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THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.
Part I
Item 1. Business ....................................................... 3
Item 1A. Risk Factors ................................................... 22
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments ........................................ 34
Item 2. Properties ...................................................... 34
Item 3. Legal Proceedings ................................................ 34
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ....................... 35
Part II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities ...................................... 36
Item 6. Selected Financial Data ............................................ 38
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations ......................................................... 39
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk ................ 64
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ...................... 65
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2008, 2007
and 2006 ......................................................... 66
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 .................. 67
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income
for the Years Ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 ....................... 68
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2008, 2007
and 2006 ......................................................... 69
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements .............................. 70
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure .......................................................... 108
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures .......................................... 108
Item 9B. Other Information ............................................... 111
Part III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance ................... 111
Item 11. Executive Compensation .......................................... 111
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters ................................................... 111
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence ..... 111
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services ................................ 111
Part IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules ............................. 111
Signatures ............................................................. 120
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