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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2009

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from ____ to____

Commission file number: 001-33040

Hughes Communications, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	13-3871202
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

11717 Exploration Lane, Germantown, Maryland 20876

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(301) 428-5500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). ¨ Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):

Large accelerated filer ¨	Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the company is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). o Yes x No

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of November 2, 2009 was 21,601,209.

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		Page
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION		1
Item 1.	Financial Statements	1
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	36
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	56
Item 4	Controls and Procedures	57
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION		59
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	59
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	59
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	60
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	60
Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	60
Item 5.	Other Information	60
Item 6.	Exhibits	60
SIGNATURES		61

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	September 30,			December 31,
	2009			2008
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	289,270		$	203,816
Marketable securities		37,114			-
Receivables, net		166,866			200,373
Inventories		67,226			65,485
Prepaid expenses and other		25,414			20,926
Total current assets		585,890			490,600
Property, net		569,822			507,270
Capitalized software costs, net		51,206			51,454
Intangible assets, net		16,748			19,780
Goodwill		5,093			2,661
Other assets		84,332			118,628
Total assets	$	1,313,091		$	1,190,393
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	104,988		$	82,939
Short-term debt		6,395			8,252
Accrued liabilities and other		167,904			159,041
Total current liabilities		279,287			250,232
Long-term debt		714,826			578,298
Other long-term liabilities		13,313			18,005
Total liabilities		1,007,426			846,535
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Hughes Communications, Inc. ("HCI") stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized and no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008		-			-
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 64,000,000 shares authorized; 21,575,384 shares and 21,514,963 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively		22			22
Additional paid in capital		728,927			724,558
Accumulated deficit		(412,910	)		(357,850	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(19,034	)		(28,583	)
Total HCI stockholders' equity		297,005			338,147
Noncontrolling interests		8,660			5,711
Total equity		305,665			343,858
Total liabilities and equity	$	1,313,091		$	1,190,393

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2009			2008			2009			2008
Revenues:
Services revenues	$	176,253		$	156,919		$	512,001		$	455,092
Hardware sales		75,164			114,860			235,458			319,489
Total revenues		251,417			271,779			747,459			774,581
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of services		108,768			105,988			326,497			301,899
Cost of hardware products sold		73,646			96,881			225,134			271,220
Selling, general and administrative		46,457			42,386			136,842			133,042
Loss on impairments		-			-			45,400			-
Research and development		5,453			6,493			16,502			19,745
Amortization of intangible assets		1,472			1,629			4,361			4,904
Total operating costs and expenses		235,796			253,377			754,736			730,810
Operating income (loss)		15,621			18,402			(7,277	)		43,771
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		(17,735	)		(14,095	)		(47,125	)		(37,305	)
Interest income		501			1,334			1,028			3,664
Other income (loss), net		50			6			(295	)		95
Income (loss) before income tax expense and equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates		(1,563	)		5,647			(53,669	)		10,225
Income tax expense		(966	)		(2,295	)		(790	)		(4,130	)
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates		-			(129	)		170			(301	)
Net income (loss)		(2,529	)		3,223			(54,289	)		5,794
Net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests		(93	)		(39	)		(771	)		(127	)
Net income (loss) attributable to HCI stockholders	$	(2,622	)	$	3,184		$	(55,060	)	$	5,667
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$	(0.12	)	$	0.15		$	(2.58	)	$	0.28
Diluted	$	(0.12	)	$	0.15		$	(2.58	)	$	0.28
Shares used in computation of per share data:
Basic		21,379,611			21,274,506			21,368,101			19,969,850
Diluted		21,379,611			21,579,006			21,368,101			20,313,373

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	HCI Stockholders' Equity
									Accumulated
			Additional						Other
	Common		Paid-In			Accumulated			Comprehensive			Noncontrolling
	Stock		Capital			Deficit			Loss			Interests			Total
Balance at December 31, 2008	$	22	$	724,558		$	(357,850	)	$	(28,583	)	$	5,711		$	343,858
Consolidation of Hughes Systique Corporation		-		-			-			-			3,372			3,372
Vesting of restricted stock awards		-		(708	)		-			-			-			(708	)
Shared-based compensation		-		5,473			-			-			-			5,473
Purchase of subsidiaries shares from noncontrolling interests				(396	)					(19	)		(430	)		(845	)
Comprehensive income:
Net income (loss)							(55,060	)					771			(54,289	)
Foreign currency translation adjustments										6,645			(764	)		5,881
Reclassification of realized loss on hedging instruments										3,275			-			3,275
Unrealized gain on hedging instruments										2,639			-			2,639
Unrealized loss on available- for-sale securities										(2,991	)		-			(2,991	)
Balance at September 30, 2009	$	22	$	728,927		$	(412,910	)	$	(19,034	)	$	8,660		$	305,665

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2009			2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(54,289	)	$	5,794
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		73,209			48,908
Amortization of debt issuance costs		1,452			1,056
Equity plan compensation expense		5,473			3,991
Equity in (earnings) losses from unconsolidated affiliates		(170	)		301
Loss on impairments		45,400			-
Other		581			18
Change in other operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:
Receivables, net		37,720			12,731
Inventories		(745	)		(8,015	)
Prepaid expenses and other		(2,026	)		(18,623	)
Accounts payable		22,534			10,476
Accrued liabilities and other		(18,567	)		(16,704	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		110,572			39,933
Cash flows from investing activities:
Change in restricted cash		31			3,047
Purchases of marketable securities		(37,117	)		(2,070	)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities		-			8,570
Expenditures for property		(93,994	)		(52,991	)
Expenditures for capitalized software		(10,315	)		(10,526	)
Proceeds from sale of property		339			104
Acquisition of Helius, Inc., net of cash received		-			(10,543	)
Cash acquired, consolidation of Hughes Systique Corporation		828			-
Long-term loan		(10,000	)		-
Investment in Hughes Systique Corporation		-			(1,500	)
Hughes Systique Corporation note receivables		-			(500	)
Other, net		(830	)		-
Net cash used in investing activities		(151,058	)		(66,409	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net increase (decrease) in notes and loans payable		(1,315	)		403
Proceeds from equity offering		-			93,046
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		-			75
Long-term debt borrowings		142,318			2,539
Repayment of long-term debt		(6,834	)		(11,449	)
Debt issuance costs		(4,612	)		-
Net cash provided by financing activities		129,557			84,614
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(3,617	)		5,059
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		85,454			63,197
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period		203,816			134,092
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period	$	289,270		$	197,289
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	29,200		$	30,011
Cash paid for income taxes	$	3,700		$	2,559
Supplemental non-cash disclosures related to:
Investment in Hughes Telematics, Inc.	$	13,000			-
Consolidation of Hughes Systique Corporation	$	5,328			-

See accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1:

Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Hughes Communications, Inc. (“HCI” and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company” or “we,” “us,” and “our”) was formed as a Delaware corporation on June 23, 2005. The Company is a publicly-traded company and its stock trades on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System—Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”) under the symbol “HUGH.” The Company operates its business primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hughes Network Systems, LLC (“HNS”), a telecommunications company.

We provide equipment and services to the broadband communications marketplace. We have extensive technical expertise in satellite, wire line and wireless communications which we utilize in a number of product and service offerings. In particular, we offer a spectrum of broadband equipment and services to the managed services market comprised of enterprises with a requirement to connect a large number of geographically dispersed locations with reliable, scalable, and cost-effective applications, such as credit card verification, inventory tracking and control, and broadcast video. Our broadband network services and systems are provided to the international and domestic enterprise markets, and our satellite Internet access is provided to North American consumers, which we refer to as the Consumer market. In addition, we provide networking systems solutions to customers for mobile satellite, telematics and wireless backhaul systems. These services are generally provided on a contract or project basis and may involve the use of proprietary products engineered by us.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with: (i) generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information; (ii) the instructions to Form 10-Q; and (iii) the guidance of Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for financial statements required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). They include the assets, liabilities, results of operations and cash flows of the Company, including its domestic and foreign subsidiaries that are more than 50% owned or for which the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary as defined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (the “ASC” or the “Codification”) 810, “Consolidation.” Entities in which the Company holds at least 20% ownership or in which there are other indicators of significant influence are generally accounted for by the equity method, whereby the Company records its proportionate share of the entities’ results of operations. Entities in which the Company holds less than 20% ownership and does not have the ability to exercise significant influence are generally carried at cost. As permitted under Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X, certain notes and other financial information normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted. Management believes the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows as of and for the periods presented herein. Our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 may not be indicative of our future results. These condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Effective January 1, 2009, we adopted the update to ASC 810 relating to noncontrolling interests, which did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. However, the update impacted the presentation and disclosure of noncontrolling interests on our consolidated financial statements. As a result, certain prior period items in these condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

All intercompany balances and transactions with subsidiaries and other consolidated entities have been eliminated. We have evaluated our subsequent events through November 3, 2009, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued.

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HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Management bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may be affected by changes in those estimates.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2009, the Codification was released, changing the way accounting standards are organized from a standards-based model (with thousand of individual standards) to a topically based model (with roughly 90 topics). The 90 topics are organized by ASC number and are updated with an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”). The ASU will replace accounting changes that historically were issued as FASB Statements, FASB Interpretations, FASB Staff Positions, or other types of FASB standards. The FASB only considers the ASU as update to the Codification but not as authoritative in its own right. The Codification serves as the single source of nongovernmental authoritative U.S. GAAP for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. Accordingly, all accounting references included in this report is provided in accordance with the Codification.

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance

In September 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-6, effective for reporting periods ending after September 15, 2009, to provide implementation guidance to ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes and related disclosure for nonpublic entities. The adoption of the guidance and disclosures in ASU 2009-6 did not have a material impact on our income tax disclosure and financial statements.

In August 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-5, effective for reporting periods beginning after October 1, 2009, to revise ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” for the fair value measurement of liabilities when a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available. The adoption of the guidance in ASU 2009-5 did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In May 2009, the FASB amended ASC 855, “Subsequent Events,” effective for reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, to established general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. The adoption of the amendment did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB amended ASC 820, effective for reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, to provide guidance on (i) estimating the fair value of an asset or liability when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and (ii) identifying whether a transaction is distressed or forced. The adoption of the amendment did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB amended ASC 320, “Investments—Debt and Equity Securities”, effective for reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, to provide guidance on measuring other-than-temporary impairments for debt securities and improving the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments on debt and equity securities in financial statements. The adoption of the amendment did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In April 2009, the FASB amended ASC 825, “Financial Instruments,” effective for reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, requiring companies to provide qualitative and quantitative information about fair value estimates for all those financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value in interim and annual financial statements. The adoption of the amendment did not have a material impact on our disclosures about the fair values of financial instruments.

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In March 2008, the FASB amended ASC 815, “Derivative and Hedging,” effective for statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, to expand the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities. The adoption of the amendment did not have a material impact on our disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities.

In February 2008, the FASB amended ASC 820 to delay the effective date of fair value measurements for non-financial assets and liabilities to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The adoption of fair value measurements for non-financial assets and liabilities did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB amended ASC 810, effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008, to improve the relevance, comparability, and transparency of the financial information that a reporting entity provides in its consolidated financial statements. The adoption of the amendment did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Accounting Guidance Not Yet Effective

In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-14 to amend ASC 605, “Revenue Recognition.” The amendments in this update change the accounting model for revenue arrangements that include both tangible products and software elements. The amendments in ASU 2009-14 will be effective for us beginning January 1, 2011, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact these amendments will have on our financial statements when they become effective.

In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13 amending certain criteria and disclosures of ASC 605 related to multiple-deliverable arrangements. Among other things, ASU 2009-13 establishes a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable and clarifies that the allocation of revenue is based on entity-specific assumptions rather than assumptions of a marketplace participant. The amendments in ASU 2009-13 are effective for us beginning January 1, 2011, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact these amendments will have on our financial statements when they become effective.

In June 2009, the FASB amended ASC 810 changing certain consolidation guidance and improved financial reporting requirements by enterprises involved with variable interest entities, which is effective for us beginning January 1, 2010. We believe the adoption of the amendments will not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Note 2:

Acquisition of Helius, Inc.

In February 2008, we completed the acquisition of Helius, Inc. pursuant to the merger agreement we entered into on December 21, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we paid $10.5 million, after certain adjustments, at the closing of the acquisition. Immediately after the acquisition, Helius, Inc. was converted to a limited liability company, Helius, LLC (“Helius”). As part of the Merger Agreement, we have a remaining contractual obligation for contingent consideration of up to $20.0 million (the “Contingent Payment”). If Helius achieves certain post-closing performance goals (the “Performance Goals”) as set forth in the Merger Agreement, we are obligated to pay the Contingent Payment in April 2010 as additional purchase price. Since it is not certain that Helius will achieve the Performance Goals, we have not recognized the liability on the Contingent Payment in accordance with ASC 805, “Business Combinations,” which was formerly issued under SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations.” As of September 30, 2009, we performed an evaluation of Helius’ operating results and expect that Helius will not meet the Performance Goals. As a result, we do not expect to pay the Contingent Payment. However, if it becomes probable that Helius will achieve the Performance Goals pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we will recognize the Contingent Payment as additional goodwill.

The excess of the total acquisition costs of $10.8 million over the fair value of the net assets acquired from Helius has been reflected as goodwill in accordance with ASC 805-30, “Goodwill or Gain from Bargain Purchase, Including Consideration Transferred.” We believe that the goodwill resulting from the Helius acquisition reflects the expected synergies that will generate long-term revenue growth, expansion of customer service and improvement of customer retention rates as we combine Helius’ customer base and skills as a recognized leader in the internet protocol television solutions

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business with our extensive broadband networking experience and customer base. Due to the nature of Helius’ business activities, its customer base and other similarities with our North America Enterprise business, Helius operates within our North America Broadband segment. Helius’ results of operations have been included in our consolidated statement of operations since February 2008.

The purchase price consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Amount
Cash consideration	$	10,500
Direct acquisition costs		305
Total acquisition costs	$	10,805

The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date (in thousands):

	Amount
Current assets	$	1,054
Property		658
Intangible assets		7,600
Goodwill		2,661
Total assets		11,973
Current liabilities		(1,168	)
Total liabilities		(1,168	)
Net assets acquired	$	10,805

Based on the valuation of Helius’ intangible assets, using an income approach, the fair values of the intangible assets at the acquisition date were as follows (in thousands):

	Weighted Average Useful Lives (years)		Amount
Customer relationships		8	$	4,260
Patented technology		8		2,870
Trademarks		2		470
Total amortizable intangible assets		8	$	7,600

The total amount of goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma financial statements are not presented as Helius’ results of operations were not material to our consolidated financial statements.

Note 3:

Hughes Systique Corporation

Hughes Systique Corporation (“Hughes Systique”) is a communications consulting and software company. HNS has contracts with Hughes Systique for software development services. The founders of Hughes Systique include Pradman Kaul, our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and President and certain former employees of HNS, including Pradeep Kaul, who is the CEO and President of Hughes Systique, HNS’ former Executive Vice President and the brother of our CEO and President. The Company acquired an equity investment in Hughes Systique Series A Preferred Stock (“HSC Preferred Stock”) of $3.0 million and $1.5 million in October 2005 and January 2008, respectively.

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In February 2008, the Company and Nextwave Broadband Inc. (“Nextwave”), a former significant shareholder of Hughes Systique, agreed to make available to Hughes Systique a term loan facility (the “Loan”) of up to $3.0 million. Under the Loan, each loan request must be at least $1.0 million, and the Loan was to be funded equally by the Company and Nextwave. The Loan has a fixed interest rate of 6%, and it is convertible into common shares of Hughes Systique upon non-payment or an event of default. Hughes Systique has the option to pay the interest annually or to convert the interest to principal as a “payment in kind.” In February 2008, the Company and Nextwave each funded $0.5 million as part of a $1.0 million loan drawdown. In March 2009, Hughes Systique requested and the Company funded the remaining $1.0 million of its original $1.5 million loan commitment. As a result, the Company is not obligated to provide any further funding to Hughes Systique under the Loan.

