---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-131346"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SATS"
cik: "0001415404"
company_name: "EchoStar CORP"
filed_at: "2022-12-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T21:24:39.469084+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EchoStar President Pradman Kaul retires from subsidiaries, named Vice Chair

## Summary
- Kaul retires as President of Hughes Communications and Hughes Network Systems effective Dec 31, 2022; remains on board, appointed Vice Chair Jan 1, 2023.
- Letter agreement modifies 2016 and 2022 stock options to vest based on board service instead of employment; unvested 2019 options forfeited.
- Vested 2019 options exercisable until Jan 31, 2023; non-competition covenants amended.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-131346
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SATS
- cik: 0001415404
- company_name: EchoStar CORP
- filed_at: 2022-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465922131346/0001104659-22-131346-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465922131346/tm2233724d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-131346
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-131346.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-131346.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Pradman P. Kaul was appointed as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at EchoStar CORP.
  - Action: retired from President, appointed Vice Chair
  - Role: Vice Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: Pradman P. Kaul will retire from his positions as President of Hughes Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Hughes Communications”), and as President of Hughes Network Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2022. Mr. Kaul will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and has been appointed to serve as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465922131346/0001104659-22-131346-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.