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ERGEN CHARLES W EchoStar CORP ECHO

Stake: 50.90% Shares: 148,681,347 CUSIP: 278768106 Class: Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented as follows: During the third quarter of each year, Mr. Ergen receives an annuity amount from the 2025 July GRAT, assuming that the 2025 July GRAT has not expired. The number of shares of Class B Common Stock to be distributed as an annuity payment is based in part on the price of the Class A Common Stock on the distribution date and therefore cannot be calculated until the date of distribution. In addition to shares of Class B Common Stock, the annuity payments (and their associated timing) may include, and be based upon, amounts generated from the holdings of the 2025 July GRAT including, among other things, stock recapitalizations or dividends paid or payable with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock held by the 2025 July GRAT. On July 29, 2026, the 2025 July GRAT distributed 1,502,440 shares of Class B Common Stock held by the 2025 July GRAT to Mr. Ergen as an annuity payment. Therefore, the 2025 July GRAT has beneficial ownership of 6,497,560 shares of Class B Common Stock. The 2025 July GRAT is scheduled to expire in accordance with its terms on July 29, 2027. .

Cross-References

Insider Activity (last 365d)
6 transactions
1 buys · 2 sales · 2 awards/exercises
Issuer Cluster
31 13D/G filings on this issuer
30 other filings besides this one
Filer Track Record
62 filings by this filer
61 other filings in the data moat
Short Interest · settle 2026-07-15
DTC 6.94
31,083,612 shares short · -4.3% vs prior

Institutional Consensus · 2026-03-31

Held by elite portfolio managers
2 holders · $150.04M
Duquesne Family OfficePoint72 Asset Mgmt

Form 4 Insider Transactions · last 365d

DateInsiderRoleTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-07-01 ORBAN PAUL W officer Award 297
2026-07-01 ORBAN PAUL W officer F 9 $100.88 $908
2026-06-05 Akhavan Hamid director, officer Option exercise 122,500 $14.04 $1.72M
2026-06-05 Akhavan Hamid director, officer Sale 45,073 $121.00 $5.45M
2026-06-05 Akhavan Hamid director, officer Option exercise 20,417 $14.04 $287K
2026-06-05 Akhavan Hamid director, officer Sale 7,513 $121.00 $909K

Other 13D/G Filings on EchoStar CORP

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2026-07-22 SCHEDULE 13D/A ERGEN CHARLES W 148,681,347 view →
2026-07-14 SCHEDULE 13D/A ERGEN CHARLES W 148,681,347 view →
2026-06-30 SCHEDULE 13D/A ERGEN CHARLES W 148,681,314 view →
2026-06-17 SCHEDULE 13D/A ERGEN CHARLES W 51.00% 148,681,314 view →
2026-05-15 SCHEDULE 13D/A ERGEN CHARLES W 148,681,314 view →
2025-07-31 SCHEDULE ERGEN CHARLES W 50.50% 143,388,224 view →
2025-06-30 SCHEDULE ERGEN CHARLES W 50.60% 143,388,224 view →
2024-07-12 SC ERGEN CHARLES W view →
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2023-06-12 SC ERGEN CHARLES W view →
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2022-06-10 SC ERGEN CHARLES W view →
2022-04-01 SC ERGEN CHARLES W view →
2021-12-07 SC ERGEN CHARLES W view →
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Other Filings by ERGEN CHARLES W

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2026-07-22 SCHEDULE 13D/A EchoStar CORP 148,681,347 view →
2026-07-14 SCHEDULE 13D/A EchoStar CORP 148,681,347 view →
2026-06-30 SCHEDULE 13D/A EchoStar Corp ECHO 148,681,314 view →
2026-06-17 SCHEDULE 13D/A EchoStar CORP ECHO 51.00% 148,681,314 view →
2026-05-15 SCHEDULE 13D/A EchoStar CORP ECHO 148,681,314 view →
2025-07-31 SCHEDULE EchoStar CORP SATS 50.50% 143,388,224 view →
2025-06-30 SCHEDULE EchoStar CORP SATS 50.60% 143,388,224 view →
2024-07-12 SC EchoStar CORP SATS view →
2024-05-15 SC EchoStar CORP SATS view →
2024-04-02 SC EchoStar CORP SATS view →
2024-01-04 SC EchoStar CORP SATS view →
2024-01-03 SC DISH Network CORP view →
2023-10-03 SC DISH Network CORP view →
2023-10-03 SC EchoStar CORP SATS view →
2023-06-12 SC EchoStar CORP SATS view →
2023-06-06 SC DISH Network CORP view →
2023-04-03 SC EchoStar CORP SATS view →
2022-12-06 SC DISH Network CORP view →
2022-06-10 SC EchoStar CORP SATS view →
2022-06-06 SC DISH Network CORP view →
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