On March 11, 2009, Hughes Systique entered into a termination and settlement agreement with Nextwave. The Termination Agreement provided for the following: (i) Hughes Systique relieved Nextwave of its obligation to fund its remaining commitment under the Loan; (ii) Nextwave waived Hughes Systique’s obligation to repay amounts previously funded, together with accrued interest; and (iii) Hughes Systique waived Nextwave’s obligations for the purchase of services under existing agreements and Nextwave’s obligation to repay outstanding accounts receivable of approximately $0.8 million. Additionally, Nextwave’s ownership in HSC Preferred Stock, which represented approximately 31.79% of Hughes Systique’s equity, was converted to a reduced level of ownership, representing a 5% interest in Hughes Systique’s common stock. The effect of these transactions has increased, on an undiluted basis, our ownership in Hughes Systique to approximately 45.23% and the ownership of our CEO and President and his brother in Hughes Systique to approximately 25.61%. Pursuant to ASC 810, these transactions caused a reconsideration event on March 11, 2009, resulting in the Company becoming the “primary beneficiary” of Hughes Systique. As a result, the Company is required to consolidate Hughes Systique’s assets and liabilities and results of operations for periods beginning on or after March 12, 2009 (the “Consolidation Date”). In accordance with ASC 805, the basis of Hughes Systique’s assets and liabilities were adjusted to their fair values. The excess of the fair value of the net assets consolidated from Hughes Systique over their carrying value has been reflected as goodwill in accordance with ASC 805. We believe that the goodwill resulting from the consolidation of Hughes Systique corresponds to the expected synergies that will generate long-term revenue growth and cost savings for the Company and its subsidiaries. The total amount of goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The following table summarizes the fair values of Hughes Systique’s assets and liabilities at the Consolidation Date (in thousands):

	Amount
Current assets	$	5,250
Property		717
Intangible assets		1,329
Goodwill		2,432
Total assets		9,728
Current liabilities		(2,808	)
Long-term liabilities		(763	)
Total liabilities		(3,571	)
Net assets consolidated prior to noncontrolling interest		6,157
Noncontrolling interest		(3,372	)
Net assets consolidated	$	2,785

Based on the valuation of Hughes Systique’s intangible assets, using an income approach, the fair values of the intangible assets at the Consolidation Date were as follows (in thousands):

	Weighted Average Useful Lives (years)		Amount
Customer relationships		7	$	620
Favorable leases		3		629
Backlog		2		80
Total amortizable intangible assets		5	$	1,329

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For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 (since the acquisition date), Hughes Systique’s revenues, after eliminating inter-company transactions, were $0.8 million and $1.7 million, respectively. Pro forma financial statements are not presented for Hughes Systique as its results of operations were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Note 4:

Marketable Securities

The amortized cost basis and estimated fair values of available-for-sale marketable securities are summarized as follows (in thousands):

	Cost		Gross Unrealized			Estimated
	Basis		Losses			Fair Values
September 30, 2009:
U.S. government bonds and treasury bills	$	22,132	$	(3	)	$	22,129
Money market instruments		14,985		-			14,985
Total available-for-sale securities	$	37,117	$	(3	)	$	37,114
December 31, 2008:
Total available-for-sale securities	$	-	$	-		$	-

The unrealized losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were not material. The investments in U.S. government bonds and treasury bills have AAA/Aaa ratings from S&P and Moody’s, respectively. The investments in money market instruments have A-1/P-1 ratings from S&P and Moody’s, respectively. All investments mature within one year.

Note 5:

Receivables, Net

Receivables, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,			December 31,
	2009			2008
Trade receivables	$	155,836		$	177,798
Contracts in process		20,622			30,412
Other receivables		3,665			1,714
Total receivables		180,123			209,924
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(13,257	)		(9,551	)
Total receivables, net	$	166,866		$	200,373

Trade receivables included $11.7 million and $6.8 million of amounts due from affiliates as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. Advances and progress billings offset against contracts in process amounted to $1.5 million and $13.9 million as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

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Note 6:

Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,		December 31,
	2009		2008
Production materials and supplies	$	7,663	$	10,268
Work in process		19,005		12,445
Finished goods		40,558		42,772
Total inventories	$	67,226	$	65,485

Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or market, principally using standard costs adjusted to reflect actual, based on variance analyses performed throughout the year. Inventories are adjusted to net realizable value using management’s best estimates of future use. In making its assessment of future use or recovery, management considers the aging and composition of inventory balances, the effects of technological and/or design changes, forecasted future product demand based on firm or near-firm customer orders and alternative means of disposition of excess or obsolete items.

Note 7:

Property, Net

Property, net consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

		Estimated Useful Lives		September 30,			December 31,
		(years)		2009			2008
Land and improvements			10	$	5,880		$	5,871
Buildings and leasehold improvements			2 - 30		32,318			28,090
Satellite related assets			15		380,394			380,394
Machinery and equipment			1 - 7		223,433			134,544
VSAT operating lease hardware			2 - 5		39,168			42,741
Furniture and fixtures			5 - 7		1,528			1,092
Construction in progress	—Jupiter				41,418			-
	—Other				10,299			25,180
Total property					734,438			617,912
Accumulated depreciation					(164,616	)		(110,642	)
Total property, net				$	569,822		$	507,270

Satellite related assets primarily consist of SPACEWAYTM 3 (“SPACEWAY 3”), a next generation broadband satellite system with a unique architecture for broadband data communications. In April 2008, we placed SPACEWAY 3 into service and began to depreciate its related costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of 15 years. Satellite related assets include the costs associated with the construction and launch of the satellite, insurance premiums for the satellite launch and the in-orbit testing period, interest incurred during the construction of the satellite, and other costs directly related to the satellite.

In June 2009, HNS entered into an agreement with Space Systems/Loral, Inc. (“SS/L”), under which SS/L will manufacture a next-generation, high throughput geostationary satellite (“Jupiter”). Jupiter will employ a multi-spot beam, bent pipe Ka-band architecture and will provide additional capacity for the HughesNet service in North America. In July 2009, we began the construction of the satellite and capitalized costs associated with the construction of the satellite, including interest incurred and other direct costs related to the satellite. We anticipate launching Jupiter in the first quarter of 2012.

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For each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, we capitalized $0.4 million of interest related to the construction of Jupiter. In 2008, we capitalized $4.8 million of interest related to the construction of SPACEWAY 3 in the first quarter of 2008 and none for the three months ended September 30, 2008 as we placed SPACEWAY 3 into service in April 2008.

Note 8:

Intangible Assets, Net

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

	Estimated Useful Lives (years)		Cost Basis		Accumulated Amortization			Net Basis
September 30, 2009:
Backlog and customer relationships		2 - 8	$	22,792	$	(15,463	)	$	7,329
Patented technology and trademarks		2 - 10		16,393		(7,481	)		8,912
Favorable leases		3		629		(122	)		507
Total intangible assets, net			$	39,814	$	(23,066	)	$	16,748
December 31, 2008:
Backlog and customer relationships		4 - 8	$	22,092	$	(12,694	)	$	9,398
Patented technology and trademarks		2 - 10		16,393		(6,011	)		10,382
Total intangible assets, net			$	38,485	$	(18,705	)	$	19,780

We amortize the recorded values of our intangible assets over their estimated useful lives. As of September 30, 2009, our intangible assets included $1.3 million of intangible assets resulting from the consolidation of Hughes Systique as discussed in Note 3—Hughes Systique Corporation. We recorded amortization expense of $1.5 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $4.4 million and $4.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Estimated future amortization expense as of September 30, 2009 was as follows (in thousands):

	Amount
Remaining three months ending December 31, 2009	$	1,473
Year ending December 31,
2010		3,255
2011		3,200
2012		3,025
2013		2,990
2014		1,358
Thereafter		1,447
Total estimated future amortization expense	$	16,748

Note 9:

Goodwill

Goodwill consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Amount
Balance at December 31, 2008	$	2,661
Goodwill related to consolidation of Hughes Systique		2,432
Total goodwill at September 30, 2009	$	5,093

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Note 10:

Other Assets

Other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

	September 30,		December 31,
	2009		2008
Subscriber acquisition costs	$	33,309	$	43,361
Debt issuance costs		13,473		10,312
Long-term loan		10,000		-
Other		27,550		20,555
Sea Launch deposit		-		44,400
Total other assets	$	84,332	$	118,628

As of September 30, 2009, “Other” included our cost method and equity method investments, which includes our investment in Hughes Telematics, Inc. (“HTI”). On March 12, 2009, we exchanged $13.0 million of receivables that HTI owed to us for HTI convertible preferred stock (“HTI Preferred Stock”) as part of a $50.0 million private placement of HTI Preferred Stock. In connection with the merger of HTI with Polaris Acquisition Corp. (the “Merger”), which occurred on March 31, 2009, whereby HTI became a publicly traded company, our HTI Preferred Stock was converted into approximately 3.3 million shares of HTI common stock (“HTI Shares”), which are subject to certain restrictions and/or earn-out provisions pursuant to the merger agreement.

As of September 30, 2009, 1.3 million shares of the HTI Shares (“Non-escrowed Shares”), which were previously accounted for using cost method, have been reclassified to available-for-sale in accordance with ASC 320 as the contractual restriction on trading these shares is no longer applicable. As of September 30, 2009, the Non-escrowed Shares had a fair value of $3.7 million, and we recorded unrealized loss of $3.0 million in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” (“AOCL”) for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

The remaining 2.0 million shares (“Escrowed Shares”) of the HTI Shares are held by HTI in escrow, and the release of these shares is subject to various earn-out provisions based on HTI attaining specified stock prices of $20.00, $24.50 and $30.50 over specified periods within a 5 year period. If the full earn-out is achieved, our investment could represent approximately 3.8% of HTI’s outstanding common stock. If the earn-out is not attained, all or a portion of the Escrowed Shares will be forfeited. In addition to the risk and valuation fluctuations associated with the earn-out target, the carrying value of the investment in HTI may be subject to fair value adjustments in future reporting periods. We accounted for the Escrowed Shares using the cost method in accordance with ASC 325 “Investments—Other,” as the Escrowed Shares are not considered marketable equity securities as of September 30, 2009. The carrying value and estimated fair value of the HTI Escrowed Shares was $6.4 million and $0.7 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2009.

In June 2007, HNS initiated an arbitration proceeding against Sea Launch Limited Partnership and Sea Launch Company, LLC (collectively, “Sea Launch”) relating to our SPACEWAY 3 satellite. Because of the material failure of a Sea Launch rocket that occurred in January 2007, the launch of our SPACEWAY 3 satellite was substantially delayed. In anticipation of receiving a full refund of $44.4 million in payments (the “Deposit”) made to Sea Launch, we recorded $44.4 million in “Other assets” in June 2007. In March 2009, we received an arbitral award against Sea Launch entitling us to a refund of the Deposit, in addition to interest of 10% per annum on the Deposit from July 10, 2007 until payment in full of the Deposit.

On June 22, 2009, Sea Launch filed a voluntary petition to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As a result of this filing, our efforts to pursue collection of the arbitral award against Sea Launch have been stayed by the bankruptcy laws. While we still intend to vigorously pursue collection of our arbitral award, we will have to do so as part of Sea Launch’s bankruptcy process and timetable. Sea Launch is a private company and our evaluation had historically been principally based on Sea Launch’s available credit information and its ability to continue its operations, including its launch backlog and history of successful launches. Based upon information made available in the bankruptcy proceedings, Sea Launch’s credit information and its ability to continue its

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operations, we determined that the value of the Deposit was impaired in accordance with ASC 360-10-55, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” As a result, in June 2009, we recognized an impairment loss of $44.4 million related to our North America Broadband segment in “Loss on impairment” included in the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Note 11:

Short-Term and Long-Term Debt

Short-term and current portion of long-term debt consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

			September 30,		December 31,
	Interest Rates		2009		2008
VSAT hardware financing		8.00% - 15.00%	$	3,037	$	4,864
Revolving bank borrowings		8.25% - 18.00%		1,270		2,432
Term loans		13.75% - 14.44%		1,610		206
Capital lease and other		6.00% - 39.60%		478		750
Total short term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt			$	6,395	$	8,252

As of September 30, 2009, HNS had $1.3 million of outstanding revolving bank borrowings, which were obtained by HNS’ subsidiary in India under revolving lines of credit with several local banks and which had a weighted average variable interest rate of 10.08%. There is no requirement for compensating balances for these borrowings. The total amount available for borrowing by our foreign subsidiaries under the revolving lines of credit was $3.2 million as of September 30, 2009.

Long-term debt consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

			September 30,		December 31,
	Interest Rates		2009		2008
Senior Notes(1)		9.50%	$	587,341	$	450,000
Term loans		7.62% - 14.44%		116,196		115,000
VSAT hardware financing		8.00% - 15.00%		6,344		8,038
Capital lease and other		6.00% - 39.60%		4,945		5,260
Total long-term debt			$	714,826	$	578,298
(1) Includes 2006 Senior Notes and 2009 Senior Notes.

On May 27, 2009, HNS, along with its subsidiary, HNS Finance Corp., as co-issuer, completed a private debt offering of $150.0 million of 9.50% senior notes maturing on April 15, 2014 (the “2009 Senior Notes”). Interest on the 2009 Senior Notes is accrued from April 15, 2009 and is paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2009. After the original issue discount of $13.6 million and related offering expenses of approximately $4.5 million, HNS received net proceeds of approximately $133.6 million, including $1.7 million of prepaid interest received from the note holders, from the offering. The 2009 Senior Notes were offered and sold in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) and in offshore transactions to non-United States persons in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act. In connection with the offering of the 2009 Senior Notes, HNS entered into a registration rights agreement requiring HNS to complete a registered exchange offer relating to the 2009 Senior Notes within 360 days after May 27, 2009. On August 17, 2009, HNS completed the registered exchange offer pursuant to the registration rights agreement. Accordingly, the 2009 Senior Notes have been registered under the Securities Act. As of September 30, 2009, HNS recorded $6.5 million of accrued interest payable, including $1.7 million of prepaid interest received from the note holders, related to the 2009 Senior Notes.

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HNS’ $450 million senior notes (the “2006 Senior Notes”) have a fixed interest rate of 9.50% per annum and mature on April 15, 2014. Interest on the 2006 Senior Notes is paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, HNS recorded $19.6 million and $9.0 million, respectively, of accrued interest payable related to the 2006 Senior Notes.

HNS has a senior secured $50 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), which matures on April 22, 2011. The interest rate associated with the Revolving Credit Facility is based on, at HNS’ option, the ABR rate plus 1.50% per annum or Adjusted LIBOR plus 2.50% per annum. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, there were no borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility. As of September 30, 2009, the Revolving Credit Facility had total outstanding letters of credit of $3.0 million and an available borrowing capacity of $47.0 million.

In February 2007, HNS borrowed $115 million from a syndicate of banks (the “Term Loan Facility”), which matures on April 15, 2014. The interest on the Term Loan Facility is paid quarterly at Adjusted LIBOR (as defined in the Term Loan Facility and existing Revolving Credit Facility) plus 2.50% per annum. To mitigate the variable interest rate risk associated with the Term Loan Facility, HNS entered into a swap agreement to swap the Adjusted LIBOR for a fixed interest rate of 5.12% per annum (the “Swap Agreement”). As a result, the Term Loan Facility has a fixed interest rate of 7.62% per annum. As of each of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, interest accrued based on the Swap Agreement and the Term Loan Facility was $0.8 million.

Although the terms and covenants with respect to the 2006 Senior Notes are substantially identical to the 2009 Senior Notes, the 2009 Senior Notes were issued under a separate indenture and do not vote together with the 2006 Senior Notes. Each of the indentures governing the 2006 Senior Notes and the 2009 Senior Notes (collectively, the “Senior Notes”), the agreement governing the amended Revolving Credit Facility and the agreement governing the Term Loan Facility require HNS to comply with certain affirmative and negative covenants: (i) in the case of the indentures, for so long as any Senior Notes are outstanding; (ii) in the case of the amended Revolving Credit Facility, so long as the amended Revolving Credit Facility is in effect; and (iii) in the case of the Term Loan Facility, for so long as the Term Loan Facility remains outstanding. Negative covenants contained in these agreements include limitations on the ability of HNS and/or certain of its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness; issue redeemable stock and subsidiary preferred stock; incur liens; pay dividends or distributions or redeem or repurchase capital stock; prepay, redeem or repurchase debt; make loans and investments; enter into agreements that restrict distributions from HNS’ subsidiaries; sell assets and capital stock of our subsidiaries; enter into certain transactions with affiliates; consolidate or merge with or into, or sell substantially all of our assets to, another person; and enter into new lines of business. In addition to these negative covenants, the amended Revolving Credit Facility, the indentures governing the Senior Notes and/or the agreement governing the Term Loan Facility contain affirmative covenants that require us to: (i) preserve our businesses and properties; (ii) maintain insurance over our assets; (iii) pay and discharge all material taxes when due; and (iv) furnish the lenders’ administrative agent our financial statements for each fiscal quarter and fiscal year, certificates from a financial officer certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred during the fiscal period being reported, litigation and other notices, compliance with laws, maintenance of records and other such customary covenants. HNS and its subsidiaries comprise a substantial portion of the Company’s net assets and results of operations since January 1, 2006. Because of the negative covenants above, there are certain restrictions on the sale of HNS’ assets. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, HNS’ net assets were $190.4 million and $230.8 million, respectively. Management believes that HNS was in compliance with all of its debt covenants as of September 30, 2009.

We entered into a capital lease with 95 West Co., Inc. (“95 West Co.”) and its parent, Miraxis License Holdings, LLC (“MLH”), which are our related parties as discussed in Note 17 —Transactions with Related Parties. Pursuant to the capital lease agreement, 95 West Co. and MLH agreed to provide a series of coordination agreements allowing HNS to operate SPACEWAY 3 at the 95° west longitude orbital slot where 95 West Co. and MLH have higher priority rights. As of September 30, 2009, the remaining debt balance under the capital lease was $5.3 million, which was included in “Capital lease and other” in the short-term and long-term debt tables above. The remaining payments under the capital lease are subject to conditions in the agreement including our ability to operate SPACEWAY 3, and are as follows: $0.75 million for the year ending December 31, 2010 and $1.0 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2011 through 2016.

