SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-011988 to DISH Network CORP (CIK 0001001082)
DISH Network CORP (CIK 0001001082)
Date: Oct. 28, 2024 · CIK: 0001001082 · Accession: 0000000000-24-011988
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October 28, 2024
Dean A. Manson
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
DISH Network Corporation
EchoStar Corporation
9601 South Meridian Boulevard
Englewood, Colorado 80112
Re:DISH Network Corporation
EchoStar Corporation
Schedule TO-I Filed October 11, 2024
File No. 005-46313
Dear Dean A. Manson:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments.
Please respond to these comments by providing the requested information or advise us
as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your
facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments.
All defined terms used herein have the same meaning as in your offer materials, unless
otherwise indicated.
Schedule TO-I Filed October 11, 2024
General
1.Since the exchange offers commenced upon filing of the registration statement, the
statement on the cover page that the Prospectus is “subject to completion” and
“preliminary” is inapplicable. Please revise accordingly. Refer to Telephone
Interpretation I.E.2 in the July 2001 supplement to our “Manual of Publicly Available
Telephone Interpretations” that is available on the Commission’s website at
http://www.sec.gov.
We note the disclosure throughout the Prospectus (e.g., on page 2) that because “the
Consenting Creditors represent over a majority of each of the DISH Network 2025
Notes and the DISH Network 2026 Notes, EchoStar expects to receive the Requisite
Consents in the consent solicitations.” You also disclose that the Consenting Creditors
represent over 90% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Existing 2.
October 28, 2024
Page 2
Notes. Please revise to state, if true, that EchoStar expects to satisfy the Minimum
Tender Condition because of the Transaction Support Agreement, or otherwise advise.
3.We note the references to a letter of transmittal throughout the Prospectus, whereas
the disclosure on page 63 of the Prospectus indicates that “[t]here is no letter of
transmittal for the exchange offers or consent solicitations.” Please revise your offer
materials to address this inconsistency. If any letter of transmittal is being used in
connection with the exchange offers, please attach it as an exhibit to the Schedule TO.
See Item 12 of Schedule TO and Item 1016(a)(1) of Regulation M-A.
Item 5. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements, page 5
4.We note the description of the Transaction Support Agreement and Commitment
Agreement incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Summary – Recent
Developments” in the Prospectus. Please expand your description to name all persons
that are parties to these agreements and describe all material provisions. See Item
1005(e) of Regulation M-A. For example, since the exchange offers are conditioned
upon “the Transaction Support Agreement [being] in full force and effect” (page 60 of
the Prospectus), please include a description of the termination provisions of the
Transaction Support Agreement.
5.See comment 4 above. Please confirm that the Consenting Creditors are all accredited
investors in compliance with Question 139.29 of the Securities Act Sections
Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, dated August 11, 2010, that is available
on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Item 10. Financial Statements, page 6
6.Where a filing person elects to incorporate by reference the information required by
Item 1010(a) of Regulation M-A, all of the summarized financial information required
by Item 1010(c) must be disclosed in the document furnished to security holders. See
Instruction 6 to Item 10 of Schedule TO and Telephone Interpretation I.H.7 in the July
2001 supplement to our “Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations.”
Please revise your disclosure to include the information required by Item 1010(c) of
Regulation M-A and disseminate the amended disclosure as required by Exchange
Act Rule 13e-4(e)(3).
We remind you that the filing persons are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy
of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by
the staff.
Please direct any questions to Shane Callaghan at 202-551-6977 or Perry Hindin at
202-551-3444.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Mergers & Acquisitions