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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · EchoStar (ECHO)

EchoStar completes $20.25 billion sale of spectrum licenses to AT&T

Positive Impact 5 of 5 m&a Written later

EchoStar and other seller parties closed the sale of their 3.45 GHz and 600 MHz spectrum licenses to an AT&T subsidiary on July 28, 2026, receiving $20.25 billion in proceeds. Proceeds also funded a $2.4 billion FCC-mandated trust for claims tied to the sold network, and related DISH debt was repaid in full.

Key points

  • Seller received $20.25 billion in proceeds; an additional $2.4 billion was deposited by the buyer into the FCC Trust.
  • All amounts under a DISH DBS-to-DISH Network loan agreement were satisfied in full at closing.
  • About $3.686 billion of 11 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 was redeemed in full at closing.
  • DISH DBS repaid $2 billion of 7.75% Senior Notes due July 1, 2026, with accrued interest, under bankruptcy court authorization.

The filing

CompanyEchoStar (ECHO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJul 28, 2026, 4:14 PM ET
Accession number0001415404-26-000035

Items reported: 1.02 Termination of Material Agreement2.01 Acquisition or Disposition Completed8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:30 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on July 28, 2026.

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