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11-Jun-2008
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Unregistered Sale of Equity Se
As previously disclosed, on February 5, 2008, TerreStar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and its majority owned subsidiary, TerreStar Networks Inc. ("TerreStar") entered into a Spectrum Agreement (the "EchoStar Agreement"), with EchoStar Corporation ("EchoStar"), which provided for the lease to the Company of EchoStar's current holdings of 1.4 GHz spectrum along with an option to acquire the special-purpose company through which EchoStar holds these licenses in exchange for the issuance of 30 million shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"). On February 5, 2008, the Company also entered into a Spectrum Contribution Agreement (the "Harbinger Contribution Agreement"), with certain affiliates of Harbinger Capital Partners (collectively "Harbinger"), which provided that, following Company shareholder approval, Harbinger would assign to the Company a fully-paid option to purchase certain 1.4 GHz licenses and related intellectual property from CCTV Wireless I, LLC, in exchange for the issuance of 1.2 million shares of the Company's Series E Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, convertible into 30 million shares of Common Stock (the "Junior Preferred"). Each of EchoStar and Harbinger currently have two representatives on the Company's board of directors.
The EchoStar Agreement and the Harbinger Contribution Agreement were previously filed as Exhibits 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2008 (the "February 8, 2008 Form 8-K") and are incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01. On June 10, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the special-purpose company under the EchoStar Agreement, acquired the spectrum over which Harbinger held an option pursuant to the Harbinger Contribution Agreement, issued 30 million shares of Common Stock to EchoStar, issued 1.2 million shares of the Junior Preferred to Harbinger and otherwise completed the transactions considered by those agreements. A copy of the press release describing the closing of the transactions is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information set forth in Item 2.01 hereof is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
The issuance and sale of the Common Stock and the Junior Preferred pursuant to
the EchoStar Agreement and the Harbinger Contribution Agreement, respectively,
is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Regulation D promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933. The Company intends to register the Common Stock
issued to EchoStar and the Common Stock underlying the shares of the Junior
Preferred with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 5, 2008, among the Company,
TerreStar, EchoStar, Harbinger and the other institutional investors party
thereto, previously filed as exhibit 4.5 to the February 8, 2008 Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
99.1 Press Release, dated June 11, 2008.
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