Attachment bond

bond

SUBMISSION FOR THE RECORD submitted by EchoStar

bond

2008-03-31

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20050308-00059 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATMOD2005030800059_634227

                                     S T E P T O~EJ O H N S O N L L P
                                             ATTORNEYS AT            LAW



Pante Iis Micha lopouI os                                                                                  1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW
202.429.6494                                                                                                Washington, DC 20036-1795
pmichalo@steptoe.com                                                                                                  Tel 202.429.3000
                                                    FILED/ACCEPTED                                                     Fax 202.429.3902
                                                                                                                            steptoe.com
                                                        MAR 3 1 2008
                                                   Federal Communications.Commission
                                                          Offie of the Secr&ary

March 31,2008


BY HAND

Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20554

Re:      Bond Reduction for Echostar-97W
         SAT-LOA-20030827-00186, SAT-AMD-20031203-00345, SAT-MOD-20050308-00059
         Call Sign S2499

Dear Ms. Dortch

               EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) hereby submits the attached bond rider substituting
EchoStar Corporation for EchoStar Satellite L.L.C. as the named principal on the performance bond
submitted in connection with the above-referenced space station authorization. This substitution reflects
the pro forma assignment and transfer of control of this authorization to EchoStar Holding Corporation,
approved by the International Bureau on November 15,2007, and consummated on January 1,2008.
See File Nos. SAT-ASG-20071108-00153, SAT-T/C-20071108-00151; Letter from Petra A. Vonvig,
Counsel for EchoStar Holding Corporation, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC (filed Jan. 8, 2008).
EchoStar Holding Corporation later changed its name to EchoStar Corporation on January 25, 2008.
See Letter Erom Pantelis Michalopoulos, Counsel for EchoStar Corporation, to Marlene H. Dortch,
Secretary, FCC (filed Jan. 3 1,2008). All other terms and conditions of the bond, including the bond
amount, remain unchanged.

                   Please contact the undersigned if you have any questions about this filing.

                                                 Respectfully submitted,
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                                                 Pantelis Michalopoulos
                                                 Counselfor EchoStar Corporation


                                            STEPTOE& J O H N S O N L L P
Marlene H. Dortch
March 3 1, 2008
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Attachment (Rider for Bond No. 08727 168)

cc:
Andrea Kelly, International Bureau


                               GENERAL SURETY RIDER


To be attached and form a part of


            Bond No. :08727I68

       Original Effective Date: 4/5/2004
                         (hiorvrii, DAY, YEAR)

          Executed by: EchoStar Satellite L.L.C., as Principal,
                         (PKINC 1Y.ZL)

                 arid by: Fidelity and Denosit Comnanv of Maryland, as Surety,
                         (SUKEIY)

      and in favor of : US Treasury      .
                         (OB1,IG EE)

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained the Principal and the Surety hereby
consent to changing



Principal Name            EchoStar Satellite L.L.C.       EC HOSTAR CORPORA'I'ION

  Nothing herein contained shall vary, alter or extend any provision or condition of this bond except
  as herein expressly stated.

  This rider is effective January 25,2008.

   Signed and Sealed February 1 I , 2008.

                                                                      ECIIOS'I'A K CO I< PO RATION
                                                                                           YHIN(:IP,\I,


                                         Power of Attorney
                          FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND
                       COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND, and the
COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY A
HAMMOND, Vice President, and ERIC D
Section 2, of the By-Laws of said Campanie
tidl force and effect on the date hereof, does
                                                                                                       AIN, Kataiin CHURCH
                                                                                                            -in-Fact, to make,
                                                                                                             and undertakings, and
                                                                                                            said Companies, as fully
                                                                                                       e regularly elected oficers
of the Company at it                         Md., in their own proper persons. This power of attorney revokes that issued on
behalf of William M                LL, JR., Shelley CZAJKOWSKI,Celeste T. HELMS, Mona D.WEAVER, Amy
WICKETT, dated October 3 1, 2006.
  The said Assistant Secretary does hereby certify that the extract set forth on the reverse side hereof is a tnie copy of Article VI,
Section 2, of the By-Lawsof said Companies, and is now in force.
   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Vice-president and Assistant Secretary have hereunto subscribed their names and
affixed the Corporate Seals of the said FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYIANL), and the COLONIAL
AMERICAN CASCAL'TY AND SURETY COMPANY, this 6th day of December, A.D. 2006.

