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                                                         Hughes Network Systems, LLC
                                                                       FCC Form 312
                                                                          Question 40
                                                                      December 2011


              Information Concerning Stockholders, Officers and Directors


       Hughes Network Systems, LLC (“HNS”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hughes
Communications, Inc. (“HCI”), a Delaware Corporation. HCI, in turn, is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”), a publicly traded Nevada corporation.
The stockholders of record owning and/or voting 10 percent or more of the voting stock
of EchoStar are:

                                                       Approx. Equity      Approx. Voting
          Ownership Interest            Citizenship
                                                          Interest           Interest1

Charles W. Ergen
Chairman
                                           USA              55.5%2              92.5%
EchoStar Corporation
100 Inverness Terrace East
Englewood, CO 80112


Putnam Investments LLC                     USA               10.5%3              0.8%4
One Post Office Square
Boston, MA 02102




1
 Assumes conversion of all shares of outstanding Class B Common Stock into Class A
Common Stock.
2
   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 10.1% of the equity interests (assuming conversion of all shares of
outstanding Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock) and 16.9% of the
voting interests in EchoStar (assuming no conversion of Class B Common Stock).
3
 Putnam Investments LLC, Schedule 13G/A re: EchoStar Corporation (filed September
12, 2011).
4
    Assumes Putnam can vote all shares held.


                                                        Hughes Network Systems, LLC
                                                                      FCC Form 312
                                                                         Question 40
                                                                     December 2011


CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS5

EchoStar Corporation

       Executive Officers:

       Name                      Position
       Michael T. Dugan          President and Chief Executive Officer
       Ken Carroll               Chief Financial Officer
       Dean A. Manson            Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
       Roger J. Lynch            Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies
       Mark W. Jackson           President – EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
       Steven B. Schaver         President – EchoStar International Corporation
       Anders Johnson            President – EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C.
       Pradman P. Kaul           President and Chief Executive Officer – Hughes
                                 Communications, Inc.

       Board of Directors:

       Name                      Position
       Charles W. Ergen          Chairman of the Board
       Michael T. Dugan
       David K. Moskowitz
       R. Stanton Dodge
       Pradman P. Kaul
       C. Michael Schroeder
       Tom A. Ortolf
       Anthony M. Federico




5
  The address for all officers and directors of EchoStar Corporation is 100 Inverness
Terrace E., Englewood, CO 80112.


                                                       Hughes Network Systems, LLC
                                                                     FCC Form 312
                                                                        Question 40
                                                                    December 2011


Officers of Hughes Network Systems, LLC6

         Name                    Position
      Pradman P. Kaul            CEO, President
      Grant A. Barber            Exec. Vice President and CFO
      Bahram Pourmand            Exec. Vice President, International Division
      T. Paul Gaske              Exec. Vice President, North American Division
      Adrian Morris              Exec. Vice President, Engineering
      Estil Hoversten            Senior Vice President
      Tom Hsu                    SVP, Terrestrial Microwave
      Vinod Shukla               SVP, International Division
      Bob Buschman               SVP, Telematics
      John McEwan                SVP, Operations
      John Corrigan              SVP, Engineering
      Mike Cook                  SVP, North America Sales and Marketing
      Sandi Kerentoff            SVP, Administration and Human Resources
      Ashok Mehta                SVP, Business Information Technology Services
      Thomas J. McElroy          SVP and Controller
      Robert Kepley              SVP, Engineering
      George Choquette           SVP, Engineering
      David Zatloukal            SVP, North American Operations
      Dean A. Manson             SVP, General Counsel and Secretary
      Deepak V. Dutt             VP, Treasurer and Investor Relations Officer


Board of Managers of Hughes Network Systems, LLC7

        Name                     Position

      Pradman P. Kaul            Chairman of the Board of Managers




6
  The address for all officers and directors of HNS is 11717 Exploration Lane,
Germantown, Maryland 20876.
7
    Managers of an LLC perform functions equivalent to corporate directors.



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