Date that would increase such Participant’s one way travel by more than forty (40) miles; or (iii) a material reduction in Base Salary or Target Bonus not agreed to by the Participant.

 

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(c)          “Target Bonus” means the amount obtained by multiplying the Participant’s target bonus percentage as established and in effect for the Participant (i) on the Reference Date, or (ii) on the date of the Participant’s termination of employment or services with the Company or an Affiliate, whichever is higher, by the Participant’s Base Salary.

 

13.           Effective Date, Termination and Amendment

 

13.1         The Plan has been authorized for adoption and implementation by the Board on or promptly after the Chapter 11 Plan Effective Date pursuant to the Chapter 11 Plan and the Confirmation Order and shall become effective upon the Chapter 11 Plan Effective Date. The Plan shall remain in full force and effect until the earlier of June 25, 2025 (ten years following the effective date of the Plan), or the date it is terminated by the Board. The Plan shall be deemed to have satisfied the stockholder approval requirements in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Code Section 162(m).

 

13.2         The Committee shall have the power to amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that any such termination of the Plan shall not affect Awards outstanding under the Plan at the time of termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an amendment will be contingent on approval of the Company’s stockholders, to the extent required by law or by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are traded.

 

13.3         Subject to the limitations set forth in this Plan, including in Section 15.2, the Committee may amend any outstanding Award in whole or in part from time to time. Any such amendment which the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, to be necessary or appropriate to conform the Award to, or otherwise satisfy, any legal requirement (including without limitation the provisions of Code Sections 162(m) or 409A or the regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder), may be made retroactively or prospectively and without the approval or consent of the Participant. Additionally, the Committee may, without the approval or consent

 

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of the Participant, make adjustments in the terms and conditions of an Award in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the benefits intended to be made available pursuant to the Award. Other amendments or adjustments to Awards not expressly contemplated in the two preceding sentences may be made by the Committee with the consent of the affected Participant(s).

 

14.           Transferability

 

Awards may not be pledged, assigned or transferred for any reason during the Participant's lifetime, and any attempt to do so shall be void. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, if the Award Agreement provides, an Award (other than Incentive Stock Options) may be transferred by a Participant to the Participant’s children, grandchildren, spouse, one or more trusts for the benefit of such family members or a partnership in which such family members are the only partners, on such terms and conditions as may be permitted under Securities Exchange Commission Rule 16b-3 as in effect from time to time. Any transferee of a Participant shall, in all cases, be subject to the Plan and the provisions of the Award Agreement between the Company and the Participant; provided, however, that such transferee may not transfer the Award except by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

15.           General Provisions

 

15.1         The Committee may postpone any grant, exercise, vesting or payment of an Award for such time as the Committee in its sole discretion may deem necessary in order to permit the Company: (i) to effect, amend or maintain any necessary registration of the Plan or the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Award under applicable securities laws; (ii) to take any action in order to (A) list such shares of Common Stock or other shares of stock of the Company on a stock exchange if shares of Common Stock or other shares

 

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of stock of the Company are not then listed on such exchange, or (B) comply with restrictions or regulations incident to the maintenance of a public market for its shares of Common Stock or other shares of stock of the Company, including any rules or regulations of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock or other shares of stock of the Company are listed; (iii) to determine that such shares of Common Stock in the Plan are exempt from such registration or that no action of the kind referred to in (ii)(B) above needs to be taken; (iv) to comply with any other applicable law, including without limitation, securities and tax laws; or (v) to otherwise comply with any prohibition on such acts or payments during any applicable blackout period. Additionally, the granting, exercise, vesting or payment of an Award shall be postponed during any period that the Company or any Affiliate is prohibited from doing or permitting any of such acts under applicable law, including without limitation, during the course of an investigation of the Company or any Affiliate, or under any contract, loan agreement or covenant or other agreement to which the Company or any Affiliate is a party. The Company shall not be obligated by virtue of any terms and conditions of any Award Agreement or any provision of the Plan to recognize the grant, exercise, vesting or payment of an Award or to grant, sell or issue shares of Common Stock or make any such payments in violation of any law, including any securities or tax laws, or the laws of any government having jurisdiction thereof or any of the provisions hereof. Any such postponement shall not extend the term of the Award, and neither the Company nor its directors and officers nor the members of the Committee or the Board or any delegate thereof shall have any obligation or liability to any Participant or to any other person with respect to shares of Common Stock or payments as to which the Award shall lapse because of such postponement.

