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Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 1 of 16

IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND DIVISION

) In re: ) Chapter 11 ) 1 INTELSAT S.A., et al., ) Case No. 20-32299 (KLP) ) Debtors. ) (Jointly Administered) )

DECLARATION OF DISINTERESTEDNESS OF HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP AS PROPOSED ORDINARY COURSE PROFESSIONAL

I, Steven M. Kaufman, declare under penalty of perjury:

1. I am a Partner of Hogan Lovells US LLP, located at Columbia Square, 555

Thirteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 2004 (“HLUS”).

2. Intelsat S.A. and its affiliates, as debtors and debtors in possession (collectively,

the “Debtors”), have requested that HLUS continue to provide legal services to the Debtors as an

ordinary course professional pursuant to section 327(e) of the Bankruptcy Code in the Debtors’

chapter 11 cases (collectively, the “Chapter 11 Cases”), and HLUS has agreed to provide such

services. Such services may be provided by HLUS directly and/or through its affiliated

businesses, including Hogan Lovells International LLP (collectively, the “Firm”), through

arrangements with HLUS.

3. The Firm may have performed services in the past, may currently perform

services, and may perform services in the future in matters unrelated to the Chapter 11 Cases for

persons or entities that are parties in interest in the Chapter 11 Cases. See Schedule A attached

1 Due to the large number of Debtors in these Chapter 11 Cases, for which joint administration has been granted, a complete list of the Debtor entities and the last four digits of their federal tax identification numbers is not provided herein. A complete list may be obtained on the website of the Debtors’ proposed claims and noticing agent at https://cases.stretto.com/intelsat. The location of the Debtors’ service address is: 7900 Tysons One Place, McLean, VA 22102. Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 2 of 16

hereto. The Firm does not perform services for any such person in connection with the Chapter

11 Cases.

4. As part of its customary practice, the Firm is retained in cases, proceedings, and

transactions involving many different persons and entities, some of whom may represent or be

employed by the Debtors, claimants, and parties in interest in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases.

5. Neither I, nor any partner or associate of the Firm, insofar as I have been able to

ascertain, holds or represents any interest adverse to the Debtors or their estates with respect to

the matters on which HLUS is to be employed by the Debtors as an ordinary course professional.

6. Neither I nor any partner or associate of the Firm has agreed to share or will share

any portion of the compensation to be received from the Debtors with any person other than

partners and associates of the Firm.

7. The Debtors do not owe the Firm any amounts on account of services rendered

and expenses incurred prior to the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases in connection with

HLUS’ employment by the Debtors.

8. As of May 13, 2020, which was the date on which the Debtors commenced their

Chapter 11 Cases, the Firm was not party to an agreement for indemnification with any of the

Debtors.

9. If at any time during its employment as an ordinary course professional in the

Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases HLUS discovers any facts bearing on the matters described herein,

HLUS will supplement the information contained in this declaration.

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true

and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Dated: July 8, 2020 Respectfully submitted,

Steven M. Kaufman Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP

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SCHEDULE A

The Firm currently represents, or has in the last three (3) years represented, the following parties in interest or their affiliates in matters unrelated to the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases

A&E Television Networks LLC ABC Inc. Aberdeen Asset Management Life And Pensions Ltd Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. ABS Global Ltd. ABS-CBN Global Ltd. Aecom Technical Services Inc. Aegon USA Investment Management LLC Airbus Defence and Space SAS Airspace Exchange Limited Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Albright Stonebridge Group LLC Alcentra Asset Management Limited – Ultimate Parent Alcentra Ltd. Alcentra NY LLC AlixPartners LLP AllianceBernstein Holding LP AllianceBernstein LP Allianz Global Investors US LLC Allianz SE AllianzGI Global Investors Allstate Investment Management Co. Allstate Investments LLC Allstate Life Insurance Co. Altitude Sports & Entertainment LLC Alvarez & Marsal LLC American Arbitration Association American Express International Inc. American International Group Inc. Amtrust AmTrust North America, Inc. on behalf Assure Space LLC Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. Antara Capital LP Aon Consulting Apollo Capital Management LP Apollo Credit Management LLC Apollo Global Management LLC Arent Fox LLP Ares Capital – Ultimate Parent Ares Management Corp. Ares Management LLC ARK Multicasting Inc. Arthur D. Little Inc. Case 20-32299-KLP Doc 495 Filed 07/09/20 Entered 07/09/20 15:11:39 Desc Main Document Page 5 of 16