ATTEST:                                                            FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND
                                                        COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY




     State of Maryland
     C'ity of Raltiriiore   i
                            ss:


   On this 6th day o f December, A.1). 2006, before the subscriber, a Notary Public of the Statc of' Maryland, cliily
comnissioncd and qualitiud. came M. 1'. HAIMMOK'D, Vice President, and ERIC D. BARNES, Assistant Secretary of the
FII>ELI? k' AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARY IANI). and the COLOKIAL tZRIlT;,RJC'AN ChSLlALTY A;VD
SURETY CDMPANY, to me personally kiiown to be the individuals and officers described in atid who executed the
preceding instrutnetit, aiid they 23ch ackxwwletlgsd the execution of the same. and heing by iiir cfiily ~ w w i severally
                                                                                                                       ,        and
cacti for himself deposeth and saith, that they are the said oi'ficers of the Companies aforesaid, and that the sc.als afiiwd to the
preceding jnstrumeiit IS the Corporate Seals of said Companies, and that the said Corporate Seals and their signatures as such
officers were d ~ l affixed
                    y       and subscribd to the said instrument by the authority and direction of the said C'orpoiatims.
  I N IESTIh4OXY WifEREiOI-. 1 h a w hereunto set my liarid and affixed niy Official Seal the day              ,inti   ?car first above
 rittcn.
i\




                                                                            coIr.stmlcc A. D1trrn                IVmrry P l I h l l C
                                                                                   M y Commission Expires: July 14, 20 1 I




POA F 020-5028


              EXTRACT FROM BY-LAWS OF FIDELITY AND DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND


  "Article VI. Section 2. The Chairinan of the Board, or the President, or any Executive Vice-President, or any of the Senior
Vice-presidents or Vice-Presidents specially authorized so to do by the Board of Directors or by the Executive Conuiiittcc.
shall have power, by and with the concurrence of the Secretary or any one of thc Assisrant Secretaries, to appoint Rcsidcnt
Vice-Presidents, Assistant Vice-Presidents and Attorneys-in-Fdct as the business of the Cornpany may require, or to
authorize any person or pcrsons to cxecute on behalf of the Company any boticis, u~idctrrtaking,recogillltmces, stipulations,
policies, contracts, agreements, deeds, and releases and assignrnents of judgements, decrees, mortgages and instniirients in
the nature ofniortgages,...and to affix the seal of the Company thereto."

           EXTRACT FROM BY-LAWS OF COLONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY


  "Article VI, Section 2. The Chairman of the Board, or the President, or any Executile Vice-President, or any o f tlic Senior
Vice-presidents or Vice-presidents specially authorized so to do by the Board of Directors or by the Executive Conunittee,
shall have power, by and with the concurrence o f the Secretary or any one of the Assistant Secretaries, to appoint Residcnt
Vice-Presidents, Assistant V ice-Presidents and Attorneys-in-Fact as the business of the Cornpririy may require, or to
authorize any person or persons to execute on behalf of the Company any bonds, undertaking, rwogiiiz;11ices, stipulations,
policies, corifIwts, agreernents, dzzds, arid releases and assigIimeiits of jiidgcnients, decrees, niortgages arid iiistnmicnts in
the mature of mortgages, ...and to affix the seal of thc Company thereto."


                                                            CERTIFICATE

  I, the undersigned, Assistarit Secretary of the FIDELITY .4KD DEI'OSI?' CO;L1PAN\r' OF htXKY LAND, and the
(701,ONIAL AMERICAN CASUALTI' AND SURETY COMPANY, do hereby certify that the foregoing Power of
,4ttorney is still in fill1 force a i d effect on the date of this certificate; and I do further certify that the Vice-PresicIent who
executed the s a i d P o w r of Attoincy was one of thc additional Vice-Presidents specially authorizcd by the t3oarci of Directors
to appoint ally Attorney-in-Fact as provided in Article VI, Section 2, of the respective By-Laws of thc FIUELI'I'Y ANT)
DI;,Pc>SI'L' COMP.4;VY O F MARYLAND, and the CC)LONIAL AMERICAN C'ASCAL TY A N D SUKE'I'Y COblPANY,
  'I'tiis Yowcr o f A ttoniey and Ceiiiiificaremay be signed by facsimle under arid by authority of the following iesoliition of rhc
L 3 o ~ dof' Ilirtxtors of the FiI)EI,I'fY ANI1 DEPOSIT COMP:lNY OF MARY LAND at :I rticctins duly c a k d id hcld 011
the 10th day of May, I990 JIIJof Ihr Board of Diieciors uf iht: COLONlAL l i M 2 K i C A N CAS1 IALTY ASD SURL: 1 3 '
COklP,\NY a t :I mtxting tlulp called and held on the 5th day of May, 1994
  RESOLVED: "Tliat the facsinule or mochanically reproduced seal of the company nntl facsmilc or 1necha111cally
icpioJiicd signature of aiiy Vice-Picsidetit. Secretary, or ilssistallt S c c r c w y of' tlic ('ompany. N Iic~licrmatie Iicrctofi;,rc o r
Iiercciticr, ivhcieycr appearing upoii a CL'I t1fic.d copy of ariy power of Jttoincy ~ssucdby tlic C'omp.i1iy, h    11 be \-alld ; ~ n d
bindins upoii the ('oiiipaiiy u ith the sdnit: fix cc and effcct 3s though nianiially d f h x i . "
  IN 'IXS'TIhl(.)XY N'€iEREOF. I Iia\,t.hcreunto subscribed my nainc m d d f i s c d thc corporate seals of'rhc s a d Con~pan~c.;.



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