Attachment Q40

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-20120921-00152 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA2012092100152_967204

RESPONSE TO QUESTION 40 Ownership and Corporate Officers and Directors OWNERSHIP EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”). 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 include: Approx. Approx. Equity Voting Ownership Interest Citizenship Interest1 Interest1 Charles W. Ergen2 USA 50.4%3 75.5% Chairman EchoStar Corporation 100 Inverness Terrace East Englewood, CO 80112 Putnam Investments LLC USA 18.1% 0.02% One Post Office Square Boston, Massachusetts 02109 1 As of September 21, 2012. 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 18.1% 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 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 of the Board Kenneth G. Carroll Chief Financial Officer Mark W. Jackson President – EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. Anders N. Johnson President – EchoStar Satellite Services Pradman P. Kaul President, Hughes Communications, Inc. Sandra L. Kerentoff Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources Roger J. Lynch Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies Dean A. Manson Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Steven B. Schaver President – EchoStar International Corporation Board of Directors: Charles W. Ergen Chairman of the Board Michael T. Dugan R. Stanton Dodge Anthony M. Federico Pradman P. Kaul 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.


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