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Note 12:

Financial Instruments

Interest Rate Swap

The interest on the Term Loan Facility was at Adjusted LIBOR plus 2.50% per annum. To mitigate the variable interest rate risk associated with the Term Loan Facility, we entered into the Swap Agreement to swap the Adjusted LIBOR for a fixed interest rate of 5.12% per annum. As a result, the Term Loan Facility has a fixed interest rate of 7.62% per annum. We account for the Swap Agreement as a cash flow hedge in accordance with ASC 815-30 “Derivatives and Hedging —Cash Flow Hedges.” Accordingly, we recorded a net unrealized loss of $1.4 million and $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and a net unrealized gain of $5.9 million and a net unrealized loss of $0.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, in AOCL associated with the fair market valuation of the interest rate swap. The net interest payments based on the Swap Agreement and the Term Loan Facility are paid quarterly and estimated to be approximately $8.8 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2009 through 2013 and $3.3 million for the year ending December 31, 2014. We recorded interest expense of $2.3 million and $2.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively and of $6.8 million and $6.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, on the Term Loan Facility.

Note 13:

Fair Value

Under ASC 820, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, and the principal market is defined as the market in which the reporting entity would sell the asset or transfer the liability with the greatest volume and level of activity for the asset or liability. If there is no principal market, the most advantageous market is used. This is the market in which the reporting entity would sell the asset or transfer the liability with the price that maximizes the amount that would be received for the asset or minimizes the amount that would be paid to transfer the liability. ASC 820 clarifies that fair value should be based on assumptions market participants would make in pricing the asset or liability. Where available, fair value is based on observable quoted market prices or derived from observable market data. Where observable prices or inputs are not available, valuation models are used (i.e. Black-Scholes, a barrier option model or a binomial model). ASC 820 established the following three levels used to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value measurements:

Level 1-Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities available at the measurement date.

Level 2-Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, and inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3-Inputs are unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions on the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best available information.

In determining fair value, we use various valuation approaches, including market, income and/or cost approaches. Other valuation techniques involve significant management judgment. As of September 30, 2009, the carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables, net, accounts payable, and debt, except for the Senior Notes as described below, approximated their respective fair values.

Our investment in the HTI Shares was measured using Level 1 and Level 2 inputs for the Non-escrowed Shares and Escrowed Shares, respectively. The fair value of the Non-escrowed Shares, as shown in the table below, was determined based on the quoted market prices. For each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recognized an unrealized loss of $3.0 million in AOCL related to the Non-escrowed Shares. The fair value of the Escrowed Shares, as shown in the table below, was determined using market observable data and utilizing a barrier option pricing model to corroborate the market observability of the Company’s inputs used in the fair value measurements. The valuation of the Escrowed Shares reflects the Company’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the investment

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based on the best available information.

Our Senior Notes were categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy as we utilized recent market transactions for identical notes.

Our Term Loan Facility originally had a variable interest rate based on observable interest rates plus 2.50% per annum. To mitigate the variable interest rate risk, we entered into the Swap Agreement to swap the Adjusted LIBOR for a fixed interest rate of 5.12% per annum. As a result, the Term Loan Facility has a fixed interest rate of 7.62% per annum. We adjust the value of the interest rate swap on a quarterly basis. The fair value of the interest rate swap was categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below (dollars in thousands):

				September 30, 2009
	Level		Included In	Carrying Value		Fair Value
Marketable securities		1	Assets	$	37,114	$	37,114
HTI Non-escrowed Shares		1	Assets	$	3,653	$	3,653
HTI Escrowed Shares		2	Assets	$	6,360	$	728
2006 Senior Notes		1	Liabilities	$	450,000	$	453,317
2009 Senior Notes		1	Liabilities	$	150,000	$	151,106
Swap on the Term Loan Facility		2	Liabilities	$	11,489	$	11,489

We measure certain nonfinancial assets and liabilities at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in accordance with ASC 820. As described in Note 10—Other Assets, we recognized an impairment loss of $44.4 million related to our North America Broadband segment in the second quarter of 2009 as a result of using Level 3 inputs in determining the fair value of the Deposit. Since Sea Launch is a private company, the evaluation required significant management inputs and judgments. Our evaluation was based upon information made available in the bankruptcy proceedings, Sea Launch’s credit information and its ability to continue its operations.

Note 14:

Income Taxes

On February 21, 2006, SkyTerra Communications, Inc. (“SkyTerra”) distributed (the “Distribution”) all of our outstanding shares of common stock to the common, non-voting common and preferred stockholders and Series 1-A and 2-A warrant holders of SkyTerra, which separated SkyTerra into two publicly traded companies. For U.S. Federal income tax purposes, our results through the date of the Distribution were included in the consolidated returns filed by SkyTerra. Prior to the Distribution, SkyTerra had unused net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of approximately $227.2 million expiring in 2008 through 2025, and capital loss carryforwards of approximately $93.3 million expiring in 2006 through 2010. Following the issuance of a private letter ruling by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to whether an “ownership change” as defined by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code occurred during a period from 1999 through 2004, SkyTerra expects that its carryforwards will not be subject to such limitation and, therefore, will be available to offset future taxable income unless subject to other limitations. Following the Distribution, a portion of the SkyTerra NOL and capital loss carryforwards belong to us. We estimate that our share of the NOL carryforwards and capital loss carryforwards were approximately $128.5 million and $3.3 million, respectively, at the Distribution date.

As of September 30, 2009, we estimated that our remaining NOL carry-forwards were approximately $295.0 million, expiring between the years 2012 and 2029, if unused, and our capital loss carry-forwards were approximately $14.1 million, expiring between 2010 and 2014, if unused.

Prior to the year ended December 31, 2005, due to SkyTerra’s operating losses and the uncertainty surrounding the ability of SkyTerra to realize its deferred tax assets, a full valuation allowance had been established related to the NOLs and

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capital loss carryforwards. As the Distribution did not qualify as a tax-free spin-off, SkyTerra generated significant taxable income in 2006 for federal and state income tax purposes. As we are the accounting successor to SkyTerra, the taxes associated with the Distribution were included in our results. In addition, due to the tax sharing agreement between SkyTerra and the Company (the “Tax Sharing Agreement”), we are responsible for all tax liabilities associated with the Distribution. According to SkyTerra’s 2006 income tax returns, the existing NOL and capital loss carry-forwards were sufficient to offset any income taxes payable on the gain from the Distribution, other than alternative minimum taxes (“AMT”) of $1.1 million.

In accordance with the Tax Sharing Agreement, we are currently entitled to the amount paid to SkyTerra in excess of SkyTerra’s AMT liability and will be entitled to the remaining $1.1 million reimbursement from SkyTerra at such time as SkyTerra realizes the benefit of the alternative minimum tax credit. This estimated reimbursement has been reflected on our books as a long-term receivable from SkyTerra. Because of our U.S. federal NOL carryforward position and full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets, our income tax expense represents taxes associated with our foreign subsidiaries and state taxes. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, we recorded a net income tax expense of $1.0 million and $0.8 million, respectively, which were partially offset by an income tax benefit generated by our Indian subsidiary as a result of being engaged in telecommunications infrastructure development. Indian tax law provides for a deduction of 100% of profits and gains derived from qualifying infrastructure businesses for ten consecutive assessment years. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recorded $2.3 million and $4.1 million, respectively, of income tax expense.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, certain of our foreign subsidiaries utilized $0.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of their NOL carry-forwards. Since our foreign subsidiaries have not met the “more likely than not” criteria of ASC 740, they maintain a full valuation allowance on their deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2009. In accordance with ASC 805, any benefit realized from the reversal of the U.K. and German valuation allowance associated with the utilization of their respective deferred tax assets will be recorded as a reduction to income tax expense.

In accordance with ASC 740, we have identified unrecognized tax benefits related to tax positions of $10.2 million as of December 31, 2008 and an additional $0.8 million of unrecognized tax benefits in 2009. If recognized, the total unrecognized tax benefits would impact our effective tax rate. We recognize interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in operating expenses and penalties in income tax expense in the consolidated statements of operations. However, because of our NOL carryforward tax position as of September 30, 2009, we have not accrued any interest or penalties associated with uncertain tax positions. Following is a description of the tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions:

United States - Federal	1994 and forward
United States - Various States	1994 and forward
United Kingdom	2005 and forward
Germany	2004 and forward
Italy	2004 and forward
India	1995 and forward
Brazil	2003 and forward

Note 15:

Employee Share-Based Payments

2006 Equity and Incentive Plan

In January 2006, we adopted and our Board of Directors approved the 2006 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides for the grant of equity-based awards, including restricted common stock, restricted stock units, stock options, stock appreciation rights and other equity-based awards, as well as cash bonuses and long-term cash awards to directors, officers, employees, advisors and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries who are selected by our Compensation Committee for participation in the Plan. We recorded compensation expense related to the restricted stock awards, issued to members of our Board of Directors, our executives, a contractor and HNS’ employees, and restricted stock units, issued only to our international employees, after adjustment for forfeitures, of $0.7 million for each of the three months

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ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 and of $2.2 million and $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. As of September 30, 2009, we had $4.3 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to the restricted stock awards and restricted stock units, which is recognized over a weighted average life of 1.71 years.

Summaries of non-vested restricted stock awards and restricted stock units are as follows:

Restricted Stock Awards

	Shares			Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2008		160,765		$	45.51
Granted		90,000		$	11.13
Forfeited		(5,300	)	$	46.18
Vested		(82,880	)	$	43.74
Non-vested at September 30, 2009		162,585		$	27.36

The total fair value of vested shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $3.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively.

Restricted Stock Units

	Shares			Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2008		8,350		$	46.12
Granted		4,000		$	8.82
Vested		(1,500	)	$	50.00
Non-vested at September 30, 2009		10,850		$	31.83

The fair value of vested shares was $ 0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. None of the restricted stock units vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

Stock Option Program

On April 24, 2008, our Compensation Committee made awards of stock options under the Plan (the “Stock Option Program”), which consisted of the issuance of non-qualified stock options to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. A total of 700,000 options (the “Option Pool”) have been authorized under the Stock Option Program for option awards during the period of April 24, 2008 to December 31, 2011. The grant and exercise price of the stock options was the closing price of our common stock on the date of the grant. Any options forfeited or cancelled before exercise will be deposited back into the Option Pool and will become available for award under the Stock Option Program. In accordance with the terms of the Stock Option Program, the Compensation Committee delegated to our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and President the authority to award options, at his discretion, to the current and future employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. Each grant has a 10 year life and vests 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date and 25% on each of the third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date. The fair value of each option award was estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option valuation model based on the assumptions noted in the table below.

Since we became a public registrant in February 2006 and do not have sufficient history to measure expected volatility using our own stock price history and do not have the history to compute the expected term of the stock options, we utilized an average volatility based on a group of companies identified as our peers until such time that we have adequate stock

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history of our own. We estimated the expected term of the stock options, which is closely aligned with the identified peer group, based upon the current anticipated corporate growth, the currently identified market value of the stock price at issuance and the vesting schedule of the stock options. The risk-free interest rate is based on the published U.S. Treasury Yield Curve as of the grant date for the period of 5 years which most closely correlates to the expected term of the option award. Dividend yield is zero as we have not, nor do we currently plan to, issue dividends to our shareholders.

On March 19, 2009, we offered eligible participants in the Stock Option Program the opportunity to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) all or a portion of their eligible outstanding stock options for new stock options, on a one-for-one basis, through an exchange offer, which expired on April 16, 2009. Each new option (the “New Option”) has an exercise price of $14.47, which was the closing price of our common stock on April 15, 2009, and a new vesting schedule to reflect the new grant date of April 16, 2009.

As a result of the Exchange Offer, which was completed on April 16, 2009, 546,900 outstanding stock options (representing 100% participation) were exchanged, and the estimated fair value of the New Options of $2.3 million was computed using the Black-Scholes option valuation model based on the new grant date. The compensation expense related to the New Options is recognized on a straight-line basis over the four-year vesting period beginning on the date of grant.

The key assumptions for the option awards are as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2009
Volatility range	47.92% — 55.00%
Weighted-average volatility	47.98%
Expected term	5 years
Risk-free interest rate range	1.50% — 1.71%
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate	1.71%

	Option Shares			Weighted-Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life		Aggregate Intrinsic Value*
Outstanding at December 31, 2008		552,400		$	53.67		9.32	$	-
Retired		(546,900	)	$	54.00
Granted		546,900		$	14.47		9.80	$	-
Forfeited or expired		(2,300	)	$	23.06
Outstanding at June 30, 2009		550,100		$	14.49		9.80	$	4,586
Forfeited or expired		(500	)	$	14.47
Outstanding at September 30, 2009		549,600		$	14.49		9.54	$	8,709
Vested and expected to vest at September 30, 2009		494,640		$	14.49		9.54	$	7,838
Exercisable at September 30, 2009		-		$	-
* In thousands.

The compensation expense related to stock option awards is recognized on a straight-line basis over the four-year vesting period beginning on the date of grant. We recorded $0.9 million and $0.8 million compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $2.6 million and $1.3 million compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. As of September 30, 2009, we had $10.0 million of unrecognized compensation expense for non-vested stock options, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.54 years. No stock options vested during the three months ended September 30, 2009.

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HNS’ Bonus Unit Plan

In July 2005, HNS adopted an incentive bonus unit plan (the “Bonus Unit Plan”), pursuant to which bonus units were granted to certain employees of the Company. The bonus units provide for time vesting over five years and are subject to a participant’s continued employment with HNS. Pursuant to the Bonus Unit Plan, if participants in the Bonus Unit Plan are employed by HNS at the time of the predetermined exchange dates, they are entitled to exchange their vested bonus units for shares of our common stock. The first exchange occurred on July 15, 2008, when approximately 1.9 million bonus units were exchanged for 192,399 shares of our common stock. The number of our common stock shares to be issued upon each exchange is calculated based upon the fair market value of the vested bonus unit divided by the average closing trading price of our common stock for the 20 business days immediately preceding the date of the exchange. The fair value of the bonus units on the grant date was approximately $1.2 million, after adjustment for a 13% estimated forfeiture rate, based on the estimated increase in the fair market value of HNS’ net equity at the time of the grant.

On September 19, 2008, HNS issued 310,000 bonus units to certain of its employees pursuant to the terms of the Bonus Unit Plan. The fair value of the new issuance of bonus units was determined using a forward pricing model. The total estimated compensation expense for the new issuance of bonus units is $1.7 million, after adjustment for a 10% estimated forfeiture rate. Pursuant to ASC 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation,” we amortize the compensation expense of the Bonus Unit Plan over the vesting period beginning on the date of grant. We recognized compensation expense of $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively and of $0.6 million and $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. There were no bonus units granted or forfeited during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. As of September 30, 2009, there were 2.5 million non-vested bonus units outstanding.

HNS Class B Membership Interests

Class B membership interests in HNS were issued to certain members of our senior management, two of HNS’ former senior management and a member of our Board of Directors and HNS’ Board of Managers. Pursuant to ASC 718, HNS determined that the Class B membership interests had nominal value at the date of grant, and minimal compensation expense was recorded for each of the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 and $0.1 million of compensation expense for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. There were no Class B membership interests granted or forfeited during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. As of September 30, 2009, there were 3,656 outstanding Class B membership interests.

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Long-Term Cash Incentive Retention Program

In connection with the April 22, 2005 transaction between DIRECTV Group (“DIRECTV”) and SkyTerra, HNS established the Long-Term Cash Incentive Retention Program (the “Retention Program”), a one-time employee retention program, which was designed to retain a select group of employees chosen by HNS’ senior management. The Retention Program provides that participants, none of which are members of our executive management, will receive a cash payout equal to each participant’s individual target bonus amount if (i) the individual remains employed by HNS on the vesting date of April 22, 2009 and (ii) HNS successfully attains its earnings goal for 2008.

In accordance with the Retention Program, HNS established the earnings goal in March 2008, which was equivalent to HNS’ planned 2008 Adjusted EBITDA, defined as earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization further adjusted to exclude certain adjustments consistent with the definition used in calculating HNS’ covenant compliance under its credit agreements and the indentures governing the Senior Notes. HNS successfully attained 100% of its Adjusted EBITDA goal for 2008. As a result, the Company paid $14.7 million, in the aggregate, to participants under the Retention Program in 2009.

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Transactions with Related Parties

In the ordinary course of our operations, we enter into transactions with related parties to purchase and/or sell telecommunications services, equipment, and inventory. Related parties include all entities that are controlled by Apollo Management, L.P. and its affiliates (collectively “Apollo”), our controlling stockholder.

Hughes Telematics, Inc.

In July 2006, HNS granted a limited license to HTI allowing HTI to use the HUGHES trademark. The license is limited in that HTI may use the HUGHES trademark only in connection with its business of automotive telematics and only in combination with the TELEMATICS name. As partial consideration for the license, the agreement provides that HNS will be HTI’s preferred engineering services provider. The license is royalty-free, except that HTI has agreed to pay a royalty to HNS in the event HTI no longer has a commercial or affiliated relationship with HNS. As contemplated by the license terms, HNS has commenced providing development services and equipment to HTI.

In October 2007, HNS entered into an agreement with HTI and a customer of HTI, whereby HNS agreed to assume the rights and performance obligations of HTI in the event that HTI fails to perform its obligations due to a fundamental cause such as bankruptcy or the cessation of its telematics business. In connection with that agreement, HNS and HTI have entered into a letter agreement pursuant to which HTI has agreed to take certain actions to enable HNS to assume HTI’s obligations in the event that such action is required. However, as a result of the Merger, as defined and described in Note 10—Other Assets, HNS’ obligations to HTI and its customer expired when HTI became a public company in March 2009 with an initial market capitalization value greater than $300.0 million.