Asco Power Services Inc. Assicurazioni Generali SpA Associated Press Inc., The Assure Space LLC Astrium SAS AT&T Corp. AT&T Inc. AT&T Sports Networks LLC Atrium Insurance Agency Ltd. Atrium Space Insurance Consortium One or more agencies/departments/ministries of the country of Australia Aviva Investors Americas LLC AXA Assurance Vie Luxembourg SA AXA Corporate Solutions Assurance SA AXA Life Insurance Pte. Ltd. AXA XL Paris Azercosmos OJSco. Bain Capital Credit LP Baker & McKenzie LLP of America Corp. Bank of America NA Bank of Nova Scotia, The Barclays Bank plc Barclays Capital Inc. Barings LLC BBC Global News Ltd. Belgacom International Carrier Services SA – NCM Bell Products Inc. Benefit Street Partners LLC Berkeley Research Group LLC Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. BET Satellite Services Inc. Black & Veatch Corp. Blackrock Advisors LLC BlackRock Financial Management Inc. BlackRock Fund Advisors Blackrock Institutional Trust Co. NA LLP Bluebay Asset Management LLP BMO Asset Management US BMO Capital Markets Corp. BNP Paribas SA BNP Paribas Securities Corp. Boeing Co., The Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. BOK Financial BOK Financial NA Brazil, Government of, Ministerio da Previdencia Social

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Brigham Young University British plc Brown Rudnick LLP BT LatAm Argentina SA BT LatAm Colombia SA BT LatAm Inc. BVK Personalvorsorge des Kantons Zürich Cable & (Panama) SA Cable & Wireless (Seychelles) Ltd. Cable News & Business Channel Cable News Network LP California Department of Tax and Fee Administration California, State of, Government Operations Agency, Franchise Tax Board Canal + International Capital Research & Management Co. CapRock UK Ltd. Careerbuilder LLC CBS Broadcasting Inc. (USA) CBS Inc. CBS Sports Network Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales CenturyLink Argentina SA Centurylink Chile SA CenturyLink Colombia SAS Chaucer Insurance Inc. Satellite Communications Co. Ltd. Satellite Communications Co. Ltd. Chubb Ltd. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The CI Investments Inc. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. Cigna Healthcare Benefits Inc. Citadel Advisors LLC Citibank NA Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Colombia Telecomunicaciones SA ESP Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC Cable Communications Management LLC Comcast Media (Massachusetts) Comcast Network () LLC, The Comcast Sports Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic Comcast SportsNet Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia Communications & Power Industries Europe Ltd. Convergint Technologies LLC Corporacion de Radio y Television del Norte Corporation Service Company Inc Credit Suisse AG

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Credit Suisse Alternative Capital LLC Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC Crescent Capital Group LP CSC Cummins Inc. Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP DBS Trustee Ltd., as Trustee of Mapletree Commercial Trust DE Shaw & Co. LP Dejero Labs Inc. Delaware Trust Company Deloitte Consulting LLP Deloitte Tohmatsu Tax Co Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP Dentons US LLP Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., The Deutsche Bank AG - New York Branch Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. AG Dialog Digi Slovakia SRO Fiji Ltd. Digicel Png Ltd. Directv Latin America LLC Directv LLC Directv Peru SRL DIRECTV Puerto Rico Ltd. Discovery Capital Management LLC Discovery Communications Europe Ltd. Discovery Communications LLC Discovery Latin America LLC Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd. Disney Channel, The Disney Productions/Maingate Entertainment Disney Worldwide Disneyland Dubai World Trade Centre LLC Duff & Phelps Corp. DW Partners LP Dynalectric Co. E! Entertainment Television Inc. Eaton Vance Management Inc. Echostar Communications Corp. Ecuador, Government of, Ecuador, Government of, Agencia de Regulacion y Control de las Telecomunicaciones Emcor Services Combustioneer Corp. Emerging Markets Communications Inc. Emerging Markets Communications LLC Employees Retirement System of Texas

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Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales SA Empyrean Capital Partners LP EMS Technologies Inc. Enlaces Guayana CA ePlus Technology Inc. Equinix Inc. Ericsson AB Ericsson AB Succursale Benin Ernst & Young - Senegal Ernst & Young LLP ESPN Deportes ESPN Inc. ESPN Network Traffic (Sports) ESPN News (Assignment Desk) ESPN Sur EUROPE*STAR Gesellschaft für Satellitenkommunikation mbH Eutelsat America Corp. Factory Mutual Insurance Co. Federal Express Corp. Federal Express Europe Inc. Ferrellgas LP Fidelity Management & Research Co. First Advantage Background Services Corp. FMR LLC Fox Digital Entertainment Inc. Fox Entertainment Group Inc. Fox Latin American Channel LLC Fox Latin American Channel SRL Fox News Channel Fox News Network (West) Fox Sports Houston Fox Sports LLC Fox Sports Net Production Fox Sports Networks Inc. Fox Television Stations Inc. Foxcorp Holdings LLC Franklin Advisers Inc. Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC Friends Life Frontier Communications Corp. FTI Consulting Inc. Galaxy Entertainment de Venezuela SCA Genesys Works National Capital Region Gilat Telecom Ltd. Glassdoor Inc. Global Aerospace Inc. Global Xchange Inc. Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.

