SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ergen 2005 Five Year GRAT dated November 9 2005 (Last) (First) (Middle) 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. (Street) ENGLEWOOD CO 80112 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EchoStar Holding CORP [ SATS ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below) Joint Filing Group	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Common Stock(1)	(2)	(2)	Class A Common Stock	1,967,820	(2)	D(4)(3)
Class B Common Stock(1)	(2)	(2)	Class A Common Stock	1,784,104	(2)	D(3)(5)
Class B Common Stock(1)	(2)	(2)	Class A Common Stock	1,474,255	(2)	D(3)(6)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ergen 2005 Five Year GRAT dated November 9 2005 (Last) (First) (Middle) 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. (Street) ENGLEWOOD CO 80112 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ergen 2005 Four Year GRAT dated November 9 2005 (Last) (First) (Middle) 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. (Street) ENGLEWOOD CO 80112 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ergen 2005 Three Year GRAT dated November 9 2005 (Last) (First) (Middle) 9601 S. MERIDIAN BLVD. (Street) ENGLEWOOD CO 80112 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares were received in connection with a spin-off of EchoStar Communications Corporation's ("ECC") technology and certain infrastructure assets effective on January 1, 2008 (the "Spin-Off").

2. Each Grantor Retained Annuity Trust ("GRAT") may elect to convert any or all of its Class B shares into an equal number of Class A shares at any time for no additional consideration.

3. There is no formal agreement to vote or dispose of the shares owned by each GRAT in a particular manner. The dispositive and voting power of the shares held by each of the GRATs is made independent of each other, except to the extent that Mr. David K. Moskowitz is the trustee of each of the GRATs and in that respect is able to control the disposition and voting of the shares of Class B Common Stock owned by each such GRAT.

4. Held by the Ergen Five-Year GRAT.

5. Held by the Ergen Four-Year GRAT.

6. Held by the Ergen Three-Year GRAT.

Remarks:

	/s/ David K. Moskowitz, Trustee of the Ergen Five-Year GRAT dated November 9, 2005, by Brandon Ehrhart, his Attorney in Fact	01/11/2008
	/s/ David K. Moskowitz, Trustee of the Ergen Four-Year GRAT dated November 9, 2005, by Brandon Ehrhart, his Attorney in Fact	01/11/2008
	/s/ David K. Moskowitz, Trustee of the Ergen Three-Year GRAT dated November 9, 2005, by Brandon Ehrhart, his Attorney in Fact	01/11/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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