In January 2008, HNS entered into an agreement with HTI for the development of an automotive telematics system for HTI, comprising the telematics system hub and the Telematics Control Unit (“TCU”), which will serve as the user appliance in the telematics system. The agreement also provided that, subject to certain specified performance conditions, HNS will serve as the exclusive manufacturer and supplier of TCU’s for HTI.

In March 2009, we made an equity investment in HTI, which represented approximately 3.8% of HTI’s outstanding common stock. See Note 10—Other Assets for further discussion. In August 2009, HTI terminated substantially all of the development and manufacturing activities with HNS as a result of the bankruptcy filing of one of HTI’s customers. HNS is working closely with HTI to conclude the program and to settle all remaining obligations.

HTI is controlled by an affiliate of Apollo. Jeffrey A. Leddy, a member of HNS’ Board of Managers and our Board of Directors, is the CEO and a director of HTI and owns less than 1% of HTI’s equity as of September 30, 2009. In addition, Andrew Africk and Aaron Stone, members of HNS’ Board of Managers and our Board of Directors, are directors of HTI and partners of Apollo.

Hughes Systique Corporation

HNS has contracted with Hughes Systique for software development services. In addition to our 45.23% ownership in Hughes Systique, our CEO and President and his brother, who is the CEO and President of Hughes Systique, in the aggregate, owned approximately 25.61%, on an undiluted basis, of Hughes Systique’s outstanding shares as of September 30, 2009. Furthermore, our CEO and President and Jeffrey A. Leddy, a member of our Board of Directors and HNS’ Board of Managers, serve on the board of directors of Hughes Systique. As a result of the Termination Agreement, we are required to consolidate Hughes Systique’s results of operations in our operating results. For a description of additional transactions entered into between the Company and Hughes Systique, see Note 3—Hughes Systique Corporation.

95 West Co., Inc.

In July 2006, HNS entered into an agreement with 95 West Co. and its parent, MLH, pursuant to which 95 West Co. and MLH agreed to provide a series of coordination agreements which allow HNS to operate SPACEWAY 3 at an orbital

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position where such parties have higher-priority rights. Jeffery A. Leddy, a member of our Board of Directors and HNS’ Board of Managers, is the managing director of 95 West Co. and MLH and also owns a small interest in each. Andrew Africk, another member of our Board of Directors and HNS’ Board of Managers, is also a director of MLH. As part of the agreement, HNS agreed to pay $9.3 million, in annual installments of $0.3 million in 2006, $0.75 million in each year between 2007 and 2010 and $1.0 million in each year between 2011 and 2016 for the use of the orbital position, subject to conditions in the agreement including HNS’ ability to operate SPACEWAY 3. As of September 30, 2009, the remaining debt balance under the capital lease was $5.3 million, which was included in “Capital lease and other” in the short-term and long-term debt tables included in Note 11—Short-Term and Long-Term Debt.

Smart & Final, Inc. (“Smart & Final”)

As of September 30, 2009, Apollo owned, directly or indirectly, 95% of Smart & Final. We provide broadband products and services to Smart & Final.

Intelsat Holdings Limited (“Intelsat”)

The Company and its subsidiaries lease satellite transponder capacity from Intelsat. In addition, our Italian subsidiary, Hughes Network Systems, S.r.L., entered into a cooperation agreement with Intelsat, Telespazio and Telecom Italia. Under this agreement, the parties are cooperating to provide broadband satellite services for Italian businesses operating in Eastern Europe and North Africa. Effective February 4, 2008, Apollo divested its entire ownership interest in Intelsat, and as a result, Intelsat is no longer a related party.

Other

Certain members of our Board of Directors and officers serve on the boards of directors of some of our affiliates. In some cases, such directors and officers have received stock-based compensation from such affiliates for their service. In those cases, the amount of stock-based compensation received by the directors and officers is comparable to stock-based compensation awarded to other non-executive members of the affiliates’ boards of directors.

Related Party Transactions

Sales and purchase transactions with related parties are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2009		2008		2009		2008
Sales:
HTI	$	7,567	$	10,079	$	22,295	$	22,271
Smart & Final		129		198		395		613
Total sales	$	7,696	$	10,277	$	22,690	$	22,884
Purchases:
Hughes Systique(1)	$	-	$	3,412	$	1,591	$	7,195
95 West Co.		-		-		-		750
Intelsat(2)		-		-		-		10,074
Total purchases	$	-	$	3,412	$	1,591	$	18,019
(1) For the period after March 11, 2009, Hughes Systique's results of operations are consolidated with the Company's operating results.
(2) Subsequent to February 4, 2008, Intelsat is no longer a related party.

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Assets and liabilities resulting from transactions with related parties are as follows (in thousands):

	September 30,		December 31,
	2009		2008
Due from related parties:
HTI	$	11,631	$	6,734
Smart & Final		58		30
Total due from related parties	$	11,689	$	6,764
Due to related party:
Hughes Systique(1)	$	-	$	1,507
(1) For the period after March 11, 2009, Hughes Systique's results of operations are consolidated with the Company's operating results.

Note 18:

Segment Data

We have four reportable segments, which we operate and manage as strategic business units and organize by products and services. We measure and evaluate our reportable segments based on operating earnings of the respective segments. Our business segments include: (i) the North America Broadband segment; (ii) the International Broadband segment; (iii) the Telecom Systems segment; and (iv) the Corporate and Other segment. The North America Broadband segment consists of the Consumer group, which delivers broadband internet service to consumer customers, and the Enterprise group, which provides satellite, wire line and wireless communication networks and services to enterprises. The International Broadband segment consists of the Enterprise group, which includes our international service companies. The International Enterprise group provides satellite, wire line and wireless communication networks and services to enterprise customers worldwide. The Telecom Systems segment consists of the Mobile Satellite Systems group, the Telematics group, and the Terrestrial Microwave group. The Mobile Satellite Systems group provides turnkey satellite ground segment systems to mobile system operators. The Telematics group provides development services and equipment to HTI and certain of its customers. The Terrestrial Microwave group provides point-to-multipoint microwave radio network systems that enable mobile operators to connect their cell sites and fixed operators to provide wireless broadband services. The Corporate and Other segment includes various minor investments held by the Company, including Hughes Systique, our corporate offices and assets not specifically related to another business segment.

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There are no intersegment transactions. Selected financial information for our operating segments is as follows (in thousands):

	North America Broadband			International Broadband		Telecom Systems		Corporate and Other			Consolidated
As of or For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
Revenues	$	174,123		$	47,521	$	28,825	$	948		$	251,417
Operating income (loss)	$	10,629		$	3,616	$	2,642	$	(1,266	)	$	15,621
Depreciation and amortization	$	22,179		$	3,419	$	1,111	$	170		$	26,879
Assets	$	682,433		$	184,348	$	48,178	$	398,132		$	1,313,091
Capital expenditures	$	38,611		$	1,923	$	233	$	2,479		$	43,246
As of or For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
Revenues	$	169,400		$	60,056	$	42,263	$	60		$	271,779
Operating income (loss)	$	4,296		$	6,390	$	8,645	$	(929	)	$	18,402
Depreciation and amortization	$	15,411		$	2,396	$	986	$	-		$	18,793
Assets	$	645,279		$	198,851	$	65,842	$	288,455		$	1,198,427
Capital expenditures	$	7,355		$	2,961	$	352	$	1,928		$	12,596
As of or For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
Revenues	$	514,973		$	142,925	$	87,431	$	2,130		$	747,459
Operating income (loss)*	$	(24,391	)	$	9,952	$	10,742	$	(3,580	)	$	(7,277	)
Depreciation and amortization	$	60,601		$	9,135	$	3,052	$	421		$	73,209
Assets	$	682,433		$	184,348	$	48,178	$	398,132		$	1,313,091
Capital expenditures	$	84,942		$	11,836	$	1,051	$	6,480		$	104,309
As of or For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
Revenues	$	487,431		$	170,121	$	116,677	$	352		$	774,581
Operating income (loss)	$	12,589		$	14,090	$	19,845	$	(2,753	)	$	43,771
Depreciation and amortization	$	39,241		$	6,814	$	2,853	$	-		$	48,908
Assets	$	645,279		$	198,851	$	65,842	$	288,455		$	1,198,427
Capital expenditures	$	46,775		$	7,841	$	1,733	$	7,168		$	63,517
* Operating loss for North America Broadband includes the $44.4 million impairment loss related to our prepaid deposit. See Note 10—Other Assets for further discussion.

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Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2009			2008			2009			2008
Net income (loss)	$	(2,529	)	$	3,223		$	(54,289	)	$	5,794
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustments		505			(6,502	)		5,881			(6,574	)
Reclassification of realized loss on hedging instruments		1,310			727			3,275			1,330
Unrealized gain (loss) on hedging instruments		(2,729	)		(1,749	)		2,639			(1,922	)
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities		(2,991	)		(57	)		(2,991	)		(15	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(3,905	)		(7,581	)		8,804			(7,181	)
Comprehensive loss		(6,434	)		(4,358	)		(45,485	)		(1,387	)
Comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interests		(155	)		(39	)		(7	)		(127	)
Comprehensive loss attributable to HCI	$	(6,589	)	$	(4,397	)	$	(45,492	)	$	(1,514	)

Note 20:

Net Income Attributable to HCI and Transfer from the Noncontrolling Interests

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2009			2008
Net income (loss) attributable to HCI	$	(55,060	)	$	5,667
Transfers from the noncontrolling interests:
Decrease in HCI paid-in capital for purchases of subsidiaries shares		(396	)		-
Change from net income (loss) attributable to HCI and transfers from the noncontrolling interests	$	(55,456	)	$	5,667

Note 21:

Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

We are periodically involved in litigation in the ordinary course of our business involving claims regarding intellectual property infringement, product liability, property damage, personal injury, contracts, employment and worker’s compensation. We do not believe that there are any such pending or threatened legal proceedings, including ordinary litigation incidental to the conduct of our business and the ownership of our properties that, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

In March 2009, HNS received an arbitral award against Sea Launch entitling HNS to a full refund of the Sea Launch Deposit, in addition to interest of 10% per annum on the $44.4 million from July 10, 2007 until payment on the Deposit is received in full. This award resulted from an arbitration proceeding initiated by HNS on June 28, 2007 relating to our SPACEWAY 3 satellite. Because of the material failure of a Sea Launch rocket that occurred on January 30, 2007, the launch of our SPACEWAY 3 satellite, scheduled for May 2007, was substantially delayed. HNS made alternative arrangements with another launch services provider to launch SPACEWAY 3 in August 2007 and in accordance with the Launch Service Agreement (“LSA”) we sent a notice of termination to Sea Launch. Under the LSA, HNS was entitled to terminate due to the launch delay and receive a refund of the Deposit made to Sea Launch in anticipation of the SPACEWAY 3 launch. Sea

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Launch refused to refund our payments and alleged that we had breached the LSA. The arbitration hearings were completed during the third quarter of 2008, and in March 2009, the arbitration panel rendered its decision in our favor.

On June 22, 2009, Sea Launch filed a voluntary petition to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As a result of this filing, our efforts to pursue collection of the arbitral award against Sea Launch have been stayed by the bankruptcy laws. While we still intend to vigorously pursue collection of our arbitral award, we will have to do so as part of Sea Launch’s bankruptcy process and timetable. Based upon information made available in the bankruptcy proceedings, Sea Launch’s credit information and its ability to continue its operations, we concluded that the value of the previously-recorded Deposit was impaired and recorded an impairment loss of $44.4 million in “Loss on impairments” in the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On May 18, 2009, the Company and HNS received notice of a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by two California subscribers to the HughesNet service. The plaintiffs complain about the speed of the HughesNet service, the Fair Access Policy, early termination fees and certain terms and conditions of the HughesNet subscriber agreement. The plaintiffs seek to pursue their claims as a class action on behalf of other California subscribers. On June 4, 2009, the Company and HCI received notice of a similar complaint filed by another HughesNet subscriber in the Superior Court of San Diego County, California. The plaintiff in this case also seeks to pursue his claims as a class action on behalf of other California subscribers. Both cases have been consolidated into a single case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Based on our investigation, we believe that the allegations in both complaints are not meritorious and we intend to vigorously defend these matters. As a result, we have not recorded a liability for either of these matters. Our management believes that such litigation is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In October 2008, Hughes Telecommunicaçoes do Brasil Ltda. (“HTB”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HNS, received a tax assessment of approximately $4.4 million from the State of São Paulo Treasury Department. The tax assessment alleges that HTB failed to pay certain import taxes to the State of São Paulo. The Company does not believe the assessment is valid and plans to dispute the State of São Paulo’s claims and to defend itself vigorously against these allegations. Therefore, the Company has not recorded a liability. It is the opinion of management that such litigation is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Other

In June 2009, HNS entered into an agreement with SS/L, under which SS/L will manufacture a next-generation, high throughput geostationary satellite (“Jupiter”). Jupiter will employ a multi-spot beam, bent pipe Ka-band architecture and will provide additional capacity for the HughesNet service in North America. We are obligated to pay an aggregate of approximately $252.0 million for the construction of Jupiter and have agreed to pay SS/L upon the completion of each milestone as set forth in the agreement. We anticipate launching Jupiter in the first quarter of 2012. In connection with the construction of Jupiter, we have entered into a contract with Barrett Xplore Inc. (“Barrett”), whereby Barrett has agreed to acquire user beams, gateways and terminals for the Jupiter satellite that are designed to operate in Canada.

We are contingently liable under standby letters of credit and bonds in the aggregate amount of $15.7 million that were undrawn as of September 30, 2009. Of this amount, $3.0 million was issued under the Revolving Credit Facility; $1.7 million was secured by restricted cash; $0.8 million related to insurance bonds; and $10.2 million was secured by letters of credit issued under credit arrangements available to our Indian and Brazilian subsidiaries. Certain letters of credit issued by our Indian subsidiaries are secured by their assets. As of September 30, 2009, these obligations were scheduled to expire as follows: $3.5 million in 2009; $7.5 million in 2010; $1.9 million in 2011; and $2.8 million in 2012 and thereafter.

Note 22:

Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information

On August 8, 2007, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended on November 15, 2007, to register shares of our common stock, preferred stock, warrants and debt securities, and non-convertible debt securities of HNS

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and HNS Finance Corp., a finance subsidiary which is HNS’s wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Co-Issuer”), as co issuers. In connection with any future issuance of debt securities of HNS and the Co-Issuer, we will, and one or more of our other subsidiaries may, on a joint and several basis, offer full and unconditional guarantees of the obligations of HNS and the Co-Issuer under such debt securities. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on November 19, 2007.

In lieu of providing separate unaudited financial statements of HNS, the Co-Issuers and HNS’ guarantor subsidiaries, condensed financial statements prepared in accordance with Rule 3-10 and Rule 5-04 of Regulation S-X are presented below. The column marked “Parent” represents the Company’s results. The column marked “Subsidiary Issuer” represents the results of HNS. The column marked “Guarantor Subsidiaries” includes the results of HNS’ guarantor subsidiaries and the Co-Issuer, which is a co-issuer of HNS’ Senior Notes and which had no assets, operations, revenues or cash flows for the periods presented. The column marked “Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries” includes the results of non-guarantor subsidiaries of the Company and HNS. Eliminations necessary to arrive at the information for the Company on a consolidated basis for the periods presented are included in the column so labeled. Separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning the Co-Issuer and HNS’ Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented because management has determined that they are not material to investors.

