Attachment 20100806115841.pdf

20100806115841.pdf

DECISION submitted by IB/FCC

Extension grant

2010-08-06

This document pretains to SES-T/C-20091201-01512 for Transfer of Control on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

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                                               July 26, 2010


VIA HAND DELIVERY

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch
Secretary                                                                              FILED/ACCEPTELD
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW                                                                           Jt 26 2010
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                Re:     DG Consents Sub, Inc.                                               iticen! ins Sectsiats
                        File No. SES—T/C—20091201—01512
                        Call Signs E040264 and E950499

Dear Ms. Dortch:

       DG Consents Sub, Inc. ("DG Consents Sub"), by its undersigned counsel, respectfully
requests an additional six months (F.e., until January 31, 2011) to consummate the above—
referenced transfer of control of the two fixed—satellite service earth stations licensed to DG
Consents Sub under Call Signs E040264 and E950499 from Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
("Morgan Stanley") to the shareholders of DigitalGlobe, Inc. ("DigitalGlobe"), the parent
company of DG Consents Sub. As DG Consents Sub explains below, the unusual cireumstances
of this case warrant the grant of additional time for consummation, and ensure that the overall
transaction remains in the public interest.

        The International Bureau granted DG Consents Sub‘s transfer of control application
effective March 4, 2010. See Public Notice, Report No. SES—0 1225 (March 10, 2010). Under
the Commission‘s rules, the Bureau‘s action established May 3, 2010 as the date by which the
subject transaction was to be completed. See 47 C.F.R. § 25.119(f) (transfers of control shall be
completed within 60 days from the date of authorization). However, as DG Consents Sub
forecast in its transfer of control application, the event triggering the transfer of control —i.e., a
reduction in Morgan Stanley‘s equity holdings in DigitalGlobe to less than 25 percent — could
not be assured of occurring by the May 3 deadline due to market conditions and other economic
factors. This timing uncertainty led DG Consents Sub to request a temporary waiver of Section
25.119(f) to allow it until August 1, 2010 for consummation of the transfer. See Letter to
Marlene H. Dortch, Federal Communications Commission, from Stephen D. Baruch and Philip
A. Bonomo, Counsel to DG Consents Sub, Inc., File No. SES—T/C—20091201—01512 (Apr. 29,
2010). It now appears that the reduction of Morgan Stanley‘s equity interest to below the 25
percent threshold may not occur until the end of 2010 or January 2011. Accordingly, DG
Consents Sub seeks an additional six months in which to complete its transfer of control.


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        The extension requested herein is necessary because the triggering event—i.e., the
reduction by Morgan Stanley of its equity interest from a level above 25 percent to a level below
25 percent — is not an event that can occur on a schedule. As DG Consents Sub explained in its
application, the transfer of control from Morgan Stanley to the shareholders of DigitalGlobe will
occur pursuant to the terms of an Investor Agreement entered into by the parties in April 2009.
This Investor Agreement specifies that Morgan Stanley will relinguish its current right to
nominate a majority of the board of directors of DigitalGlobe once its equity interest falls below
the 25 percent threshold, but does not designate a date by which such a relinguishment has to
take place. There is no "closing," no new single stockholder acquiring control, and no changing
of the guard as there would be in a conventional transfer.

         The extension requested here is warranted because there is no harm to the public interest
associated with the deferral of consummation. The transfer, once it occurs, will have no
immediate effect on day—to—day operations of DigitalGlobe‘s Earth Exploration Satellite Service
("EESS") system or any impact on DigitalGlobe‘s EESS customers. Indeed, Morgan Stanley
will remain a significant stockholder of DigitalGlobe after the 25 percent threshold is crossed,
and its presence will help ensure the continued smooth operation of DigitalGlobe under standard
corporate provisions whereby stockholder equity rights are commensurate with the level of
equity ownership. Clearly, there is no question that continuation in the short term of the
operation of DigitalGlobe/DG Consents Sub under the current ownership regime remains in the
public interest. Finally, approval of this request will also serve the public interest by avoiding
substantial administrative burdens on DG Consents Sub and Bureau staff. If the instant
extension request is not granted, DG Consents Sub will need to prepare and file a second,
factually duplicative transfer of control application, and the Bureau will in turn be obliged to
process it. Rather than pursue this inefficient use of limited resources, the public interest would
be better served by extending the consummation deadline to encompass a period within which
DG Consents Sub expects the transfer of control to occur.

         For the foregoing reasons, DG Consents Sub requests an additional six months, through
January 31, 2011, in which to consummate the subject transfer of control. Should you have any
questions regarding this request, or require any additional information regarding the reasons for
the deferral, please contact the undersigned counsel.

                                                        Respectfully submitted,
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                                                        Steple       aruch
                                                        Philip A. Bonomo

                                                        Counsel to DG Consents Sub, Inc.

ce (via email): Karl Kensinger
                Jeanette Spriggs



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