---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-003055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SATS"
cik: "0001415404"
company_name: "EchoStar CORP"
filed_at: "2023-01-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T16:30:25.388139+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EchoStar CAO Muhammad Ali Butt terminated; Jeffrey Boggs named interim principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Muhammad Ali Butt terminated as SVP & CAO effective Jan 5, 2023.
- Jeffrey S. Boggs appointed interim principal accounting officer effective Jan 6, 2023.
- Boggs, 60, has been with EchoStar/Hughes over 35 years, most recently SVP Global Finance at Hughes.
- No family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure per Item 404(a) of Reg S-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-003055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SATS
- cik: 0001415404
- company_name: EchoStar CORP
- filed_at: 2023-01-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465923003055/0001104659-23-003055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465923003055/tm233134d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-003055
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-003055.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Muhammad Ali Butt was terminated as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at EchoStar CORP.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On and effective January 5, 2023, Muhammad Ali Butt’s employment with EchoStar Corporation (the “Company”) as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer was terminated and he will no longer serve as principal accounting officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465923003055/0001104659-23-003055-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey S. Boggs was appointed as interim principal accounting officer at EchoStar CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim principal accounting officer
  source text: On and effective January 6, 2023, Jeffrey S. Boggs, Senior Vice President of Global Finance of Hughes Network Systems, LLC (“HNS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has been appointed to serve as the Company’s interim principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465923003055/0001104659-23-003055-index.htm

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