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exv10w25

 

Exhibit 10.25

	 	 	 
	 	 	
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
 
	 	 	
The asterisked (“**”) portions of this document have been
	 	 	
omitted and filed separately with the Securities and
	 	 	
Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for
	 	 	
confidential treatment.

Amendment No. 2 to

CONTRACT INTELSAT-2799

between

Intelsat LLC

14 Dundonald Street West

Hamilton, Bermuda HM 09

and

Sea Launch Limited Partnership

Acting through its General Partner

Sea Launch Company, L.L.C

One World Trade Center

Suite 950

Long Beach, California 98031-0950

for

Intelsat Spacecraft

Launch and Associated Services

 

	 	 

Date: 9 September 2003

 

 

	 	 	 
	 	 	
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
 
	 	 	
The asterisked (“**”) portions of this document have been
	 	 	
omitted and filed separately with the Securities and
	 	 	
Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for
	 	 	
confidential treatment.

     This Amendment No. 2 is entered into this __9__day of September 2003
(“Effective Date”) by and between Intelsat LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, having its office at 14 Dundonald Street West, Hamilton, Bermuda HM 09
(hereinafter referred to as “Intelsat” or “Customer”) and Sea Launch Limited
Partnership, an exempted limited partnership duly organized and existing under
the laws of the Cayman Islands and acting through its General Partner, Sea
Launch Company, L.L.C., a United States of America limited liability company
duly registered and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having
its principal office at One World Trade Center, Suite 950, Long Beach,
California 90831 USA (hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor”).

     WITNESSETH THAT:

     WHEREAS, the Parties entered into Contract Intelsat-2799, dated 12
December 2001, hereinafter referred to as the “Contract”; and

     WHEREAS, the Parties entered into Contract Amendment No.1 on 4 February
2002; and

     WHEREAS, on 14 January 2003, the Parties agreed to a Term Sheet which
provides changes to the Contract, as incorporated in this Amendment; and

     WHEREAS, based on agreements reached in the 14 January 2003 Term Sheet,
both Parties acknowledge that: i) Intelsat has paid the Contractor ********;
ii) the Contractor has incurred costs in the amount of ********; and iii) the
Contractor has agreed to an initial credit of ******** to the Contract Price of
********, which credit will

 

	 	 
	 	

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decline over time depending on Intelsat’s decision timeframe to assign a new
payload under this Contract; and

WHEREAS, in the 14 January 2003 Term Sheet the Parties agreed that this
Contract for launch services covers both the Intelsat X spacecraft as well as
any other payload that the Contractor may accommodate and that Intelsat may
select for launch; and

     WHEREAS, Intelsat and Contractor wish to modify the Launch Support
Coordination and Notices Articles to incorporate changes in technical and
contract personnel;

     NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree that Contract Intelsat-2799, as
amended,is hereby further amended as follows:

	1)	 	Amend Table of Contents as follows:
	 
	 	 	Delete the reference to ARTICLE 7 in its entirety and insert in lieu
thereof:
	 
	 	 	“ARTICLE 7 – RESERVED”
	 
	2)	 	Amend ARTICLE 1 – DEFINITIONS as follows:
	 
		 	a)    Add the following definition:
	 
	 	 	“Firm Payload Selection Notification means the formal written
notification from Intelsat to the Contractor notifying the Contractor of
a payload assignment whether it be for the Payload selected for Firm
Launch No. 1 or an Optional Launch ********.”

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	b)    Delete the definition for Launch Period in its entirety and
insert in lieu thereof:

		 	“Launch Period means a time period of at least ******** with a Launch
Slot possibility as specified in Article 3, Schedule for Delivery of
Launch Services.”
	 
		 	c)    Delete the definition for Launch Services in its entirety and
insert in lieu thereof:

		 	“Launch Services means the Launch and those activities, including
performance of mission analysis, furnishing the Launch Vehicle and launch
crew and arranging for the launch complex and range services, necessary
to launch the Launch Vehicle with Intelsat’s Payload as specified in
Article 2, Launch Services to be Provided.”
	 
		 	d)    Delete the definition for Launch Site in its entirety and
insert in lieu thereof:

		 	“Launch Site means the physical location for the Launch, including the
associated installations and equipment. The geographic location on the
equator from which the Launch will take place specifically, 0 degrees N
latitude, 154 degrees W longitude.”
	 
		 	e) Delete the definition for Launch Vehicle in its entirety and
insert in lieu thereof:

		 	“Launch Vehicle means the expendable launch vehicle Zenit 3SL with the
performance characteristics as specified in Exhibit A utilized by the
Contractor to perform the Launch of a Payload.”

 

	 	 
	 	

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	3)	 	Amend ARTICLE 2 – LAUNCH SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED
	 
	 	 	Delete the text set forth therein in its entirety and insert in lieu
thereof:

	“2.1	 	Subject to the restrictions set forth herein, Intelsat shall
assign a Payload and the Contractor shall furnish Launch Services
for Firm Launch No.1. Intelsat’s Payload selection for Firm Launch
No.1 must be delivered to the Contractor in writing (“Firm Payload
Selection Notification”). Upon receipt of Intelsat’s Firm Payload
Selection Notification, the Contractor, in consideration for
payments made by Intelsat under this Contract, and in compliance
with the terms and conditions contained herein, shall furnish Launch
Services for Firm Launch No.1 to be defined by Exhibit A for the
purpose of delivering Intelsat’s Payload into orbit from a marine
launch platform located on the equator in the Pacific Ocean, in
accordance with the Intelsat Launch Specifications (including the
required Interface Control Document to be developed and approved by
both Parties) and the Launch Services Contractor Statement of Work,
attached as Exhibits A and B to this Contract. Upon Intelsat’s Firm
Payload Selection Notification, the Parties will revise the
Contract’s technical exhibits (e.g., Exhibits A, B and C) to reflect
the specific requirements for the Payload selected and compatible
with the Contractor’s current Users Manual. These revisions will be
subsequently incorporated into the Contract via a Contract
amendment.
	 
	2.2	 	Should Intelsat fail to issue a Firm Payload Selection
Notification by close of business 31 July 2005, the Contractor shall
have the right to terminate this Contract in accordance with the
termination provisions set forth in Paragraph 25.1 of Article 25,
Termination. Intelsat’s Payload selection for

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	Firm Launch No.1
shall not be for a payload for which the Contractor is competing (at
the time of Intelsat’s selection) or for which the Contractor has
been awarded a contract for the launch of said payload. Intelsat’s
initial Payload selection for Firm Launch No.1 shall not be subject
to the terms of Article 30, Right of Substitution of a Payload. Any
subsequent
changes to Intelsat’s Payload selection for Firm Launch No.1 shall
be subject to the terms of Article 30, Right of Substitution of a
Payload.
	 
	2.3	 	The Contractor grants to Intelsat the right to exercise up to
an aggregate of ******** Launch Options (Options ********) for the
Launch of an Intelsat Payload. These Launch Options shall be
subject to the terms of Article 30, Right of Substitution of a
Payload. To exercise one of these Launch Options, Intelsat shall
give written notice to the Contractor indicating its exercise of the
Launch Option at least twelve (12) months prior to the first day of
the Launch Period requested for such Launch Option if the Payload is
for a payload substantially the same as the Payload selected for
Firm Launch No. 1 or an Astrium Eurostar 3000. If the Payload is
anything other than a payload substantially the same as the Initial
Payload or an Astrium Eurostar 3000, Intelsat shall give written
notice to the Contractor indicating its exercise of the Launch
Option at least fifteen (15) months prior to the first day of the
Launch Period requested for such Launch Option.
	 
	2.4	 	Any of the Launch Services provided by the Contractor under
this Contract shall include one (1) round trip transit of the
Assembly and Command Ship (ACS) and Launch Platform (LP) between
Home Port and the Launch Site, except to the extent that the
Contractor requests or experiences a postponement pursuant to
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		 	or Postponements, of this Contract
after the departure of the ACS and the LP from Home Port, in which
event ********.”

	4)	 	Amend ARTICLE 3 – SCHEDULE FOR DELIVERY OF LAUNCH SERVICES as follows:
	 
	 	 	Delete the text set forth in Subsections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 in their
entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

	“3.1.1 	 	Firm Launch Services                      Launch Period
	 
	 	 	  Firm Launch No. 1                    
                 TBD*
	 
		 	*Note: Launch Period to be defined and agreed subsequent to
Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection Notification, pursuant to
Article 2, Launch Services to be Provided. Intelsat may
select a Launch Period which commences immediately after but
no later than ******** from the date of Intelsat’s Firm
Payload Selection Notification.
	 
	3.1.2	 	Optional Launch Services
	 
	 	 	Each Launch Option under Article 2, Launch
Services to be Provided, refers to a
single Launch within one of the following
Launch Periods:
	 
	 	 	Optional Launch Services                      Launch Period
	 
	 	 	           ********         
                                       ********

	5)	 	Amend ARTICLE 6 – PRICE FOR LAUNCH SERVICES as follows:

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	Delete the text set forth therein in it entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
	 
	“6.1	 	Intelsat shall pay to the
Contractor, for the Launch
Services performed under this
Contract, the following amounts
in U.S. Dollars:
	 
		 	Firm Launch No. 1         ********
	 
	 	 	**************        ********
	 
		 	The above prices are firm and fixed for the delivery periods
specified herein and include the price of all Launch Services
specified in Article 2, Launch Services to be Provided, all
******** in Article 15, Indemnification and Allocation of Certain
Risks, as well as any and all ********, except as otherwise
expressly stated herein. ********. Upon Intelsat’s Firm Payload
Selection Notification, the following applicable amount(s) shall be
credited (“Applicable Credit”) from the ******** paid to Contractor
as of 31 January 2002 to the Launch Price for Firm Launch No.1 for
purposes of milestone payments in Article 8, Payment for Launch
Services, and shall be reduced by the following:

Table 6-1

	 	 	 	 	 
	Timeline*	 	Credit applied to Launch
	
	 	

	 	 	Price for Firm Launch No.1**
	 	 	

	********
	 	********	 

		 	*Note: Applicable Credit based on actual date of Intelsat’s Firm
Payload Selection Notification.
	 
	 	 	**Note: The Credit decrease of ******** period shall cease to be
effective upon the date of contract award or modification between
the Contractor and any customer for the first new purchase or
assignment of a Launch Vehicle Contract to occur after 14 January
2003.

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	In accordance with Table 6-1 above, the Contractor shall notify
Intelsat in writing upon execution of its first new contract with
any customer for the purchase of a Launch Vehicle to occur after 14
January 2003. Should Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection
Notification designate an Astrium Eurostar 3000 bus, the Contractor
may, at its sole discretion, increase Intelsat’s Credit in Table
6-1 by up to ********.
	 
	 	 	Note: The Contractor has notified Intelsat that it executed a
contract for the purchase of a new Launch Vehicle on 5 August 2003.
Therefore the Credit decrease of ******** period shall cease to be
effective on 5 August 2003, and the Credit to be applied to the
Launch Price for Firm Launch No.1 shall be ********.
	 
	6.2	 	All associated additional launch support services identified
in Paragraph 5.6 of Exhibit B are provided ******** to Intelsat.
	 
	 	 	In addition to the Launch Services price for Firm Launch No.1, and
effective 1 March 2003, Intelsat shall pay the Contractor as
identified in Article 8, Payment for Launch Services, for the
Parent Guarantee, required in Article 35, Performance Guarantee.
Intelsat’s obligations for payment shall cease upon Intelsat’s Firm
Payload Selection Notification or termination, whichever occurs
earlier.”

	6)	 	Delete ARTICLE 7 – REPLACEMENT LAUNCH, REFLIGHT OR REFUND in its entirety
and insert the following in lieu thereof:
	 
		 	“ARTICLE 7 – RESERVED”

 

	 	 
	 	

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	7)	 	Amend ARTICLE 8 – PAYMENT FOR LAUNCH SERVICES as follows:
	 

	a)	 	Delete the text set forth in Section 8.1 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
	 
	“8.1	 	Upon Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection Notification, payment
of the Contract price shall be in U.S. Dollars and subject to
conditions and requirements set forth in Article 6, Price for Launch
Services. Payment shall be made in accordance with the following
schedule:

Table 8-1 Firm Launch No.1 Payment Schedule

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Payment Number*	 	Due Date	 	Milestone Payment Amount
	
	 	
	 	

	********
	 	********	 	********	 
	********
	 	********	 	********	 

		 	*Note: Initial ******** totaling ******** were previously paid by
Intelsat to Contractor prior to contract restructuring.
	 
	 	 	**Note: ******** due upon Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection
Notification.
	 
	 	 	***Note: Applicable Credit is defined in Article 6, Price for
Launch Services.
	 
	 	 	****Note: ********
	 
	 	 	Intelsat’s payment for the Contractor’s costs associated with its
Parent Guarantee obligations shall be in U.S. Dollars and shall be
made in accordance with the following payment schedule and
conditions below:

Table 8-2 Parent Guarantee Payment Schedule

 

	 	 
	 	

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	Payment Number	 	Due Date	 	Payment Amount
	
	 	
	 	

	********
	 	********	 	********	 
	********
	 	********	 	********	 
	********
	 	********	 	********	 

		 	*Note: All payments for Parent Guarantee charges shall cease upon
Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection Notification, if notification is
made prior to the next applicable payment due date.

Table 8–3 Launch Options ******** Payment Schedule

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Percent Of	 	 	 	 
	Payment Number	 	Due Date	 	Contract Price	 	$ Amount
	
	 	
	 	
	 	

	********
	 	********	 	********	 	********	 
	********
	 	********	 	********	 	********	 
	********
	 	********	 	********	 	********	 
	********
	 	********	 	********	 	********	 

		 	*Note: ********
	 
	 	 	**Note: ********
	 
	b)	 	Delete the text set forth in Subsection 8.2.3 in its entirety
and insert in lieu thereof:
	 
	 	 	“8.2.3 ********
	 

	8)	 	Amend ARTICLE 9 – TERMS OF PAYMENT as follows:
	 
	 	 	Delete the text set forth therein in it entirety and insert in lieu
thereof:

 

	 	 
	 	

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	“9.1	 	Payments due under this Contract shall be paid by Intelsat to the
Contractor in accordance with the payment schedule and the
requirements contained in Article 8, Payment for Launch Services. As
applicable, payments due shall include postponement fees pursuant to
Article 16, Launch Accelerations or Postponements and any adjustments
in price, pursuant to Article 17, Modification of Contract.
	 
	9.2	 	Payment terms are as follows:
	 
	9.2.1	 	The payment for Firm Launch No. 1 (payment #3) less the
Applicable Credit due as specified in Article 6 shall be due no
sooner than ******** **** from Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection
Notification. Upon receipt of Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection
Notification the Contractor shall submit an invoice and Intelsat
shall make payment no later than ******** following
receipt of a proper invoice. The initial payment at EDO for a
Launch Option exercised under this Contract shall be due no later
than ******** ***** following receipt of a proper invoice from the
Contractor.
	 
	9.2.2.	 	For those payments which are schedule driven (e.g. ******** etc.),
with the exception of the Final Payment ******** as specified in
subsection 9.2.5, if any, the Contractor shall provide Intelsat an
invoice no later than ******* ***** prior to the payment due date,
except for the ***** payment for Firm Launch No. 1 which may be
invoiced no later than ******** prior to the payment due date. Upon
receipt of a timely invoice, Intelsat shall make payment by the due
date specified in Article 8.
	 
	9.2.3	 	For those payments which are Milestone Events, if any, the
Contractor shall provide Intelsat an invoice no later than
************** following the successful completion of the applicable
Milestone Event.

 

	 	 
	 	

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	9.2.4	 	For Parent Guarantee payments, the Contractor shall provide
Intelsat an invoice no sooner than ******** for the applicable
Guarantee payment period identified in Table 8-2 of Article 8.
Intelsat shall make payment within ************ upon receipt of a
proper invoice from the Contractor.
	 
	9.2.5	 	Final Payment ********, the Contractor shall provide
Intelsat an invoice no later than ************** following Launch,
and payment shall be due no sooner than ************** from Launch
and no later than ************** following receipt of a proper
invoice from the Contractor.
	 
	9.2.6	 	All invoices shall be sent to:
	 
		 	Intelsat LLC

c/o Intelsat Global Service Corporation

3400 International Drive, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20008-3006

Attention: Accounts Payable, Mail Stop 14B”

	9	 	Amend ARTICLE 11 – LAUNCH SUPPORT COORDINATION as follows:
	 
	 	 	Delete both point-of-contacts set forth therein in their
entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	The Contractor’s technical point-of-contact is:

	 
		 	
Mr. John Steinmeyer

Sea Launch Company, L.L.C.

Phone: (562) 499-4707

Fax: (562) 499-4755
	 
	 	 	Intelsat’s technical point-of-contact is:

	 
	 	 	
Mr. Terry Edwards

Sr. Director, Spacecraft and Launch

Program Management

Telephone: (202) 944-7254

Facsimile: (202) 944-7897

	10	 	Amend ARTICLE 12 – NOTICES/COMMUNICATIONS AND DELIVERY OF DATA as
follows:
	 
	 	 	Delete the text set forth in Section 12.1 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

	“12.1	 	All notices, and communications, including deliverable data
and documentation between the Parties relating to financial,
contractual and administrative matters of this Contract, that are
required or permitted to be given under this Contract, in order to
be given effect, shall be in writing and may be delivered in person,
sent by mail, postage prepaid or sent by facsimile, followed with
original notice by mail to the Party concerned at the address listed
below, or to such other address or representative as shall be given
in writing by either Party to the other:

	 	 	 
	Applicable Notices, Reports & Invoices	 	Receiving Intelsat LLC Entity and Address
	
	 	

	Original Contract Notices

Copies of following Deliverable Items:

Interface Control Document (ICD) and all
updates and revisions	 	
Intelsat LLC

c/o Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd.

Attn: Elizabeth Scheid, Director of Contracts

14 Dundonald Street West

Hamilton HM 09 Bermuda

Telephone: +1 441 294-1652

Facsimile: +1 441 292-8300
 
	Copies of Contract Notices	 	
Intelsat Global Service Corporation

Attn: Richard Parker, Senior Contracts Officer

Major Programs Department (Mail Stop 25)

 

	 	 
	 	

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3400 International Drive, N.W.

Washington D.C. 20008-3006 U.S.A.

Telephone: (202) 944-7090

Facsimile: (202) 944-7266
	Copies of Contract

Reports and Deliverables Note 1	 	
Intelsat Global Service Corporation

Attn: Mr. Terry Edwards, Sr. Director,

Spacecraft and Launch Program Management

3400 International Drive, N.W.

Washington D.C. 20008-3006 U.S.A.

Telephone: (202) 944-7254

Facsimile: (202) 944-7897
	Reports and Deliverables Note 1 and Note 2	 	
Intelsat Global Service Corporation

Attn: Patty Dudley, Manager, Export

Licensing Export Compliance Department (Mail

Stop 33A)

3400 International Drive, N.W.

Washington D.C. 20008-3098 U.S.A.

Telephone: (202) 944-7144
	Original Invoices	 	
Intelsat LLC

c/o Intelsat Global Service Corporation

Accounts Payable (Mail Stop 14B)

3400 International Drive, N.W.

Washington D.C. 20008-3006 U.S.A.

	 	Note 1	 	The Contractor shall deliver Non-ITAR-Controlled Reports and
Deliverables and ITAR controlled “Functional design level data” (as
defined in Section 26.6) to both Intelsat Global Service
Corporation’s Launch Services Program Management (LSPM) and Export
Compliance Departments.
	 
	 	Note 2	 	The Contractor shall deliver ITAR-Controlled “Detailed design and
manufacturing know-how data” (as defined in Section 26.6) only to
Intelsat Global Service Corporation’s Export Compliance Department.
	 
	 	 	 	Contractor:
	 

	 	 	 	Sea Launch Company, L.L.C.                 Attn: Ms. Cynthia M. Childs

One World Trade Center                        Director, Project Development

Suite 950                     
                              Phone: 562-499-4714

Long Beach, California 90831-0950   Fax: 562-499-4755”

USA
	 

	 	11)	 	Amend ARTICLE 16 – LAUNCH ACCELERATIONS OR POSTPONEMENTS as follows:
	 
	 		 	a)     Insert the following note at the beginning of the Article:

 

	 	 
	 	

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	 		 	“NOTE: The provisions set forth in this Article shall not apply
unless Intelsat has either initiated the Firm Payload Selection
Notification process or exercised a contract option for launch
services under this Contract.”
	 
	 	b)	 	Add the following sentence at the end of the first paragraph
in Section 16.1:
	 
	 	 	 	“For Firm Launch No.1, any Intelsat requested Launch acceleration
or postponement under this Article shall occur only after
Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection Notification and Launch Period
selection.”
	 
	 	c)	 	Delete the notes to Table 16-1 in their entirety and insert
in lieu thereof:
	 
	 	 	 	"*Note: For postponements that occur between the above periods, the
escalation amount will be calculated on a ******** basis through
linear interpolation.
**Note: Launch Price as specified in Section 6.1, as applicable.”
	 
	 	d)	 	Delete the first sentence in Subsection 16.1.2 in its
entirety and replace in lieu thereof:
	 
	 	 	 	“Launch postponements solely due to and requested by Intelsat where
the notice is not received by the Contractor until after the
timeframe stated in Subsection 16.1.1 will be subject to a
postponement fee equal to ******** per effective day of
postponement.”

	 	12)	 	Amend ARTICLE 25 – TERMINATION as follows:

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	Delete the text set forth therein in it entirety and insert in lieu thereof:
	 

	“25.1	 	In accordance with the rights and obligations set forth in
Article 2, Launch Services to be Provided, should Intelsat decide to
terminate this Contract for its convenience, prior or subsequent to
Intelsat’s Firm Payload Selection Notification, Intelsat’s
Termination Liability to the Contractor will equal the below stated
Base Termination Charge minus the applicable Credit as identified in
Termination Table 25-1 below. In the event of such termination,
Intelsat shall give the Contractor ************* written notice
prior to the effective date of termination. Should Intelsat fail to
provide the Contractor with a Firm Payload Selection Notification by
close of business 31 July 2005, the Contractor shall have the right
to terminate this Contract and Intelsat’s Termination Liability to
the Contractor shall equal Intelsat’s Termination Liability
reflecting the applicable Credit, if any, as described in the Note
below, but will in no case exceed Nineteen Million One Hundred and
Twenty Five Thousand U.S. Dollars ($19,125,000).

Termination Table 25-1

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Applicable	 	Base	 	 	 	 	 	Intelsat's
	Termination Date	 	Termination Charge	 	Credit*	 	Termination Liability
	
	 	
	 	
	 	

	********
	 	********	 	********	 	********	 

		 	**Note: The Credit decrease of ******** period shall cease to be
effective upon the date of contract award or modification between
the Contractor and any customer for the first new purchase or
assignment of a Launch Vehicle Contract to occur after 14 January
2003. Intelsat’s Termination Liability will be adjusted to reflect
the appropriate Credit level.
	 
	 	 	Intelsat’s Termination Liability to the Contractor will be the
applicable Base Termination Charge less the applicable Credit and
any amounts
Intelsat paid in excess of the Base Termination Charge as of the
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		 	date of the termination. In no event shall Intelsat’s
liability exceed $19,125,000. Subsequent to Intelsat’s Firm
Payload Selection Notification, the Contractor will also be
entitled to any postponement fees paid by or due from Intelsat
under Article 16, Launch Accelerations or Postponements, as of the
effective date of the termination. Within ******** ****** of the
effective date of the termination, the Contractor shall refund to
Intelsat any amount paid (including Credit and any Milestone
Payments made after Firm Payload Selection Notification) under this
Contract in excess of the Termination Liability.
	 
	25.2	 	In the event that a single postponement or delay or
cumulative postponements or delays by the Contractor, for reasons
other than those listed in Article 18, Excusable Non-Performance,
exceed ******** for the applicable Launch, Intelsat may terminate
the Launch by written notice to the Contractor, in which case the
Contractor shall reimburse Intelsat, within ******** after receipt
of the termination notice, for all payments made to the Contractor
(excluding postponement fees) less any payments made by the
Contractor for postponement fees or liquidated damages. Intelsat’s
right to terminate under this Section 25.3 is conditioned upon
receipt of the Contractor’s written notification of a Launch
postponement or Launch postponements exceeding ******** or upon the
occurrence of a Contractor Launch delay or Contractor Launch delays
which exceed ********.
	 
	25.3	 	In addition to the rights to terminate as expressly provided
in Sections 25.1, 25.2, 25.4, 25.5, 25.8 and 25.9, Intelsat may
terminate this Contract for default when the Contractor commits a
material breach of obligations under the Contract. In the event
that Intelsat asserts that the Contractor has committed a material
breach of any of its obligations under the Contract, Intelsat shall
proceed in accordance with the terms of this

 

	 	 
	 
    	

	 
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		 	provision. Intelsat will provide written notice to the Contractor
of the breach and the notice will provide the specifics of the
breach and indicate Intelsat’s intent to terminate the Contract
for default. The Contractor will have ******** from receipt of
Intelsat’s written notice to cure the breach. If the breach is not
cured or corrected within the ********, Intelsat may terminate the
Contract for default by written notice of termination to the
Contractor. Within ******** after receipt of the notice of
termination, the Contractor shall reimburse Intelsat for all
payments made to the Contractor.
	 
	25.4	 	In the event that the Contractor or any of its respective
contractors or subcontractors fail to obtain or maintain any
required permit, license or governmental authorization or approval
as may be required to enable the performance of the Launch Services,
including but not limited to any required for export or re-export
from or import into any country of the Launch Vehicle or technical
data related to either, Intelsat may terminate the Launch under this
Contract, following at least ******** written notice to the
Contractor. If such permit, license or governmental authorization
or approval is not obtained within such ******** notice period, then
the Contractor shall within ******** thereafter, reimburse Intelsat
for all payments made to the Contractor.
	 
	25.5	 	In the event that Intelsat or any of its respective
contractors or subcontractors fails to obtain or maintain any
required permit, license or governmental authorization or approval
as may be required to enable the performance of the Launch Services,
including but not limited to any required for export or re-export
from or import into any country of the Payload or related technical
data, Intelsat may terminate the Launch under this Contract,
following at least ************* written notice to the

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	Contractor.
If such permit, license or governmental authorization or approval is
not obtained within such ******** notice period then the
Contractor shall within ******** thereafter reimburse Intelsat all
payments made to the Contractor that are in excess of the
Termination Liability amounts specified in Termination Table 25.1.
	 
	25.6	 	Reserved.
	 
	25.7	 	Should Intelsat fail to make payment to the Contractor within
******** of receipt of an undisputed invoice, the Contractor may
terminate the Contract for such non-payment, provided the Contractor
has given Intelsat ******** written notice of its intent to
terminate and Intelsat has to make such payment within such ********
notice period. This termination right shall not apply to deferred
payments by Intelsat pursuant to Article 8, Payment for Launch
Services.
	 
	25.8	 	Should an Event of Force Majeure result in a Launch delay or
postponement in excess of ********, Intelsat shall have the ability
to terminate the Launch and upon such termination Intelsat shall pay
******** of the applicable Termination Liability specified in
Termination Table 25.1.
	 
	25.9	 	Intelsat may terminate this Contract without further
obligation to Contractor if:
	 

	(i)	 	the Contractor files in U.S. Bankruptcy court for
voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or dissolution; or
	 
	(ii)	 	there is a material change of the membership of
Sea Launch Limited Partnership which adversely impacts the
ability of the Contractor to timely perform its obligations
under this Contract.

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	If Intelsat terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section, the
Contractor shall within ******** thereafter, reimburse Intelsat for
all payments made to the Contractor.”
	 

	13)	 	Amend ARTICLE 30 – SUBSTITUTION OF A PAYLOAD as follows:
	 
	 	 	Delete the text set forth therein in it entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

	“30.1	 	Subject to the limitations set forth herein, the provisions
of this Article do not apply to the Payload identified in Intelsat’s
Firm Payload Selection Notification (“Initial Payload”) as outlined
in Article 2, Launch Services to be Provided. Subsequent to
Intelsat’s selection of the Initial Payload or subsequent to
Intelsat’s exercise of any Optional Launch should such option be
exercised prior to the assignment of the Initial Payload (“Prior
Exercised Option”), the Contractor grants Intelsat the right to
substitute a Payload (“Substituted Payload”) in place of Intelsat’s
Initial Payload or Prior Exercised Option to be set forth in Exhibit
A Launch Specification in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Contract. There shall be no change in Contract price or
schedule if the Substituted Payload is an Astrium Eurostar 3000 bus
or the size and mass of the Substituted Payload is substantially the
same to those of the Initial Payload or Prior Exercised Option as
set forth in Exhibit A, the orbit of the Substituted Payload is
identical to the Initial Payload, and the configuration and mission
requirements of the Substituted Payload are substantially the same
as the Initial Payload. If any of the characteristics or
requirements of the Substituted Payload are substantially different
from the Initial Payload or Prior Exercised Option as set forth in
Exhibit A, an equitable adjustment (increase or decrease) shall be
made to the Contract price to

 

	 	 
	 	

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		 	account for the ******** and, if
required, an equitable adjustment shall be made to the schedule.
	 
	30.2	 	For any Payload selected as part of Intelsat’s exercise of an
Optional Launch (“Optional Payload”) in the event that such Optional
Launch is not exercised prior to the assignment of the Initial
Payload, there shall be no change in Contract price or schedule
provided that the size and mass of the Optional Payload is
substantially the same to those of the Initial Payload or an Astrium
Eurostar 3000 bus. If any of the characteristics or requirements of
the Optional Payload are substantially different from the Initial
Payload or an Astrium Eurostar 3000 bus, an equitable adjustment
(increase or decrease) shall be made to the Contract Option price to
account for the ****************************** and, if required, an
equitable adjustment shall be made to the schedule.”
	 

