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Approximately 64 employees in three of our field offices have voted to have a union represent them in contract
negotiations. While we are not currently a party to any collective bargaining agreements, we are currently
negotiating collective bargaining agreements at these offices.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and accordingly file our annual report on
Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC. The public may read and copy any materials filed with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room
at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the
operation of the Public Reference Room. As an electronic filer, our public filings are also maintained on the SEC’s
Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file
electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is http://www.sec.gov.
WEBSITE ACCESS
Our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to
those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act also may be accessed free of
charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we have electronically filed such material with,
or furnished it to, the SEC. The address of that website is http://www.dishnetwork.com.
We have adopted a written code of ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our
principal executive officer and senior financial officers, in accordance with Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002 and the rules of the SEC promulgated thereunder. Our code of ethics is available on our corporate website
at http://www.dishnetwork.com. In the event that we make changes in, or provide waivers of, the provisions of this
code of ethics that the SEC requires us to disclose, we intend to disclose these events on our website.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
(furnished in accordance with Item 401 (b) of Regulation S-K, pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K)
The following table and information below sets forth the name, age and position with DISH Network of each of our
executive officers, the period during which each executive officer has served as such, and each executive officer’s
business experience during the past five years:
Name Age Position
Charles W. Ergen ............ 57 Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
W. Erik Carlson............... 41 Executive Vice President, DNS and Service Operations
Thomas A. Cullen ........... 51 Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Programming
James DeFranco .............. 58 Executive Vice President and Director
R. Stanton Dodge ............ 43 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Bernard L. Han................ 46 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Michael Kelly .................. 49 Executive Vice President, Direct, Commercial and Advertising Sales
Roger J. Lynch ................ 48 Executive Vice President, Advanced Technologies
Robert E. Olson ............... 51 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Stephen W. Wood ........... 52 Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Charles W. Ergen. Mr. Ergen has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of DISH
Network since its formation and, during the past five years, has held various executive officer and director positions
with DISH Network’s subsidiaries. Mr. Ergen also serves as Chairman of EchoStar. Mr. Ergen was appointed
President of DISH Network in February 2008. Mr. Ergen, along with his spouse, Cantey Ergen, and James
DeFranco, was a co-founder of DISH Network in 1980.