Attachment Exhibit 2

This document pretains to SES-T/C-INTR2019-02387 for Transfer of Control on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESTCINTR201902387_1726671

                                         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           Interest1      Interest6

Charles W. Ergen2                   USA                   51.5%3         91.3%

1
    As of May 31, 2019.
2
  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


Chairman and CEO
DISH Network Corporation
9601 South Meridian Blvd.
Englewood, CO 80112

Dodge & Cox                          USA                   10.6%4         0.90%
555 California Street, 40th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104

The Vanguard Group                   USA                   10.00%5        0.01%
100 Vanguard Boulevard
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

There are no other owners at 10% or greater.




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.
3
 Assumes conversion into Class A Shares of all Class B Shares beneficially owned by Mr.
Ergen.
4
 Information based solely upon a Schedule 13G filed by Dodge & Cox with the SEC on
February 11, 2019.
5
 Information based solely upon a Schedule 13G filed by The Vanguard Group with the SEC on
January 10, 2019.

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CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS6

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




6
 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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