		 	
	 	          
            EXCEPT as specifically modified by this Amendment No.2, all other terms
and conditions of the Contract, as amended, shall remain in full force and
effect.

 

	 	 
	 	

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have, as their free acts and deeds, caused
this Amendment No. 2 to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

	 	 	 
	Sea Launch Limited Partnership	 	
Intelsat LLC
	Acting through its General	 	 
	Partner	 	 
	Sea Launch Company, L.L.C.	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	
/s/ Cynthia M. Childs
	 	By:
	 	/s/ Patrick Cerra
	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	
(Signed)
	 	 	 	(Signed)
	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	
Cynthia M. Childs
	 	 	 	Patrick Cerra
	 	 	

	 	 	 	

	 	 	
(Typed)
	 	 	 	(Typed)
	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Title:	 	
Director, Project Development
	 	Title:
	 	Vice President
	 	 	

	 	 	 	

 

	 	 
	 	

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Exhibit 10.32

$400,000,000 5 1/4% Senior Notes due 2008

$700,000,000 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2013

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

October 31, 2003

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10013

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

The Equitable Tower

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Intelsat, Ltd., a Bermuda company (the “Company”), proposes, upon the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to issue and sell to you, as the initial
purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”), $400,000,000 in aggregate principal
amount of its 5 1/4% Senior Notes due 2008 (the “2008 Notes”) and $700,000,000
in aggregate principal amount of its 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013
Notes”, together with the 2008 Notes, the “Offered Notes”) in the respective
amounts set forth on Schedule 1 hereto. The Offered Notes (i) will have terms
and provisions which are summarized in the Offering Memorandum referred to
below and (ii) are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “Indenture”)
dated as of April 1, 2002 between the Company and The Bank of New York, as
trustee (the “Trustee”). This is to confirm the agreement concerning the
purchase of the Offered Notes from the Company by the Initial Purchasers.

     The Offered Notes are being issued in connection with the contemplated
acquisition by the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Intelsat (Bermuda),
Ltd. (“Intelsat Bermuda”) of certain of the assets of Loral Space &
Communications Corporation, Loral SpaceCom Corporation and Loral Satellite,
Inc. as debtors and debtors-in-possession (collectively, the “Sellers”)
pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of July 15, 2003, as amended
from time to time (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), among the Sellers, the
Company and Intelsat Bermuda, as described in the Offering Memorandum referred
to below.

 

 

     1. Preliminary Offering Memorandum and Offering Memorandum. The Offered
Notes will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers without registration
under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), in
reliance on an exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) under the Act. In connection
with the offering and resale of the Offered Notes by the Initial Purchasers,
the Company has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated October 28,
2003 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and an offering memorandum, dated
October 31, 2003 (the “Offering Memorandum”), setting forth information
regarding the Company, the Offered Notes and the Exchange Notes (as defined
herein). Any references herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the
Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to include all amendments and supplements
thereto. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum in connection with
the offering and resale of the Offered Notes by the Initial Purchasers.

     It is understood and acknowledged that upon original issuance of the
Offered Notes, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the
applicable requirements of the Act, the Offered Notes (and all securities
issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof other than the Exchange
Notes (as defined below)) shall bear one or more of the legends as set forth in
the Offering Memorandum.

     You have advised the Company that you have made, if applicable, and will
make offers (the “Exempt Resales”) of the Offered Notes purchased by you
hereunder on the terms set forth in the Offering Memorandum, as amended or
supplemented, solely (i) to persons whom you reasonably believe to be
“qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Act
(“QIBs”), and (ii) outside the United States, to certain persons who are
sophisticated investors who are familiar with dealing in securities and who are
able to assess the risks and merits of purchasing the Offered Notes, in
offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Act and (iii),
solely with respect to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, in denominations of
$250,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, to a limited
number of “institutional accredited investors (“IAIs”), as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under Regulation D under the Act that deliver a
letter containing certain representations and agreements in the form annexed to
the Offering Memorandum, in a transaction exempt from the registration
requirements of the Act (each person specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (solely
with respect to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated) (iii) being referred to
herein as an “Eligible Purchaser”). You will offer the 2008 Notes to Eligible
Purchasers initially at a price equal to 99.975% of the principal amount
thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance of the 2008
Notes and you will offer the 2013 Notes to Eligible Purchasers initially at a
price equal to 99.694% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest,
if any, from the date of issuance of the 2013 Notes.

     Holders (including subsequent transferees) of the Offered Notes will have
the registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”), to be dated the Closing Date (as defined
herein), in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto. Pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will agree to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the circumstances
set forth therein a registration statement under the Act (the “Exchange Offer
Registration Statement”) relating to the Company’s 5 1/4%

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Senior Notes due 2008 and 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2013 (collectively, the
"Exchange Notes”) to be offered in exchange for the Offered Notes.

     2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to each Initial Purchaser as of the date hereof and as
of the Closing Date and agrees with each Initial Purchaser as follows:

          (a) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum as of
their respective dates did not, and the Offering Memorandum as of the Closing
Date will not, contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, except that this representation and warranty does not apply to
statements in, or omissions from, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and
Offering Memorandum made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company in writing by the
Initial Purchasers expressly for use therein.

          (b) The Company has the authorized share capital as set forth in the
Offering Memorandum; all of the “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in
Section 15 hereof) of the Company are listed on Schedule 2 hereto (each a
"Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”); all of the issued share
capital of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued, and is
fully paid and non-assessable (which term when used herein means that no
further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with
the issue of such share capital); and all of the issued share capital of each
Subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is
fully paid and non-assessable, was not issued in violation of any preemptive or
similar rights and is owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and restrictions on
transferability (other than those imposed by the Act, the securities laws of
non-U.S. jurisdictions, the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, the Exchange Control
Act 1972 of Bermuda and the Regulations made thereunder) or voting.

          (c) Assuming (i) that your representations and warranties in Sections
3(b), 3(c) and 3(d) are true and (ii) compliance by purchasers of the Offered
Notes with the agreements set forth under the heading “Notice to Investors” in
the Offering Memorandum, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance
and sale of the Offered Notes to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale
and delivery of the Offered Notes by the Initial Purchasers in the manner
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum, to register the Offered Notes under
the Act or to qualify the Indenture under the United States Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended.

          (d) No form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms
are used in Regulation D under the Act) was used or engaged in by the Company
or any of its representatives in connection with the offer and sale of the
Offered Notes. No representation is herein made with respect to any Initial
Purchaser, any affiliate thereof or any person acting on its behalf, or with
respect to any obligation thereof. Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries or
any of their respective affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D
under the Act) has directly, or through any agent, sold, offered for sale,
solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of any “security”
(as defined in the Act) which is or could be integrated with the sale of the
Offered Notes in a manner that would require the registration under the Act of
the Offered Notes.

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          (e) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have been duly organized and
are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective
jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, are duly qualified to do
business and are in good standing as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction
in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of
their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and
authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct
the businesses in which they are engaged, except to the extent that the failure
to so qualify or be in good standing or to have such power or authority would
not have a material adverse effect, singly or in the aggregate, on the
financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise (whether singly or
in the aggregate, a “Material Adverse Effect”).

          (f) The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Indenture, the
Offered Notes, the Exchange Notes, this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Asset Purchase Agreement.

          (g) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, possessory liens, rights of set-off,
amalgamation, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws
of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to
general equity principles.

          (h) The Offered Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and when
duly executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and, assuming due authentication of the Offered Notes by the Trustee,
upon delivery to the Initial Purchasers against payment therefor in accordance
with the terms hereof, will have been validly issued and delivered, and will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, liquidation, possessory liens, rights of set-off, amalgamation,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.

          (i) The Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and when
duly executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and, assuming the due
authentication and delivery of the Exchange Notes by the Trustee in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture, will constitute valid and binding obligations
of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
liquidation, possessory liens, rights of set-off, amalgamation, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

          (j) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.

          (k) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the
Company and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with
the terms thereof, will (assuming the due execution and delivery thereof by the
Initial Purchasers) constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,

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subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, possessory liens, rights
of set-off, amalgamation, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles, and except as any rights to indemnity
thereunder may be limited by U.S. federal and state securities laws, non-U.S.
securities laws, the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, the Exchange Control Act
1972 of Bermuda and the Regulations made thereunder and public policy
considerations under such laws.

          (l) (i) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Offered Notes, the Exchange
Notes, the Indenture, and in each case, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance
and sale of the Offered Notes to the Initial Purchasers and the Exempt Resales)
and as such transactions are described in the Offering Memorandum and (ii) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Asset Purchase
Agreement (assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations and notices
set forth in Sections 3.4 and 4.3 of the Asset Purchase Agreement have been
given or made) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Asset Purchase Agreement as such transactions are described in the Offering
Memorandum, in each case do not and will not (a) conflict with or result in a
breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is bound or to which
any of the property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is
subject, except for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that have
been waived or would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) result in any
violation of the provisions of the memorandum of association, bye-laws or other
incorporation or organizational documents of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries; or (c) constitute a violation of any statute or any order, rule
or regulation of any domestic or foreign court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their
properties or assets except in the case of this clause (c), for such violations
that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (m) (i) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, no consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any
domestic or foreign court or governmental agency or body or third party is
required for the issuance and sale by the Company of the Offered Notes to the
Initial Purchasers, for the Exempt Resales, for the issuance of the Exchange
Notes (except as may be required by the Act), or the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Offered
Notes, the Exchange Notes (except as may be required by the Act) or the
Indenture by the Company, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby and as such transactions are described in the Offering
Memorandum and (ii) except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and except
as set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement, no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any domestic or
foreign court or governmental agency or body or third party is required for the
execution, delivery and performance of the Asset Purchase Agreement by the
Company and Intelsat (Bermuda) Ltd., or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and as such transactions are described in the
Offering Memorandum, except in each case (i) and (ii) (x) registrations under
securities laws of the states of the United States or “Blue Sky” laws, (y)
solely with respect to the Exchange Notes, registrations or filings required to
be made with the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda and the permission of the
Bermuda Monetary Authority under the Exchange Control Regulations 1973 and (z)
such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings or registrations

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that have been obtained or the failure of which to obtain or make or the
absence of which would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

          (n) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained, since
December 31, 2002, any material loss or interference with its business from
fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
otherwise than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum; and, since December 31,
2002 there has not been any change in the share capital or increase in
long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any material
adverse change, or any development that could reasonably be expected to involve
a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the financial position,
shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, otherwise than as set forth in the
Offering Memorandum.

