SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Exhibit 4.3
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), entered into as of June 8, 2011, among EH Holding Corporation., a Colorado corporation (the Company), the guarantors listed on the signature pages to the Unsecured Indenture (the Guarantors), Hughes Communications, Inc., (Hughes, and together with the other additional guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto, the Supplemental Guarantors), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., as trustee (the Trustee). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Unsecured Indenture referred to below.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, EH Holding Corporation, a Colorado corporation, the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the Trustee entered into that certain Unsecured Indenture, dated as of June 1, 2011 (the Unsecured Indenture), relating to the 75/8% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 in original principal amount of $900,000,000 (the Unsecured Notes).
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Acquisition has been consummated and each of the Supplemental Guarantors is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.13 and Section 4.22(b) of the Indenture, each Supplemental Guarantor is required to become a Guarantor under the Unsecured Indenture; and
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Each Supplemental Guarantor shall be a Guarantor under the Unsecured Indenture and be bound by the terms thereof applicable to Guarantors and each shall deliver an executed Guarantee pursuant to Section 10.02.
Section 2. This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Unsecured Indenture, and the Unsecured Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture will henceforth be read together.
Section 3. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 4. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
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| EH HOLDING CORPORATION | |||
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| By: | /s/ Michael T. Dugan | ||
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| Name: Michael T. Dugan | ||
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| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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| ECHOSTAR 77 CORPORATION | |||
| ECHOSTAR SATELLITE SERVICES L.L.C. | |||
| ECHOSTAR ORBITAL L.L.C. | |||
| ECHOSTAR GOVERNMENT SERVICES L.L.C. | |||
| ECHOSTAR SATELLITE OPERATING CORPORATION, | |||
| as Guarantors | |||
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| By: | /s/ Michael T. Dugan | ||
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| Name: Michael T. Dugan | ||
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| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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| HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC., | |||
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |||
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson | ||
| Name: | Dean Manson | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
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| HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC, | |||
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |||
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson | ||
| Name: | Dean Manson | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
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| HNS FINANCE CORP., | |
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
| Name: | Dean Manson |
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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| HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS | |
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
| Name: | Dean Manson |
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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| HNS REAL ESTATE, LLC, | |
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
| Name: | Dean Manson |
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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| HNS-INDIA VSAT, INC., | |
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
| Name: | Dean Manson |
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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| HNS-SHANGHAI, INC., | |
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
| Name: | Dean Manson |
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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| HELIUS, LLC, | |
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
| Name: | Dean Manson |
| Title: | Secretary |
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| HELIUS ACQUISITION, LLC, | |
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
| Name: | Dean Manson |
| Title: | Secretary |
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| ADVANCED SATELLITE RESEARCH, LLC, | |
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson |
| Name: | Dean Manson |
| Title: | Secretary |
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| HNS LICENSE SUB, LLC, | |||
| as a Supplemental Guarantor | |||
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| By: Hughes Network Systems, LLC, its Sole Member | |||
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| By: | /s/ Dean A. Manson | ||
| Name: | Dean A. Manson | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
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| WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL | |||
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| By: | /s/ Richard Prokosch | ||
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| Name: Richard Prokosch | ||
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| Title: Vice President | ||
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