-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PFw6sa+rHfqeRNPTiju54HpK/T7ohOnFdvagVA4AoAKTQ2dd1XKstl0WfADNnwqn CJxKUjCZc8JDPSuVLVhI5Q== 0001001082-01-500012.txt : 20010611 0001001082-01-500012.hdr.sgml : 20010611 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001001082-01-500012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010608 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001082 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 880336997 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-26176 FILM NUMBER: 1656787 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5701 SOUTH SANTA FE DRIVE CITY: LITTLETON STATE: CO ZIP: 80120 BUSINESS PHONE: 3037231000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5701 SOUTH SANTA FE DRIVE CITY: LITTLETON STATE: CO ZIP: 80120 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ERGEN CANTEY CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001138538 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] DIRECTOR FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5701 S. SANTE FE DRIVE CITY: LITTLETON STATE: CO ZIP: 80120 4 1 edgar.txt FORM 4 - 5/31/01 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Ergen, Cantey 5701 S. Santa Fe Drive Littleton, CO 80120 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EchoStar Communications Corporation DISH 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 5/31/01 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Outside Director 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Class A Common Stock |5/1/01|A |V|10 |A |(1) |110 |D | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |4,800 |I |(2) | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |511 |I |(3) | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |17,825 |I |(4) | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |857,650 |I |(5) | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: (1) The shares were awarded without cost to the reporting person, pursuant to the 2000 Launch Bonus Plan of the Company for past services to the Company. For tax purposes, the shares were priced as of April 30, 2001, but were not distributed until the beginning of May. (2) The shares are held by the reporting person as custodian for the reporting person's minor children. (3) During March 2000, the Company issued additional shares of Class A Common Stock to EchoStar Communications Corporation's 401(k) Employees' Savings Plan (the "Plan"). The reporting person and her spouse are the sole trustees of the Plan, which currently has approximately 1.5 million shares. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares in the Plan. The number of shares reported in column 2 represents the total number of shares allocated to the reporting person's account through the Plan to date. The reporting person has dispositive power, but no voting power with respect to the shares in her account. (4) During March 2000, the Company issued additional shares of Class A Common Stock to EchoStar Communications Corporation's 401(k) Employees' Savings Plan (the "Plan"). The number of shares reported in column 2 represents the total number of shares allocated to the account of the reporting person's spouse through the Plan to date. (5) The shares are in the name of the reporting person's spouse. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Cantey M. Ergen DATE 6/1/01 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----