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Global Eagle Servicos de Telecomunicacoes Ltda. GlobeCast - DCPItalia GlobeCast Pty. Ltd. GlobeCast America – LA GlobeCast America Inc. GlobeCast Asia Pte. Ltd. GlobeCast France SAS GlobeCast Near & Middle East SAL GlobeCast UK Ltd. Globenet Cabos Submarinos America Inc. Gogo LLC Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (U.S.) Goldman Sachs Bank USA Goldman Sachs Lending Partners Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC News Department Grant Thornton LLP Guardian Investor Services LLC Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, The GuidePost Strategies LLC Hamilton Re Ltd. Hamilton Syndicate Hanover Insurance Group Inc., The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., The HBO Latin America Production Services LC HBO-Strategic HDI Global Insurance Co. HDI Global Specialty SE Hdnet LLC Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan – HOOPP Hearst Television Inc. Highbridge Capital Management LLC Hiscox Ltd. Hispasat SA HM Revenue & Customs Home Box Office Inc. Honeywell International Inc. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. Houlihan Lokey Inc. HSBC Bank USA HSBC Global Asset Management (USA) Inc. HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG Hughes Network Systems LLC HUK- COBURG- Krankenversicherung AG Hunter Communications Inc. Incheon International Airport India, Government of, Goods & Services Tax

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International Business Machines Corp. International SOS Assistance Inc. Invesco Advisers Inc. Invesco Canada Ltd. Invesco Capital Management LLC Invesco Ltd. Invesco Senior Secured Management Inc. IRB Brazil RE J.P. Morgan Securities LLC J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Janus Capital Management LLC One or more agencies/departments/ministries of the country of Japan Johns Hopkins Healthcare LLC Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP Johnson Controls Inc. JP Morgan Asset Management JP Morgan Investment Management Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank NA Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Kekst and Co. Inc. Keysight Technologies Inc. KKR Asset Management LLC KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC KKR FI Advisors LLC Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. KPMG Auditores Independentes KPMG Inc. Kutak Rock LLP Kuwait, Government of, Ministry of Communications KVH Industries Inc. Latham & Watkins LLP Lee Hecht Harrison LLC Liberty Mutual Group Lloyd's of London Lockheed Martin Australia Pty. Ltd. Lockheed Martin Corp. Loomis Sayles & Co. LP Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg Sarl M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates Inc. Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC Manulife Investment Management (US) LLC MAPFRE Global Risks MAPFRE Insurance Co. Inc. Maritime Telecommunications Network Inc. Marketo Inc. Maryland Office of The Attorney General Maryland, State of, Comptroller Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission Mathworks Inc., The

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MCI International Inc. McLean Lessee LLC Mercer (US) Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. Miami-Dade Tax County Tax Collector Milbank LLP Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Millennium Management LLC Ministere des Postes Telecommunications et de L'Economie Numerique Mitsubishi Estate Building Management Co. Ltd. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Mizuho Bank Ltd. Moelis & Co. Montgomery, County of (MD) Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Morgan Stanley Bank NA Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. MSM Asia Ltd. MSNBC Cable LLC MTN Communications Ltd. MTV Asia MTV Networks MTV Networks Latin America Inc. Multichoice Africa Holdings BV Multichoice Africa Ltd. Multichoice Group Ltd. Multichoice Support Services (Pty.) Ltd. Munich Re Munich Re Group Munich Re Syndicate Ltd. Music Choice National Amusements, Inc. NBC News Channel NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) NBC Unisla NBC Universal International Ltd NBC Universal International Networks NBC Universal Media LLC New Jersey Office of The Attorney General New Jersey, State of New Jersey, State of, Corp. Tax New Skies Satellites New Skies Satellites BV New York Life Investment Management LLC New York, City of (NY), Department of Finance NewCom International Inc.

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Nfl Enterprises LP Nine Networks Australia Pty. Ltd. NNIP Advisors BV Nomura Corporate Research & Asset Management Inc. (U.S.) North Carolina, State of, Department of Revenue Northern Trust Investments Inc. Novo Banco SA Oaktree Capital Management LP Omniaccess SL Omnispace LLC Ontras Gastransport GmbH Oracle America Inc. Orange Ci SA Orange SA Orange SA (Cameroun) Orange SA (Niger) Orbital ATK Space Logisitics LLC Orbital Sciences Corp. Orion Express Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC Pacific Life Insurance Co. Panasonic Avionics Corp Park Place Technologies LLC Partnerre Ireland Insurance Designated Activity Co. Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP Pentwater Capital Management LP Pepco Energy Services PGIM Inc. PointState Capital LP Pop Media Networks LLC Potomac Edison PPM America Inc. Price Waterhouse & Co. Asesores de Empresas Pricewaterhouse Coopers Luxembourg Pricewaterhousecoopers GmbH Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP Pricewaterhousecoopers Pvt. Ltd. Pricewaterhousecoopers SC Primus Telecommunications UK Ltd. Principal Global Investors LLC Prologis LP ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion GmbH Providence Equity Partners Inc. Providence Equity Partners LLC Prudential Investment Management Inc. Pryor Cashman LLP PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta

