10-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549 

FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

(Mark One)
 
x
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015
OR 

¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from  to  


Commission File Number 001-33117

 GLOBALSTAR, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) 

Delaware
 
41-2116508
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

300 Holiday Square Blvd.
Covington, Louisiana 70433
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code (985) 335-1500 

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:
 
 
Title of each class
 
Name of exchange on which registered
Voting Common Stock
 
NYSE MKT

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:
None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
Yes ¨ No x


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes x No ¨






Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   
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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. (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer x
 
Accelerated filer ¨
 
Non-accelerated filer ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)
 
Smaller reporting company ¨
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)
Yes ¨ No x
 
The aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates at June 30, 2015, the last business day of the Registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $855.8 million. 
 
As of February 22, 2016, 904,490,041 shares of voting common stock and 134,008,656 shares of nonvoting common stock were outstanding. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to common stock in this Report mean registrant's voting common stock.  
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
 
Portions of the registrant's Proxy Statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Report.
 






EXPLANATORY NOTE

The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") to the Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2016 (the “Original Filing”), is to remove the word "unaudited" that was incorrectly included in the column heading for 2015 in the Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges table in Exhibit 12.1 to the Original Filing.

Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Amendment also contains new certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which are filed as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Amendment.

Except for the change to the column heading in the table in Exhibit 12.1 as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing, and no financial or other information included in the Original Filing is being modified, amended or updated in any way by this Amendment. This Amendment does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the time of the Original Filing.

PART IV
 
Item 15.
Exhibits, Financial Statements Schedules.
 
 
(a)
Documents filed as part of this Amendment:
 
 
(3)
Exhibits
 
 
 
See exhibit index.
 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
Description
12.1
 
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 
 
 
31.1
 
Section 302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
31.2
 
Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer







SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
          
 
 
 
GLOBALSTAR, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ James Monroe III
Date:
February 26, 2016
 
James Monroe III
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer