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Space Business Review Its $2.17B Acquisition of Hughes Equipped with Ku- and C-Band Payloads and Communications, Inc May 2011 A monthly round-up of space industry developments for the information of our clients and friends. ABS Closes $215M Bank Loan Satmex Restructuring Approved On May 18, Asia Broadcast Satellite’s On May 16, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for holding company, Kingsbridge Ltd, the District of Delaware confirmed the announced the closing of a $215m five-year prepackaged plan of reorganization of senior bank loan from a consortium of lenders Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. comprised of Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, (Satmex). As part of its restructuring, Satmex Société Générale and Standard Chartered. has completed a $325m bond offering ABS intends to use the loan proceeds to fund (arranged by Jefferies & Co) consisting of the ABS-2 satellite and other future 9.5% 6-year senior secured notes. First-priority acquisitions. ABS-2, which is being built by noteholders, owed $238.2m, will be paid in full Space Systems/Loral, is expected to be (principal plus accrued interest), and second- launched in April 2013 and positioned at 75°E priority noteholders, owed $201.9m, will have to service markets in the Middle East, Africa, a pro-rata share of 7.15% of reorganized the Asia Pacific and the CIS/Russia. Satmex’s equity and an option to participate in DISH Network and EchoStar Debt Offerings a $96.25m rights offering for 85.75% of the On May 3, DISH Network Corporation, equity. Residual proceeds from the debt and through its subsidiary DISH DBS equity offerings will be used to fund Corporation, announced a $2b bond construction of the Satmex-8 satellite, which is financing. The bonds carry a coupon of 6.75% being built by Space Systems/Loral and is and are priced at 99.09% to yield 6.875%. scheduled for a 3Q 2012 launch to replace DISH intends to use the net proceeds from the Satmex-5 at 116.8°W. offering for general corporate purposes. In an May Launches unrelated development, EchoStar On May 20, Arianespace successfully orbited Corporation, through its wholly-owned the ST-2 and GSAT-8 communications subsidiary EH Holding Corporation, satellites from the Guiana Space Center on announced on May 18 a $2b bond offering an Ariane 5 ECA launcher. ST-2, built by consisting of $1.1b in 6.5% 8-year senior Mitsubishi Electric Corporation based on its secured notes and $900m in 7.625% 10-year DS-2000 platform for a joint-venture between senior unsecured notes. EchoStar intends to Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and use the net proceeds from the offering to fund Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Company, is Space Business Review its $2.17b acquisition of Hughes equipped with Ku- and C-band payloads and Communications, Inc. will provide IP-based fixed and mobile, as well Inmarsat Secures $700M U.S. Ex-Im Financing as voice and data transmission satellite On May 12, Inmarsat plc announced the services to businesses, particularly DTH signing of a $700m, 12.5 year direct financing operators and maritime companies in Asia and agreement with the Export-Import Bank of the Middle East. GSAT-8, built by the Indian the United States to fund construction of the 3 Space Research Organization, is equipped Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress Ku-band satellites with 24 Ku-band transponders to provide DTH being built by Boeing Space and Intelligence broadcast services to the Indian subcontinent Systems. The credit facility will have an and includes a GPS-aided augmented availability period of 4 years, after which navigation payload to support aircraft borrowings will be repayable in equal navigation services over Indian airspace and installments over a period of 8.5 years. Interest adjoining areas. On May 21, International under the facility will be incurred at a fixed rate. Launch Services successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit the Telstar May Launch Services Orders 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 satellite from the On May 25, International Launch Services Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Proton Breeze and EchoStar announced an agreement for M launcher. Built for Telesat by Space the launch of EchoStar XVI on a Proton Systems/Loral based on its 1300 platform Breeze M vehicle in 2012. Being built by Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 will replace Space Systems/Loral on its 1300 platform, Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul at 63°W and EchoStar XVI will be equipped with 32 Ku- augment the Atlantic Ocean region Ku-band band transponders and positioned at 61.5°W capacity provided by the Telstar 14 and BEIJING to support DISH Network’s expanded Telstar 11N satellites for services in Brazil, the FRANKFURT services, including HD programming, for continental United States, the southern cone of HONG KONG more than 14m DTH subscribers in the South America, the Andean region and the LONDON United States. north and middle Atlantic Ocean. LOS ANGELES MUNICH To learn about Milbank’s Space Business Practice, or view previous issues of the Space Business Review, please visit www.milbank.com. NEW YORK The information contained herein is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice on any subject matter. Recipients of this publication should not take or refrain from taking any action based upon content included herein. If you do not wish SÃO PAULO to receive this newsletter, please send an e-mail to [email protected] with the word “unsubscribe” in the subject line. ATTORNEY SINGAPORE ADVERTISING. Prior results do not guarantee similar results. TOKYO © 2011 - Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. WASHINGTON DC .
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