          (o) The consolidated financial statements (including the related notes and
supporting schedules) of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the
Offering Memorandum (other than the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated
financial information) present fairly the financial condition and results of
operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
purported to be shown thereby at the dates and for the periods indicated, and
have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved. The summary and selected financial information of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries in the Offering Memorandum presents
fairly the information shown therein and has been compiled on a basis
consistent with that of the audited financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries included in the Offering Memorandum.

          (p) To the Company’s knowledge, the combined statements of net assets sold
and the related combined statements of revenues and direct expenses of the
satellite services business operations relating to and conducted with six North
American telecommunications satellites (collectively referred to as the “Loral
Transferred Satellites”) of Loral Space & Communications Ltd. and its
subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “Loral”) as of December 31, 2002 and
2001 and for each of the years then ended included in the Offering Memorandum
present fairly, in all material respects, the combined statements of net assets
sold and the related combined statements of revenues and direct expenses of
Loral Transferred Satellites at the dates and for the periods indicated, and
have been prepared in conformity with GAAP. To the Company’s knowledge, the
unaudited combined statements of net assets sold as of June 30, 2003, and the
related combined statements of revenues and direct expenses for the three month
and six month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 of Loral Transferred
Satellites included in the Offering Memorandum are in conformity with GAAP
applied on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited combined
statements of net assets sold and the related combined statements of revenues
and direct expenses included in the Offering Memorandum. To the Company’s
knowledge, the selected financial information of Loral Transferred Satellites
included in the Offering Memorandum has been compiled on a basis substantially
consistent with that of the audited combined statements of revenues and direct
expenses of Loral Transferred Satellites included in the Offering Memorandum

          (q) The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information
included in the Offering Memorandum has been prepared in accordance with the
Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial
statements, as modified in accordance with the

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letter of the Company to the Commission, dated August 26, 2003, and the
Commission’s letter in response thereto, dated August 28, 2003, the assumptions
used in the preparation of the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated
financial information are reasonable in presenting certain effects of the
events described therein and the related pro forma adjustments have been
properly applied in all material respects to the historical amounts in the
computation of those statements.

          (r) KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the
Company, whose report appears in the Offering Memorandum and who will deliver
the initial letter referred to in Section 7(j) hereof, are independent
accountants with respect to the Company under the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder.

          (s) Grant Thornton LLP, who have certified certain financial statements
relating to Loral Transferred Satellites, whose report appears in the Offering
Memorandum and who will deliver the initial letter referred to in Section 7(j)
hereof, are to the Company’s knowledge, independent accountants with respect to
Loral and Loral Transferred Satellites under the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder.

          (t) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title to all personal property described in the Offering Memorandum as owned by
them, except to the extent not material, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and restrictions except such as are described in the
Offering Memorandum or as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and any
real property and facilities and buildings held under lease by the Company and
the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases, with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (u) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and the Subsidiaries owns,
possesses or reasonably believes it can acquire on reasonable terms adequate
rights to use all material patents, patent applications, inventions, designs,
trade secrets, know-how, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyright
works, licenses and other proprietary information (herein collectively, the
“Intellectual Property”) necessary to conduct its business. None of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of, or has knowledge
of, any infringement of or conflict with (i) any rights of the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries by others or (ii) any right of others by the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries, in either case with respect to any Intellectual Property,
except as in each case would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the
Company’s knowledge none of the Intellectual Property licensed to, and none of
the Intellectual Property licensed by, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
is unenforceable or invalid, except as in each case as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is
aware of any patents of any third parties or the filing of any patent
applications by third parties or any other rights of third parties to, or
conflicting with, any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (v) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and the Subsidiaries owns,
possesses or has obtained all licenses, permits, certificates, consents,
orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and has made all declarations
and filings with, all U.S. federal, state, local and other governmental
authorities (including non-U.S. regulatory agencies), and all courts and other
tribunals, domestic or foreign,

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necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its
properties and to carry on its business as conducted as of the date hereof; and
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any actual notice of any
proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such license, permit,
certificate, consent, order, approval or other authorization, except as
described in the Offering Memorandum or such as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect; and each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is in compliance
with all laws and regulations relating to the conduct of its business as
conducted as of the date hereof, except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

          (w) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has filed
with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”), the Department of
Trade and Industry of the United Kingdom (the “DTI”) and the International
Telecommunication Union (the “ITU”) all reports, documents, instruments,
information and applications required to be filed pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the FCC, the DTI and the ITU, and has obtained all licenses,
orders or other authorizations issued by the FCC, the DTI, the ITU and any
equivalent authority of Bermuda and each other jurisdiction in which the
Company operates (collectively, the “Communications Licenses”) required for the
operation of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, and, except as
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, such Communication Licenses are in
full force and effect and, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no pending
modification, amendment or revocation proceedings initiated by the FCC, the
DTI, the ITU or any equivalent authority of Bermuda or other jurisdiction in
which the Company operates which, if determined against the Company, would have
a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, fees due and payable to
domestic and foreign governmental authorities pursuant to the rules governing
Communications Licenses held by the Company and the Subsidiaries, the
nonpayment of which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both
would constitute grounds for revocation thereof, have been timely paid, except
as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the
Offering Memorandum, each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is in compliance
with the terms of the Communications Licenses, as applicable, and there is no
condition of which the Company has received notice, nor, to the Company’s
knowledge, is there any proceeding threatened, by any domestic or foreign
governmental authority, which would cause the termination, suspension,
cancellation or nonrenewal of any of the Communications Licenses, or the
imposition of a penalty or fine by any domestic or foreign regulatory
authority, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (x) Except as described in the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or
any of the Subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others.

          (y) Except as described in the Offering Memorandum, no labor disturbance
by the employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent which might reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (z) The Company maintains internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial

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statements and to maintain accountability for its assets, (C) access to
its assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization and (D) the reported accountability for its assets is
compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals.

          (aa) None of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of
its memorandum of association, bye-laws or other incorporation or
organizational documents, (ii) except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, is in default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or
observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, or other agreement or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties
or assets is subject, or (iii) except as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, is in violation of any domestic or foreign law, ordinance, governmental
rule, regulation or court decree to which it or its property or assets may be
subject.

          (ab) Except as described in the Offering Memorandum, the Company and each
of the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and
covering such risks as the Company believes is adequate for the conduct of
their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties.

          (ac) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Subsidiaries (A) are not in
violation of any applicable Bermuda, U.S. and other national, state, provincial
and local laws or regulations relating to the protection of human health and
safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (B) have received all permits, licenses
or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to
conduct their respective businesses and (C) are in compliance with all terms
and conditions of any such permit, license or approval.

          (ad) The Company believes that it is not, and upon the issuance and sale
of the Offered Notes as herein contemplated and the application of the net
proceeds therefrom as described in the Offering Memorandum will not be, an
“investment company” or an entity “controlled” by a registered investment
company, as such terms are defined in the United States Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.

          (ae) The Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Offered Notes,
the Exchange Notes and the Asset Purchase Agreement conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Offering Memorandum.

          (af) Other than as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, and other than
with respect to a tax, levy or withholding imposed solely as a result of the
holder’s connection with the jurisdiction imposing such tax, levy or
withholding (including, without limitation, any taxes imposed on residents of
Bermuda), there is no tax, levy, deduction or withholding imposed by Bermuda in
connection with the Exempt Resales or the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Offered Notes, the
Exchange Notes or the Indenture.

          (ag) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, under current laws
and regulations of Bermuda, all principal, premium (if any), interest and other
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the Offered Notes and the Exchange Notes may be paid by the Company to the
holder thereof in United States dollars and all such payments made to holders
thereof who are non-residents of Bermuda will not be subject to income,
withholding or other taxes under laws and regulations of Bermuda or taxing
authority thereof or therein and will otherwise be free and clear of any other
tax, duty, withholding or deduction in Bermuda or taxing authority thereof or
therein and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorization
in Bermuda or taxing authority thereof.

          (ah) With respect to those Offered Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S
under the Act, (A) none of the Company, its affiliates or any person acting on
its or their behalf has engaged in any “directed selling efforts” within the
meaning of Regulation S and (B) each of the Company, its affiliates and any
person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to
whom the Company makes no representation) has complied with the offering
restrictions requirements of Regulation S. No representation is made with
respect to any Initial Purchaser, any affiliate thereof or any person acting on
its behalf, or with respect to any obligation thereof.

          (ai) The Company has delivered to the Initial Purchasers a true and
correct copy of the Asset Purchase Agreement, including all amendments,
modifications and waivers thereto as of the date hereof, together with all
schedules and exhibits thereto and there exists as of the date hereof no breach
of a representation, warranty or covenant in the Asset Purchase Agreement by
the Company, or to the knowledge of the Company, the other parties thereto,
that has not been waived that would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the ability of the
Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase
Agreement.

          
(aj) The Asset Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms thereof, and constitutes
a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation,
possessory liens, rights of set-off, amalgamation, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

          Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to the
Initial Purchasers or counsel for the Initial Purchasers in connection with the
offering of the Offered Notes shall be deemed a representation and warranty to
each Initial Purchaser as of the date thereof and as of the Closing Date and an
agreement with each Initial Purchaser.

