Attachment Exhibit 1 Ownership

This document pretains to SES-MOD-20130416-00327 for Modification on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESMOD2013041600327_993396

                          Exhibit 1: Description of Ownership

                                Response to Question 34

       Stratos Offshore Services Company (“Licensee”) is a wholly-owned direct
subsidiary of Stratos Holdings, Inc. (“Stratos Holdings”). Stratos Holdings is held by
Inmarsat US Investments Limited (100% of the preferred shares), its parent Inmarsat US
Services LLC (20% of the common shares), and its parent Inmarsat Group Holdings Inc.
(80% of the common shares). Inmarsat Group Holdings Inc. is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Inmarsat Solutions Ltd, 1 which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inmarsat
Finance III Limited (“Finance III”). In turn, Finance III is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Inmarsat Ventures Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inmarsat Investments Ltd, which is
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inmarsat Group Ltd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Inmarsat Holdings Ltd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inmarsat plc
(“Inmarsat”).

       The organizational chart attached to this exhibit reflects the ownership chain of
the Licensee.

       Inmarsat plc is a widely-held public company traded on the London Stock
Exchange. The following entities or individuals hold ten percent or greater interests in
Inmarsat plc, and indirectly in the Licensee:

         Lansdowne Partners Limited (“Lansdowne”) (13.38%, aggregate voting power
         held through management of various Lansdowne investment funds). Lansdowne
         was formed under the laws of England and Wales.

         Blackrock, Inc. (“Blackrock”) owns ten percent of the shares of Inmarsat plc.
         Blackrock is a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware.

      No other person or entity directly or indirectly holds a ten percent or greater
ownership interest in the Licensee.

       The Commission has previously approved the indirect foreign ownership in the
Licensee, 2 and it has approved the current ownership structure. 3 Accordingly, the instant
application does not raise any new issues.

       The address, citizenship, and principle business for the interest holders disclosed
above are as follows:


1
    Inmarsat Solutions Ltd was formerly known as CIP UK Holdings Limited.
2
 See Robert M. Franklin, Transferor and Inmarsat, PLC, Transferee, Consolidated
Application for Consent to Transfer of Control of Stratos Global Corporation and Its
Subsidiaries from an Irrevocable Trust to Inmarsat, plc, Memorandum Opinion and
Order and Declaratory Ruling, 24FCC Rcd 449 (IB 2009).
3
    See SES-T/C-20100610-00687 (granted June 29, 2010).
                                            1


Stratos Holdings, Inc.           Inmarsat Solutions Ltd.          Inmarsat Finance III Limited
6550 Rock Spring Drive           99 City Road                     99 City Road
Suite 650                        London, United Kingdom           London, United Kingdom
Bethesda, MD 20187                EC1Y 1AX                        EC1Y 1AX
Citizenship: United States       Citizenship: England and Wales   Citizenship: United Kingdom
Principle Business: Holding      Principle business: Holding      Principle business: Holding
Company                          Company                          Company

Inmarsat Group Holdings Inc.     Inmarsat Group Limited           Inmarsat Holdings Limited
1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW      99 City Road                     99 City Road
Suite 1225                       London, United Kingdom           London, United Kingdom
Washington, DC 20036             EC1Y 1AX                         EC1Y 1AX
Citizenship: United States       Citizenship: England and Wales   Citizenship: England and Wales
Principle business: Holding      Principle business: Holding      Principle business: Holding
Company                          Company                          Company

Inmarsat Investments Limited     Inmarsat plc                     Inmarsat US Services LLC
99 City Road                     99 City Road                     1101 Connecticut Avenue, NW
London, United Kingdom           London, United Kingdom           Suite 1225
EC1Y 1AX                         EC1Y 1AX                         Washington, DC 20036
Citizenship: England and Wales   Citizenship: United Kingdom      Citizenship: United States
Principle business: Finance      Principle business: Telecom      Principle business: Holding
                                                                  Company

Inmarsat US Investments          Inmarsat Ventures Limited        Lansdowne Partners Limited
Limited                          99 City Road                     15 Davies Street
99 City Road                     London, United Kingdom           London, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom           EC1Y 1AX                         W1K 3AG
EC1Y 1AX                         Citizenship: England and Wales   Citizenship: United Kingdom
Citizenship: England and Wales   Principle business: Holding      Principle business: Holding
Principle business: Holding      Company                          Company
Company

BlackRock, Inc.
55 E. 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
Citizenship: United States
Principal Business: Holding
Company




                                                2


            OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF
        STRATOS OFFSHORE SERVICES COMPANY


               Inmarsat plc
           (England and Wales)

100%                                                     *All percentages represent both equity
                                                         and voting interests, unless otherwise
          Inmarsat Holdings Ltd                          noted, except for the 100% preferred
           (England and Wales)                           shares of Stratos Holdings, Inc. held
                                                         by Inmarsat U.S. Investments Limited,
100%
                                                         which do not carry voting rights.
            Inmarsat Group Ltd
           (England and Wales)

100%

         Inmarsat Investments Ltd
           (England and Wales)

100%

          Inmarsat Ventures Ltd
           (England and Wales)

100%

       Inmarsat Finance III Limited
          (England and Wales)

100%

          Inmarsat Solutions Ltd.
           (England and Wales)

100%

       Inmarsat Group Holdings Inc.              80% Common Shares
                (Delaware)

100%
                                            20% Common Shares
        Inmarsat US Services LLC
               (Delaware)
                                            100%
100%                                       Preferred
                                            Shares
         Inmarsat US Investments
                 Limited
           (England and Wales)


                                          Stratos Holdings, Inc.
                                               (Delaware)
                              100%




       Stratos Mobile                 3     Stratos Offshore                        Stratos
       Networks, Inc.                      Services Company                    Communications Inc.
         (Delaware)                            (Delaware)                         (Delaware)



Document Created: 2013-04-16 13:27:33
Document Modified: 2013-04-16 13:27:33

© 2024 FCC.report
This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FCC