The following represents the supplemental condensed financial statements of the Company, HNS, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Non-guarantor Subsidiaries. These condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2009
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

			Subsidiary		Guarantor		Non-Guarantor
	Parent		Issuer		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Total
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	77,630	$	193,794	$	1,084	$	16,762	$	-		$	289,270
Marketable securities		12,036		25,078		-		-		-			37,114
Receivables, net		6,306		118,952		3,018		57,656		(19,066	)		166,866
Inventories		-		53,215		145		13,866		-			67,226
Prepaid expenses and other		407		9,440		327		15,240		-			25,414
Total current assets		96,379		400,479		4,574		103,524		(19,066	)		585,890
Property, net		-		510,860		32,601		26,361		-			569,822
Investment in subsidiaries		190,913		108,443		-		-		(299,356	)		-
Other assets		14,316		117,454		4,516		23,017		(1,924	)		157,379
Total assets	$	301,608	$	1,137,236	$	41,691	$	152,902	$	(320,346	)	$	1,313,091
Liabilities and equity
Accounts payable	$	490	$	82,567	$	3,902	$	34,279	$	(16,250	)	$	104,988
Short-term debt		-		2,088		-		4,307		-			6,395
Accrued liabilities and other		963		138,946		951		29,860		(2,816	)		167,904
Total current liabilities		1,453		223,601		4,853		68,446		(19,066	)		279,287
Long-term debt		-		710,123		-		4,703		-			714,826
Other long-term liabilities		-		13,128		-		1,765		(1,580	)		13,313
Total HCI stockholders' equity		297,005		190,384		30,984		77,988		(299,356	)		297,005
Noncontrolling interests		3,150		-		5,854		-		(344	)		8,660
Total liabilities and equity	$	301,608	$	1,137,236	$	41,691	$	152,902	$	(320,346	)	$	1,313,091

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2008
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

			Subsidiary		Guarantor		Non-Guarantor
	Parent		Issuer		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Total
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	103,281	$	75,956	$	2,013	$	22,566	$	-		$	203,816
Receivables, net		6,326		147,424		2,007		66,197		(21,581	)		200,373
Inventories		-		57,453		666		7,366		-			65,485
Prepaid expenses and other		479		8,030		284		12,133		-			20,926
Total current assets		110,086		288,863		4,970		108,262		(21,581	)		490,600
Property, net		-		459,855		29,600		17,815		-			507,270
Investment in subsidiaries		229,373		91,060		-		-		(320,433	)		-
Other assets		717		173,531		10,614		7,661		-			192,523
Total assets	$	340,176	$	1,013,309	$	45,184	$	133,738	$	(342,014	)	$	1,190,393
Liabilities and equity
Accounts payable	$	1,228	$	57,488	$	3,133	$	41,559	$	(20,469	)	$	82,939
Short-term debt		-		4,391		-		3,861		-			8,252
Accrued liabilities and other		719		128,813		761		29,860		(1,112	)		159,041
Total current liabilities		1,947		190,692		3,894		75,280		(21,581	)		250,232
Long-term debt		-		574,771		-		3,527		-			578,298
Other long-term liabilities		-		18,005		-		-		-			18,005
Total HCI stockholders' equity		338,147		229,841		35,661		54,931		(320,433	)		338,147
Noncontrolling interests		82		-		5,629		-		-			5,711
Total liabilities and equity	$	340,176	$	1,013,309	$	45,184	$	133,738	$	(342,014	)	$	1,190,393

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

				Subsidiary			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Parent			Issuer			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Revenues	$	-		$	216,258		$	3,918		$	38,067		$	(6,826	)	$	251,417
Operating costs and expenses:
Costs of revenues		-			158,179			2,237			28,169			(6,171	)		182,414
Selling, general and administrative		1,298			37,667			1,286			6,861			(655	)		46,457
Research and development		-			4,792			661			-			-			5,453
Amortization of intangible assets		-			1,103			282			87			-			1,472
Total operating costs and expenses		1,298			201,741			4,466			35,117			(6,826	)		235,796
Operating income (loss)		(1,298	)		14,517			(548	)		2,950			-			15,621
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		-			(17,418	)		-			(340	)		23			(17,735	)
Interest and other income, net		99			397			-			78			(23	)		551
Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries		(1,545	)		1,181			-			-			364			-
Income (loss) before income tax expense		(2,744	)		(1,323	)		(548	)		2,688			364			(1,563	)
Income tax expense		(1	)		(247	)		-			(718	)		-			(966	)
Net income (loss)		(2,745	)		(1,570	)		(548	)		1,970			364			(2,529	)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		123			-			(302	)		86			-			(93	)
Net income (loss) attributable to HCI stockholders	$	(2,622	)	$	(1,570	)	$	(850	)	$	2,056		$	364		$	(2,622	)

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

				Subsidiary			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Parent			Issuer			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Revenues	$	-		$	225,447		$	4,951		$	47,866		$	(6,485	)	$	271,779
Operating costs and expenses:
Costs of revenues		-			171,634			2,358			34,522			(5,645	)		202,869
Selling, general and administrative		988			32,717			1,441			8,080			(840	)		42,386
Research and development		-			5,759			734			-			-			6,493
Amortization of intangible assets		-			1,347			282			-			-			1,629
Total operating costs and expenses		988			211,457			4,815			42,602			(6,485	)		253,377
Operating income (loss)		(988	)		13,990			136			5,264			-			18,402
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		-			(13,732	)		-			(363	)		-			(14,095	)
Interest and other income, net		539			535			-			137			-			1,211
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		3,640			2,853			-			-			(6,493	)		-
Income before income tax expense		3,191			3,646			136			5,038			(6,493	)		5,518
Income tax expense		(3	)		(61	)		-			(2,231	)		-			(2,295	)
Net income		3,188			3,585			136			2,807			(6,493	)		3,223
Net (income) loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests		(4	)		-			(48	)		13			-			(39	)
Net income (loss) attributable to HCI stockholders	$	3,184		$	3,585		$	88		$	2,820		$	(6,493	)	$	3,184

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

				Subsidiary			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Parent			Issuer			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Revenues	$	-		$	649,308		$	7,945		$	111,564		$	(21,358	)	$	747,459
Operating costs and expenses:
Costs of revenues		-			484,072			4,405			82,253			(19,099	)		551,631
Selling, general and administrative		3,488			112,105			3,844			19,664			(2,259	)		136,842
Loss on impairments		1,000			44,400			-			-			-			45,400
Research and development		-			14,414			2,088			-			-			16,502
Amortization of intangible assets		-			3,311			845			205			-			4,361
Total operating costs and expenses		4,488			658,302			11,182			102,122			(21,358	)		754,736
Operating income (loss)		(4,488	)		(8,994	)		(3,237	)		9,442			-			(7,277	)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		-			(46,389	)		-			(781	)		45			(47,125	)
Interest and other income, net		425			294			-			229			(45	)		903
Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries		(51,279	)		3,582			-			-			47,697			-
Income (loss) before income tax expense		(55,342	)		(51,507	)		(3,237	)		8,890			47,697			(53,499	)
Income tax expense		(3	)		(627	)		-			(160	)		-			(790	)
Net income (loss)		(55,345	)		(52,134	)		(3,237	)		8,730			47,697			(54,289	)
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		285			-			(1,440	)		384			-			(771	)
Net income (loss) attributable to HCI stockholders	$	(55,060	)	$	(52,134	)	$	(4,677	)	$	9,114		$	47,697		$	(55,060	)

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

				Subsidiary			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Parent			Issuer			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Revenues	$	-		$	655,904		$	9,344		$	133,715		$	(24,382	)	$	774,581
Operating costs and expenses:
Costs of revenues		-			496,081			4,195			94,541			(21,698	)		573,119
Selling, general and administrative		3,067			103,920			4,125			24,614			(2,684	)		133,042
Research and development		-			17,705			2,040			-			-			19,745
Amortization of intangible assets		-			4,153			751			-			-			4,904
Total operating costs and expenses		3,067			621,859			11,111			119,155			(24,382	)		730,810
Operating income (loss)		(3,067	)		34,045			(1,767	)		14,560			-			43,771
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		-			(36,170	)		-			(1,137	)		2			(37,305	)
Interest and other income, net		796			2,165			-			499			(2	)		3,458
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries		7,969			7,757			-			-			(15,726	)		-
Income (loss) before income tax expense		5,698			7,797			(1,767	)		13,922			(15,726	)		9,924
Income tax expense		(9	)		(120	)		-			(4,001	)		-			(4,130	)
Net income (loss)		5,689			7,677			(1,767	)		9,921			(15,726	)		5,794
Net (income) loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests		(22	)		-			(145	)		40			-			(127	)
Net income (loss) attributable to HCI stockholders	$	5,667		$	7,677		$	(1,912	)	$	9,961		$	(15,726	)	$	5,667

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

				Subsidiary			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Parent			Issuer			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(55,345	)	$	(52,134	)	$	(3,237	)	$	8,730		$	47,697		$	(54,289	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities		41,806			167,647			6,491			(3,386	)		(47,697	)		164,861
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		(13,539	)		115,513			3,254			5,344			-			110,572
Cash flows from investing activities:
Change in restricted cash		-			(1	)		-			32			-			31
Purchases of marketable securities		(12,037	)		(25,080	)		-			-			-			(37,117	)
Expenditures for property		-			(80,308	)		(4,183	)		(9,503	)		-			(93,994	)
Expenditures for capitalized software		-			(10,315	)		-			-			-			(10,315	)
Proceeds from sales of property		-			22			-			317			-			339
Cash acquired, consolidation of Hughes Systique		-			-			-			828			-			828
Long-term loan		-			(10,000	)		-			-			-			(10,000	)
Other, net		(75	)		(410	)		-			(345	)		-			(830	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(12,112	)		(126,092	)		(4,183	)		(8,671	)		-			(151,058	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net decrease in notes and loans payable		-			-			-			(1,315	)		-			(1,315	)
Long-term debt borrowings		-			137,490			-			4,828			-			142,318
Repayment of long-term debt		-			(4,461	)		-			(2,373	)		-			(6,834	)
Debt issuance costs		-			(4,612	)		-			-			-			(4,612	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		-			128,417			-			1,140			-			129,557
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			-			(3,617	)		-			(3,617	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(25,651	)		117,838			(929	)		(5,804	)		-			85,454
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		103,281			75,956			2,013			22,566			-			203,816
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	77,630		$	193,794		$	1,084		$	16,762		$	-		$	289,270

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

				Subsidiary			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Parent			Issuer			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Total
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	5,689		$	7,677		$	(1,767	)	$	9,921		$	(15,726	)	$	5,794
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities		(6,255	)		23,934			6,831			(6,097	)		15,726			34,139
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		(566	)		31,611			5,064			3,824			-			39,933
Cash flows from investing activities:
Change in restricted cash		-			3,579			-			(532	)		-			3,047
Purchases of marketable securities		(2,070	)		-			-			-			-			(2,070	)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities		5,570			3,000			-			-			-			8,570
Expenditures for property		-			(43,413	)		(4,808	)		(4,770	)		-			(52,991	)
Expenditures for capitalized software		-			(10,526	)		-			-			-			(10,526	)
Proceeds from sale of property		-			26			-			78			-			104
Acquisition of Helius, net of cash received		-			(10,543	)		-			-			-			(10,543	)
Investment in Hughes Systique		(1,500	)		-			-			-			-			(1,500	)
Hughes Systique note receivables		(500	)		-			-			-			-			(500	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		1,500			(57,877	)		(4,808	)		(5,224	)		-			(66,409	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net increase in notes and loans payable		-			-			-			403			-			403
Proceeds from equity offering		93,046			-			-			-			-			93,046
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		75			-			-			-			-			75
Long-term debt borrowings		-			86			-			2,453			-			2,539
Repayment of long-term debt		-			(8,870	)		-			(2,579	)		-			(11,449	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		93,121			(8,784	)		-			277			-			84,614
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			-			5,059			-			5,059
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		94,055			(35,050	)		256			3,936			-			63,197
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		4,790			113,530			150			15,622			-			134,092
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	98,845		$	78,480		$	406		$	19,558		$	-		$	197,289

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations are based upon financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and should each be read together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes to those condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. This report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding our capital needs, business strategy, expectations and intentions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent our expectations or beliefs concerning future events. We urge you to consider statements that use the terms “believe,” “do not believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “plan,” “may,” “estimate,” “strive,” “intend,” “will,” “should,” and variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and because our business is subject to numerous risks, and uncertainties, our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, including those set forth below under this “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and elsewhere in this report. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Actual results will most likely differ from those reflected in these forward-looking statements and the differences could be substantial. We disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements or disclose any difference, except as may be required by securities laws, between our actual results and those reflected in these statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this report are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved.

Overview

Hughes Communications, Inc. (“HCI” and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company” or “we,” “us,” and “our”) operates its business primarily through HNS, our wholly-owned subsidiary, a telecommunications company. We provide equipment and services to the broadband communications marketplace. We have extensive technical expertise in satellite, wire line and wireless communications which we utilize in a number of product and service offerings. In particular, we offer a spectrum of broadband equipment and services to the managed services market comprised of enterprises with a requirement to connect a large number of geographically dispersed locations with reliable, scalable, and cost-effective applications, such as credit card verification, inventory tracking and control, and broadcast video. Our broadband network services and systems are provided to the international and domestic enterprise markets, and our satellite Internet access is provided to North American consumers, which we refer to as the Consumer market. In addition, we provide networking systems to customers for mobile satellite, telematics and wireless backhaul systems. These services are generally provided on a contract or project basis and may involve the use of proprietary products engineered by us.

Strategic Initiatives and Their Impact on Our Results of Operations

Net loss attributable to our stockholders was $2.6 million and $55.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to a net income attributable to our stockholders of $3.2 million and $5.7 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2008. The loss for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was mainly impacted by higher interest expense incurred from the issuance in May 2009 of $150 million of 9.50% senior notes maturing on April 15, 2014 (the “2009 Senior Notes”) and from higher marketing costs due to our expanded efforts in promoting our consumer business. The loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was significantly impacted by the $44.4 million impairment loss recognized in the second quarter of 2009 associated with our prepaid deposit (the “Deposit”) paid to Sea Launch Company, LLC (“Sea Launch”). For further discussion of the impairment loss, see Note 10—Other Assets to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I-Item 1 of this report. In addition to higher interest expense on the 2009 Senior Notes, the commencement of services on SPACEWAY 3 network in April 2008, for which the Company recognized $19.6 million of depreciation expense in 2009 compared to $12.5 million in 2008, also contributed to the loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

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Consumer Group—We have made significant investments in our Consumer group as we believe there is a large segment of this market that is underserved by terrestrial alternatives such as Digital Subscriber Line (“DSL”) and cable. We continue to review and adjust pricing policies relative to other competitive offerings in the marketplace in connection with our Consumer hardware and service offerings. In September 2008, we began offering customers the option to rent the equipment with a 24 month service contract. We believe that the consumer rental program will expand our customer base while providing customers with an economical alternative to purchasing the equipment. We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs, including subscriber acquisition costs, related to hardware and associated marketing costs in our Consumer group. As of September 30, 2009, we had approximately 464,200 subscribers in our consumer business that generated consumer revenues of $107.1 million and $310.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively.

Technology—We incorporate advances in technology to reduce costs and to increase the functionality and reliability of our products and services. Through the usage of advanced spectrally efficient modulation and coding methodologies, such as DVB-S2, and proprietary software web acceleration and compression techniques, we continue to improve the efficiency of our networks. In addition, we invest in technologies to enhance our system and network management capabilities, specifically our managed services for enterprises. We also continue to invest in next generation technologies that can be applied to our future products and services.

Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances and Divestitures—We continue to focus on expanding the identified markets for our products, services and network solutions in our North America Broadband, International Broadband and Telecom Systems segments. Consistent with this strategy to grow and improve our financial position, we also review our competitive position on an ongoing basis and, from time to time, consider various acquisitions, strategic alliances and divestitures which we believe would be beneficial to our business. The Company, from time to time, considers various alternatives related to the ownership structure of a new satellite, capacity features and other factors that would promote long term growth while meeting the needs of its customers.

In June 2009, HNS entered into an agreement with Space Systems/Loral, Inc. to manufacture a next-generation, high throughput geostationary satellite (“Jupiter”). Jupiter will employ a multi-spot beam, bent pipe Ka-band architecture and will provide additional capacity for the HughesNet service in North America. We anticipate launching Jupiter in the first quarter of 2012. In connection with the construction of Jupiter, we have entered into a contract with Barrett Xplore Inc. (“Barrett”), whereby Barrett has agreed to acquire user beams, gateways and terminals for the Jupiter satellite that are designed to operate in Canada.

On May 27, 2009, HNS, along with its subsidiary, HNS Finance Corp., as co-issuer, completed the offering of the 2009 Senior Notes. The notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of HNS’ current and future domestic subsidiaries that guarantee any of HNS’ indebtedness or indebtedness of HNS’ other subsidiary guarantors. Interest on the 2009 Senior Notes is accrued from April 15, 2009 and is paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2009. After the original issue discount of $13.6 million and related offering expenses of approximately $4.5 million, HNS received net proceeds of approximately $133.6 million, including $1.7 million of prepaid interest received from the note holders, from the offering. HNS intends to use these net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which could include working capital needs, corporate development opportunities (which may include acquisitions), capital expenditures and opportunistic satellite fleet expansion.

On March 12, 2009, we invested $13.0 million in the convertible preferred stock of Hughes Telematics, Inc. (“HTI Preferred Stock”) as part of a $50.0 million private placement. In connection with the merger of HTI with Polaris Acquisition Corp. (the “Merger”), which occurred on March 31, 2009, wherein HTI became a publicly traded company, our outstanding HTI Preferred Stock was converted into HTI common stock. In connection with the Merger, we also received certain additional common shares of HTI that are subject to HTI achieving certain “earn-out” targets over five years. If the full earn-out is achieved, our investment could represent approximately 3.8% of HTI’s outstanding common stock.

The Company acquired an equity investment in Hughes Systique Corporation (“Hughes Systique”) Series A Preferred Stock of $3.0 million and $1.5 million in October 2005 and January 2008, respectively. HNS has contracted with Hughes Systique for software development services. As of September 30, 2009, on an undiluted basis, our ownership in Hughes Systique was approximately 45.23% and the ownership of our CEO and President

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and his brother in Hughes Systique was approximately 25.61%. Pursuant to the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, “Consolidation,” we are required to consolidate Hughes Systique’s results of operations in our operating results for periods beginning on or after March 12, 2009.

In February 2008, we completed the acquisition of Helius, Inc., which was subsequently converted to a limited liability company, Helius, LLC (“Helius”). Helius operates within our North America Broadband segment due to the nature of its business activities, its customer base and similarities with the North America Enterprise group. We believe that the combination of Helius’ internet protocol television solutions and our extensive broadband networking experience and customer base will create synergies that facilitate long-term sales growth. For further discussion of this acquisition, see Note 2—Acquisition of Helius, Inc. to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I-Item 1 of this report.

Key Business Metrics

Business Segments—We divide our operations into four distinct segments—the North America Broadband segment, the International Broadband segment, the Telecom Systems segment and the Corporate and Other segment. The North America Broadband segment consists of the Consumer group, which delivers broadband internet service to consumer customers, and the Enterprise group, which provides satellite, wire line and wireless communication networks and services to enterprises. The International Broadband segment consists of the Enterprise group, which includes our international service companies. The International Enterprise group provides satellite, wire line and wireless communication networks and services to enterprise customers worldwide. The Telecom Systems segment consists of the Mobile Satellite Systems group, the Telematics group, and the Terrestrial Microwave group. The Mobile Satellite Systems group provides turnkey satellite ground segment systems to mobile system operators. The Telematics group provides development services and equipment to HTI, a related party, and certain of its customers. The Terrestrial Microwave group provides point-to-multipoint microwave radio network systems that enable mobile operators to connect their cell sites and fixed operators to provide wireless broadband services. The Corporate and Other segment consists of various minor investments held by the Company, including Hughes Systique, our corporate offices and assets not specifically related to another business segment. Due to the complementary nature and common architecture of our services and products across our business lines, we are able to leverage our expertise and resources within our various operating units to yield significant cost efficiencies.

Revenues—We generate revenues from the sale and financing of hardware and the provision of services. In our North America and International Broadband segments, we generate revenues from services and hardware. In our Telecom Systems segment, we generate revenues primarily from the development and sale of hardware. Some of our enterprise customers purchase equipment separately and operate their own networks. These customers include large enterprises, incumbent local exchange carriers, governmental agencies and resellers. Contracts for our services vary in length depending on the customers’ requirements.

Services—Our services revenue is varied in nature and includes total turnkey communications services, terminal relocation, maintenance and changes, transponder capacity and multicast or broadcast services. Our services are offered on a contractual basis, which vary in length based on the particular end market. Typically, our large enterprise customers enter into a three- to five-year contract, and our consumer customers enter into a 24-month contract. We bill and recognize service revenues on a monthly per site basis. For enterprise customers who receive services from our network operations, our services include the following:

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Service Type	Description
Broadband connectivity	•	Provides basic transport, intranet connectivity services and internet service provider services
Broadband connectivity	•	Applications include high-speed internet access, IP VPN, multicast file delivery and streaming, point-of-sale credit transactions, enterprise back-office communications, and satellite backup for frame relay service and other terrestrial networks
Managed network services	•	Provides one-stop turnkey suite of bundled services that include wire line and wireless satellite networks
Managed network services	•	Includes network design program management, installation management, network and application engineering services, proactive network management, network operations, field maintenance and customer care
ISP services and hosted application	•	Provides internet connectivity and hosted customer-owned and managed applications on our network facilities
ISP services and hosted application	•	Provides the customer application services developed by us or in conjunction with our service partners
	•	Includes internet access, e-mail services, web hosting and online payments
Digital media services	•	Digital content management and delivery including video, online learning and digital signage applications
Customized business solutions	•	Provides customized, industry-specific enterprise solutions that can be applied to multiple businesses in a given industry

Our services to enterprise customers are negotiated on a contract-by-contract basis with price varying based on numerous factors, including number of sites, complexity of system and scope of services provided. We have the ability to integrate these service offerings to provide comprehensive solutions for our customers. We also provide managed services to our customers who operate their own dedicated network facilities and charge them a management fee for the operation and support of their networks.

Hardware—We offer our enterprise customers the option to purchase their equipment up front or to finance the sale through a third party leasing company as part of their service agreement under which payments are made over a fixed term. Our consumer customers have the option to purchase the equipment up front or, beginning in September 2008, to rent the equipment with a 24-month service contract. Prior to September 2008, we offered our consumer customers the option to pay for the purchased equipment over a 24-month period. Hardware revenues of the North American and International Enterprise groups are derived from: (i) network operating centers; (ii) radio frequency terminals (earth stations); (iii) VSAT components including indoor units, outdoor units, and antennas; (iv) voice, video and data appliances; (v) routers and DSL modems; and (vi) system integration services to integrate all of the above into a system.

We also provide specialized equipment to our Mobile Satellite Systems, Telematics, and Terrestrial Microwave customers. Through large multi-year contracts, we develop and supply turnkey networking and terminal systems for various operators who offer mobile satellite-based or telematics voice and data services. We also supply microwave-based networking equipment to mobile operators for back-hauling their data from cellular telephone sites to their switching centers. In addition, local exchange carriers use our equipment for broadband access traffic from corporations bypassing local phone companies. The size and scope of these projects vary from year to year by customer and do not follow a pattern that can be reasonably predicted.

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Market trends impacting our revenues—The following tables present our revenues by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2008

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
	2009		2008		Amount			%
Revenues:
Services revenues	$	176,253	$	156,919	$	19,334			12.3%
Hardware sales		75,164		114,860		(39,696	)		(34.6)%
Total revenues	$	251,417	$	271,779	$	(20,362	)		(7.5)%
Revenues by end market:
North America Broadband:
Consumer	$	107,085	$	95,817	$	11,268			11.8%
Enterprise		67,038		73,583		(6,545	)		(8.9)%
Total North America Broadband		174,123		169,400		4,723			2.8%
International Broadband:
Enterprise		47,521		60,056		(12,535	)		(20.9)%
Telecom Systems:
Mobile Satellite Systems		17,309		27,198		(9,889	)		(36.4)%
Telematics		8,709		10,079		(1,370	)		(13.6)%
Terrestrial Microwave		2,807		4,986		(2,179	)		(43.7)%
Total Telecom Systems		28,825		42,263		(13,438	)		(31.8)%
Corporate and Other		948		60		888			1480.0%
Total revenues	$	251,417	$	271,779	$	(20,362	)		(7.5)%

The following table presents our churn rate, average revenue per unit (“ARPU”), average monthly gross subscriber additions, and subscribers as of or for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:

	As of or For the Three Months Ended
	September 30,						Variance
	2009			2008			Amount			%
Churn rate		2.30	%		2.62	%		(0.32	)%		(12.2)%
ARPU	$	71		$	68		$	3			4.4%
Average monthly gross subscriber additions		16,800			14,700			2,100			14.3%
Subscribers		490,000			420,700			69,300			16.5%

North America Broadband Segment

Revenue from our Consumer group for the three months ended September 30, 2009 increased by 11.8% to $107.1 million compared to the same period in 2008. The growth in our Consumer group has been driven primarily by three factors: (i) the substantial growth in the number of subscribers arising from increased consumer awareness of our products and services in geographic areas that have historically been underserved by DSL and cable; (ii) targeted service plans, with higher prices coincident with higher broadband capacity to meet the consumer customer’s broadband access requirements; and (iii) value-added services, resulting in an increase in average monthly revenue per subscriber.

As of September 30, 2009 and 2008, we achieved a total subscription base of 490,000 and 420,700, respectively, which included 25,800 and 14,800 subscribers in our small/medium enterprise and wholesale businesses, respectively. ARPU is used to measure average monthly consumer subscription service revenues on a per subscriber basis. Our ARPU calculation may not be consistent with other companies’ calculation in the same or

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similar businesses as we are not aware of any uniform standards for calculating ARPU. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, ARPU was $71 compared to $68 for the same period in 2008.

Revenue from our North American Enterprise group for the three months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by 8.9% to $67.0 million compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to lower hardware sales as a result of the unfavorable condition of the overall market and economy, as well as changes in the product mix where the emphasis on managed services has led to lower upfront hardware revenue and an increase in recurring service revenues.

International Broadband Segment

Revenue from our International Enterprise group for the three months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by 20.9% to $47.5 million compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to the completion of terminal shipments on a multi-year contract for a large lottery operator in the United Kingdom and the unfavorable impact of currency exchange rates of $3.9 million resulting from the appreciation of the U.S. dollar. Partially offsetting these decreases were higher revenues from our Mexico operations and from our Brazil operations as the number of sites in service in Brazil approached 11,000 as of September 30, 2009.

Telecom Systems Segment

Revenue from our Telecom Systems segment for the three months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by 31.8% to $28.8 million compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to the reduction in revenue from our Mobile Satellite group. Our Mobile Satellite group revenues are opportunity driven and are subject to the life cycle of customer contracts as they move from design and development to delivery and maintenance of completed networks. As a result, revenues in the Mobile Satellite group may fluctuate on a quarter to quarter basis. Additionally, the decrease was partially impacted by the unfavorable economy in the automobile industry causing HTI to terminate substantially all of the development and manufacturing activities with us in August 2009 as a result of the bankruptcy filing of one of HTI’s customers. We expect our future revenue from the Telematics group will be reduced significantly.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
	2009		2008		Amount			%
Revenues:
Services revenues	$	512,001	$	455,092	$	56,909			12.5%
Hardware sales		235,458		319,489		(84,031	)		(26.3)%
Total revenues	$	747,459	$	774,581	$	(27,122	)		(3.5)%
Revenues by end market:
North America Broadband:
Consumer	$	310,020	$	280,704	$	29,316			10.4%
Enterprise		204,953		206,727		(1,774	)		(0.9)%
Total North America Broadband		514,973		487,431		27,542			5.7%
International Broadband:
Enterprise		142,925		170,121		(27,196	)		(16.0)%
Telecom Systems:
Mobile Satellite Systems		55,144		81,351		(26,207	)		(32.2)%
Telematics		23,437		22,271		1,166			5.2%
Terrestrial Microwave		8,850		13,055		(4,205	)		(32.2)%
Total Telecom Systems		87,431		116,677		(29,246	)		(25.1)%
Corporate and Other		2,130		352		1,778			505.1%
Total revenues	$	747,459	$	774,581	$	(27,122	)		(3.5)%

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The following table presents our churn rate, ARPU, average monthly gross subscriber additions, and subscribers as of or for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:

	As of or For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						Variance
	2009			2008			Amount			%
Churn rate		2.29	%		2.36	%		(0.07	)%		(3.0)%
ARPU	$	70		$	68		$	2			2.9%
Average monthly gross subscriber additions		17,000			14,200			2,800			19.7%
Subscribers		490,000			420,700			69,300			16.5%

North America Broadband Segment

Revenue from our Consumer group for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 increased by 10.4% to $310.0 million compared to the same period in 2008. The growth in our Consumer group has been driven primarily by three factors: (i) the substantial growth in the number of subscribers arising from increased consumer awareness of our products and services in geographic areas that have historically been underserved by DSL and cable; (ii) targeted service plans, with higher prices coincident with higher broadband capacity to meet the consumer customer’s broadband access requirements; and (iii) value-added services, resulting in an increase in average monthly revenue per subscriber.

As of September 30, 2009 and 2008, we achieved a total subscription base of 490,000 and 420,700, respectively, which included 25,800 and 14,800 subscribers in our small/medium enterprise and wholesale businesses, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, ARPU was $70 compared to $68 for the same period in 2008.

Revenue from our North American Enterprise group for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased slightly by 0.9% to $205.0 million compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to lower hardware sales as a result of the unfavorable condition of the overall market and economy, as well as changes in the product mix where the emphasis on managed services has led to lower upfront hardware revenue and an increase in recurring service revenues. The decrease in hardware sales was partially offset by the increase in services revenues resulting from an increase in our managed services business, new contracts awarded in 2008 that provided incremental service revenue in the third quarter of 2009 and the growth in our small/medium and wholesale subscriber base.

International Broadband Segment

Revenue from our International Enterprise group for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by 16.0% to $142.9 million compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to the completion of terminal shipments on a multi-year contract for a large lottery operator in the United Kingdom and the unfavorable impact of currency exchange rates of $20.5 million resulting from the appreciation of the U.S. dollar. Partially offsetting these decreases were higher revenues from our Mexico operations and from our Brazil operations as the number of sites in service in Brazil approached 11,000 as of September 30, 2009.

Telecom Systems Segment

Revenue from our Telecom Systems segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased by 25.1% to $87.4 million compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to the reduction in revenue from our Mobile Satellite group. Our Mobile Satellite group revenues are opportunity driven and are subject to the life cycle of customer contracts as they move from design and development to delivery and maintenance of completed networks. As a result, revenues in the Mobile Satellite group fluctuate on a quarter to quarter basis. Additionally, the decrease was impacted by the unfavorable economy in the automobile industry causing HTI to terminate substantially all of the development and manufacturing activities with us in August 2009 as a result of the bankruptcy filing of one of HTI’s customers. We expect our future revenue from the Telematics group will be reduced significantly.

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Cost of Services—Our cost of services primarily consists of transponder capacity leases, hub infrastructure, customer care, wire line and wireless capacity, depreciation expense related to network infrastructure and capitalized hardware and software, and the salaries and related employment costs for those employees who manage our network operations and other project areas. These costs are dependent on the number of customers served and have increased relative to our growth. We continue to execute a number of cost containment and efficiency initiatives that were implemented in previous years. In addition, the migration to a single upgraded platform for our North America Broadband segment has enabled us to leverage our satellite bandwidth and network operation facilities to achieve further cost efficiencies. The costs associated with transponder capacity leases for the Consumer group are expected to decline as more customers are added to the SPACEWAY network.

Cost of Hardware Products Sold—We outsource a significant portion of the manufacturing of our hardware for our North America and International Broadband and Telecom Systems segments to third party contract manufacturers. Our cost of hardware products sold relates primarily to direct materials and subsystems (e.g., antennas), salaries and related employment costs for those employees who are directly associated with the procurement and manufacture of our products and other items of indirect overhead incurred in the procurement and production process. Cost of hardware products sold also includes certain engineering and hardware costs related to the design of a particular product for specific customer programs. In addition, certain software development costs are capitalized in accordance with ASC 985-20, “Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to Be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed,” and amortized to cost of hardware products sold over their estimated useful lives, not to exceed five years. As we have developed new product offerings, we have reduced product costs due to higher levels of component integration, design improvements and volume increases.

Subscriber acquisition costs (“SAC”) are associated with our Consumer group and are comprised of three elements: (i) the subsidy for the cost of hardware and related installation; (ii) certain sales and marketing expense; and (iii) dealer and customer service representative commissions on new installations/activations. The subsidy for cost of hardware and related cost of installation is deferred and amortized over the initial contract period or the useful life of the hardware as a component of cost of hardware products sold for hardware related sales or cost of services for activities related to the consumer rental program. The portion of SAC related to sales and marketing is expensed as incurred. Dealer and customer service representative commissions are deferred and amortized over the initial contract period as a component of sales and marketing expense.

Selling, General and Administrative (“SG&A”)—Selling expenses primarily consist of the salaries, commissions, related benefit costs of our direct sales force and marketing staff, advertising, channel compensations on new activations which are deferred and amortized over the initial consumer contract period, travel, allocation of facilities, and other directly related overhead costs for our domestic and international businesses. General and administrative expenses include bad debt expense and salaries and related employee benefits for employees associated with common supporting functions, such as accounting and finance, risk management, legal, information technology, administration, human resources, and senior management. Selling, general, and administrative costs also include facilities costs, third party service providers’ costs (such as outside tax and legal counsel, and insurance providers), bank fees related to credit card processing charges and depreciation of fixed assets.

Research and Development (“R&D”)—R&D expenses primarily consist of the salaries of certain members of our engineering staff plus an applied overhead charge. R&D expenses also include engineering support for existing platforms and development efforts to build new products and software applications, subcontractors, material purchases and other direct costs in support of product development.

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2008

Revenues

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Services revenues	$	176,253	$	156,919	$	19,334			12.3%
Hardware sales		75,164		114,860		(39,696	)		(34.6)%
Total revenues	$	251,417	$	271,779	$	(20,362	)		(7.5)%
% of revenue to total revenues:
Services revenues		70.1%		57.7%
Hardware sales		29.9%		42.3%

Services Revenues

The increase in services revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was primarily due higher revenue of $15.8 million from our Consumer group to $98.2 million compared to $82.4 million for the same period in 2008. The increase was primarily due to the growth of our consumer subscriber base and, in part, to the election by customers to utilize our consumer rental program introduced in September 2008, for which the Company recognized services revenue of $4.9 million and nominal for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Also contributing to the increase in services revenues was revenue growth of $1.6 million from our North America Enterprise group to $40.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $38.8 million for the same period in 2008, mainly as a result of an increase in our managed services business, new contracts awarded in 2008 that provided incremental service revenue in the third quarter of 2009 and the growth in our small/medium and wholesale subscriber base.

Services revenue from our International Broadband segment increased by $5.5 million to $31.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $25.6 million for the same period in 2008, primarily due to an increase in the numbers of enterprise sites in service across Europe and Brazil.

Partially offsetting the increase in services revenue was a revenue decrease of $4.5 million from our Telecom Systems segment to $5.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $10.1 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease was a result of the unfavorable impact of the economy in the automobile industry causing HTI to terminate substantially all of the development and manufacturing activities with us in August 2009 as a result of the bankruptcy filing of one of HTI’s customers. We expect our future revenue from the Telematics group will be reduced significantly.

Hardware Sales

Hardware sales decreased primarily due to the reduction in hardware sales from our International Broadband segment of $18.1 million to $16.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $34.5 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease was primarily due to the completion of terminal shipments on a multi-year contract for a large lottery operator in the United Kingdom.

Hardware sales from our North America Broadband segment also decreased by $12.6 million to $35.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $48.2 million for the same period in 2008. Hardware sales from the North America Enterprise group decreased by $8.1 million to $26.7 million for the same period in 2009 compared to $34.8 million for the same period in 2008 as a result of changes in the product mix where the emphasis on managed services has led to lower upfront hardware revenue and an increase in recurring service revenues. Despite the growth in our consumer subscriber base, hardware sales in the Consumer group decreased by $4.5 million to $8.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $13.4 million for the same period in 2008 as a result of changes in consumer plans in response to competitive pressures and the election by customers to utilize the consumer rental program.

