Attachment Ownership Statement

This document pretains to SES-MOD-20120719-00669 for Modification on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMOD2012071900669_940397

Ownership Statement Vizada, Inc. Applicant Vizada, Inc. (“Vizada”), a Delaware corporation, is an indirect wholly- owned subsidiary of MobSat Holding Norway AS which in turn is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of MobSat Group Holding Sàrl ("MobSat Group"), a Luxembourg company. MobSat Group is wholly owned by Astrium Holding S.A.S. (“Astrium”) which is incorporated in France and is a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS Astrium N.V., which is incorporated in the Netherlands, and which, in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (“EADS”). EADS is also incorporated in the Netherlands. As described in detail below, EADS is a publicly traded company, but several EADS shareholders have pooled their shares to collectively hold approximately 50.39% of the EADS share capital (approximately 50.59% of the voting interest). These shareholders have pledged the voting rights over those shares to a contractual partnership managed by EADS Participations B.V. (“EADS Participations”), a Dutch private company. The following shareholders have pooled their shares and pledged their voting rights to the contractual partnership: • Société de Gestion de L’Aeronautique, de la Défense et de l’Espace (“SOGEADE”), a French partnership limited by shares, holds approximately 22.46% of the EADS share capital (representing approximately 22.55% of the voting interest). SOGEADE is 66.67% owned by Sociéte de Gestion de Participations Aeronautiques (“SOGEPA”), a French state holding company 100% owned by the French Government, and 33.33% owned by Dèsirade, a French corporation which is 100% owned by Lagardère SCA (“Lagardère”), a French publicly traded company. The general partner and manager of SOGEADE is SOGEADE Gérance, a French partnership, the share capital of which is split equally between SOGEPA and Lagardère. Through its indirect shareholding in SOGEADE, the French Government indirectly owns approximately 14.97% of the shares (approximately 15.03% of the voting interest) of EADS, and Lagardère owns approximately 7.49% of the EADS shares (approximately 7.52% of the voting interest). • Daimler Aerospace GmbH & Co. KG (“DASA”), a German corporation, holds approximately 22.46% of the share capital of EADS (representing approximately22.55% of the voting interest). DASA is 67.67% owned by Daimler Luft-und Raumfahrt Holding AG (“DLRH”), a German corporation, which is 99.9% owned by Daimler AG (“Daimler”), a German publicly traded company. DASA is 33.33% owned by a consortium of private and public-sector investors. Through its indirect shareholding in DASA, Daimler owns approximately 14.96% of the shares of EADS and the consortium of private and public-sector investors owns approximately 7.49% of the EADS shares. However, Daimler continues to

Ownership Statement control the voting rights of the entire 22.46% of EADS shares held by DASA (approximately 22.55% of the total EADS voting interests) pursuant to an agreement with the investors. • Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (“SEPI”), which is controlled by the Spanish Government, holds approximately 5.47% of the share capital of EADS (representing approximately 5.49% of the voting interest). Additional details regarding the Commission’s grant of consent to the change in control of Mobsat Group which resulted in the indirect foreign ownership of Vizada described above may be found in IB Docket No. 11-143 (DA 11-1488).


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