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HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS INC

HUGH

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44.90 -1.38 -2.98%

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2007 Sales	2007 Sales Growth	2007 Net Income	2006 Employees
$970,700,000	13.0%	$43,500,000	1,828

Key Executives: HUGH

Name	Title	Officer Since
Pradman P. Kaul	CEO	2/3/06
Grant A. Barber	CFO	-
Thomas J. McElroy	Chief Accounting Officer	-
Dean A. Manson, J.D.	General Counsel	-
Deepak V. Dutt	Vice President	-
Jeffrey A. Leddy	Director	6/23/05
Aaron J. Stone	Director	12/2/05
O.Gene Gabbard	Director	6/16/06

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Mr. Leddy has been a director since our formation on June 23, 2005. Mr. Leddy was our President from our formation in June 2005 until February 2006 and our Chief Executive Officer from November 2005 until February 2006. Mr. Leddy currently serves on the board of directors and is the Chief Executive Officer of Hughes Telematics, Inc. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of SkyTerra Communications, Inc. from April 2003... View Full Profile

Jeffrey A. Leddy

Mr. Stone has been a director since December 2, 2005. Mr. Stone is a senior partner of Apollo Advisors, L.P., which, together with its affiliates, acts as managing general partner of the Apollo Investment Funds, a series of private securities investment funds, where he has worked since 1997. Mr. Stone also serves on the board of directors of AMC Entertainment Inc., Connections Academy, LLC, Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP and SkyTerra... View Full Profile

Aaron J. Stone

Mr. Barber has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2006 and has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HNS since January 2006. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Barber served first as Controller and then Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Acterna, Inc., a global manufacturer of test and measurement equipment for the Telco and Cable markets located in Germantown,... View Full Profile

Grant A. Barber

Mr. Manson has been our and HNS' Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since August 2007, prior to which he was our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since February 3, 2006 and HNS' Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since November 2004. Mr. Manson also serves as a director or officer for several of our subsidiaries. Mr. Manson joined HNS in June 2000 as Assistant Vice President, Legal and became HNS'... View Full Profile

Dean A. Manson, J.D.

Mr. McElroy has been our Chief Accounting Officer since February 2006. In August 2007, he was appointed Senior Vice President and Controller of HNS and is responsible for all financial accounting and reporting matters for HNS and its global consolidated operations. From June 2006 to September 2007 he was HNS' Vice President and Controller. Prior to joining HNS in January 1988 as a Director of Finance, Mr. McElroy was a senior manager in the audit... View Full Profile

Thomas J. McElroy

Mr. Gabbard has been a director since June 16, 2006. He is a private investor who has more than 25 years of general management experience in the telecommunications and technology sectors. Mr. Gabbard is a member of the board of directors of COLT Telecom, SA, Luxembourg, a pan-European provider of business communications services. He is also a member of the board of directors of Knology, Inc. and Trillion Partners. From August 1990 to January... View Full Profile

O.Gene Gabbard

Mr. Ruisi has been a director since June 16, 2006. He is a private investor/consultant and also serves on the Board of Governors of Sound Shore Medical Center where he was Chairman from 2002 to 2006. He also serves on the boards of directors of UST Inc. (NYSE: UST), a packaged goods Company, and Innkeepers USA, a privately held hotel real estate investment trust. Mr. Ruisi has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry in which he... View Full Profile

Lawrence J. Ruisi

Mr. Dutt has been our Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations officer since March 2007. Mr. Dutt has served as Vice President and Treasurer of HNS since January 2001 and as HNS' Investment Relations Officer since February 2008. Mr. Dutt joined HNS in July 1993 and has held various positions in finance since then, including corporate planning, international finance, treasury and an international assignment as Chief Financial Officer of a... View Full Profile

Deepak V. Dutt

Mr. Kaul has been a director as well as our Chief Executive Officer and President since February 3, 2006, and has been HNS' Chief Executive Officer and President since 2000. Mr. Kaul was appointed to HNS' Board of Managers on April 22, 2005, and serves as its Chairman. Previously, Mr. Kaul served as President and Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, and Director of Engineering of HNS. Before joining HNS in 1973, Mr. Kaul worked at... View Full Profile

Pradman P. Kaul

Mr. Weiner has been a director since December 2, 2005. Mr. Weiner has been Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Ares Management LLC since September 2006. Previously, Mr. Weiner was employed with Apollo Advisors, L.P. and Apollo Real Estate Advisors and served as general counsel of the Apollo organization from 1992 to August 2006. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Weiner was a partner in the law firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius specializing in... View Full Profile

Michael D. Weiner

Mr. Africk has been a director since December 2, 2005. Mr. Africk is a senior partner of Apollo Advisors, L.P., which, together with its affiliates, acts as managing general partner of the Apollo Investment Funds, a series of private securities investment funds, where he has worked since 1992. Mr. Africk serves on the boards of directors of Hughes Telematics, Inc., SkyTerra Communications, Inc., SOURCECORP, Incorporated, and Mobile Satellite... View Full Profile

Andrew D. Africk

Mr. Clark has been a director since March 7, 2006. Mr. Clark is a private investor who has more than 30 years of general management experience in the communications, technology and manufacturing sectors. In 1997, he founded SpectraSite Communications, Inc., a wireless communications tower operator based in Cary, North Carolina with a nationwide portfolio of 8,000 towers. He served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the board... View Full Profile

Stephen H. Clark

Mr. Gaske has been our Executive Vice President, North American Division since February 2006 and has also served as HNS' Executive Vice President, North American Division since 1999. Mr. Gaske joined HNS in 1977. Mr. Gaske has held a variety of engineering, marketing, and business management positions throughout his career. Mr. Gaske holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Master of... View Full Profile

T. Paul Gaske

Mr. Morris has been our and HNS' Executive Vice President, Engineering since February 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Morris had been Senior Vice President of Engineering of HNS since 1996. His career began with HNS in 1982 as a hardware design engineer and he has held a variety of technical and management positions throughout his career. Mr. Morris received a Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity College Dublin and a Master of Science degree in... View Full Profile

Adrian Morris

Mr. Pourmand has been our Executive Vice President, International Division since February 2006 and has served as Executive Vice President, International Division of HNS since 1993. Mr. Pourmand joined HNS in 1979 and is currently responsible for all aspects of HNS' international operations, including oversight of profit and loss, marketing, product development and strategic direction for HNS' global activities. He is also a member of HNS'... View Full Profile

Bahram Pourmand

Ms. Belmonte has been our Assistant Secretary since March 2007. Ms. Belmonte joined HNS in January 2007 as Senior Counsel, Securities. Prior to joining HNS, from 2002 to 2006, Ms. Belmonte was an associate with the law firms of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Patton Boggs LLP where she practiced securities and general corporate law. Ms. Belmonte received Bachelor of Science degrees in Multinational Business Operations, Marketing and... View Full Profile

Cleo V. Belmonte, J.D.

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Insider Transactions: HUGH

Date	Name	Shares	Transaction Type	Market Value
05/28/08	LEDDY JEFFREY A	65,000	Sale	$3.25 M
05/28/08	MORRIS ADRIAN	24,126	Award of Stock Options	$0.00
05/28/08	MORRIS ADRIAN	24,000	Sale	$1.20 M

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Ownership Breakdown : HUGH

Large Block Holder Type	Number
Institutions	70.00
Mutual Fund	73.00
Other Major	5.00

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Indices : HUGH

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
$RUT.X	Russell 2000 Index	—	——%

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Short Interest Volume: HUGH

Data as of 6/10/08

Current Short Interest Shares	1.09 B
Current Short Interest Ratio	4.00
Float	18.97 M

Short Interest as % of Float	2.70
Average Daily Volume	133,000.00
Outstanding Shares	21.36 M

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SEC Filings: HUGH

Accepted Date	Description
07/03/2008	SEC Filing: Employee benefit Plans
05/29/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell
05/29/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell

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