On February 28, 2017, EchoStar Corporation (EchoStar) and certain
of its subsidiaries consummated a share exchange (the Share
Exchange) with DISH Network Corporation and certain of its
subsidiaries, to which EchoStar and its subsidiary, Hughes
Satellite Systems Corporation (HSS), received all of the shares
of the Hughes Retail Preferred Tracking Stock issued by EchoStar
and HSS in exchange for 50% of the equity interests of certain
EchoStar subsidiaries that held substantially all of its EchoStar
Technologies businesses and certain other assets. Following the
consummation of the Share Exchange, as of March 2017, EchoStar
discontinued operations of its EchoStar Technologies business
segment. Effective in March 2017, EchoStar also changed its
overhead allocation methodology to reflect how the chief
operating decision maker evaluates its business segments.
Historically, the costs of all corporate functions were included
on an allocated basis in each of the business segments earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Under the
revised allocation methodology, these costs are now reported and
analyzed as part of Corporate and Other (previously All Other and
Eliminations). EchoStar is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K
to provide certain preliminary unaudited segment financial
information for the three months ended June 30, 2016, September
30, 2016 and December 31, 2016 and for the year ended December
31, 2016. The actual results reported in EchoStar’s future
filings may differ from these preliminary results due to the
completion of EchoStar’s quarterly financial review procedures.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits