ACCELERATING BEYOND FRONTIERS Company Overview CONTENTS

ACCELERATING BEYOND FRONTIERS Company overview CONTENTS

WE ARE SES 4 - Global Infrastructure 5

WHAT WE DO 7

OUR HISTORY 8

OUR STRUCTURE 9 - Our Management Team 10 - Launch Manifest 11 - Network Map 12 - Life of a Satellite 14

FOCUSED ON OUR CUSTOMERS 20

VIDEO 21

NETWORKS 25

OUR COMMITMENT 29

3 GLOBAL WE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE SES We are the world’s leading satellite-enabled solutions provider. 54 12 active satellites in geosynchronous orbit satellites flown in inclined orbit

Our network reaches 99% of the world's population. We connect and enable broadcast, telecom, corporate and government customers, powering the development of connectivity across the world. 12 14 Our global network is built on a foundation of more than 50 satellites active satellites in medium earth orbit satellites flying secondary missions in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO), 12 satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), and an expansive ground infrastructure.

We offer a full suite of powerful end-to-end solutions that optimally deliver to market demands. 33 15 orbital locations new satellites under procurement Our two business verticals target specific markets – one focused on Video, and one focused on Networks for Fixed Data, Mobility and Government.

Our mission is to connect, enable, and enrich.

5 WHAT WE DO

WE FUEL HIGH- WE SUPPLY OUR BUSINESS QUALITY VIDEO SCALABLE DRIVES EXPERIENCES BANDWIDTH FOR TECHNOLOGICAL AROUND THE CONNECTIVITY INNOVATION ON WORLD WORLDWIDE THE GROUND AND IN SPACE

• Our satellite networks reach 325 • Satellite technology enables us to • On the ground, we work closely million homes, totaling over 1 billion deliver connectivity to aircraft, ships with our customers and partners people and fixed telecom sites around the to develop tailored solutions that world enable the connectivity they need • With more than 40 DTH platforms, over 700 broadcasters trust us • Our flexible network is fast to • In space, we provide a fleet to deliver a wide range of media deploy, making it ideal for highly availability rate of 99.9999552% content to their customers’ homes differentiated applications in • We continually support ground- – including standard definition, High industries such as aeronautical, breaking new technologies, such Definition (HD), and now Ultra HD maritime and cellular networks, as as reusable launchers, satellite (UHD) well as government and institutional refuelling and in-orbit satellite operations • We distribute over 7,500 TV payload exchange, fueling channels, and are by far the largest • We serve all four major inflight innovation in the space industry HD and UHD platform connectivity providers – Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE), Gogo, • We provide a range of solutions for Panasonic Avionics and Thales both linear and non-linear content as well as delivery on multiple • Our network bridges the digital screens divide by delivering connectivity to those people and industries across • We offer global end-to-end media the globe that are the hardest to solutions, including playout of connect content and distribution for video- on-demand, streaming via internet, • Together with our wholly-owned and satellite broadcasting subsidiary SES Government Solutions, which focuses completely on the US government market, we serve 62 governmental and institutional entities globally

7 OUR OUR HISTORY STRUCTURE

In addition to satellite infrastructure, we provide a differentiated global offer with a complete range of value-added services 1985 1991 1995 delivered through dedicated service companies. SES, Europe’s first private satellite Co-location – an innovation by SES. SES goes digital – a huge attraction for operator, is founded in Luxembourg SES’s first satellite co-located to multiply channel providers was SES’s pioneering and signs launch agreement with the number of services that could be offer of digital broadcasting technology Arianespace transmitted from one orbital position

100% 100% 100% 100% 100% O3b Networks delivers car- MX1 delivers linear and HD+ broadcasts popular SES Techcom Services SES Government Solutions rier-grade Data Networking non-linear audiovisual free-to-air TV channels provides integrated end- provides total communica- Solutions to ISPs, telcos, content to the highest in high definition to the to-end satellite solutions, tions capacity for the US mobile network operators, standard in all formats and German market. ground infrastructure, and government and related governments and enter- via all distribution channels. www.hd-plus.de operational services, as well agencies, from satellite prises in the most remote www.mx1.com as broadband connectivity bandwidth to customised and inaccessible places on worldwide. end-to-end solutions with the planet. www.ses.com/techcom hosted payloads. 2001 2006 2009 www.o3bnetworks.com www.ses-gs.com SES acquires Americom from GE. SES acquires New Skies satellites and SES launches HD+, the Germany HD SES GLOBAL is established with two coverage of 99% of the world. In concert platform, offering viewers more than operating companies: SES ASTRA and with the acquisition, the company takes 50 channels in HD quality, including 23 SES Americom the name SES of the largest commercial broadcasters in Germany

100% 70% 50% 35% QuetzSat is a Mexican sat- Ciel is a Canadian satellite GovSat is a 50/50 public- YahLive is a partnership ellite operator which serves service that works to bring private partnership be- between SES and YahSat Mexico and the US with the highest quality digital tween SES and the in Abu Dhabi. YahLive DTH TV services. QuetzSat television and broadband Luxembourg govern- owns and commercialises operates from the orbital services to homes and ment. GovSat-1 will be a 23 Ku-band transponders 2013 2016 2017 position 77°W. businesses throughout multi-mission satellite that on the Yahsat 1A satellite SES broadcasts its first Ultra HD Demo SES forms MX1 and acquires O3b to SES ushers in a new chapter of space North America. Currently www.quetzsat.com will use X-band and Military to provide direct-to-home Channel. The launch of the SES-8 significantly enhance existing Video and history, being the first to launch a using orbital positions Ka-band frequencies television capacity and 129°W, 103°W and 86.5°W. on high-power and fully services to numerous satellite marks SpaceX’s first geo- Networks capabilities satellite on a SpaceX flight-proven www.cielsatellite.ca synchronous transfer mission Falcon 9 rocket steerable mission beams to countries in the Middle support multiple govern- East, North Africa and ment related operations. Southwest Africa. www.govsat.lu www.yahlive.com

9 OUR MANAGEMENT LAUNCH MANIFEST TEAM 2017 - 2020:

We have invested in a number of new satellites to be launched in 2017 to increase opportunities for both customers and end- users. In the fast-growing economies of Asia, Africa and Latin America, the new satellites will enable new service possibilities. In established markets, they will deliver to increasingly bandwidth-hungry services. The new satellites complement our expanding global fleet of more than 65 satellites and our network of teleports.

Satellite Region Application Launch Date

SES-10 Latin America Video, Networks Q1 2017

SES-11 North America Video, Networks H1 2017

SES-12* Asia-Pacific Video, Networks H2 2017

SES-14* Latin America Video, Networks H2 2017

SES-15* North America Video, Networks H1 2017 The SES executive management team combines decades of experience in a wide variety of disciplines. SES-16 Europe/MENA Government H2 2017 GovSat-1**

We have 2,000 employees of more than 65 nationalities in over O3B Global Networks H1 2018 (SATELLITES 20 locations worldwide. 13-16)

O3B Global Networks H2 2019 (SATELLITES From left to right: 17-20)

• Ferdinand Kayser – Chief Executive Officer, SES Video • Padraig McCarthy – Chief Financial Officer SES-17 Networks • Christophe De Hauwer – Chief Strategy & Development Officer Americas 2020 • Karim Michel Sabbagh – President & CEO • Evie Roos – Chief Human Resources Officer • Martin Halliwell – Chief Technology Officer • Steve Collar – Chief Executive Officer, SES Networks * SES-12, SES-14 and SES-15 to be positioned using electric • John Purvis – Chief Legal Officer orbit raising, entry into service typically four to six months after launch ** procured by LuxGovSat

11 NETWORK MAP LIFE OF A SATELLITE Satellites are launched into space in a matter of hours, however they live on for years in orbit. Follow stages 1 to 16 to learn about their orbit, the technology, and the people who make it all possible. FOCUSED VIDEO ON OUR CUSTOMERS As the world’s leading video platform, we enable broadcasters to deliver over 7,500 TV channels to 325 million TV homes and In 2017 we restructured our go-to-market organisation model with the creation of two business units, SES Video and SES Networks, focusing on the video and data-centric segments that SES serves. This structure was devised with the aim of nearly one billion people worldwide. With 30 years of experience, gathering all go-to-market capabilities and allowing us to deliver increasingly differentiated and essential satellite-enabled communication solutions to our customers. SES Networks integrates O3b Networks to provide connectivity for Fixed Data, we provide high-quality broadcasting and OTT services, including Mobility, and Government businesses organisations. direct-to-home (DTH), Cable, IPTV, and digital terrestrial TV (DTT) distribution, as well as Video on Demand (VOD) services for OTT platforms. Beyond providing capacity, our value-added services include management, play-out and encryption services, as well as tailored engineering services.

VIDEO NETWORKS

We reach 325 million TV households We provide widebeam and GEO/MEO worldwide, delivering over 7,500 TV HTS capacity and teleport services channels and >2,500 HD channels, for >300 Fixed Data customers, 33% of all SES channels are HD 99% global coverage of global maritime and aeronautical routes and 62 governments in 28 countries

Encoding/ Encryption Uplink Direct-to-Home Direct-to-Cable Digital Terrestrial Direct to Transcoding IPTV Headends

Media Asset Playout Management

Encoding/ Digital Rights Online Video TV Tablet Smartphone Laptop Transcoding Management Platform FIXED DATA MOBILITY GOVERNMENT Distribution

Uplink & Uplink Downlink Link Downlink

21 VIDEO HD+ SAT>IP SOLUTIONS

MX1 provides fully managed playout Founded in 2009, HD+ provides Sat>IP is an innovative technology and turnaround services, such as broadcasters in Germany with a that converts satellite signals into channel origination and management, platform to deliver their HD content to Internet Protocol (IP) standard, content processing, and delivery paying audiences via satellite. HD+ is a enabling viewers to watch high-quality to TV service providers across the B2C company, interacting directly with satellite TV programmes on multiple globe. Additionally MX1 to offers a customers to bring HD quality content IP-enabled devices throughout their complete suite of next generation into their homes. Users of HD+ have household. This enables HD quality video services to deliver video to VOD access to more than 50 channels in video delivered via satellite for multi- and OTT platforms through its media HD quality, including 23 of the largest screen and multi-room viewing. service platform MX1 360. This suite of commercial broadcasters in Germany. capabilities cover the complete video Today HD+ has over two million value chain, from the content producer paying subscribers, and in February to the viewer, who is watching on any 2017 launched HD+ ExtraScreen, screen, at any time. which uses Sat>IP technology to enable viewers to enjoy HD quality video delivered via satellite on their tablets or smartphones.

4K ULTRA HD

We are the first satellite operator to broadcast a commercial Ultra High 4x SD the number of pixels Definition (UHD) channel, and the on today’s HDTV satellite operator broadcasting the HD SD / 750 x 576px largest share of High Definition (HD) Full HD HD / 1280 x 720px channels. Today we broadcast 34 Ultra Full HD / 1920 x 1080px HD channels and continue to drive Ultra HD / 3840 x 2160px forward the development HDR (High Dynamic Range), as part of Ultra HD phase 2. Ultra HD

23 VIDEO SESVIDE in numbersO SES in numbers NETWORKS

SES share of global channels broadcast via satellite We provide reliable and secure connectivity with an industry leading latency of less than 150 milliseconds, so that we can deliver the high quality broadband experience our customers expect. This is enabled through our global fleet of over 65 satellites, and >7,500 Total HD UHD high-performance network of over 20 teleports, 6000 POPs and tier-1 IP backbone peering partners. Our fixed data, mobility and government customers use SES capabilities to provide communication in rural areas, connect aircraft, ships and offshore channels platforms, as well as provide secure links for government organisations around the world. SES SES SES UHD 21 commercial Ultra HD channels 18% 27% 43% Fixed Data Direct-to-Home SME/SOHO Trunking Backhaul VSAT Oil & Gas Corporate Retail HD >2,500 Networks HD channels Consumer Enterprise HD growth Europe SD >5,000 SD channels 14% >750 channels

Networks Mobility Commercial Business Jets Commercial Passenger/ Recreational Oil & Gas HD growth North America Airlines Shipping Cruise HD Aero Maritime O shore 33% 5% >1,360 channels of all SES channels are HD HD growth developing markets

Strategic & Communications Emergency & Maritime Aero/ISR Communications Tactical Networks on-the-Pause Disaster Response on-the-Move 2% >370 channels Fixed & Semi-Portable Government Networks Mobile Government Networks Government FIXED DATA MOBILITY GOVERNMENT >2,750 >600 With 65 GEO and MEO satellites Our services enable connectivity for We serve 62 government entities in broadcast T channels and a global networks structure, we thousands of airplanes, ships, and 28 countries and participate in more distributed Broadcast clients with long-term contracts serve customers in sectors such trains traveling across the sky, oceans, than five Public Private Partnership as telecommunications, oil & gas, and continents. While in transit our initiatives offering end-to-end banking, transportation, health and network provides links to corporate solutions in security, defence, and 2017 increasing capacity for developing markets education with unprecedented access offices, high-quality live inflight information-gathering as well as for >500 to a unique, ubiquitous, future-proof entertainment, and fast broadband humanitarian purposes such as natural Managed playout channels and high-performing network. We access, regardless of location. We disaster response. We offer: offer: offer: • Widebeam and GEO/MEO HTS • Widebeam and GEO/MEO HTS • Trans-oceanic and landmass capacity and secure teleport >120 capacity and teleport services widebeam and GEO/MEO HTS services O platforms • Network/platform services capacity and teleport services • C/Ku/Ka and Military frequency SES-10 SES-12 SES-14 SES-15 • Managed networks for consumer/ • Mobility network/Platform services capacity SME applications • Scalable connectivity ranging from • Fully managed end-to-end service • Industry-leading latency for any 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps per ship to the end customer (Mbps + * 2015 to 2016 growth satellite-based broadband system services) • Advanced high power satellites and state of the art facilities

