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EchoStar Announces $1.0-B Debt Offering

 

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 20, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) announced on Thursday that its subsidiary, EchoStar DBS Corporation, is offering approximately $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of debt securities in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 144A.

 

The company said the proceeds of the offering are intended to be used to redeem EchoStar DBS's outstanding 9-1/8% Senior Notes due 2009 as well as for general corporate purposes.

 

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