 

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15.2         Except as provided in connection with a Material Business Event as described in Section 10 or Section 12.2, without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, neither the Board nor the Committee shall take any action to change or amend the terms of outstanding Awards to reduce the Exercise Price of outstanding Options or cancel Options in exchange for cash or other Awards or Options with an Exercise Price that is less than the Exercise Price of the original Options.

 

15.3         Nothing contained in this Plan, nor any Award granted pursuant to this Plan nor any Award Agreement, shall constitute or create any employment or other relationship, or confer upon any Participant any right to continued employment or service with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, nor interfere in any way with the right of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate to terminate the employment or service of any Participant at any time.

 

15.4         Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, shall create or shall be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Committee, the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or their officers or other representatives or the Board, on the one hand, and the Participant, the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other person or entity, on the other. The Plan shall be unfunded, and the Company shall not be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by grants under this Plan. Any liability of the Company to any person with respect to any grant under this Plan shall be based solely upon any contractual obligations that may be created pursuant to this Plan.

 

15.5         For purposes of this Plan, a transfer of employment between the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Affiliates shall not be deemed a termination of employment.

 

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15.6         The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee, the Board, and any delegate thereof, from and against any and all liabilities, costs and expenses incurred by such persons as a result of any act or omission to act in connection with the performance of such person’s duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Plan, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

 

15.7         Participants shall be responsible to make appropriate provision for all taxes required to be withheld in connection with any Award or the transfer of shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Plan. Such responsibility shall extend to all applicable Federal, state, local or foreign withholding taxes. The Company shall have the right to retain from the payment under an Award the number of shares of Common Stock or a portion of the value of such Award equal in value to the amount of any required withholdings.

 

15.8         In order to facilitate the making of any grant of an Award under this Plan, the Committee may provide for such special terms for Awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by the Company or any Subsidiary outside of the United States of America as the Committee may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom, which special terms may be contained in an Appendix attached hereto. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of this Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes, without thereby affecting the terms of this Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or other appropriate officer of the Company may certify any such document as having been approved and adopted in the same manner as this Plan. No such special terms, supplements, amendments or restatements, however, shall include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of this Plan as then in effect unless this Plan could have been

 

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amended to eliminate such inconsistency without further approval by the stockholders of the Company.

 

15.9         To the extent applicable to the type of Award, each Participant may designate a person or persons to receive in the event of his or her death, any Award or any amount payable pursuant thereto, to which he or she would then be entitled under the terms of the Plan. Such designation will be made upon forms supplied by and delivered to the Company and may be revoked in writing.

 

15.10         The adoption of the Plan by the Board shall not be construed as amending, modifying or rescinding any previously approved incentive arrangement or as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options otherwise than under the Plan, to the extent permitted by the rules of the exchange on which the shares are listed or applicable law, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

 

15.11         To the extent that Federal laws (such as the 1934 Act, the Code or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) do not otherwise control, this Plan and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware and shall be construed accordingly.

 

15.12         The duties and obligations of the Company, the Board, the Committee and each member thereof shall be determined only with reference to the Plan, and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into the Plan or any Award Agreement on the part of the Company, the Board, the Committee or any member thereof.

 

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15.13         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. Any such actions by the Board shall be subject to the applicable rules of the principal securities market on which shares of Common Stock are traded. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.

 

16.           Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

 

16.1         To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Plan and any Awards made hereunder comply with the provisions of Code Section 409A, so that the income inclusion provisions of Code Section 409A(a)(1) do not apply to the Participants. This Plan and any Awards made hereunder will be administered in a manner consistent with this intent. Any reference in this Plan to Code Section 409A will also include any regulations or any other formal guidance promulgated with respect to such Section by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.

