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SEC Comment Letter for INTELSAT LTD (CIK 0001156871) — Dec 12, 2005

INTELSAT LTD (CIK 0001156871)
Date: Dec. 12, 2005 · CIK: 0001156871 · Accession: 0000000000-05-061798

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

Referenced dates: November 4, 2005, October 12, 2005

Date
December 12, 2005
Author
Larry Spirgel
Form
UPLOAD
Company
INTELSAT LTD (CIK 0001156871)

Letter

December 12, 2005 Mr. Robert Medlin Acting Chief Financial Officer Intelsat Ltd. Wellesley House North, 2nd Floor 90 Pitts Bay Road Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarters Ended September 30, File No. 0-50262

Re: Intelsat Ltd. Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Filed March 15, 2005

Dear Mr. Medlin:

We have reviewed your amendment and supplemental response letter dated November 4, 2005 as well as your filing and have the following comments. As noted in our comment letter dated October 12, 2005, we have limited our review to your financial statements and related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to other portions of your documents.

Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

Adjusted EBITDA, page 66

1. We note your response to comment 1 and your discussion of Consolidated EBITDA, Covenant EBITDA, Indenture EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA on page 97-100 of your S-4. If you choose to present EBITDA as defined in your debt covenants please present only the historical and required EBITDA as defined in your debt covenants. Also discuss circumstances surrounding your use of this non-GAAP measure to demonstrate compliance with financial covenants contained in your credit agreements and disclose whether you are in compliance with your debt covenants.

2. In addition, we note your statement on page 100 of your S-4 that Covenant EBITDA and Indenture EBITDA are operating performance measures and not liquidity measures. Since the EBITDA you are discussing is defined in your debt covenants we believe it is a measure of liquidity. Please revise or advise.

Note 20 Business segment and geographic location, page F-35

3. Please refer to prior comment 5. Tell us how you determined that revenues from lease, channel, managed, and mobile satellite services are a group of similar services for purposes of paragraph 37 of FAS 131.

Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarters ended September 30, 2005

Note 8 Satellite developments, page 13

4. We note your response to comment 8 and your additional disclosure on page F-9 of your S-4 which states that you recognize revenue under revenue share agreements with other fixed satellite service providers in accordance with EITF 99-19. Please expand your disclosure to state that you recognize revenue from revenue share agreements on a net basis.

Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. In addition, you should make corresponding changes to the pending registration statement on Form S-4 to the extent applicable. You may contact Inessa Berenbaum, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3371 or Dean Suehiro, Senior Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3384 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact me at (202) 551-3810 with any other questions.

Sincerely,
Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
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Mail Stop 3561

      							December 12, 2005

Mr. Robert Medlin
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Intelsat Ltd.
Wellesley House North, 2nd Floor
90 Pitts Bay Road
Pembroke HM 08, Bermuda

	Re:	Intelsat Ltd.
      Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
		Filed March 15, 2005

		Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarters Ended September 30,
2005
      File No. 0-50262

Dear Mr. Medlin:

      We have reviewed your amendment and supplemental response
letter dated November 4, 2005 as well as your filing and have the
following comments.  As noted in our comment letter dated October
12,
2005, we have limited our review to your financial statements and
related disclosures and do not intend to expand our review to
other
portions of your documents.

Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004

Adjusted EBITDA, page 66

1. We note your response to comment 1 and your discussion of
Consolidated EBITDA, Covenant EBITDA, Indenture EBITDA, and
adjusted
EBITDA on page 97-100 of your S-4.  If you choose to present
EBITDA
as defined in your debt covenants please present only the
historical
and required EBITDA as defined in your debt covenants.  Also
discuss
circumstances surrounding your use of this non-GAAP measure to
demonstrate compliance with financial covenants contained in your
credit agreements and disclose whether you are in compliance with
your debt covenants.

2. In addition, we note your statement on page 100 of your S-4
that
Covenant EBITDA and Indenture EBITDA are operating performance
measures and not liquidity measures.  Since the EBITDA you are
discussing is defined in your debt covenants we believe it is a
measure of liquidity.  Please revise or advise.

Note 20 Business segment and geographic location, page F-35

3. Please refer to prior comment 5.  Tell us how you determined
that
revenues from lease, channel, managed, and mobile satellite
services
are a group of similar services for purposes of paragraph 37 of
FAS
131.

Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarters ended September 30, 2005

 Note 8 Satellite developments, page 13

4. We note your response to comment 8 and your additional
disclosure
on page F-9 of your S-4 which states that you recognize revenue
under
revenue share agreements with other fixed satellite service
providers
in accordance with EITF 99-19.  Please expand your disclosure to
state that you recognize revenue from revenue share agreements on
a
net basis.

      Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or
tell us when you will provide us with a response.  In addition,
you
should make corresponding changes to the pending registration
statement on Form S-4 to the extent applicable.  You may contact
Inessa Berenbaum, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3371 or Dean
Suehiro, Senior Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3384 if you have
questions regarding comments on the financial statements and
related
matters.  Please contact me at (202) 551-3810 with any other
questions.

								Sincerely,

								Larry Spirgel
								Assistant Director
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Mr. Robert Medlin
Intelsat, Ltd.
December 12, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

         DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE

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