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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*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 12/22/2020 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DISH Network CORP [ DISH ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 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) |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 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) | (1) | Class A Common Stock | 42,000,000 | (1) | D(2) | |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. The 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. |
| 2. On December 22, 2020, Charles W. Ergen established the Ergen Two-Year December 2020 DISH GRAT and contributed 42,000,000 Class B shares, resulting in the transfer of a total of 42,000,000 Class B shares. Mrs. Cantey M. Ergen serves as the trustee of such GRAT. |
| /s/ Mrs. Cantey M. Ergen, Trustee of the Ergen Two-Year December 2020 DISH GRAT, by Brandon Ehrhart her Attorney in Fact, Attorney-in-Fact | 12/30/2020 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these
presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each
of Timothy Messner, Brandon Ehrhart, Eric Pagels, Brittni Fabinak,
and Jonathan Anderson signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)
execute for and on
behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;
(2)
do and perform any
and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
timely file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and
(3)
take any other
action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The
undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by DISH NETWORK Corporation, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 22nd day of December 2020.
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Name of Trust: Ergen Two-Year
December 2020 DISH GRAT
By: /s/
Cantey M. Ergen
Its
Trustee
Printed Name: Cantey M.
Ergen
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