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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;________
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Leap Wireless International, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>33-0811062</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5887 Copley Drive<BR>
San Diego, California 92111</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2004 STOCK OPTION, RESTRICTED STOCK AND DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN, AS AMENDED</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Robert J. Irving, Jr.<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Leap Wireless International, Inc.<BR>
5887 Copley Drive<BR>
San Diego, California 92111</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
<B>(858)&nbsp;882-6000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Barry M. Clarkson, Esq.<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
12636 High Bluff Drive, Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
San Diego, California 92130<BR>
(858)&nbsp;523-5400</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
 company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
 Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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<TD  nowrap colspan="5" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000; border-right: 2px solid #000000">1,000,000&nbsp;(1)(2)</TD>

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<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$20,070,000&nbsp;(3)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under
the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Covers 1,000,000 additional shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2004
Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan of Leap Wireless International,
Inc., as amended (the &#147;2004 Plan&#148;), pursuant to an amendment of the 2004 Plan approved by the
stockholders of the Registrant on May&nbsp;21, 2009. The 2004 Plan authorizes the issuance of a
maximum of 9,300,000 shares of common stock. However, the offer and sale of 8,300,000 shares
of common stock, which have been or may be issued under the 2004 Plan, have previously been
registered pursuant to Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-125909 and
333-143308).</TD>
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    <TD>This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee, and is based on the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant&#146;s
common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on
September&nbsp;21, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the Registrant is offsetting the entire
registration fee of $1,120.00 due under this Registration Statement against the remaining
$10,585.89 of the registration fee from the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-126246) originally filed by the Registrant on June&nbsp;30, 2005 (the &#147;Prior Registration
Statement&#148;). A total of $37,856.89 was paid with respect to the unsold 11,755,806 shares of
common stock that were registered on the Prior Registration Statement. The Registrant
previously applied (1) $301.00 of the unused registration fee from the Prior Registration
Statement in connection with the registration of 300,000 shares of common stock on the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-157689) that was filed by the Registrant on
March&nbsp;4, 2009; (2) $11,763.00 of the unused registration fee from the Prior Registration
Statement in connection with the registration of 11,755,806 shares of common stock on the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-157697) that was filed by the Registrant on
March&nbsp;4, 2009 and (3) $15,207.00 of the unused registration fee from the Prior Registration
Statement in connection with the registration of 7,000,000 shares of common stock on the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-157690) that was filed by the Registrant on
March&nbsp;4, 2009, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(5) under the Securities Act on May&nbsp;29, 2009.
The remaining unused $9,465.89 from the
Prior Registration Statement may be used to offset future registration fees in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;457(p).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of this Registration Statement<BR>
as awards granted under the 2004 Plan are granted, exercised and/or distributed.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional
1,000,000 shares of common stock of Leap Wireless International, Inc. for issuance under the 2004
Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan of Leap Wireless International, Inc.,
as amended (the &#147;2004 Plan&#148;). In accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the
previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-125909 and 333-143308) are hereby
incorporated by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) allows us to incorporate by
reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information
to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important
part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following
documents we have filed, or may file, with the Commission:
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    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008,
filed by us with the Commission on February&nbsp;27, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;000-29752).</TD>
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    <TD>Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March&nbsp;31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, filed
by us with the Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2009 and August 10, 2009,
respectively.</TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by us with the Commission on February&nbsp;17,
2009, May&nbsp;28, 2009, May&nbsp;29, 2009, June&nbsp;1, 2009,
June&nbsp;8, 2009 and September&nbsp;4, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;10 filed by us with the Commission on July&nbsp;1, 1998, as amended (File No.
000-29752).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities covered hereby then remaining unsold are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any 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 shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement. Under no
circumstances will any information filed under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed
incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a list of the exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement, which
are incorporated herein:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1(2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan, including the
first and second amendments thereto.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2(3)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amendment to 2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2005, and incorporated herein by
reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on April&nbsp;6, 2007.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2009.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 San Diego,
State of California, on September&nbsp;22,  2009.
</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD width="62%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">S. Douglas Hutcheson</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center">S. Douglas Hutcheson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap><I>Chief Executive Officer, President and Director</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints S. Douglas Hutcheson, Walter Z. Berger and Robert J. Irving, Jr., and each
of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution,
for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B> &nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B> &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">S. Douglas Hutcheson</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
S. Douglas Hutcheson &nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
(<I>Principal Executive Officer</I>) &nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Walter Z. Berger</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Walter Z. Berger &nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and <BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>

(<I>Principal Financial Officer</I>) &nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Jeffrey Nachbor</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey Nachbor &nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President,
Financial Operations and <BR>

