EchoStar Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 8.01. Other.
On October 28, 2024, EchoStar Corporation (“EchoStar”) issued a press release, announcing that it has amended certain terms of its previously announced exchange offers (the “Exchange Offers”) for certain outstanding notes issued by DISH DBS Corporation (“DBS”) for new notes to be issued by DBS that will be mandatorily exchanged for new notes to be issued by DIRECTV Financing, LLC and DIRECTV Financing Co-Obligor, Inc. subject to certain terms and conditions as set forth in a certain exchange offer memorandum and consent solicitation statement dated September 30, 2024 (the “Exchange Offer Memorandum”) and as further supplemented by Supplement No. 1 to the Exchange Offer Memorandum, dated October 28, 2024. A press release announcing the amendments to the Exchange Offers is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press Release of EchoStar Corporation announcing amendments to the Exchange Offers | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, including, in particular, statements about plans, objectives and strategies, growth opportunities in our industries and businesses, our expectations regarding future results, financial condition, liquidity and capital requirements, estimates regarding the impact of regulatory developments and legal proceedings, and other trends and projections. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as “future,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “seek,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “predict,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “can,” “may,” and similar terms. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date hereof and represent management’s current views and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, events or results and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control. Accordingly, actual performance, events or results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors. Additional information concerning these risk factors is contained in each of EchoStar’s and DBS’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in EchoStar’s and DBS’s subsequent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other SEC filings. All cautionary statements made or referred to herein should be read as being applicable to all forward-looking statements wherever they appear. You should consider the risks and uncertainties described or referred to herein and should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim, any obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions that may be made to any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described herein or in any documents we file with the SEC occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ECHOSTAR CORPORATION | ||
| Date: October 29, 2024 | By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
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Dean A. Manson Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | ||