Attachment Exhibit 2

This document pretains to SES-ASG-20190607-00733 for Assignment on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESASG2019060700733_1720557

                                         EXHIBIT 2

            OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
                       (Response to Questions 40 & A20)

      This exhibit provides details as to the ownership and corporate structure of EchoStar BSS
Corporation (“EBC”) and EchoStar 77 Corporation (“EchoStar 77”), following the
consummation of the Acquisition, and their ultimate parent, DISH Network Corporation
(“DISH”).

OWNERSHIP OF LICENSEE AND DISH

EchoStar 77 will be a direct wholly owned subsidiary of EBC. EBC will be an indirect wholly-
owned subsidiary of DISH. DISH is a publicly traded Nevada corporation. The stockholders
owning of record and/or voting 10 percent or more of the voting stock of DISH include:

                                                          Approx.        Approx.
                                                          Equity         Voting
Ownership Interest                  Citizenship           Interest
1
       Interest2
Charles W. Ergen3                   USA                   51.5%4         91.3%
Chairman and CEO
DISH Network Corporation
9601 South Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, CO 80112

Dodge & Cox                         USA                   10.6%5         0.90%
555 California Street, 40th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104

The Vanguard Group                  USA                   10.00%6        0.01%
100 Vanguard Boulevard
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

There are no other owners at 10% or greater.

CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS7

DISH

       Executive Officers:
       Charles W. Ergen             Co-founder and Chairman of the Board
       W. Erik Carlson              President and Chief Executive Officer
       Tom Cullen                   Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
       James DeFranco               Co-founder, Executive Vice President and Director
       John Swieringa               Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer


          Timothy A. Messner                Executive Vice President and General Counsel
          Jeff McSchooler                   Executive Vice President, Wireless Operations
          Bryan Neylon                      Executive Vice President and Group President, DISH TV
          Warren Schlichting                Executive Vice President and Group President, Sling TV
          David Scott                       Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources
                                            Officer
          Paul W. Orban                     Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and
                                            Principal Financial Officer


          Board of Directors:
          Charles W. Ergen                  Chairman of the Board
          Kathleen Q. Abernathy             Director
          George R. Brokaw                  Director
          James DeFranco                    Director and Executive Vice President
          Cantey M. Ergen                   Senior Advisor and Director
          Charles M. Lillis                 Director
          Afshin Mohebbi                    Director
          Tom A. Ortolf                     Director
          Carl E. Vogel                     Senior Advisor and Director




1
    As of May 31, 2019.
2
    As of May 31, 2019.
3
  Mr. Ergen beneficially owns all of the shares of Class A common stock owned by his spouse and one of his
children. As of the close of business on May 30, 2019, Mr. Ergen’s beneficial ownership in DISH includes: (i)
1,356,070 shares of Class A common stock owned by Mr. Ergen; (ii) 19,987 shares of Class A common stock
owned by Mr. Ergen through DISH Network’s 401(k) Employee Savings Plan; (iii) the right to acquire 20,000
shares of Class A common stock pursuant to employee stock options that are either currently exercisable or may
become exercisable within 60 days of May 21 2019; (iv) 235 shares of Class A common stock owned by Mr.
Ergen’s spouse; (v) 2,426 shares of Class A common stock owned by Mr. Ergen’s spouse in DISH Network’s
401(k) Employee Savings Plan; (vi) 8,955 shares of Class A common stock owned by one of Mr. Ergen’s children;
(vii) 2,167,705 shares of Class A common stock owned by a charitable foundation for which Mr. Ergen is an officer
and for which he shares investment and voting power with his spouse; (viii) 6,465 shares of Class A common stock
held by a trust for which Mrs. Ergen has a durable power of attorney on behalf of the beneficiary of the trust; (ix)
1,304,708 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of Mr. Ergen’s shares of Class B common
stock owned beneficially directly by Mr. Ergen; (x) 63,790,620 shares of Class B common stock and 67,000 shares
of Class A common stock held by Telluray Holdings, LLC (“Telluray Holdings”), for which Mrs. Ergen has sole
voting power as a manager of Telluray Holdings and for which Mr. Ergen and Mrs. Ergen share dispositive power as
the managers of Telluray Holdings; (xi) 10,803,337 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of
shares of Class B common stock owned beneficially by Mrs. Ergen solely by virtue of her position as trustee of the
Ergen Two-Year 2017 DISH GRAT (the “Two-Year 2017 GRAT”); (xii) 13,963,755 shares of Class A common
stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B common stock owned beneficially by Mrs. Ergen solely by
virtue of her position as trustee of the Ergen Two-Year March 2018 DISH GRAT (the “Two-Year March 2018
GRAT”); (xiii) 18,872,788 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B common
stock owned beneficially by Mrs. Ergen solely by virtue of her position as trustee of the Ergen Two-Year May 2018
DISH GRAT (the “Two-Year May 2018 GRAT”); (xiv) 50,000,000 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon


conversion of shares of Class B common stock owned beneficially by Mrs. Ergen solely by virtue of her position as
trustee of the Ergen Two-Year November 2018 DISH GRAT (the “Two-Year November 2018 GRAT”); (xv)
50,000,000 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B common stock owned
beneficially by Mrs. Ergen solely by virtue of her position as trustee of the Ergen Two-Year May 2019 DISH GRAT
(the “Two-Year May 2019 GRAT”); and (xvi) 30,000,000 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon
conversion of shares of Class B common stock owned beneficially by Mrs. Ergen solely by virtue of her position as
trustee of the Ergen Two-Year 2019 DISH GRAT II (the “Two-Year 2019 GRAT II”). While Mr. Ergen
beneficially owns approximately 52 percent of DISH, given the 10-1 voting power of the Class B common stock, the
percentage of total voting power held by Mr. Ergen is approximately 91.3 percent after giving effect to the exercise
of Mr. Ergen’s employee stock options that are either currently exercisable or may become exercisable within 60
days of May 30, 2019. Mr. Ergen’s interests in DISH are attributable to his spouse under the FCC’s rules.
4
    Assumes conversion into Class A Shares of all Class B Shares beneficially owned by Mr. Ergen.
5
    Information based solely upon a Schedule 13G filed by Dodge & Cox with the SEC on February 11, 2019.
6
    Information based solely upon a Schedule 13G filed by The Vanguard Group with the SEC on January 10, 2019.
7
 The address for all officers and directors of DISH Network Corporation and DISH Broadcasting Corporation is
9601 South Meridian Blvd., Englewood, CO 80112.



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Document Modified: 2019-06-06 16:42:01

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