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Issuer:     EchoStar CORP (SATS)
CIK:        0001415404
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-23-116765
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan appointed as DISH CEO effective Nov 13, 2023
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- Hamid Akhavan, EchoStar's current CEO and President, named President and CEO of DISH effective Nov 13, 2023.
- Mr. Akhavan retains his roles at EchoStar; his compensation continues to be paid by EchoStar through merger close.
- Upon merger completion or termination, DISH will reimburse EchoStar for a portion of comp proportional to time spent as DISH CEO.
- Arrangement approved by EchoStar's Special Committee and Board of Directors.
- Appointment aligns leadership ahead of the previously announced EchoStar-DISH merger.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465923116765/0001104659-23-116765-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465923116765/tm2326297d3_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-116765

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