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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 1999
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Wireless Facilities, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 13-3818604
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
9805 Scranton Road, Suite 100
San Diego, California 92121
(858) 824-2929
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
1997 Stock Option Plan
1999 Equity Incentive Plan
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Warrant Agreements
(Full title of the plans)
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Massih Tayebi, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Wireless Facilities, Inc.
9805 Scranton Road, Suite 100
San Diego, California 92121
(858) 824-2929
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
William W. Eigner, Esq.
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
530 B Street, Suite 2100
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 238-1900
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Securities to be Amount to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Amount of
Registered Registered Share(1) Price(1) Registration Fee
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock,
$.01 par value 14,480,770 $17.00 $147,827,596.83 $41,096.07
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457. The price per share and aggregate
offering price are based upon (a) the actual exercise price for shares subject
to outstanding stock options previously granted under the Registrant's 1997
Stock Option Plan and subject to warrants granted outside any plan, and (b) the
fair market value of the Company's Common Stock as of November 5, 1999 (as
determined by the offering price per share listed in the Company's prospectus
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 1999 pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(4) in connection with the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 -- File No. 333-85515), for shares issuable under the Company's
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 1999 Equity Incentive Plan. The following chart
shows the calculation of the registration fee.
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Type of Shares Number of Shares Offering Price Per Share Aggregate Offering Price
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 75,000 $ 1.00 $ 75,000.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 537,789 $ 1.33 $ 715,259.37
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 73,000 $ 1.58 $ 115,340.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 75,000 $ 1.67 $ 125,250.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 1,508,940 $ 2.00 $ 3,017,880.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 1,524,871 $ 4.16 $ 6,343,463.36
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 208,150 $ 5.50 $ 1,144,825.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 64,480 $ 7.00 $ 451,360.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 751,624 $ 8.50 $ 6,388,804.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 78,740 $10.00 $ 787,400.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 262,719 $11.50 $ 3,021,268.50
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 468,547 $12.00 $ 5,622,564.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 328,235 $13.00 $ 4,267,055.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 903,675 $15.00 $13,555,125.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to outstanding
options under the 1997
Stock Option Plan 20,000 $17.00 $ 340,000.00
Common stock issuable
pursuant to Warrants
dated February 28, 1997 99,996 $ 0.93 $ 92,996.28
Common stock issuable
pursuant to Warrants
dated February 1, 1998 800,004 $ 1.58 $ 1,264,006.32
Common stock issuable
under the 1999 Equity
Incentive Plan 6,000,000 $15.00 $90,000,000.00
Common stock issuable
under the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan 700,000 $15.00 $10,500,000.00
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The prospectus contained in the Form S-1 Registration Statement (No. 333-
85515) filed by Wireless Facilities, Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 18, 1999, as amended
through the date hereof (the "Form S-1"), is hereby incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement. The Registrant has not filed, and has not been
required to file, any reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as of the date hereof. A
description of the Registrant's Common Stock which is contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
September 3, 1999, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description, is hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement. All documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document 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 other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant
has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities
they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation and bylaws include provisions
to (i) eliminate the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages
resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by
Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "Delaware
Law") and (ii) require the Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware Law, including
circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary. Pursuant to
Section 145 of the Delaware Law, a corporation generally has the power to
indemnify its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents
against expenses incurred by them in connection with any suit to which they are
or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in such
positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and
with respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause to believe
their conduct was unlawful. The Registrant believes that these provisions are
necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.
These provisions do not eliminate the directors' duty of care, and, in
appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms
of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware Law. In addition,
each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant, for acts or omissions not in good
faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for
acts or omissions that the director believes to be contrary to the best
interests of the Registrant or its stockholders, for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit, for acts or omissions
involving a reckless disregard for the director's duty to the Registrant or its
stockholders when the director was aware or should have been aware of a risk of
serious injury to the Registrant or its stockholders, for acts or omissions that
constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of
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the director's duty to the Registrant or its stockholders, for improper
transactions between the director and the Registrant and for improper
distributions to stockholders and loans to directors and officers. The provision
also does not affect a director's responsibilities under any other law, such as
the federal securities law or state or federal environmental laws.
The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its
directors and executive officers that require the Registrant to indemnify such
persons against all expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts
incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any
proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a
party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or an
executive officer of the Registrant or any of its affiliated enterprises,
provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful. The indemnification agreements also set
forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for
indemnification thereunder.
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a
director or officer of the Registrant as to which indemnification is being
sought nor is the Registrant aware of any threatened litigation that may result
in claims for indemnification by any officer or director.
The Registrant has an insurance policy covering the officers and directors
of the Registrant with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities
arising under the Securities Act or otherwise.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit No. Description
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*4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as currently in
effect.
*4.2 Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to be filed and
become effective prior to the closing of the offering pursuant to
the Form S-1.
*4.3 Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to be filed and
become effective upon the closing of the offering pursuant to the
Form S-1.
*4.4 Bylaws, as currently in effect.
*4.5 Form of Bylaws, as amended to become effective upon the closing of
the offering pursuant to the Form S-1.
*4.6 Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
5.1 Opinion of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Public Accountants.
23.2 Consent of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. Reference is
made to Exhibit 5.1.