 

16.2         Neither a Participant nor any of a Participant’s creditors or beneficiaries will have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Code Section 409A) payable under this Plan and Awards hereunder to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Code Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Code Section 409A) payable to a Participant or for a Participant’s benefit under this Plan and Awards hereunder may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by a Participant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

16.3         If, at the time of a Participant’s separation from service (within the meaning of Code Section 409A), (i) the Participant will be a specified employee (within the meaning of Code Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the

 

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Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company makes a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Code Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six (6) month delay rule set forth in Code Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Code Section 409A, then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it, without interest, on the fifth (5 th ) business day of the seventh (7 th ) month after such separation from service.

 

16.4         Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan and the Award Agreements hereunder to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Code Section 409A, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Plan and Awards hereunder as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Code Section 409A. In any case, a Participant will be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on a Participant or for a Participant’s account in connection with this Plan and Awards hereunder (including any taxes and penalties under Code Section 409A), and neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates will have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold a Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

 

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appendix a

 

GOAL CRITERIA

 

Performance Measure   General Definition
AATP Margin   AATP divided by Sales
     
Adjusted After-Tax Profit (AATP)   APTP minus book income taxes (reported tax rate applied to APTP).  The measure may include or exclude income from discontinued operations, extraordinary items, changes in accounting principles, and restructuring expense
     
Adjusted Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (AEBIT)   EBIT excluding gain on asset sales
     
Adjusted Pre-Tax Profit (APTP)   Income before provision for income taxes plus interest expense plus implied interest on capitalized operating leases.  The measure may include or exclude income from discontinued operations, extraordinary items, changes in accounting principles, and restructuring expense
     
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)   Subscriber revenues divided by the weighted average number of handsets in commercial service
     
Capitalized Economic Profit   Economic Profit divided by a predetermined rate reflecting the cost of capital
     
Capitalized Entity Value   Sum of average invested capital in the business and the Capitalized Economic Profit
     
Capitalized Equity Value   Capitalized Entity Value minus total debt
     
Cashflow   Net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used for investing activities
     
Cashflow Return on Capital   Cashflow divided by average invested capital
     
Cashflow Return on Capitalized Entity/Equity Value   Cashflow divided by Capitalized Entity/Equity Value
     
Cashflow Return on Investment   The amount comprised of net income plus depreciation and amortization minus working capital expenditures, divided by the amount comprised of gross fixed assets plus net working capital excluding cash and debt

 

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Performance Measure   General Definition
Change in Capital   Capital expenditures plus/minus change in operating working capital plus net proceeds from asset sales
     
Change in Operating Working Capital   GAAP cash flow of accounts receivable (including allowance for doubtful accounts), inventory, and accounts payable
     
Change in Price of Shares   Percentage increase in per-share price.  This measure may be adjusted for change in capitalization (as described in the Plan).
     
Change in Working Capital   Increase or decrease in working capital
     
Churn   Measure of subscribers who leave during a given time period
     
Customer Satisfaction   Measure of subscriber perception of performance
     
Debt   Third-party debt recorded on the balance sheet.  The measure may include or exclude lease obligations, accounts payable, and current or long-term accrued liabilities
     
Debt Leverage   Change in company’s debt leverage rates
     
Debt Reduction   Decrease in total debt from one period to another
     
Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT)   Earnings minus interest and taxes.  The measure may include or exclude income from discontinued operations, extraordinary items, changes in accounting principles, and restructuring expense
     
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA)   Earnings minus interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.  The measure may include or exclude income from discontinued operations, extraordinary items, changes in accounting principles, and restructuring expense
     
Earnings Per Share   Primary or fully diluted earnings per share.  The measure may include or exclude income from discontinued operations, extraordinary items, changes in accounting principles, and restructuring expense
     
Economic Profit   AATP minus a charge for capital
     
Economic Value Added (EVA)   Net operating results with reduction for capital costs

 

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Performance Measure   General Definition
Employee Engagement   Measure of employees’ satisfaction, commitment and engagement
     
Free Cash Flow   Cashflow available for distribution among securities holders
     
Market Capitalization   Value of the tradable shares of the Company
     
Market Share   Increase in percentage share of target market
     
Net income   Net income as reported in NII Holdings, Inc.’s annual financial statements or the books and records of its segments.  The measure may include or exclude income from discontinued operations, extraordinary items, changes in accounting principles, and restructuring expense
     
