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        <issuerName>BOINGO WIRELESS INC</issuerName>
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            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
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            <transactionDate>
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        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Boingo Wireless, Inc. common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The restricted stock units will vest with respect to 50% of the restricted stock units on March 1, 2014, and with respect to the balance of the Restricted Stock Units in a series of four successive equal quarterly installments thereafter.  The restricted stock units will be settled in shares of common stock that will be delivered to the Reporting Person shortly after each vesting date.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Noah Belsky as Attorney-in-fact for David Hagan</signatureName>
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