Attachment Exhibit E

This document pretains to SES-T/C-20121203-01063 for Transfer of Control on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESTC2012120301063_976910

                                                                         FCC Form 312
                                                                              Exhibit E
                                                                         December 2012


                Ownership Information (Response to Question A20)


        By this application, Row 44, Inc. (“Row 44”) seeks Commission authority for the
transfer of control of Row 44, and its blanket aeronautical mobile-satellite (“AMSS”)
Earth station network license, from its current shareholder group, in which the largest
stake is owned by PAR Investment Partners, L.P. (“PAR”), to Global Eagle Acquisition
Corp. (“Global Eagle”). Following completion of the proposed transaction, Row 44 will
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Global Eagle, and Global Eagle will be renamed
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (“GEE”).

        Currently, PAR holds approximately 40 percent of the equity and voting interests
in Row 44. An additional 20 percent of the equity and voting interests is held by
Advanced Inflight Alliance AG (“AIA”) (of which PAR currently holds 86 percent of the
equity). The only other current shareholder with a 10% or greater stake in Row 44
greater is the Wellington Management Company (“Wellington”), which holds
approximately 24% of Row 44 through six different investment funds that are under
Wellington’s management. See Attachment, “Row 44, Inc. Ownership Structure –
Current & Proposed.”

        Through the proposed transaction, Global Eagle will acquire, in exchange for
either cash or stock in Global Eagle, all of the equity in Row 44 held by the company’s
current shareholders. Following consummation, PAR will hold approximately 40 percent
of GEE, and investors in Global Eagle will hold just under 50 percent of GEE.1 The
proposed ownership structure is depicted in the Attachment.

        Global Eagle, a Delaware corporation, is a special purpose acquisition company
formed in February 2011 with the intention of effecting a business combination between
the company and one or more other businesses. Following completion of the proposed
transaction, GEE will be the parent company of both Row 44 (100 percent owned) and
AIA (86 percent owned). The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Global
Eagle is Harry E. Sloan, a U.S. citizen, who will hold about 16 percent of the equity in
GEE post-consummation. The President of Global Eagle is Jeffrey Sagansky, a U.S.
citizen, who also will hold about 16 percent of the equity in GEE post-consummation.
An additional 16 percent of GEE will be held post-consummation by Global Eagle
Acquisition LLC, of which Messrs. Sloan and Sagansky control the substantial majority




1
  The stated percentages assume that there will be no redemptions of Global Eagle stock
by its public shareholders, which could result in slightly higher ownership percentages
for each of the parties disclosed herein.


                                                                             FCC Form 312
                                                                                  Exhibit E
                                                                             December 2012

of the shares.2 The address for the Global Eagle entities and Messrs. Sloan and Sagansky
is 10900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, California 90022.

       PAR, a Delaware limited partnership, is a private equity investment fund
managed by PAR Capital Management, Inc. with headquarters at One International Place
Suite 2401, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

        Global Eagle is well-qualified to obtain control of Row 44, and its management
team is comprised of experienced investors who have expertise in the media,
entertainment and communications industries. Mr. Sloan was chairman and CEO of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. from 2005 until 2009. Prior to that, he was Chairman
and CEO of SBS Broadcasting Group from 1990 and 2001. Mr. Sagansky was President
of CBS Entertainment from 1990 to 1994, Co-President of Sony Pictures Entertainment
from 1996 to 1998, and CEO of Paxson Communications from 1998 until 2002. He also
held positions at Peach Arch, RHI Entertainment, Winchester Capital Management and
Elm Tree Partners, a privately held casino development company.

        The parties respectfully submit that the instant transaction will serve the public
interest, convenience and necessity, and thus should be approved as expeditiously as
possible. See Exhibit F.




2
  Coupled with their shares owned as individuals, Mr. Sloan and Mr. Sagansky will have
approximately 28% and 20% attributable interests respectively in GEE and in Row 44.


          Row 44, Inc. Ownership Structure – Current & Proposed

Current


  PAR Investment
   Partners, L.P.
                           86%                                     Wellington
                                                                  Management
                                     Advanced
                                                                 Company Funds
                                  Inflight Alliance
                                         AG
              40%
                                                                   24%
                                    20%


                                 Row 44, Inc.
                                    (Licensee)



 Proposed


                                                 72%                 24%
    PAR Investment            Harry E. Sloan                                     Jeffrey Sagansky
     Partners, L.P.
                                                        Global Eagle
                                                       Acquisition LLC
                                      16%
                40%
                                                             16%              16%

                       Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.*
                                     (Transferee)

                                      100%                                 86%



                                                                      Advanced
                      Row 44, Inc.                                 Inflight Alliance
                       (Licensee)                                         AG




* = Name to be changed post‐consummation from Global Eagle Acquisition Corp.



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