Attachment Question 40

This document pretains to SAT-AMD-20110427-00080 for Amended Filing on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATAMD2011042700080_886604

                               RESPONSE TO QUESTION 40

                       Ownership and Corporate Officers and Directors

OWNERSHIP

       EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) is a publicly traded Nevada corporation. The
stockholders owning of record and/or voting 10 percent or more of the voting stock of EchoStar
included:

                                                                   Approx.        Approx.
                                                                   Equity         Voting
       Ownership Interest                   Citizenship            Interest1      Interest1

       Charles W. Ergen2                    USA                    56.4%3         92.7%
       Chairman
       EchoStar Corporation
       100 Inverness Terrace East
       Englewood, CO 80112




       1
           As of December 31, 2010.
       2
          Includes ownership of both Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. A
portion of Mr. Ergen’s interest in EchoStar is held in trusts, including Grantor Retained Annuity
Trusts (“GRATs”). The trustee for the GRATs is Mr. William R. Gouger, a U.S. citizen and
manager of SC Management, LLC, whose principal business is management services, including
estate planning. Mr. Gouger also remains a Partner with the law firm of Gouger, Franzmann &
Redman, LLC, located at 400 Inverness Parkway, Suite 250, Englewood, Colorado 80112. In his
capacity as trustee, subject to certain restrictions, Mr. Gouger holds, and has the ability to
exercise voting power over, shares representing 22.2% of the equity interests (assuming
conversion of all shares of outstanding Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock)
and 36.7% of the voting interests in EchoStar (assuming no conversion of Class B Common
Stock).
       3
      Assumes conversion of all shares of outstanding Class B Common Stock into Class A
Common Stock.


CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS4

EchoStar Corporation

       Executive Officers:
       Michael T. Dugan              President and Chief Executive Officer
       Charles W. Ergen              Chairman
       R. Stanton Dodge              Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
       David Rayner                  Chief Financial Officer
       Roger J. Lynch                Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies
       Mark W. Jackson               President – EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
       Steven B. Schaver             President – EchoStar International Corporation


       Board of Directors:
       Charles W. Ergen              Chairman of the Board
       R. Stanton Dodge
       David K. Moskowitz
       Michael T. Dugan
       Joseph P. Clayton
       Tom A. Ortolf
       C. Michael Schroeder




       4
        The address for all officers and directors of EchoStar Corporation is 100 Inverness
Terrace E., Englewood, CO 80112.



Document Created: 2011-04-27 18:04:08
Document Modified: 2011-04-27 18:04:08

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