Net Income Return on Capital   Net Income divided by average invested capital
     
Net Subscriber Additions   Number of new subscribers in a given period and/or market
     
OIBDA   Operating income before depreciation and amortization
     
OIBDA Margin   OIBDA divided by total operating revenues
     
Operating Expenses   Change in operational expenses
     
Operating Margin   Operating Profit divided by revenues
     
Operating Profit   Revenues less operating expenses (with or without reduction for taxes)
     
Operating Working Capital   Net accounts receivable plus inventory minus accounts payable
     
Personal Performance   Individualized measure of Participant’s performance
     
Return on Assets (ROA)   Net Income divided by average total assets
     
Return on Equity (ROE)   Net Income divided by average stockholders’ equity
     
Return on Gross Investment   Sum of Net Income plus depreciation divided by sum of average invested capital plus accumulated depreciation
     
Return on Invested Capital   Net Income of AATP divided by average invested capital

 

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Performance Measure   General Definition
Return on Net Assets (RONA)   Net Income, APTP, or income before taxes, divided by average net assets
     
Sales   Net sales of products and service revenues
     
Sales Growth   Percentage change in Sales from year to year
     
Subscriber to Employee Ratio   Ratio of number of customers to number of employees
     
Subscriber Growth   Increase in number or ratio of subscribers on a gross or net basis
     
Total Enterprise Value   Market Capitalization plus debt
     
Total Return to Stockholders   Percentage change in stockholder value (stock price plus reinvested dividends)
     
Working Capital   Current assets minus current liabilities

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

  

 
 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

[Jones Day Letterhead]

 

June 26, 2015

 

NII Holdings, Inc.

1875 Explorer Street, Suite 800

Reston, Virginia 20190

 

Re:     Registration Statement on Form S-8 Filed by NII Holdings, Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel for NII Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the NII Holdings, Inc. 2015 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ Incentive Plan ”). In connection with the opinion expressed herein, we have examined such documents, records and matters of law as we have deemed relevant or necessary for purposes of such opinion. Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the 5,263,158 shares (the “ Shares ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, that may be issued or delivered and sold pursuant to the Incentive Plan and the authorized forms of stock option, restricted stock or other applicable award agreements thereunder (the “ Award Agreements ”) will be, when issued or delivered and sold in accordance with the Incentive Plan and the Award Agreements, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, provided that the consideration for the Shares is at least equal to the stated par value thereof.

 

The opinion expressed herein is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as currently in effect, and we express no opinion as to the effect of any other law of the State of Delaware or the laws of any other jurisdiction on the opinion expressed herein. In addition, we have assumed that the resolutions authorizing the Company to issue or deliver and sell the Shares pursuant to the Incentive Plan and the Award Agreements will be in full force and effect at all times at which the Shares are issued or delivered and sold by the Company, and that the Company will take no action inconsistent with such resolutions. In rendering the opinion above, we have assumed that each award under the Incentive Plan will be approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or an authorized committee of the Board of Directors.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Company to effect the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Act ”). In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Jones Day

 

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

NII Holdings, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form S-8 of NII Holdings, Inc. of our reports dated March 10, 2015, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of NII Holdings, Inc. (Debtor-In-Possession) and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2014, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, changes in stockholders’ (deficit) equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, the related financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, which reports appear in the December 31, 2014 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company.

Our report dated March 10, 2015, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, expresses our opinion that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 because of the effect of a material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states that a material weakness was identified at the Company’s reportable segment in Brazil (Nextel Brazil) related to the failure to establish an effective control environment and monitoring activities, including an organizational structure with sufficiently trained resources where supervisory roles, responsibilities and monitoring activities are aligned with the Company’s financial reporting objectives. Further, Nextel Brazil did not maintain effective operation of process level controls, including reconciliation and management review controls.

Our report dated March 10, 2015, on the consolidated financial statements, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations, has a net capital deficiency, and filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

McLean, Virginia

June 26, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 28, 2014, except for the effects of discontinued operations discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is March 10, 2015, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedules, which appears in NII Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

 

 

 

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

McLean, Virginia

June 25, 2015