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PT Indosat TBK PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk Public Joint Stock Co. Randstad North America Inc. Raytheon Co. RBC Capital Markets LLC RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Right Management Inc. Rignet Inc. Ropes & Gray LLP Royal Bank of Canada RSM US LLP RuSat LLC S&P Capital IQ LLC Salesforce.com Inc. Ltd. SAP America Inc. Saudi Telecom Co. Schneider Electric USA Inc. Schneider Group OOO Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. Scor UK Co. Ltd. Scotia Capital Inc. Secretaria de Estado de Fazenda ServiceNow Inc. SES Americom SES Americom Inc. SES Astra SA SES Sistemas Electronicos SA SES Techcom SA SG Americas Securities LLC Sharp Electronics Corp. Showtime Networks Inc. Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Singapore, Government of, Inland Revenue Authority Sirius XM Radio Inc. Site Seven Media T/A Tower Xchange Brasil Servicos Ltda. SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. Sky Serviços de Banda Larga Ltda. Sky SNI Operations Ltd. Skylink Technology Inc Slovak Telekom AS Société Générale SA Softbank Softbank Corp. Sojitz Tourist Corp. Solus Alternative Asset Management LP Sompo Holdings Inc. Sony Pictures Networks India Private Ltd.

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Southern California Edison Co. Southern California Gas Co. Spaceconnection Inc., The Spectrum RSN LLC Speedcast Communications Inc. Speedcast International Limited, et al., Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Speedcast Ltd. Spring Creek Investment Management LLC ST Engineering Idirect ST Engineering Idirect (Europe) NV Starr Aviation Agency Inc. Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. Inc. Sure (Diego Garcia) Ltd. Swaziland Post and Telecommunications Corp. Swiss Reinsurance Co. Ltd. Symphony Asset Management LLC Tata Communications (Netherlands) BV Sverige AB Telecom Italia Telecommunications Regulatory and Control Agency Teledeportes Paraguay SA Telefonica Broadcast Services SLU Telefonica Celular Del Paraguay SAE Telefonica Chile SA Telefonica Compras Electronicas Telefónica de Argentina SA Telefonica de Espana SA Telefonica del Peru SAA Telefonica Empresas Chile SA Telefonica Global Services GmbH Telefonica International Wholesale Services Ii SLU Telefonica SA Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales SAU Telefonica UK Ltd. Telemundo Network Group LLC Telemundo of Puerto Rico Inc. (UK) Ltd. Telenor Global Services AS Telenor Satellite AS Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS Telesat Canada Televisa SA de CV Telikom PNG Ltd. SA Soc. Ltd. Telkom SR Ltda. Thales Alenia Thales Alenia Space The Boeing Company Third Point LLC

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Thomson West (Serengeti) Tokio Marine Group Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. Tokio Marine Kiln Tradestyles: Global Eagle per Mergent Tribune Broadcasting Co. LLC Troutman Sanders LLP T-Systems Turner Broadcasting System Inc. Turner Entertainment Networks Inc. TV18 Broadcast Ltd. TV3 Network Services Ltd. TVBI Co. Ltd. U.S. Bank NA U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee UBS Asset Management (Americas) Inc. UBS Financial Services Inc. UBS Loan Finance LLC UBS Securities LLC United Nations Universal Television LLC Universal-Investment GmbH University of California - San Diego University of Washington Univision Communications Inc Univision Networks & Studios Inc. Unum Ltd. US Bank National Association USAA Capital Corp. UTV Radio (Roi) Ltd. UZbektelecom JSC Communications Inc. Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH Vertiv Corp. Viacom 18 Media Private Ltd. Viacom International Inc. Viacom International Media Networks UK Ltd. Virginia, Commonwealth of, Department of Taxation Vision Technologies Electronics, Inc. Group Global Networks Ltd. Vubiquity Inc. W.B. Walton Enterprises Inc. Walt Disney Co., The Waterfall Asset Management LLC Wells Capital Management Inc. Wells Fargo & Company Wells Fargo Bank NA Wells Fargo Securities LLC

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Western Asset Management Co. Whitebox Advisors LLC Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB NA World Vision International WSFS, in its capacity as Trustee of the 9.50% Senior Notes Due 2023 XL Catlin London XL Specialty XL Specialty Insurance York Capital Management LP Zurich Insurance Group AG

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