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Further contributing to the decrease in hardware sales was a reduction of hardware sales from our Telecom Systems segment of $9.0 million to $23.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $32.2 million for the same period in 2008, primarily due to several development contracts in the Mobile Satellite group reaching their completion stage.

Cost of Revenues

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Cost of services	$	108,768	$	105,988	$	2,780			2.6%
Cost of hardware products sold		73,646		96,881		(23,235	)		(24.0)%
Total cost of revenues	$	182,414	$	202,869	$	(20,455	)		(10.1)%
Services cost as a % of services revenues		61.7%		67.5%
Hardware cost as a % of hardware revenues		98.0%		84.3%

Cost of Services

Cost of services increased partly due to higher fixed expenses of $1.5 million from our North American Enterprise group related to the commencement of SPACEWAY services, which began in April 2008 and primarily consisted of SPACEWAY related depreciation, as well as related network operations center and support, operation of Traffic Off-load Gateways, and in-orbit insurance. These costs are generally fixed in nature and are expected to be absorbed in the coming quarters as additional consumer customers are added to the SPACEWAY network. In addition, other support costs including customer service and depreciation expense increased by $8.1 million. The increase in cost of services was partially offset by lower transponder capacity lease expense of $6.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, mainly resulting from reduction in transponder capacity lease expense for the Consumer group as new consumer customers were added to the SPACEWAY network. We expect transponder capacity lease expense for the Consumer group to continue to decrease as more customers are placed on the SPACEWAY network.

Cost of services in our International Broadband segment increased by $3.5 million primarily due to an increase in the number of enterprise sites in service across Europe and Brazil. The increase in cost of services was partially offset by a reduction of service costs in the Telematics group as a result of the unfavorable impact of the economy in the automobile industry causing HTI to terminate substantially all of the development and manufacturing activities with us in August 2009 as a result of the bankruptcy filing of one of HTI’s customers. We expect our future revenue from the Telematics group will be reduced significantly.

Cost of Hardware Products Sold

Cost of hardware products sold decreased mainly due to a reduction of $10.6 million in costs from our International Broadband segment to $11.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $21.9 million for the same period in 2008 and a reduction of $7.7 million in costs from our North America Broadband segment to $43.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $51.1 million for the same period in 2008 as a result of the decrease in hardware sales. In addition, cost of hardware products sold from our Telecom Systems segment decreased by $4.8 million mainly attributable to lower sales in the Mobile Satellite group.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount		%
Selling, general and administrative expense	$	46,457	$	42,386	$	4,071		9.6%
% of revenue		18.5%		15.6%

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The increase in SG&A expense was mainly a result of our expanded efforts in promoting our consumer business which caused marketing expense to increase by $4.5 million. Partially offsetting the increase was lower administrative costs as we increased our effort in reducing SG&A expense and compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009.

Research and Development

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Research and development	$	5,453	$	6,493	$	(1,040	)		(16.0)%
% of revenue		2.2%		2.4%

R&D decreased due to a reduction in development activities in our North America Broadband segment.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Amortization of intangible assets	$	1,472	$	1,629	$	(157	)		(9.6)%
% of revenue		0.6%		0.6%

Amortization of intangible assets decreased due to the impact of adjustments to our intangible assets in 2008 to reflect the reversal of valuation allowances against deferred tax assets associated with our United Kingdom and German subsidiaries pursuant to the application of ASC 740-805, “Income Taxes—Business Combinations.”

Operating Income

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Operating income	$	15,621	$	18,402	$	(2,781	)		(15.1)%
% of revenue		6.2%		6.8%

The decrease in operating income was mainly due to higher marketing expense as a result of our expanded efforts in promoting our consumer business. Partially offsetting the decrease was lower R&D costs and our effort in reducing SG&A expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009.

Interest Expense

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount		%
Interest expense	$	17,735	$	14,095	$	3,640		25.8%

Interest expense primarily relates to interest accrued on the 2009 Senior Notes, the $450 million unsecured senior notes (the “2006 Senior Notes”) and the $115 million borrowing under the term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) less capitalized interest associated with the construction of our satellites. The increase in interest expense was mainly due to $4.1 million of interest incurred, which included the accretion of the original issue discount, relating to the 2009 Senior Notes offered in May 2009. The increase was partially offset by the capitalization of interest associated with the construction of the Jupiter satellite, which began in July 2009.

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Interest and Other Income, Net

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Interest income	$	501	$	1,334	$	(833	)		(62.4)%
Other income, net		50		6		44			733.3%
Total interest and other income, net	$	551	$	1,340	$	(789	)		(58.9)%

The decrease in total interest and other income, net was primarily due to lower rates of return on our investments for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008 as we invested our cash in secure but lower yielding investments.

Income Tax Expense

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Income tax expense	$	966	$	2,295	$	(1,329	)		(57.9)%

Changes in income tax expense are generally attributable to state income taxes and income earned from our foreign subsidiaries. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, our income tax expense was partially offset by the income tax benefit generated by our Indian subsidiary as a result of being engaged in telecommunications infrastructure development. Indian tax law provides for a deduction of 100% of profits and gains derived from qualifying infrastructure businesses for ten consecutive assessment years. This benefit is available to us through the tax assessment year of 2015/2016.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008

Revenues

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Services revenues	$	512,001	$	455,092	$	56,909			12.5%
Hardware sales		235,458		319,489		(84,031	)		(26.3)%
Total revenues	$	747,459	$	774,581	$	(27,122	)		(3.5)%
% of revenue to total revenues:
Services revenues		68.5%		58.8%
Hardware sales		31.5%		41.2%

Services Revenues

The increase in services revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was primarily due to an increase in revenue of $40.7 million from our Consumer group to $279.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $238.9 million for the same period in 2008. The increase was primarily due to the growth of our consumer subscriber base and, in part, to the election by customers to utilize the consumer rental program introduced in September 2008, for which the Company recognized services revenue of $10.0 million and nominal for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Also contributing to the increase in services revenues was revenue growth of $8.8 million from our North America Enterprise group to $121.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $113.0 million for the same period in 2008, mainly as a result of an increase in our managed services business, new contracts awarded in 2008 that provided incremental service revenue in 2009 and the growth in our small/medium and wholesale subscriber base.

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Also contributing to the increase in services revenue was a revenue increase of $8.1 million from our International Broadband segment to $87.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from $79.6 million for the same period in 2008, primarily due to the continued growth in the number of enterprise sites in service internationally.

Offsetting the increase in services revenue was a revenue decrease of $2.4 million from our Telecom Systems segment to $20.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $23.2 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease was a result of the unfavorable impact of the economy in the automobile industry causing HTI to terminate substantially all of the development and manufacturing activities with us in August 2009 as a result of the bankruptcy filing of one of HTI’s customers. We expect our future revenue from the Telematics group will be reduced significantly.

Hardware Sales

Hardware sales decreased mainly due to the decrease of $35.3 million in revenue from our International Broadband segment to $55.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $90.5 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease resulted from the completion of the rollout of terminal shipments on a multi-year contract for a large lottery operator in the United Kingdom.

In addition, hardware sales from our Telecom Systems segment decreased by $26.8 million to $66.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $93.5 million for the same period in 2008. The decrease was mainly due to several development contracts in the Mobile Satellite group reaching their completion stage.

Further contributing to the decrease in hardware sales was a reduction of $21.9 million from our North America Broadband segment to $113.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $135.5 million for the same period in 2008. Despite the growth in our consumer subscriber base, hardware sales in the Consumer group decreased by $11.3 million to $30.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $41.8 million for the same period in 2008 as a result of changes in consumer plans in response to competitive pressures and the election by customers to utilize the consumer rental program. Hardware sales from our North America Enterprise group decreased by $10.6 million to $83.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $93.7 million for the same period in 2008 as a result of changes in the product mix where the emphasis on managed services has led to lower upfront hardware revenue and an increase in recurring service revenues.

Cost of Revenues

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Cost of services	$	326,497	$	301,899	$	24,598			8.1%
Cost of hardware products sold		225,134		271,220		(46,086	)		(17.0)%
Total cost of revenues	$	551,631	$	573,119	$	(21,488	)		(3.7)%
Services cost as a % of services revenues		63.8%		66.3%
Hardware cost as a % of hardware revenues		95.6%		84.9%

Cost of Services

Cost of services increased partly due to higher fixed expenses of $13.2 million from our North American Enterprise group related to the commencement of SPACEWAY services, which began in April 2008 and primarily consisted of SPACEWAY related depreciation, as well as related network operations center and support, operation of Traffic Off-load Gateways, and in-orbit insurance. These costs are generally fixed in nature and are expected to be absorbed in the coming quarters as additional consumer customers are added to the SPACEWAY network. In addition, other support costs including customer service, network services, wire line and wireless costs, and depreciation expense increased by $21.8 million. The increase in cost of services was partially offset by lower transponder capacity lease expense of $12.1 million, mainly resulting from reduction in transponder capacity lease expense for the Consumer group as new consumer customers were added to the SPACEWAY network. We expect transponder capacity lease expense for the Consumer group to continue to decrease as more customers are placed on the SPACEWAY network.

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Cost of services in our International Broadband segment increased by $4.2 million, primarily due to an increase in the number of enterprise sites in service across Europe and Brazil. The increase in cost of services was partially offset by a reduction of service costs in the Telematics group as a result of the unfavorable impact of the economy in the automobile industry causing HTI to terminate substantially all of the development and manufacturing activities with us in August 2009 as a result of the bankruptcy filing of one of HTI’s customers. We expect our future revenue from the Telematics group will be reduced significantly.

Cost of Hardware Products Sold

Corresponding with the decrease in hardware sales, cost of hardware products sold within the respective group decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. Cost of hardware products sold from our Telecom Systems segment, International Broadband segment, and North America Broadband segment decreased by $18.7 million, $18.4 million and $8.9 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $70.4 million, $56.3 million, and $144.4 million, respectively, for the same period in 2008.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount		%
Selling, general and administrative expense	$	136,842	$	133,042	$	3,800		2.9%
% of revenue		18.3%		17.2%

The increase in SG&A expense was mainly a result of our expanded efforts in promoting our consumer business which caused marketing costs to increase by $12.2 million. The increase was partially offset by lower compensation expense of $8.4 million related to the Retention Program.

Loss on Impairments

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount		%
Loss on impairments	$	45,400	$	-	$	45,400		*
% of revenue		6.1%		0.0%
* Percentage not meaningful.

In June 2009, we recognized $45.4 million of impairment loss. Of the $45.4 million, $44.4 million related the impairment of our Deposit, see Note 10—Other Assets to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I-Item 1 of this report and $1.0 million of impairment cost related to a cost method investment with a book value of $1.0 million, which was subsequently sold for a nominal amount.

Research and Development

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Research and development	$	16,502	$	19,745	$	(3,243	)		(16.4)%
% of revenue		2.2%		2.5%

R&D decreased due to a reduction in development activities in our North America Broadband segment.

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Amortization of Intangible Assets

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Amortization of intangible assets	$	4,361	$	4,904	$	(543	)		(11.1)%
% of revenue		0.6%		0.6%

Operating Income (Loss)

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009			2008		Amount			%
Operating income (loss)	$	(7,277	)	$	43,771	$	(51,048	)		(116.6)%
% of revenue		(1.0)%			5.7%

Our operating income decreased significantly due to the recognition of $44.4 million impairment loss associated with the Deposit and $1.0 million impairment loss of a cost method investment in the second quarter of 2009. For further discussion of the impairment loss related to the Deposit, see Note 10—Other Assets to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I-Item 1 of this report. Also contributing to the decrease in our operating income was (i) our expanded efforts in promoting our consumer business resulting higher marketing expense of $12.2 million and (ii) higher depreciation expense of $7.1 million related to our SPACEWAY 3, which was placed into service in April 2008. The decrease was partially offset by lower compensation expense of $8.4 million related to the Retention Program as it vested in the second quarter of 2009.

Interest Expense

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount		%
Interest expense	$	47,125	$	37,305	$	9,820		26.3%

Interest expense primarily relates to interest accrued on the 2006 Senior Notes, the 2009 Senior Notes and the Term Loan Facility less capitalized interest associated with the construction of our satellites. Interest expense increased by $4.3 million due to the discontinuation of capitalized interest associated with the construction of SPACEWAY 3 after the satellite was placed into service in April 2008, which was partially offset by the capitalization of interest related to the construction of the Jupiter satellite. We also recognized $5.8 million of interest expense, which included the accretion of the original issue discount, on the 2009 Senior Notes offered in May 2009.

Interest and Other Income (Loss), Net

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009			2008		Amount			%
Interest income	$	1,028		$	3,664	$	(2,636	)		(71.9)%
Other income (loss), net		(295	)		95		(390	)		(410.5)%
Total interest and other income (loss), net	$	733		$	3,759	$	(3,026	)		(80.5)%

The decrease in total interest and other income (loss), net was primarily due to lower rates of return on our investments for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008 as we invested our

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cash in secure but lower yielding investments.

Income Tax Expense

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008		Amount			%
Income tax expense	$	790	$	4,130	$	(3,340	)		80.9%

Changes in income tax expense are generally attributable to state income taxes and income earned from our foreign subsidiaries. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, our income tax expense was partially offset by the income tax benefit generated by our Indian subsidiary as a result of being engaged in telecommunications infrastructure development. Indian tax law provides for a deduction of 100% of profits and gains derived from qualifying infrastructure businesses for ten consecutive assessment years. This benefit is available to us through the tax assessment year of 2015/2016.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						Variance
(Dollars in thousands)	2009			2008			Amount		%
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	110,572		$	39,933		$	70,639		176.9%
Investing activities	$	(151,058	)	$	(66,409	)	$	84,649		127.5%
Financing activities	$	129,557		$	84,614		$	44,943		53.1%

Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities

The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to changes in our operating assets and liabilities of $59.1 million. In addition, our net income, prior to depreciation and amortization expense of $73.2 million and impairment losses of $45.4 million, increased by $9.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Net Cash Flows from Investing Activities

The increase in net cash used in investing activities was mainly due to: (i) an increase in capital expenditures of $40.8 million, as set forth in the table below; (ii) an increase in net investing activities of $43.6 million; and (iii) a long-term loan of $10.0 million made to a customer. Partially offsetting the increase was the Helius acquisition of $10.5 million that occurred in February 2008.

Capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are shown as follows (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2009		2008		Variance
Capital expenditures:
Capital expenditures—VSAT	$	69,055	$	17,939	$	51,116
Jupiter program		16,282		-		16,282
Capitalized software		10,315		10,526		(211	)
Capital expenditures—other		6,709		8,598		(1,889	)
SPACEWAY program		1,948		26,454		(24,506	)
Total capital expenditures	$	104,309	$	63,517	$	40,792

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Net Cash Flows from Financing Activities

The increase in net cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to the net proceeds of $133.6 million received from HNS’ offering of the 2009 Senior Notes completed on May 27, 2009. Partially offsetting the increase was the net cash proceeds of $93.0 million related to the Company’s equity offering that occurred in 2008.

Future Liquidity Requirements

As of September 30, 2009, our Cash and cash equivalents and Marketable securities were $326.4 million and our total debt was $721.2 million. We are significantly leveraged as a result of debt incurred by HNS and its subsidiaries.

On May 27, 2009, HNS, along with its subsidiary, HNS Finance Corp., as co-issuer, completed a private debt offering of $150.0 million of 9.50% senior notes maturing on April 15, 2014 (the “2009 Senior Notes”). The 2009 Senior Notes are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of HNS’ current and future domestic subsidiaries that guarantee any of HNS’ indebtedness or indebtedness of HNS’ other subsidiary guarantors. Interest on the 2009 Senior Notes is accrued from April 15, 2009 and is paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on October 15, 2009. After the original issue discount of $13.6 million and related offering expenses of approximately $4.5 million, HNS received net proceeds of approximately $133.6 million, including $1.7 million of prepaid interest received from the note holders, from the offering. HNS intends to use these net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which could include working capital needs, corporate development opportunities (which may include acquisitions), capital expenditures and opportunistic satellite fleet expansion. The 2009 Senior Notes were offered and sold in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) and in offshore transactions to non-United States persons in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act. In connection with the offering of the 2009 Senior Notes, HNS entered into a registration rights agreement requiring HNS to complete a registered exchange offer relating to the 2009 Senior Notes within 360 days after May 27, 2009. On August 17, 2009, HNS completed the registered exchange offer pursuant to the registration rights agreement. Accordingly, the 2009 Senior Notes have been registered under the Securities Act. As of September 30, 2009, the 2009 Senior Notes were rated B1 and B by Moody’s and Standard & Poor (“S&P”), respectively. As of September 30, 2009, HNS had recorded $6.5 million of accrued interest payable, including $1.7 million of prepaid interest received from the note holders, related to the 2009 Senior Notes.

HNS’ $450 million of 9.50% senior notes maturing on April 15, 2014 (the “2006 Senior Notes”) are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by HNS and each of its current and future domestic subsidiaries that guarantee any of HNS’ indebtedness or indebtedness of HNS’ other subsidiary guarantors. Interest on the 2006 Senior Notes is paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, HNS had recorded $19.6 million and $9.0 million, respectively, of accrued interest payable related to the 2006 Senior Notes. As of September 30, 2009, the 2006 Senior Notes were rated B1 and B by Moody’s and S&P, respectively.

