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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2007</B>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- </B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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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">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>10307 Pacific Center Court<BR>
San Diego, California 92121</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>
10307 Pacific Center Court<BR>
San Diego, California 92121</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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    <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>Covers 3,500,000 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. (the &#147;2004 Plan&#148;), pursuant to an amendment of the 2004 Plan approved by the stockholders of the Registrant on
May&nbsp;17, 2007. The 2004 Plan authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 8,300,000 shares of
common stock. However, the offer and sale of 4,800,000 shares of common stock, which have
been or may be issued under the 2004 Plan, have previously been registered pursuant to
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-125909).</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 May&nbsp;24, 2007.</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 above-named 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;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional
3,500,000 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.
(the &#147;2004 Plan&#148;). In accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the prior
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-125909) are hereby incorporated by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&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, 2006,
filed by us with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;000-29752).</TD>
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    <TD>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2007, filed
by us with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;000-29752).</TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;15, 2007,
March&nbsp;21, 2007, March&nbsp;23, 2007, May&nbsp;4, 2007 and May&nbsp;23, 2007.</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;The following is a list of the exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement, which
are incorporated herein:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">2004 Stock Option, Restricted Stock and Deferred Stock Unit Plan, including the first
and second amendments thereto.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <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 SEC on May&nbsp;16, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 this
May 25, 2007.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&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="left">/s/
S. Douglas Hutcheson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">S. Douglas Hutcheson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer, President and Director&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;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints S. Douglas Hutcheson, Amin I. Khalifa 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;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 nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <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">/s/
S. Douglas Hutcheson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>S. Douglas Hutcheson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">/s/
Amin I. Khalifa
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Amin I. Khalifa
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">/s/
Grant Burton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and
Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Grant Burton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">/s/
James D. Dondero
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>James D. Dondero</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">/s/
John D. Harkey, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>John D. Harkey, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">/s/
Robert V. LaPenta
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Robert V. LaPenta</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">/s/
Mark H. Rachesky, MD
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Mark H. Rachesky, MD</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">/s/
Michael B. Targoff</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;25, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>Michael B. Targoff</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</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">
    <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">
    <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">
    <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>
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    <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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the definitive proxy statement filed by the
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2007
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
33-0811062
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
10307 Pacific Center Court
San Diego, California 92121
(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.
10307 Pacific Center Court
San Diego, California 92121
(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
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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
3,500,000 (1) (2)
$83.92 (3)
$293,720,000 (3)
$9,018
(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 3,500,000 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. (the "2004 Plan"), pursuant to an amendment of the 2004 Plan approved by the stockholders of the Registrant on
May 17, 2007. The 2004 Plan authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 8,300,000 shares of
common stock. However, the offer and sale of 4,800,000 shares of common stock, which have
been or may be issued under the 2004 Plan, have previously been registered pursuant to
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-125909).
(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 May 24, 2007.
Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of this Registration Statement
as awards granted under the above-named plan are granted, exercised and/or distributed.
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Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional
3,500,000 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.
(the "2004 Plan"). In accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the prior
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-125909) 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, 2006,
filed by us with the Commission on March 1, 2007 (File No. 000-29752).
(2)
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed
by us with the Commission on May 10, 2007 (File No. 000-29752).
(3)
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 15, 2007,
March 21, 2007, March 23, 2007, May 4, 2007 and May 23, 2007.
(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.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The following is a list of the exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement, which
are incorporated herein:
Exhibit
Number
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.
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 SEC 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.
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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 this
May 25, 2007.
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, Amin I. Khalifa 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
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
May 25, 2007
S. Douglas Hutcheson
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
Amin I. Khalifa
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
May 25, 2007
Amin I. Khalifa
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
Grant Burton
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and
Controller
May 25, 2007
Grant Burton
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
James D. Dondero
Director
May 25, 2007
James D. Dondero
/s/
John D. Harkey, Jr.
Director
May 25, 2007
John D. Harkey, Jr.
/s/
Robert V. LaPenta
Director
May 25, 2007
Robert V. LaPenta
/s/
Mark H. Rachesky, MD
Chairman of the Board
May 25, 2007
Mark H. Rachesky, MD
/s/
Michael B. Targoff
Director
May 25, 2007
Michael B. Targoff
Table of Contents
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
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.
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 SEC 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.