Attachment Changes in Interest

This document pretains to SES-ASG-20160906-00768 for Assignment on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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FCC Form 312 EXHIBIT E DESCRIPTION OF PRO FORMA TRANSACTION The instant Form 312 application involves a pro forma assignment of earth station license E060045 from WAPT Hearst Television Inc. (“WAPTHTV”) to Jackson Hearst Television Inc. (“Jackson Hearst”). WAPTHTV is also the licensee of television station WAPT(TV), Jackson, Mississippi. A Media Bureau application on FCC Form 316 with respect to WAPT(TV) is being filed contemporaneously with the instant application. It is respectfully requested that the instant application be processed by the International Bureau on a track that is parallel to the processing track in the Media Bureau. WAPTHTV is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Television Inc. (“Hearst Television”). Hearst Television is owned by Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. (“HBI”); HBI is owned by Hearst Communications, Inc. (“Communications”); Communications is owned by Hearst Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”); and Holdings is owned by The Hearst Corporation (“Hearst”). For corporate organizational reasons, Hearst plans to merge WAPTHTV with and into Jackson Hearst. Jackson Hearst will be the surviving entity. Following is a summary depiction of the proposed pro forma transaction: PRE-MERGER POST- MERGER The Hearst Corporation The Hearst Corporation Hearst Holdings, Inc. Hearst Holdings, Inc. Hearst Communications Inc. Hearst Communications Inc. Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. Hearst Broadcasting, Inc. Hearst Television Inc. Hearst Television Inc. WAPT Hearst Television Inc. Jackson Hearst Television Inc. Jackson Hearst FCC Licenses Television Inc. FCC Licenses

Since this application is in connection with an internal corporate restructuring, there is no formal written agreement for this pro forma transaction. ***** CHANGES IN INTERESTS AS A RESULT OF TRANSACTION Interest Held Names and Addresses Citizenship Before Transaction After Transaction % of Votes % of Assets % of Votes % of Assets The Hearst Corporation Domestic (Indirect Parent Company of 100% 100% 100% 100% Corporation the Parties to the Application) The qualifications of The Hearst Corporation were last approved on “long-form” by the FCC on December 17, 2014 in FCC File Number BALCT-20140827ACP in connection with the assignment of the license for WVTM-TV, Birmingham, Alabama, to WVTM Hearst Television Inc. *****


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