Chief Accounting Officer<BR>

(<I>Principal Accounting Officer</I>) &nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">John D. Harkey, Jr.</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John D. Harkey, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Robert V. LaPenta</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert V. LaPenta
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Mark H. Rachesky, MD</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark H. Rachesky, MD
&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Michael B. Targoff</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">September&nbsp;22, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael B. Targoff &nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Document</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1(2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan, including the
first and second amendments thereto.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2(3)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amendment to 2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;16, 2005, and incorporated herein by
reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on April&nbsp;6, 2007.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2009.</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2009
Registration No. 333-
________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Leap Wireless International, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
33-0811062
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
5887 Copley Drive
San Diego, California 92111
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
2004 STOCK OPTION, RESTRICTED STOCK AND DEFERRED STOCK UNIT PLAN, AS AMENDED
(Full Title of the Plan)
Robert J. Irving, Jr.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Leap Wireless International, Inc.
5887 Copley Drive
San Diego, California 92111
(Name and address of agent for service)
(858) 882-6000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Barry M. Clarkson, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
12636 High Bluff Drive, Suite 400
San Diego, California 92130
(858) 523-5400
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
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Amount
Maximum
Amount of
Amount of
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
1,000,000 (1)(2)
$20.07 (3)
$20,070,000 (3)
$1,120 (4)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under
the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any
other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Covers 1,000,000 additional shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2004
Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan of Leap Wireless International,
Inc., as amended (the "2004 Plan"), pursuant to an amendment of the 2004 Plan approved by the
stockholders of the Registrant on May 21, 2009. The 2004 Plan authorizes the issuance of a
maximum of 9,300,000 shares of common stock. However, the offer and sale of 8,300,000 shares
of common stock, which have been or may be issued under the 2004 Plan, have previously been
registered pursuant to Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-125909 and
333-143308).
(3)
This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee, and is based on the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant's
common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on
September 21, 2009.
(4)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the Registrant is offsetting the entire
registration fee of $1,120.00 due under this Registration Statement against the remaining
$10,585.89 of the registration fee from the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-126246) originally filed by the Registrant on June 30, 2005 (the "Prior Registration
Statement"). A total of $37,856.89 was paid with respect to the unsold 11,755,806 shares of
common stock that were registered on the Prior Registration Statement. The Registrant
previously applied (1) $301.00 of the unused registration fee from the Prior Registration
Statement in connection with the registration of 300,000 shares of common stock on the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-157689) that was filed by the Registrant on
March 4, 2009; (2) $11,763.00 of the unused registration fee from the Prior Registration
Statement in connection with the registration of 11,755,806 shares of common stock on the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-157697) that was filed by the Registrant on
March 4, 2009 and (3) $15,207.00 of the unused registration fee from the Prior Registration
Statement in connection with the registration of 7,000,000 shares of common stock on the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-157690) that was filed by the Registrant on
March 4, 2009, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act on May 29, 2009.
The remaining unused $9,465.89 from the
Prior Registration Statement may be used to offset future registration fees in accordance with
Rule 457(p).
Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of this Registration Statement
as awards granted under the 2004 Plan are granted, exercised and/or distributed.
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Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional
1,000,000 shares of common stock of Leap Wireless International, Inc. for issuance under the 2004
Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan of Leap Wireless International, Inc.,
as amended (the "2004 Plan"). In accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the
previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-125909 and 333-143308) are hereby
incorporated by reference.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") allows us to incorporate by
reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information
to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important
part of this Registration Statement, and information that we file later with the Commission will
automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following
documents we have filed, or may file, with the Commission:
(1)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008,
filed by us with the Commission on February 27, 2009 (File No. 000-29752).
(2)
Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, filed
by us with the Commission on May 11, 2009 and August 10, 2009,
respectively.
(3)
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by us with the Commission on February 17,
2009, May 28, 2009, May 29, 2009, June 1, 2009,
June 8, 2009 and September 4, 2009.
(4)
The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 10 filed by us with the Commission on July 1, 1998, as amended (File No.
000-29752).
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities covered hereby then remaining unsold are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any 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 shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement. Under no
circumstances will any information filed under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed
incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The following is a list of the exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement, which
are incorporated herein:
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1(1)
Form of Common Stock Certificate.
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
10.1(2)
2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan, including the
first and second amendments thereto.
10.2(3)
Third Amendment to 2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on May 16, 2005, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on April 6, 2007.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on April 10, 2009.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 San Diego,
State of California, on September 22,  2009.
LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/s/
S. Douglas Hutcheson
S. Douglas Hutcheson
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints S. Douglas Hutcheson, Walter Z. Berger and Robert J. Irving, Jr., and each
of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution,
for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
S. Douglas Hutcheson
S. Douglas Hutcheson
Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
(
Principal Executive Officer
)
September 22, 2009
/s/
Walter Z. Berger
Walter Z. Berger
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(
Principal Financial Officer
)
September 22, 2009
/s/
Jeffrey Nachbor
Jeffrey Nachbor
Senior Vice President,
Financial Operations and
Chief Accounting Officer
(
Principal Accounting Officer
)
September 22, 2009
/s/
John D. Harkey, Jr.
John D. Harkey, Jr.
Director
September 22, 2009
/s/
Robert V. LaPenta
Robert V. LaPenta
Director
September 22, 2009
/s/
Mark H. Rachesky, MD
Mark H. Rachesky, MD
Director
September 22, 2009
/s/
Michael B. Targoff
Director
September 22, 2009
Michael B. Targoff
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1(1)
Form of Common Stock Certificate.
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
10.1(2)
2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan, including the
first and second amendments thereto.
10.2(3)
Third Amendment to 2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on May 16, 2005, and incorporated herein by
reference.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on April 6, 2007.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
Registrant with the Commission on April 10, 2009.