     3. Purchase of the Offered Notes. (a) The Company hereby agrees, on the
basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Initial
Purchasers contained herein and subject to all the terms and conditions set
forth herein, to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers and, upon the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company contained
herein and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company, at a purchase price of 99.325% of the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance thereof to the Closing
Date, the principal amount of the 2008 Notes set forth opposite the name of
such Initial Purchaser in Schedule 1 hereto and at a purchase price of 99.044%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date
of issuance thereof to the Closing Date, the principal amount of the 2013 Notes
set forth opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser in Schedule 1 hereto.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver

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any of the Offered Notes to be delivered hereunder except upon payment for
all of the Offered Notes to be purchased as provided herein.

          (b) Each of the Initial Purchasers hereby represents and warrants to the
Company that it will offer the Offered Notes for sale upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Offering Memorandum. Each of
the Initial Purchasers hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the
Company that such Initial Purchaser (i) is either a QIB, or an “accredited
investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under Regulation D under the Act,
in either case with such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters as are necessary in order to evaluate the merits and risks of an
investment in the Offered Notes; (ii) is purchasing the Offered Notes pursuant
to a private sale exempt from registration under the Act; (iii) in connection
with the Exempt Resales, will solicit offers to buy the Offered Notes only
from, and will offer to sell and will sell the Offered Notes only to, the
Eligible Purchasers in accordance with this Agreement and on the terms
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum; and (iv) will not offer or sell the
Offered Notes by, or engage in, nor has it offered or sold the Offered Notes
by, or otherwise engaged in, any form of general solicitation or general
advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Act) in connection
with the offering of the Offered Notes and (v) has not engaged and will not
engage in any directed selling efforts (as defined in Regulation S under the
Act) in the United States in connection with any Offered Notes being offered
and sold pursuant to Regulation S under the Act. Each of the Initial
Purchasers has advised the Company that it will offer the 2008 Notes to
Eligible Purchasers at a price initially equal to 99.975% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance of the
2008 Notes and will offer the 2013 Notes to Eligible Purchasers at a price
initially equal to 99.694% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued
interest, if any, from the date of issuance of the 2013 Notes.

          (c) In connection with the Offered Notes being offered and sold pursuant
to Regulation S under the Act, each Initial Purchaser, severally, represents
and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that such Initial Purchaser (a)
will sell Offered Notes in such transactions only in accordance with Regulation
S under the Act to certain persons who are sophisticated investors who are
familiar with dealing in securities and who are able to assess the risks and
merits of purchasing the Offered Notes and (b) has not offered or sold, and
will not offer or sell, the Offered Notes to, or for the account or benefit of,
U.S. persons (i) as part of its distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise
until 40 days after the Closing Date, and each Initial Purchaser will send to
each distributor, dealer or other person receiving a selling concession, fee or
remuneration to which it sells the Offered Notes during the restricted period a
confirmation or other notice setting forth the restrictions on offers and sales
of the Offered Notes within the United States or to, or for the account or
benefit of, U.S. persons. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings given
to them by Regulation S under the Act.

          (d) Each of the Initial Purchasers hereby represents, warrants and agrees
(as to itself only) that:

          (i) it has not offered or sold and, prior to the expiry of a period of six
months from the issue date of the Offered Notes, will not offer or sell any
Offered Notes to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary
activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of
investments (as principal or agent) for the purpose of their businesses or

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otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in
an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public
Offers of Securities Regulations 1995;

          (ii) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only
communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage
in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial
Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”) received by it in connection with
the issue or sale of any Offered Notes in circumstances in which section 21(1)
of the FSMA does not apply to the Company; and

          (iii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of
the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Offered Notes
in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

          Each of the Initial Purchasers understands that the Company and, for
purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to
Sections 7(d) through 7(i) hereof, counsel to the Company and counsel to the
Initial Purchasers, will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing
representations, warranties and agreements and each of the Initial Purchasers
hereby consents to such reliance.

     4. Delivery of the Offered Notes and Payment Therefor. Delivery to the
Initial Purchasers of and payment for the Offered Notes shall be made at the
office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, at 10:00 A.M., New York City
time, on November 7, 2003, or at such time on such later date (not later than a
date agreed by the parties hereto) as the Initial Purchasers shall designate
(such date and time of delivery and payment for the Offered Notes, the “Closing
Date”). The place of closing for the Offered Notes may be varied by agreement
between the Initial Purchasers and the Company. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Closing Date shall be the date
and time for the payment of funds and delivery of securities for all of the
Offered Notes sold pursuant to the offering.

          (a) The Offered Notes will be delivered to the Initial Purchasers against
payment of the purchase price therefor to the Company by wire transfer or
book-entry transfer of immediately available funds to such account or accounts
as the Company shall specify at least two Business Days prior to the Closing
Date or otherwise as the parties hereto shall agree prior to the Closing Date.
Unless the Initial Purchasers otherwise instruct, the Offered Notes will be
evidenced by one or more global securities in registered form (the “Global
Notes”) and will be registered in the name of Cede & Co. as nominee of The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and in the other cases, in such names and in
such denominations as the Initial Purchasers shall request prior to 10:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the Closing Date. The
Offered Notes to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers shall be made available
to the Initial Purchasers in New York City for inspection not later than 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on the Business Day next preceding the Closing Date.

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     5. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with each Initial
Purchaser as follows:

          (a) The Company will furnish to the Initial Purchasers, without charge,
such number of copies of the Offering Memorandum (as may then be amended or
supplemented) as they may reasonably request from time to time.

          (b) The Company will not make any amendment or supplement to the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum or to the Offering Memorandum of which the
Initial Purchasers shall not previously have been advised or to which they
shall reasonably object after being so advised.

          (c) The Company consents to the use, in accordance with the securities or
Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Offered Notes are offered by
the Initial Purchasers and by dealers, prior to the date of the Offering
Memorandum, of each Preliminary Offering Memorandum so furnished by the
Company. The Company consents to the use of the Offering Memorandum in
accordance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which
the Offered Notes are offered by the Initial Purchasers and by all dealers to
whom Offered Notes may be sold in connection with the offering and sale of the
Offered Notes.

          (d) If, at any time prior to completion of the distribution of the Offered
Notes by the Initial Purchasers to Eligible Purchasers, any event shall occur
or information becomes known that in the judgment of the Company or in the
opinion of counsel for Company or counsel for the Initial Purchasers should be
set forth in the Offering Memorandum in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
or if it is necessary to supplement or amend the Offering Memorandum in order
to comply with any law, the Company shall forthwith at its expense prepare such
supplement or amendment as may be necessary and furnish to the Initial
Purchasers, their counsel and dealers a number of copies thereof as they shall
reasonably request.

          (e) Without limiting the rights of the Initial Purchasers as set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement and notwithstanding any provision of Sections
5(b) or 5(d) of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company’s obligations under
Sections 5(b) and 5(d) of this Agreement shall terminate on the earlier to
occur of (i) a date which is nine months after the Closing Date, (ii) the date
upon which the Initial Purchasers and their affiliates cease to hold any
Offered Notes initially acquired from the Company and (iii) the effective date
of a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

          (f) The Company will cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and with their
counsel in connection with the qualification of the Offered Notes for offering
and sale by the Initial Purchasers and by dealers under the securities or Blue
Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate and will
file such consents to service of process or other documents necessary or
appropriate in order to effect such qualification; provided, that, in
connection with this clause (f), in no event shall the Company be obligated to
qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or
to file any general consent to service of process or take any other action
which would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising
out of the offering or sale of the Offered Notes, or subject it to taxation in
respect of doing business, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.

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          (g) The Company will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries or
any of their respective affiliates to, engage in any form of general
solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D
under the Act) in connection with the offering of the Offered Notes or in any
manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the
Act.

          (h) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof,
the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for their reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel)
incurred by them in connection herewith, but without any obligation on the part
of the Company for loss of profits or otherwise.

          (i) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered
Notes to be sold by it hereunder substantially in accordance with the
description set forth in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of
Proceeds.”

          (j) Except as stated in this Agreement and in the Offering Memorandum, the
Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the Offered Notes to facilitate the sale or resale
of the Offered Notes. Except as permitted by the Act, the Company will not
distribute any offering material in connection with the Exempt Resales.

          (k) The Company will use reasonable efforts in cooperation with you to
permit the Offered Notes to be eligible for clearance and settlement through
DTC.

          (l) From and after the Closing Date, so long as any of the Offered Notes
are outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of the Rule
144(a)(3) under the Act and during any period in which the Company is not
subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (or included among the foreign private
issuers that claim exemption from the registration requirements of Section
12(g) of the Exchange Act (and therefore required to furnish the Commission
with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act)),
the Company will furnish to holders of the Offered Notes and prospective
purchasers of Offered Notes designated by such holders, upon request of such
holders or such prospective purchasers, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act to permit compliance with
Rule 144A in connection with resale of the Offered Notes.

          (m) The Company will not sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or
otherwise negotiate in respect of any “security” (as defined in the Act) that
would be integrated with the sale of the Offered Notes in a manner that would
require the registration under the Act of the sale to the Initial Purchasers or
the Eligible Purchasers of the Offered Notes at a time when such Offered Notes
are not registered under the Act.

          (n) With respect to those Offered Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S
promulgated under the Act, (A) none of the Company, its affiliates or any
person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to
whom the Company makes no representation) will engage in any “directed selling
efforts” within the meaning of Regulation S and (B) each of the Company, its
affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial
Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation) will comply with
the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S.

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          (o) The Company will furnish as promptly as practicable to each of the
Initial Purchasers and to counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement and (if filed) the Shelf Registration
Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) as originally filed
with the Commission, and each amendment thereto filed with the Commission,
including all consents and exhibits filed therewith.

          (p) During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to and
including the 60th day following the Closing Date, the Company will not issue,
sell, offer to sell, contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or
otherwise dispose of, any debt securities of, or guaranteed by, the Company
which are substantially similar to the Offered Notes (other than the Exchange
Notes) or the Exchange Notes.