HNS has a senior secured $50 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), which matures on April 22, 2011. The interest rate with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, if any, is based on, at HNS’ option, the ABR rate (as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility) plus 1.50% or Adjusted LIBOR plus 2.50%. The Revolving Credit Facility is guaranteed by, subject to certain exceptions, HNS’ direct and indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries and is secured by substantially all of its domestic tangible and intangible assets. For outstanding letters of credit issued under the Revolving Credit Facility, HNS pays a participation fee of 2.50% per annum and an issuance fee of 0.25% per annum. In addition, HNS is charged a commitment fee of 0.50% per annum for any unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility. As of September 30, 2009, the total outstanding letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility was $3.0 million. As a result, the available borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility as of September 30, 2009 was $47.0 million. As of September 30, 2009, the Revolving Credit Facility was rated Baa3 and BB- by Moody’s and S&P, respectively.

In February 2007, HNS borrowed $115 million from a syndicate of banks pursuant to a senior unsecured credit agreement (the “Term Loan Facility”), which matures on April 15, 2014. The Term Loan Facility is guaranteed, on a senior unsecured basis, by all of HNS’ existing and future subsidiaries that guarantee its existing

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2006 Senior Notes and the Revolving Credit Facility. The interest on the Term Loan Facility is paid quarterly at Adjusted LIBOR (as defined in the Term Loan Facility and the existing Revolving Credit Facility) plus 2.50%. To mitigate the variable interest rate risk associated with the Term Loan Facility, HNS entered into an agreement to swap the Adjusted LIBOR for a fixed rate of 5.12% per annum (the “Swap Agreement”). As a result, the Term Loan Facility has a fixed interest rate of 7.62% per annum. The Term Loan Facility is subject to certain mandatory and optional prepayment provisions and contains negative covenants and events of default, in each case, substantially similar to those provisions contained in the indentures governing the Senior Notes. The net interest payments based on the Swap Agreement and the Term Loan Facility are estimated to be approximately $8.8 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2009 through 2013 and $3.3 million for the year ending December 31, 2014. As of September 30, 2009, the Term Loan was rated B1 and B by Moody’s and S&P, respectively.

Although the terms and covenants with respect to the 2006 Senior Notes are substantially identical to the 2009 Senior Notes, the 2009 Senior Notes were issued under a separate indenture and do not vote together with the 2006 Senior Notes. Each of the indentures governing the 2006 Senior Notes and 2009 Senior Notes (collectively, the “Senior Notes”), the agreement governing the amended Revolving Credit Facility and the agreement governing the Term Loan Facility require HNS to comply with certain affirmative and negative covenants: (i) in the case of the indentures, for so long as any Senior Notes are outstanding; (ii) in the case of the amended Revolving Credit Facility, for so long as the amended Revolving Credit Facility is in effect; and (iii) in the case of the Term Loan Facility, for so long as the Term Loan Facility remains outstanding. Negative covenants contained in these agreements include limitations on the ability of HNS and/or certain of its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness; issue redeemable stock and subsidiary preferred stock; incur liens; pay dividends or distributions or redeem or repurchase capital stock; prepay, redeem or repurchase debt; make loans and investments; enter into agreements that restrict distributions from HNS’ subsidiaries; sell assets and capital stock of our subsidiaries; enter into certain transactions with affiliates; consolidate or merge with or into, or sell substantially all of our assets to, another person; and enter into new lines of business. In addition to these negative covenants, the amended Revolving Credit Facility, the indentures governing the Senior Notes and/or the agreement governing the Term Loan Facility contain affirmative covenants that require us to: (i) preserve our businesses and properties; (ii) maintain insurance over our assets; (iii) pay and discharge all material taxes when due; and (iv) furnish the lenders’ administrative agent our financial statements for each fiscal quarter and fiscal year, certificates from a financial officer certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred during the fiscal period being reported, litigation and other notices, compliance with laws, maintenance of records and other such customary covenants. HNS and its subsidiaries comprise a substantial portion of the Company’s net assets and results of operations since January 1, 2006. Because of the negative covenants above, there are certain restrictions on the sale of HNS’ net assets. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, HNS’ consolidated net assets were $190.4 million and $230.8 million, respectively. Management believes that the Company was in compliance with all of its debt covenants as of September 30, 2009.

HNS’ subsidiaries primarily meet their working capital requirements through their respective operations or the utilization of local credit facilities. Occasionally, the subsidiaries utilize temporary advances to/from HNS to meet temporary cash requirements. HNS’ Indian and Brazilian subsidiaries maintain various revolving and term loans funded by local banks in Indian Rupees and Brazilian Reais, respectively. The balances outstanding as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were an aggregate of $4.1 million and $2.6 million, respectively. Our Indian subsidiary may be restricted from paying dividends to HNS under the terms of these loans.

HNS and its subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and, except for HNS’ existing and future subsidiaries that are or will be guarantors of the Senior Notes, the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, they will have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay amounts due under the Senior Notes, Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, or to make any funds available to pay those amounts, whether by dividend, distribution, loan or other payment.

On February 4, 2008, we completed the acquisition of Helius, Inc. in connection with the merger agreement that we entered into on December 21, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”) with Helius, Inc., Utah Acquisition Corp., our wholly-owned subsidiary, and The Canopy Group, Inc. and Canopy Ventures I, L.P., the primary shareholders of Helius, Inc. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, we paid $10.5 million after certain adjustments at the closing of the acquisition. Immediately after the acquisition, Helius, Inc. was converted to a limited liability company, Helius, LLC (“Helius”). As part of the Merger Agreement, we have a remaining contractual obligation for contingent consideration of up to $20.0 million (“Contingent Payment”) as additional purchase price, if any, to be payable in

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April 2010 by us or Helius, as the surviving corporation, subject to Helius achieving certain post-closing performance goals. As of September 30, 2009, we performed an evaluation on Helius’ operating results and expect that Helius will not meet the performance goals. As a result, we do not expect to pay the Contingent Payment.

On August 8, 2007, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended on November 15, 2007, to register shares of our common stock, preferred stock, and warrants and debt securities and non-convertible debt securities of HNS and HNS Finance Corp., as co issuers. In the event HNS issues debt securities pursuant to the shelf registration statement, we will, and one or more of our other subsidiaries may, on a joint and several basis, offer full and unconditional guarantees of HNS’ and HNS Finance Corp.’s obligations under the debt securities. On May 21, 2008, we made an equity offering to sell 2,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share for a purchase price of $50.00 per share, prior to deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions. The equity offering closed on May 28, 2008 and as a result, we raised $93.0 million, net of the underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses, which will be used for the acquisition of a satellite or general corporate purposes.

In July 2006, we entered into an agreement with 95 West Co., Inc. (“95 West Co.”) and its parent, Miraxis License Holdings, LLC (“MLH”), pursuant to which 95 West Co. and MLH agreed to provide a series of coordination agreements allowing the Company to operate SPACEWAY 3 at the 95° West Longitude orbital slot where 95 West Co. and MLH have higher priority rights. Our remaining obligations with 95 West Co. as of September 30, 2009 are subject to conditions in the agreement including our ability to operate SPACEWAY 3, and are as follows: $0.75 million for the year ending December 31, 2010 and $1.0 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2011 through 2016.

In June 2009, HNS entered into an agreement with Space Systems/Loral, Inc. (“SS/L”), under which SS/L will manufacture a next-generation, high throughput geostationary satellite (“Jupiter”). Jupiter will employ a multi-spot beam, bent pipe Ka-band architecture and will provide additional capacity for the HughesNet service in North America. We are obligated to pay an aggregate of approximately $252.0 million for the construction of Jupiter and have agreed to pay SS/L upon the completion of each milestone as set forth in the agreement. We anticipate launching Jupiter in the first quarter of 2012. In connection with the construction of Jupiter, we have entered into a contract with Barrett Xplore Inc. (“Barrett”), whereby Barrett has agreed to acquire user beams, gateways and terminals for the Jupiter satellite that are designed to operate in Canada.

Based on our current and anticipated levels of operations and conditions in our markets and industry, we believe that our cash on hand, cash flow from operations and availability under our Revolving Credit Facility will enable us to meet our requirements for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service, research and development, remaining ground infrastructure expenditures for SPACEWAY 3, new acquisitions, initial milestone payments for development of our Jupiter satellite and, to a lesser extent, other on-going capital and operating expenditures. However, our ability to fund these needs and to comply with the financial covenants under our debt agreements depends on our future operating performance and cash flow, which is subject to prevailing economic conditions, the level of spending by our customers and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. Any future acquisitions, joint ventures, acquisition of a satellite, or other similar transactions will likely require additional capital and there can be no assurance that any such capital will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all.

Contractual Obligations

Except as discussed below and as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, there have been no material changes to our contractual obligations since December 31, 2008.

The 2009 Senior Notes mature on April 15, 2014. Interest payments on the 2009 Senior Notes are paid semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15, beginning on October 15, 2009, and are estimated to be approximately $10.1 million for the year ending December 31, 2009 and $14.3 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2010 through 2014.

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obligated to pay an aggregate of approximately $252.0 million for the construction of Jupiter and have agreed to pay SS/L upon the completion of each milestone as set forth in the agreement. We anticipate launching Jupiter in the first quarter of 2012. In connection with the construction of Jupiter, we have entered into a contract with Barrett Xplore Inc. (“Barrett”), whereby Barrett has agreed to acquire user beams, gateways and terminals for the Jupiter satellite that are designed to operate in Canada.

Commitments and Contingencies

For a discussion of commitments and contingencies, see Note 21—Commitments and Contingencies to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I-Item 1 of this report.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company is required to issue standby letters of credit and bonds primarily to support certain sales of its equipment to international government customers. These letters of credit are either bid bonds to support contract bids or to support advance payments made by customers upon contract execution and prior to equipment being shipped, or guarantees of performance issued in support of its warranty obligations. Bid bonds typically expire upon the issue of the award by the customer. Advance payment bonds expire upon receipt by the customer of equipment, and performance bonds typically expire when the warranty expires, generally one year after the installation of the equipment.

As of September 30, 2009, we had $15.7 million of contractual obligations to customers and other statutory/governmental agencies, which were secured by letters of credit issued through us and our subsidiaries’ credit facilities. Of this amount, $3.0 million was issued under the Revolving Credit Facility; $1.7 million was secured by restricted cash; $0.8 million related to insurance bonds; and $10.2 million was secured by letters of credit issued under credit arrangements available to our Indian and Brazilian subsidiaries. Certain letters of credit issued by our Indian subsidiaries are secured by their assets.

Seasonality

Like many communications infrastructure equipment vendors, a significant amount of our hardware sales occur in the second half of the year due to our customers’ annual procurement and budget cycles. Large enterprises and operators usually allocate their capital expenditure budgets at the beginning of their fiscal year (which often coincides with the calendar year). The typical sales cycle for large complex system procurements is 6 to 12 months, which often results in the customer expenditure occurring towards the end of the year. Customers often seek to expend the budgeted funds prior to the end of the year and the next budget cycle. As a result, interim results are not indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Inflation

Historically, inflation has not had a material effect on our results of operations.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingencies at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We evaluate these estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. The results of these estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions. For a description of our critical accounting policies, refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” as included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2009 (File number 001-33040).

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New Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of new accounting pronouncements, see Note 1—Organization, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I-Item 1 of this report.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The following discussion and the estimated amounts generated from the sensitivity analyses referred to below include forward-looking statements of market risk which assume for analytical purposes that certain adverse market conditions may occur. Actual future market conditions may differ materially from such assumptions because the amounts noted below are the result of analyses used for the purpose of assessing possible risks and the mitigation thereof. Accordingly, you should not consider the forward-looking statements as projections by us of future events or losses.

General

Our cash flows and earnings are subject to fluctuations resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates and changes in the market value of its equity investments. We manage our exposure to those market risks through internally established policies and procedures and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. We enter into derivative instruments only to the extent considered necessary to meet our risk management objectives and do not enter into derivative contracts for speculative purposes.

Foreign Currency Risk

We generally conduct our business in United States dollars. However, as our international business is conducted in a variety of foreign currencies, it is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Our objective in managing our exposure to foreign currency changes is to reduce earnings and cash flow volatility associated with foreign exchange rate fluctuations. Accordingly, we may enter into foreign exchange contracts to mitigate risks associated with foreign currency denominated assets, liabilities, commitments and anticipated foreign currency transactions. As of September 30, 2009, we had an estimated $14.9 million of foreign currency denominated receivables and payables outstanding, of which $6.9 million had hedge contracts in place to partially mitigate foreign currency risk. The differences between the face amount of the foreign exchange contracts and their estimated fair values were not material as of September 30, 2009.

The impact of a hypothetical 10% adverse change in exchange rates on the fair value of foreign currency denominated net assets and liabilities of our foreign subsidiaries would be an estimated loss of $7.4 million as of September 30, 2009.

Marketable Securities Risk

We have a significant amount of cash that is invested in marketable securities which is subject to market risk due to changes in interest rates. We have established an investment policy which governs our investment strategy and stipulates that we diversify investments among United States Treasury securities and other high credit quality debt instruments that we believe to be low risk. We are averse to principal loss and seek to preserve our invested funds by limiting default risk and market risk.

Interest Rate Risk

HNS’ Senior Notes and outstanding borrowings related to very small aperture terminal hardware financing arrangements are not subject to interest rate fluctuations because the interest rate is fixed for the term of the instrument. We are subject to variable interest rates on certain other debt including the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan Facility. To the extent that we draw against the credit facility, increases in interest rates would have an adverse impact on our results of operations.

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To mitigate the variable interest rate risk associated with the Term Loan Facility, we entered into the Swap Agreement to swap the variable LIBOR based interest on the Term Loan Facility for a fixed interest rate of 5.12% per annum. The net interest payments based on the Swap Agreement and the Term Loan Facility are paid quarterly and estimated to be approximately $8.8 million for each of the years ending December 31, 2009 through 2013 and $3.3 million for the year ending December 31, 2014. The security for our interest obligation under the Swap Agreement is the same as the security for the Revolving Credit Facility described in Note 11 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I-Item 1 in this report.

Market Concentration and Credit Risk

We provide services and extend credit to a number of communications equipment customers, service providers, and a large number of consumers, both in the United States and around the world. We monitor our exposure to credit losses and maintain, as necessary, allowances for anticipated losses. Financial instruments which potentially subject us to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash, cash equivalents and marketable investments. Although we maintain cash balances at financial institutions that exceed federally insured limits, these balances are placed with high credit quality financial institutions.

Commodity Price Risk

All of our products contain components whose base raw materials have undergone dramatic cost fluctuations in the last 24 months. Fluctuations in pricing of raw materials have the ability to affect our product costs. Although we have been successful in offsetting or mitigating our exposure to these fluctuations, such changes could have an adverse impact on our product costs. We are unable to predict the possible impact of changes in commodity prices.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we have evaluated, with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in such rules) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and forms.

Our management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all frauds. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake.

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Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the third quarter of 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We continue to review our disclosure controls and procedures, including our internal controls over financial reporting, and may from time to time make changes aimed at enhancing their effectiveness and to ensure that our systems evolve with our business.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

In March 2009, HNS received an arbitral award against Sea Launch Limited Partnership and Sea Launch Company, LLC (collectively, “Sea Launch”) entitling HNS to a full refund of $44.4 million (the “Deposit”) in payments made to Sea Launch, in addition to interest of 10% per annum on the $44.4 million from July 10, 2007 until payment on the Deposit is received in full. This award resulted from an arbitration proceeding initiated by HNS on June 28, 2007 relating to its SPACEWAY 3 satellite. Because of the material failure of a Sea Launch rocket that occurred on January 30, 2007, the launch of HNS’ SPACEWAY 3 satellite, scheduled for May 2007, was substantially delayed. HNS made alternative arrangements with another launch services provider to launch SPACEWAY 3 in August 2007 and in accordance with the Launch Service Agreement (“LSA”) we sent a notice of termination to Sea Launch. Under the LSA we were entitled to terminate due to the launch delay and receive a refund of the $44.4 million in payments made to Sea Launch in anticipation of the SPACEWAY 3 launch. Sea Launch refused to refund the Deposit and alleged that HNS had breached the LSA. The arbitration hearings were completed during the third quarter of 2008, and in March 2009, the arbitration panel rendered its decision in HNS’ favor.

On June 22, 2009, Sea Launch filed a voluntary petition to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. As a result of this filing, our efforts to pursue collection of the arbitral award against Sea Launch have been stayed by the bankruptcy laws. While we still intend to vigorously pursue collection of our arbitral award, we will have to do so as part of Sea Launch’s bankruptcy process and timetable. Based upon information made available in the bankruptcy proceedings, Sea Launch’s credit information and its ability to continue its operations, we concluded that the value of the Deposit was impaired and recorded an impairment loss of $44.4 million in “Loss on impairments” in the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations included in Part I-Item 1 of this report.

No other material legal proceedings have commenced or been terminated during the period covered by this report.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

For a discussion of the risk factors affecting the Company, see “Risk Factors” in Part I-Item 1A of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with respect to the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. There have been no material changes in the risk factors previously disclosed in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit
Number		Description
31.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Communications, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Hughes Communications, Inc. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Hughes Communications, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*	Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 4, 2009	HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
	(Registrant)

		/s/ Pradman P. Kaul
	Name:	Pradman P. Kaul
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and President
		(Principal Executive Officer)


		/s/ Grant A. Barber
	Name:	Grant A. Barber
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)