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Issuer:     Hughes Satellite Systems Corp (—)
CIK:        0001533758
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-07T13:01:26+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-080994
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Hamid Akhavan resigns; Charles Ergen takes over Hughes; EchoStar Capital folded
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- Hamid Akhavan resigned as CEO of EchoStar Capital, President/CEO of Hughes, and board member, effective July 6, 2026.
- Charles W. Ergen assumes role as Principal Executive Officer of Hughes.
- EchoStar Capital will be folded into Corporate Development led by EVP Thomas A. Cullen.
- Akhavan's outstanding options vesting accelerated to July 6, 2026; he will consult through Dec 31, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1533758/000110465926080994/0001104659-26-080994-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465926080994/tm2619909d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-080994

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