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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001415404-26-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001001082"
company_name: "DISH Network CORP"
filed_at: "2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:33:52.291455+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EchoStar enters restructuring deal with DDBS noteholders; $1.6B loan prepaid

## Summary
- EchoStar signed RSA with ad hoc group holding >82% of DDBS notes to deleverage and prepay certain notes without penalty.
- DBS SubscriberCo prepaid ~$1.6B of 11.25% term loan and 13.75% preferred interests on March 16.
- RSA adds protections for DDBS notes and increases financial flexibility, including for potential M&A.
- All pending litigation between DDBS and the noteholders was dismissed with prejudice.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001415404-26-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001001082
- company_name: DISH Network CORP
- filed_at: 2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001082/000141540426000006/0001415404-26-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001082/000141540426000006/sats-20260316x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001415404-26-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  DISH Network CORP entered into Restructuring Support Agreement with an ad hoc group representing more than 82% of holders of debt securities issued by DDBS (effective 2026-03-19).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: an ad hoc group representing more than 82% of holders of debt securities issued by DDBS
  - Effective: 2026-03-19
  source text: On March 19, 2026, EchoStar Corporation, DISH Network Corporation, DISH DBS Corporation (“DDBS”) and certain of DDBS’s subsidiaries (DDBS and its subsidiaries, collectively, the “Company”) entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “RSA” and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “Transactions”) with an ad hoc group (the “AHG”) representing more than 82% of holders of debt securities issued by DDBS (the “DDBS Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001082/000141540426000006/0001415404-26-000006-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  DISH Network CORP terminated Loan and Security Agreement with DBS SubscriberCo valued at approximately $1.6 billion (effective 2026-03-16).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: DBS SubscriberCo
  - Value: approximately $1.6 billion
  - Effective: 2026-03-16
  source text: On March 16, 2026, DBS SubscriberCo prepaid without penalty its outstanding 11.25% term loan and 13.75% preferred membership interests totaling approximately $1.6 billion, in accordance with the Loan and Security Agreement .
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001082/000141540426000006/0001415404-26-000006-index.htm

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