Attachment Notification

This document pretains to SAT-PPL-20140717-00086 for Permitted List on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

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Attachment 1: Responsive to Questions 40 and 42a I. Officers, Directors and Ten Percent or Greater Shareholders – Responsive to Question 40 Hispasat, S.A. (“Hispasat”) is a limited company with 19 directors and 8 officers. Hispasat has four institutional shareholders: Abertis Telecom Satélites, S.A. U. (ABERTIS), Eutelsat Beteiligungen GmbH (EUTELSAT), Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), and Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico e Industrial (CDTI). Shareholders holding 10% or more of the voting stock of Hispasat are as follows (percentage ownerships indicated are approximate): Shareholder Jurisdiction of Address % Ownership Incorporation Interest Abertis Telecom Satélites, Avenida del Parc Logístic, 12- Spain 57.05% S.A.U. 20, 08040 Barcelona, Spain Im Mediapark 8a, 50670 Köln, Eutelsat Beteiligungen GmbH Germany 33.69% Deustchland II. Notification of Transfer of Control of Permitted Space Station List Satellites – Responsive to Question 42a Hispasat, pursuant to the Satellite Licensing Streamlining Order1 and Section 25.137(g) of the Commission’s rules, hereby notifies the Commission of a change in ownership. Hispasat and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hispamar Satellites, S.A. (“Hispamar”) have received authority to provide service in the United States with the following satellites, which are currently included on the U.S. Permitted List (“Permitted Satellites”):2  HISPASAT-1D (call sign S2476) 3  AMAZONAS-2 (call sign S2793) 4 1 See Amendment of the Commission’s Space Station Licensing Rules and Policies, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in IB Docket No. 02-34, 18 FCC Rcd 10760, 10880 (¶¶ 326-27) (2003) (“Satellite Licensing Streamlining Order”). 2 Hispasat also has an application pending to add its Amazonas-1 satellite (S2927) to the U.S. Permitted List. See Hispasat, S.A., Petition for Declaratory Ruling to Add AMAZONAS-1 Satellite Nominally at 55.5° W.L. to the Commission’s Permitted Space Stations List for the Ku Band, SAT-PPL-20140702-00082 (filed July 2, 2014). This pending application reflects the same ownership repeated here. 3 See Hispasat, S.A., Petition for Declaratory Ruling To Add HISPASAT-1D Satellite at 30° W.L. to the Permitted Space Station List, DA 03-3217, Order, 18 FCC Rcd. 21142 (rel. Oct. 15, 2003). 4 See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-00746, File No. SAT- PPL-20100506-00093 (Dec. 29, 2010) (Public Notice). 1

 AMAZONAS-3 (call sign S2886) 5 ABERTIS has increased its ownership in Hispasat from 40.6% to 57.05% —thus providing it with a de jure controlling interest in the company.6 With extensive experience as an international leader in infrastructure management and telecommunications services, ABERTIS has embarked on an ambitious growth plan aimed at doubling Hispasat’s size by 2022.7 Under ABERTIS’ leadership, Hispasat is well positioned to continue its emergence as a global force in satellite communications by expanding its international service offerings and driving competition in the United States and other markets. In light of this change in control, and consistent with FCC precedent, Hispasat requests that the Commission issue a public notice “announcing that the transaction has taken place, and inviting comment on whether the transaction affects any of the considerations made when the original satellite operator was allowed to enter the U.S. market.”8 Consistent with the Commission’s rules, Hispasat will continue to operate its Permitted Satellites in accordance with the conditions of the respective original orders adding them to the Permitted List unless otherwise notified by the Commission.9 As the Commission has noted, the ability of non-U.S.-licensed satellite operators to offer service to U.S. customers advances the public interest by enhancing competition in the U.S. market.10 The presence of Hispasat satellites on the Permitted List will continue to serve this important public interest by driving competition and improving services for U.S. based customers. 5 See Policy Branch Information; Actions Taken, Report No. SAT-00965, File No. SAT- PPL-20121018-00183 (Aug. 2, 2013) (Public Notice). 6 See Press Release, HISPASAT, Changes to HISPASAT’s Shareholder Structure (November 12, 2013), available at http://www.hispasat.com/en/press-room/press-releases- 2014/archive-2013/124/changes-to-hispasats-shareholder-structure. 7 See Press Release, Abertis, Abertis Brings Together 150 International Investors and Analysts in Brazil for its First Investor Day Since Becoming Global Sector Leader (Sept. 10, 2013), available at http://www.abertis.com/news/abertis-brings-together-150-international- investors-and-analysts-in/var/lang/en/idm/487/idc/4520. 8 Satellite Licensing Streamlining Order at ¶ 326. 9 Id. at ¶ 327 (“Permitted List satellites that have been transferred to new owners may continue to provide service in the United States unless and until the Commission determines otherwise.”). 10 Id. at ¶ 285. 2


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