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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 10, 2006
LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   000-29752   33-0811062
         
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation) 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
10307 Pacific Center Court
San Diego, California 92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(858) 882-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
     On October 10, 2006, Leap Wireless International, Inc. issued a press release pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), regarding the proposed issuance by its wholly owned subsidiary, Cricket Communications, Inc., of a total of $750 million of unsecured senior notes due 2014 through a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. In accordance with Rule 135c(d) under the Securities Act, a copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) The following exhibit is filed herewith:
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
    
99.1
  Press Release of Leap Wireless International, Inc., dated October 10, 2006.

 

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  LEAP WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 		  
Date: October 10, 2006  By        /s/ ROBERT J. IRVING, JR.    
    Name:   Robert J. Irving, Jr.   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary   
 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
    
99.1
  Press Release of Leap Wireless International, Inc., dated October 10, 2006.