On November 12, 2012, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (the “Company”) made the following officer appointments:<br /> <br /> 	•	 	<br />Jerry V. Elliott, as President and Chief Operating Officer;<br /><br /> <br /> 	•	 	<br />R. Perley McBride, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and<br /><br /> <br /> 	•	 	<br />Anne M. Liu, as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.<br /><br />Appointment of Elliott as President and Chief Operating Officer<br />Mr. Elliott’s appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer is effective immediately. S. Douglas Hutcheson, who prior to the appointment served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will continue serving as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Elliott’s age, background and experience is set forth in the Company’s current report on Form 8-K dated April 24, 2012, filed with the SEC on the date thereof, and such information is incorporated herein by reference.<br />Appointment of McBride as Chief Financial Officer<br />Mr. McBride’s appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is effective upon his commencement of employment with Cricket Communications, Inc. (“Cricket”), which is expected to occur on or about December 10, 2012. With his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. McBride will replace Mr. Elliott in that role.<br />Mr. McBride, age 46, joins the Company from The Weather Company (“TWC”), which consists of The Weather Channel television network, The Weather Channel digital properties (weather.com and The Weather Channel mobile), Weather Underground, and the professional division which includes Weather Services International and Weather Central. During his tenure with TWC, Mr. McBride served as the executive vice president of finance from September 2011 to December 2012, overseeing the company’s accounting, tax, treasury, procurement, real estate, facilities, financial planning and analysis, operational and strategic planning, risk and insurance, and corporate development functions. Prior to that, Mr. McBride served in senior vice president positions at TWC from April 2010 to September 2011, overseeing treasury, procurement, real estate, facilities, financial planning and analysis, operational and strategic planning, and corporate development functions. From August 1999 to April 2010, Mr. McBride served in finance roles at Frontier Communications, a provider of communication services, including as vice president of financial planning and analysis. Prior to that, from April 1994 to August 1999 Mr. McBride held accounting and finance roles with Sprint PCS and Citizens Communications. Mr. McBride holds a B.S. from Mount Allison University in Canada and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston.