Attachment Question 40

This document pretains to SAT-MOD-20120124-00011 for Modification on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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                         RESPONSE TO FCC FORM 312, QUESTION 40

                                   OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE
                                    OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
                                          OWNERSHIP

       DISH Operating L.L.C. is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of DISH Network
Corporation, a publicly traded Nevada corporation. The stockholders owning of record and/or
voting 10 percent or more of the voting stock of DISH Network Corporation include:

                                                                        Approx.              Approx.
                                                                        Equity               Voting
Ownership Interest                             Citizenship              Interest1            Interest1

Charles W. Ergen2                              USA                      53.3%                  90.4%
Chairman
DISH Network Corporation
9601 South Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, CO 80112

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3                USA                      10.5%                  0.85%
200 West Street
New York, NY 10282




        1
            As of July 15, 2011.
        2
         Includes both Class A common stock and Class B common stock ownership. Class B
common stock is owned through several trusts. Mr. Ergen is deemed to own beneficially all of
the Class A Shares owned by his spouse, Cantey M. Ergen. Mr. Ergen’s beneficial ownership
includes: (i) 478,302 Class A Shares; (ii) 19,026 Class A Shares held in the Corporation’s
401(k) Employee Savings Plan (the “401(k) Plan”); (iii) the right to acquire 1,415,000 Class A
Shares within 60 days upon the exercise of employee stock options; (iv) 235 Class A Shares held
by Mr. Ergen’s spouse; (v) 1,466 Class A Shares held in the 401(k) Plan by Mrs. Ergen;
(vi) 20,130 Class A Shares held as custodian for Mr. Ergen’s children; (vii) 27,000 Class A
Shares held by a charitable foundation for which Mr. Ergen is an officer and (viii) 234,190,057
Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of Mr. Ergen’s Class B Shares. Mr. Ergen has sole
voting and dispositive power with respect to 149,183,340 shares. Mr. Ergen’s beneficial
ownership of Class A Shares excludes 4,245,151 Class A Shares issuable upon conversion of
Class B Shares held by certain trusts established by Mr. Ergen for the benefit of his family.
3
  According to the Form 13F filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (along with its affiliates, “Goldman”) with
the SEC on August 15, 2011, Goldman held in aggregate 21,821,878 Class A Shares as of June 30, 2011 (the 13F
reporting date).


CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS4

DISH Network Corporation

Executive Officers:
Joseph P. Clayton        President and Chief Executive Officer
Thomas A. Cullen         Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Bernard L. Han           Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Robert E. Olson          Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
R. Stanton Dodge         Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
W. Erik Carlson          Executive Vice President, DNS and Service Operations
James DeFranco           Executive Vice President and Special Advisor to CEO
Michael Kelly            President, Blockbuster L.L.C.
Roger Lynch              Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies
Stephen Wood             Executive Vice President, Human Resources

Board of Directors:
Charles W. Ergen         Chairman
Joseph P. Clayton
Carl E. Vogel
James DeFranco
David K. Moskowitz
Cantey M. Ergen
Steven R. Goodbarn
Gary S. Howard
Tom A. Ortolf

Gamma Acquisition L.L.C.

Executive Officers:

Charles W. Ergen         Chairman
R. Stanton Dodge         Executive Vice President and General Counsel
James DeFranco           Executive Vice President




       4
        The address for all officers and directors of DISH Network Corporation and DISH
Operating L.L.C. is 9601 South Meridian Blvd., Englewood, CO 80112.

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Document Created: 2012-01-24 18:43:48
Document Modified: 2012-01-24 18:43:48

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