24.1 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 4.
*99.1 1997 Stock Option Plan.
*99.2 Form of Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the 1997 Stock Option
Plan and related terms and conditions.
*99.3 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.
*99.4 Form of Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the 1999 Equity
Incentive Plan.
*99.5 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and related offering documents.
*99.6 Form of Warrant Agreement by and between the Registrant and each of
Scott Anderson and Scot Jarvis dated as of February 28, 1997.
*99.7 Form of Warrant Agreement by and between the Registrant and each of
Scott Anderson and Scot Jarvis dated as of February 1, 1998
* Filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-85515)
originally filed on August 18, 1999, as amended through the date hereof, and
incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) above do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to
the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1934, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
2. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934) that
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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, County of San Diego, State of California,
on November 5, 1999.
WIRELESS FACILITIES, INC.
By: /s/ Thomas A. Munro
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Thomas A. Munro,
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Massih Tayebi, Masood Tayebi and Thomas
A. Munro and each or any of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Massih Tayebi Chief Executive Officer and November 5, 1999
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Massih Tayebi Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Masood Tayebi President and Director November 5, 1999
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Masood Tayebi
/s/ Thomas A. Munro Chief Financial Officer November 5, 1999
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Thomas A. Munro (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
/s/ Scott Anderson Director November 5, 1999
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Scott Anderson
/s/ Bandel Carano Director November 5, 1999
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Bandel Carano
/s/ Scot Jarvis Director November 5, 1999
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Scot Jarvis
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description of Document
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*4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as currently
in effect.
*4.2 Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to be filed and
become effective prior to the closing of the offering pursuant to
the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement (333-85515).
*4.3 Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to be filed and
become effective upon the closing of the offering pursuant to the
Form S-1.
*4.4 Bylaws, as currently in effect.
*4.5 Form of Bylaws, as amended to become effective upon the closing
of the offering pursuant to the Form S-1.
*4.6 Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
5.1 Opinion of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Public Accountants.
23.2 Consent of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. Reference
is made to Exhibit 5.1.
24.1 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page 4.
*99.1 1997 Stock Option Plan.
*99.2 Form of Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the 1997 Stock Option
Plan and related terms and conditions.
*99.3 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.
*99.4 Form of Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the 1999 Equity
Incentive Plan.
*99.5 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and related offering
documents.
*99.6 Form of Warrant Agreement by and between the Registrant and
each of Scott Anderson and Scot Jarvis dated as of February 28,
1997.
*99.7 Form of Warrant Agreement by and between the Registrant and
each of Scott Anderson and Scot Jarvis dated as of February 1,
1998
* Filed as an exhibit to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-85515)
originally filed on August 18, 1999, as amended through the date hereof, and
incorporated herein by reference.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
OPINION AND CONSENT OF PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP
November 5, 1999
Wireless Facilities, Inc.
9805 Scranton Road, Suite 100
San Diego, California 92121
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in
connection with the filing by Wireless Facilities, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, covering the
registration of up to 14,480,770 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par
value (the "Shares"), for issuance (i) pursuant to the Company's 1997 Stock
Option Plan, 1999 Equity Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(collectively, the "Plans"), (ii) upon the exercise of outstanding options
granted under the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Options"), and (iii)
upon the exercise of certain warrants granted outside of the Plans (the
"Warrants"). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the
requirements of Item 8 of Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the
Registration Statement, the Plans, the Company's charter documents, the
corporate proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the establishment
of the Plans and the issuance of the Warrants, and the originals or copies
certified to our satisfaction of such other records, documents, certificates,
memoranda and instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to
enable us to render the opinion expressed below. Without independently
verifying the same, we have assumed (i) the genuineness and authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, (ii) the conformity to originals of all
documents submitted to us as copies thereof, (iii) the due execution and
delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to
the effectiveness thereof, (iv) the accuracy of all factual matters contained in
all certificates, records, instruments and other documents submitted to or
examined by us, and (v) the accuracy, truthfulness and completeness of all
factual matters reported to us by officers, directors and employees of the
Company, including in Certificates therefrom. We are licensed to practice law
only in the State of California. Our opinion is limited to the effect of the
federal securities laws of the United States of America, the state laws of the
State of California and the Delaware General Corporation Law and, accordingly,
we express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other jurisdiction or the
effect thereof.
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the
opinion that the Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the
Registration Statement, the Plans, the Options and the Warrants, will be validly
issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.
We consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement.
This opinion letter is rendered as of the date first written above and we
disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or
developments which hereafter may be brought to our attention and which may
alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein. Our opinion is expressly
limited to the matters set forth above and we render no opinion, whether by
implication or otherwise, as to any other matters relating to the Company, the
Plans, the Options, the Warrants or the Shares.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP
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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Wireless Facilities, Inc:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No. 333-XXXX) on Form S-8 of Wireless Facilities, Inc. of our report dated
August 13, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Wireless
Facilities, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1998 and June 30,
1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1998 and the six month period ended June 30, 1999, and report on
related schedule, which reports appear in the registration statement (No.333-
85515) on Form S-1 as amended of Wireless Facilities, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP
San Diego, California
November 5, 1999