25 FIXED DATA MOBILITY SESFIXED in numbers DATA SESMOBILITY in numbers SES in numbers SES in numbers

SES serves Fixed Data customers in Connecting the unconnected Provides over Capable of delivering O3b provides more than 10 Gbps 99% to remote islands coverage of global Gbps around the globe maritime and 1 >130 aeronautical tra ic per cruise ship countries Can enable up to Scalable connectivity ranging from Mbps 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps SES serves 150 per cruise ship >300 of LTE backhaul per tower enterprise customers 15 O3b serves 80% Mbps of enterprise revenue from x4 SES customers Tier-1 applications/managed serve about >1,000,000 services 1 passengers of Mbps 2013 2016 Royal Caribbean Cruises per year Growth of average 90% bitrate per site of all global Flexible and connected scalable global Industry-leading latency planes network/ for any satellite-based solutions >50 GEO 12 MEO broadband system SES today provides <150 ms connectivity The SES to about network reaches 99.99% 70% measured service GROWTH >1M availability 2,500 in committed mobility enterprise-grade Compared to connected planes capacity since 2014 data terminals 99.97% benchmark service availability

27 GOVERNMENT SESGOVERNMENT in numbers SES in numbers OUR

hosted payloads COMMITMENT countries 28 5 since 2011 24 Europe Connectivity can fuel life changing applications such as 13 US New global USAF CHIRP served by SES GS* 5 customers under SES-2 contract in 2016 e-emergency, e-health, e-learning, e-elections, and e-banking, and 12 Africa 4 Middle East the reach of satellite gives us the power to bring these services to 62 EGNOS-GEO 1 government 4 Other >10 SES-5 people anywhere in the world. entities 3 Asia Ground Infrastructure 2 UN and Managed Services Projects in 2016 EGNOS-GEO 2 ASTRA 5B Growing SATCOM-enabled ISR** requirements Opt. Piloted SATCOM Global FAA WAAS Predator Reaper Enabled Aircraft Hawk Aerostat SES-15 emergency.lu E-HEALTH: E-LEARNING SATMED NASA GOLD SES-14 3-5 5-10 5-10 10-50 70 When a natural disaster strikes, one Improving access to health Our e-learning initiatives provide Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps of the top concerns is establishing a care around the world is crucial Internet connectivity to e-learning reliable means of communication. First to development, which is why facilities in isolated areas to bridge the responders, government services and SATMED is enabling access to, and digital and information gap. humanitarian organisations rely on simplifying, e-health. The Luxembourg Participant in >5 PPP's >40 emergency.lu their link to the world to coordinate Government and SES collaborated effective relief efforts. This is why to make SATMED a reality, and the • we collaborate with the Luxembourg platform is delivered with the support E-ELECTIONS GovSat Government and other organisations in of medical NGOs and technology 50% SES Luxembourg to provide emergency.lu, partners around the world. a satellite based communications 50% Luxembourg 68 platform to deliver connectivity during • SATMED reaches isolated areas We worked with local partners in Government GovSat-1 transponders disaster response. with poor connectivity to improve Burkina Faso to enable the secure public health in emerging and digital transmission of the electoral • European 5G PPP • emergency.lu serves as the developing countries results from 368 locations across the lead agency for the Emergency • It has been deployed in Sierra country for the Burkinabe Presidential Telecommunications Cluster of the Leone, Benin, Philippines, Election in 2015. • Electra World Food Programme Bangladesh, Niger SATMED • emergency.lu 10 • Offered by Luxembourg as a free public good to the global E-BANKING • SATMED project deployments from 2013 to 2016 humanitarian community • Has been deployed over 40 times Our satellite connectivity is providing in countries including Haiti, Nepal, fast and reliable e-banking services Vanuatu, the Philippines, and Sierra * SES Government Solutions in remote and isolated areas in Africa, Leone ** Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance making improved financial services *** Public Private Partnership available.

29 IMPRESSUM

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