0001708529-17-000002.txt : 20170606 0001708529-17-000002.hdr.sgml : 20170606 20170606165525 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001708529-17-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170530 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170606 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170606 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EchoStar CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001415404 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO & TV BROADCASTING & COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3663] IRS NUMBER: 261232727 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 INVERNESS TERRACE E. CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-723-1277 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 INVERNESS TERRACE E. CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EchoStar Holding CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071017 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ERGEN THREE YEAR 2017 SATS GRAT CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001708529 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33807 FILM NUMBER: 17894717 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ECHOSTAR CORPORATION STREET 2: 100 INVERNESS TERRACE EAST CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-706-4000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ECHOSTAR CORPORATION STREET 2: 100 INVERNESS TERRACE EAST CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 3 1 wf-form3_149678250982333.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2017-05-30 0 0001415404 EchoStar CORP SATS 0001708529 ERGEN THREE YEAR 2017 SATS GRAT 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. ENGLEWOOD CO 80112 0 0 1 0 Class B Common Stock Class A Common Stock 7600000.0 D The reporting person may elect to convert any or all of its Class B shares into an equal number of Class A shares at any time for no additional consideration. On May 30, 2017, Charles W. Ergen established a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust ("GRAT"), the Ergen Three-Year 2017 SATS GRAT (the "2017 GRAT"), and contributed 7,600,000 Class B shares to the 2017 GRAT. /s/ Cantey M. Ergen, Trustee of the Ergen Three-Year 2017 SATS GRAT, by Joseph Turitz, her Attorney-in-Fact 2017-06-06 EX-24 2 ergen3-year2017satsgratpow.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Dean A. Manson, Joseph Turitz, Shawna-Gay White and Nicholas Wittich signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or shareholder of EchoStar Corporation, including any successor corporation(s) thereto (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 26th day of May, 2017.

    Ergen Three-Year 2017 SATS GRAT


        /s/ Cantey M. Ergen
    Name:  Cantey M. Ergen, Trustee