On July 25, 2012, the board of directors of NII Holdings Inc. took action to increase the number of directorships on the company's board of directors from eight to nine and to increase the number of directors in the class of directors whose current terms expire in 2015 from two to three. Concurrent with that action, the company's board of directors appointed Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. to serve as a new director filling a vacancy in the class of directors whose current terms expire in 2015. Mr. Barros has not been appointed to any committees of the board. Mr. Barros has served as President, International for Equifax Inc. since April 2010.