     6. Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Company agrees to
pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to and in connection with:
(i) the preparation, printing, word processing and distribution of the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum (including, without
limitation, financial statements and exhibits) and all amendments and
supplements thereto, (ii) the preparation (including, without limitation, word
processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Offered Notes, the Exchange Notes, the
Indenture, all Blue Sky Memoranda (including the reasonable legal fees and
expenses of your counsel incurred in connection with the preparation, printing
and delivery of such Blue Sky Memoranda), (iii) the issuance and delivery by
the Company of the Offered Notes and the Exchange Notes, (iv) the qualification
of the Offered Notes for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of the several states (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of your counsel relating to such registration or qualification),
(v) the preparation of certificates for the Offered Notes and the Exchange
Notes (including, without limitation, printing and engraving thereof and any
charges of DTC in connection therewith), (vi) all fees and expenses (including
fees and expenses of counsel, accountants and other advisors) of the Company,
(vii) all fees and expenses in connection with approval of the Offered Notes
and the Exchange Notes by DTC for “book-entry” transfer; (viii) all fees and
expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and expenses of any counsel for the
Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Offered Notes; (ix) expenses
in connection with meetings with prospective investors and any other “roadshow”
expenses (including travel expenses) up to a maximum amount of $75,000; (x) all
fees and expenses in connection with any rating of the Offered Notes and the
Exchange Notes; and (xi) any stamp tax or similar tax or value-added or similar
tax, if any, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Notes to
the Initial Purchasers and the Exempt Resales. Except as provided in this
Section 6 and as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers
shall pay their own costs and expenses.

     7. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The respective
obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder are subject to the accuracy,
when made and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties and
agreements of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company
of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and
conditions:

          (a) No stop order suspending the offer or sale of the Offered Notes or the
use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum or any
part thereof in any jurisdiction shall have been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose shall have been commenced or

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shall be pending or threatened by any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

          (b) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the
authorization, form and validity of this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum,
and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects
to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel; and the Company shall have
furnished to the Initial Purchasers all documents (including, without
limitation, evidence of the permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority under
the Exchange Control Regulations 1973) and information that they and their
counsel may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

          (c) Sullivan & Cromwell LLP shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers
its written opinion, as U.S. counsel to the Company, addressed to the Initial
Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B
hereto.

          (d) Conyers Dill & Pearman shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers
its written opinion, as Bermuda counsel to the Company, addressed to the
Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect set forth in Exhibit C
hereto.

          (e) David Meltzer, Esq., general counsel to Intelsat Global Service
Corporation, shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers his written
opinion, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the
effect set forth in Exhibit D hereto.

          (f) Wiley, Rein & Fielding LLP shall have furnished to the Initial
Purchasers its written opinion, as special FCC counsel to the Company,
addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect set
forth in Exhibit E hereto.

          (g) Slaughter and May shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers its
written opinion, as United Kingdom counsel to the Company, addressed to the
Initial Purchasers and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect set forth in Exhibit F
hereto.

          (h) The Initial Purchasers shall have received from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley
& McCloy LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, such opinion dated the
Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Offered Notes, the
Offering Memorandum and other related matters and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

          (i) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers
shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated the
date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent accountants with respect
to the Company within the meaning of the Act and are in compliance with the
applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule
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Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or,
with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective
dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Offering
Memorandum, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date hereof), the
conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information
and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to
underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.

          (j) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers
shall have received from Grant Thornton LLP a letter, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and
dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent accountants with
respect to Loral and Loral Transferred Satellites within the meaning of the Act
and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the
qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the
Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters
involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which
specified financial information is given in the Offering Memorandum, as of a
date not more than five days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and
findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other
matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in
connection with registered public offerings.

          (k) With respect to the letters of KPMG LLP and Grant Thornton LLP
referred to in the preceding two paragraphs and delivered to the Initial
Purchasers concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “initial
letters”), the Initial Purchasers shall have received letters (the “bring-down
letters”) of such accountants, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and dated
the Closing Date (i) confirming that they are independent accountants with
respect to the Company, in the case of KPMG LLP, and Loral and Loral
Transferred Satellites, in the case of Grant Thornton LLP, within the meaning
of the Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to
the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the
Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with
respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates
as of which specified financial information is given in the Offering
Memorandum, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date of the
bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to
the financial information and other matters covered by the initial letter and
(iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set
forth in the initial letter.

          (l) The Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers a
certificate, dated the Closing Date, of its Chief Executive Officer, its
President or a Senior Vice President and its Chief Financial Officer stating
that:

               (i) The representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in
Section 2 of this Agreement are true and correct as of such Closing Date and
the Company has complied with all its agreements contained herein;

               (ii) They have carefully examined the Offering Memorandum and, to their
knowledge and in their opinion, as of the Closing Date, the Offering Memorandum
did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made,
not misleading; and

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               (iii) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained since
December 31, 2002 any material loss or interference with its business from
fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum and
since December 31, 2002, there has not been any change in the share capital or
increase in long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any
material adverse change, or any development that the Company has reasonable
cause to believe will involve a prospective change, in or affecting the
financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the
Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, otherwise than as
set forth in the Offering Memorandum.

          (m) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no
downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt
securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as
that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Act and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has
under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating
of any of the Company’s debt securities.

          (n) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall
not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on
the New York Stock Exchange, on the American Stock Exchange or in the
over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any
exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or the
settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or
minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market
by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or
governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall
have been declared by U.S. federal or state authorities, (iii) the United
States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an
escalation in hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been
a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (iv) there
shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic,
political or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on
the financial markets in the United States shall be such) including, without
limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof, in each
case so as to make it, in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers, impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Offered Notes
being delivered on such Closing Date on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Offering Memorandum.

          (o) The Registration Rights Agreement shall have been executed by the
Company on or before the Closing Date.

          All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers.

     8. Indemnification and Contribution.

          (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser,
its respective directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who
controls any Initial

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Purchaser within the meaning of the Act, from and against any loss, claim,
damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof
(including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action
relating to purchases and sales of the Offered Notes), to which that Initial
Purchaser, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary
Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any materials or information provided to holders of
the Offered Notes pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act or (ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum or
the Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in
information provided to holders of the Offered Notes pursuant to Rule
144A(d)(4) under the Act, any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, and shall reimburse each Initial
Purchaser and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person
promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
that Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee or controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or
is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering
Memorandum, or in any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
any Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein, which information
consists solely of the information specified in Section 8(e) hereof; and
provided, further, that with respect to any such untrue statement in or
omission from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the indemnity agreement
contained in this Section 8(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any such
Initial Purchaser to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action of or with respect to such Initial Purchaser results from the fact that
both (A) to the extent required by applicable law or this Agreement, a copy of
the Offering Memorandum was not sent or given to a purchaser of the Offered
Notes at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Offered Notes
to such person and (B) the untrue statement in or omission from the Preliminary
Offering Memorandum was corrected in the Offering Memorandum (unless, in either
case, such failure to deliver the Offering Memorandum was as a result of
non-compliance by the Company with Section 5(a) hereof). The foregoing
indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have to any Initial Purchaser or to any director, officer, employee
or controlling person of that Initial Purchaser.

          (b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its officers and employees, each of its directors,
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the
Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several,
or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such director,
officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering
Memorandum or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or
alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the
Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made,

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not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of that Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion
therein, and shall reimburse the Company and any such director, officer,
employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer,
employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or
preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action
as such expenses are incurred; provided, that the only written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser specifically
for inclusion therein consists solely of the information specified in Section
8(e) hereof. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability
which any Initial Purchaser may otherwise have to the Company or any such
director, officer, employee or controlling person.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of
notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure
to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which
it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially
prejudiced by such failure and, provided further, that the failure to notify
the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may
have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such
claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any
other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided, however, if
any such action includes both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may
arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party
in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal
defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different
from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to
assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice
from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying
party’s election to assume the defense of such action and approval by the
indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel
in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence or (ii) the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable
time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the
fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party.
In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and expenses
of more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) for all
indemnified parties in connection with any one action or series of separate but
similar or related actions arising out of the same general allegations or
circumstances. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written
consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in
respect of which indemnification or contribution may

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be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise
or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) be
liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written
consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with
the consent of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for any
reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party
under Section 8(a) or 8(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability,
or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the
amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss,
claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such
proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other from the
offering of the Offered Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i)
above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but
also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial
Purchasers on the other with respect to the statements or omissions which
resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on
the other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Offered Notes
purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the
Company on the one hand, and the total discounts and commissions received by
the Initial Purchasers with respect to the Offered Notes purchased under this
Agreement, on the other hand, bear to the total gross proceeds from the
offering of the Offered Notes under this Agreement. The relative fault shall
be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of
a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company or the Initial Purchasers, the
intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and
the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contributions pursuant to this Section were to be determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by
an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to
include, for purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 8(d), no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount
in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Notes
sold by it and offered for resale exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Initial Purchaser has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty
of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to
contribute as provided in this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to the
respective principal amount of the Offered Notes set forth opposite their names
in Schedule 1 hereto, and not joint.

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          (e) The Initial Purchasers severally confirm and the Company acknowledges
that the statements with respect to the offering of the Offered Notes by the
Initial Purchasers set forth in the last sentence on the cover, the addresses
for returning the Offering Memorandum on page 3, the second sentence in
paragraph three, the third sentence in paragraph five and paragraph seven under
the heading “Plan of Distribution” in the Offering Memorandum constitute the
only information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Initial
Purchasers specifically for inclusion in the Offering Memorandum.

     9. Defaulting Initial Purchasers.

          If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults in the performance
of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Initial
Purchasers shall be obligated to purchase the Offered Notes which the
defaulting Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date
in the respective proportion to the respective total principal amount of
Offered Notes set forth opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting
Initial Purchasers in Schedule 1 hereto bears to the total principal amount of
Offered Notes set opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting
Initial Purchasers in Schedule 1 hereto; provided, however, that the remaining
non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase any of the
Offered Notes on the Closing Date if the total principal amount of the Offered
Notes which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but
failed to purchase on such date exceeds 10.0% of the total number of Offered
Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, and any remaining non-defaulting
Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the
total principal amount of Offered Notes which it agreed to purchase on the
Closing Date. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining
non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or those initial purchasers satisfactory to
the Initial Purchasers who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be
obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them,
all the principal amount of Offered Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date.
If the remaining Initial Purchasers or other initial purchasers satisfactory to
the Initial Purchasers do not elect to purchase the Offered Notes which the
defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to
purchase on the Closing Date, this Agreement shall terminate without liability
on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company, except that
the Company will continue to be liable to the extent set forth in Sections 6
and 8 and, if applicable, Section 11 hereof.

          Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of
any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default. If
other initial purchasers are obligated or agree to purchase the Offered Notes
of a defaulting or withdrawing Initial Purchaser, the Company may postpone the
Closing Date for up to seven full Business Days in order to effect any changes
that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Initial
Purchasers may be necessary in the Offering Memorandum or in any other document
or arrangement.

     10. Termination. The obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder may
be terminated by the Initial Purchasers by notice given by Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated (“Morgan”), on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, to and received
by the Company prior to the Closing Date if, prior to that time, any of the
events described in Section 7(l)(iii) or 7(m) or 7(n) hereof, shall have
occurred such that the Initial Purchasers would not be obligated to purchase
the Offered Notes under Section 7 hereof or if the Initial Purchasers shall
decline to purchase the Offered Notes for any reason permitted under Section 7
of this Agreement.

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     11. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers’ Expenses. If the Company shall
fail to tender the Offered Notes for delivery to the Initial Purchasers or any
condition of the obligations hereunder set forth in Section 7 hereof is not
fulfilled, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably
incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the
proposed purchase of the Offered Notes, and upon demand the Company shall pay
the full amount of such expenses to the Initial Purchasers. If this Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof by reason of the default of one or
more Initial Purchasers, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any
defaulting Initial Purchaser on account of those expenses.

     12. Notices, etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements
hereunder shall be in writing, and:

          (a) if to the Initial Purchasers, shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585
Broadway, New York, NY 10036 (Fax: 212-507-2409), Attention: Fixed Income
Syndicate Desk, with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 8,
to the General Counsel’s Office at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
10020;

          (b) if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile
transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Offering
Memorandum, Attention: Chief Executive Officer (Fax: 441-292-8300) with a copy
to Intelsat Global Service Corporation, 3400 International Drive, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20008-3098 (Fax: (202) 944-7661), Attention: General Counsel;

          provided, however, that any notice to an Initial Purchaser pursuant to
Section 8 hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to such Initial Purchaser at its address set forth in its
acceptance telex which address will be supplied to any other party hereto upon
request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take
effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act
and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf
of the Initial Purchasers by Morgan.

     13. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the Initial Purchasers, the Company and
their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions
hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (A) the
representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the
person or persons, if any, who control any Initial Purchaser within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Act and (B) the representations, warranties, indemnities
and agreements of the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement shall be
deemed to be for the benefit of directors, officers and employees of the
Company, and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to
give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 13, any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement
or any provision contained herein.

     14. Survival. The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company and the Initial Purchasers contained in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf on them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Offered

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Notes and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any
of them. The respective agreements, indemnities, representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 17 and 18 hereof shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation
of this Agreement.

     15. Definition of the Terms “Business Day” “significant subsidiary” and
“subsidiary". For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “Business Day” means any day
on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading and (b)
“significant subsidiary” and “subsidiary” each have the meaning set forth in
Rule 405 under the Act; provided; that the term “significant subsidiary” shall
also include any entity that does not otherwise meet the definition of a
“significant subsidiary” under Rule 405 under the Act, but is listed on
Schedule 2 hereto.

     16. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     17. Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably agrees that any
legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted
in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City of
New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the
Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York (collectively, the “Specified
Courts”), and irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for
proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such
court (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive)
of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. The parties further
agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such
party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any
lawsuit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of
venue of any lawsuit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts, and
hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or
claim in any such court that any such lawsuit, action or other proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each
party not located in the New York City hereby irrevocably appoints CT
Corporation System, which currently maintains a New York City office at 111
Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, United States of America, as its agent
to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such
action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in
the City and State of New York.

     18. Waiver of Immunity. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each
party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from
jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment)
and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts,
and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity
in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will
not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of
any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation,
any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of
1976, as amended.

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     19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed
counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

     20. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or
interpretation of, this Agreement.

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     If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement of the Company and the
Initial Purchasers, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for
that purpose below.

  	 	 
	 
	
          Very truly yours,

            INTELSAT, LTD.

          

	 

	 
	By:
          /s/ Conny Kullman
          

        
  Name:
          Conny Kullman

          Title: Chief Executive Officer

  	 
	Accepted:

	 

	MORGAN
          STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

	 

	By:
          /s/ James C. Murray
          

        
  Name:
          James C. Murray

          Title: Vice President

	 

	CITIGROUP
          GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

	 

	By:
          /s/ Niraj J. Shah

          

        
  Name:
          Niraj J. Shah

          Title: Vice President

	 

	BNP
          PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.

	 

	By:
          /s/ Konrad Testwvide
          

        
  Name:
          Konrad Testwvide

          Title: Managing Director

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SCHEDULE 1

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Principal Amount of
	Initial Purchasers	 	2008 Notes
	Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
	 	$	133,334,000	 
	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
	 	 	133,333,000	 
	BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
	 	 	133,333,000	 
	 
	 	 	
	 
	 	TOTAL
	 	$	400,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Principal Amount of
	Initial Purchasers	 	2013 Notes
	Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
	 	$	233,334,000	 
	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
	 	 	233,333,000	 
	BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
	 	 	233,333,000	 
	 
	 	 	
	 
	 	TOTAL
	 	$	700,000,000	 
	 
	 	 	
	 

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

     

  	 	 	Jurisdiction of 
	Subsidiaries	 	Incorporation  
	 	 	 
	Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd.	 	 Bermuda
	Intelsat Holdings LLC	 	 Delaware
	Intelsat LLC	 	 Delaware
	Intelsat Global Service Corporation	 	 Delaware
	Intelsat USA Sales Corp.	 	 Delaware
	Intelsat USA License Corp.	 	 Delaware
	Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing Ltd.	 	 England and Wales

 

 

Exhibit A

[Form of Registration Rights Agreement]

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered
into as of November 7, 2003 by and among Intelsat, Ltd., a Bermuda company (the
“Company”), and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     The Company proposes to issue and sell, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement
dated October 31, 2003, among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (the
“Purchase Agreement”), to the Initial Purchasers $400,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Company’s 5 1/4% Senior Notes due 2008 (the “2008
“Notes”) and $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6 1/2%
Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013 Notes”, together with the 2008 Notes, the
“Notes”). The Notes are to be issued by the Company pursuant to the provisions
of an indenture dated as of April 1, 2002 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) among the Company and
The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

     In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase
Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and
their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights with respect to
the Notes as set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

     In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Definitions.

     As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall
have the following meanings:

     “1933 Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time.

     “1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from
time to time.

     “additional interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e)
hereof.

     “Business Day” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

     “Closing Date” shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase
Agreement.

     “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

     “consummate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

     “Exchange Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii)
hereof.

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     “Exchange Notes” shall mean notes issued by the Company under the
Indenture and containing terms identical to the 2008 Notes or the 2013 Notes,
as the case may be, (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from the
last date on which interest was paid on the 2008 Notes or the 2013 Notes, as
the case may be, (or, if the Exchange Notes are authenticated between a record
date and an interest payment date, from such interest payment date) or, if no
such interest has been paid, from the Closing Date and (ii) the Exchange Notes
will not provide for additional interest accruing thereon following a failure
to register such Exchange Notes under the 1933 Act and will not contain terms
with respect to transfer restrictions) and to be offered to Holders of Notes in
exchange for Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

     “Exchange Offer” shall mean an exchange offer by the Company of Exchange
Notes for all Notes that are Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a)
hereof.

     “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the 1933 Act
effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

     “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer
registration statement on an appropriate form under the 1933 Act and all
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case
including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
material incorporated by reference therein.

     “Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any
Registrable Securities, and their successors, assigns and direct and indirect
transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture,
provided that, for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term
"Holders” shall also include Participating Broker-Dealers.

     “Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c)
hereof.

     “Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c)
hereof.

     “Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

     “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

     “Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that, for
purposes of this Agreement, whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder,
Registrable Securities held by the Company or any affiliates (as such term is
defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) of the Company shall not be counted in
determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such
required percentage or amount.

     “Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

     “Offer Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a)(iv) hereof.

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     “Participating Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(a) hereof.

     “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company,
corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof.

     “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

     “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration
Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus
supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the
Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all
other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including
all material incorporated by reference therein.

     “Registrable Security” shall mean each Note until the earliest to occur of
(i) the date on which that Note has been exchanged by a Person other than a
broker-dealer for an Exchange Note in the Exchange Offer; (ii) following the
exchange by a broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer of a Note for an Exchange
Note, the earlier of (A) the date on which that Exchange Note is sold to a
purchaser who receives from that broker-dealer on or prior to the date of that
sale a copy of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and (B) the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
has been effective under the 1933 Act for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(iii) the date on which that Note has been effectively registered under the
1933 Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement;
(iv) the date on which that Note is sold by the Holder pursuant to Rule 144
under the 1933 Act or may be sold by the holder pursuant to Rule 144(k) under
the 1933 Act or (v) the date on which the Note is cancelled or redeemed or
ceases to be outstanding.

     “Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e)
hereof.

     “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance by the Company with this Agreement, including
without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange and National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or “blue
sky” laws, (iii) all expenses of any Person in preparing or assisting in
preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration
Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, and any other
documents relating to the Company’s performance of and compliance with this
Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating
to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi)
the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel (and additionally
including one local counsel), (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and
disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected
by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial
Purchasers (“counsel for the Holders”)) and (viii) the fees and disbursements
of the

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independent public accountants of the Company, including the expenses of
any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such
performance and compliance.

     “Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration
Statement or Shelf Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements to
any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each
case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all
material incorporated by reference therein.

     “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

     “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof.

     “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement
of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) of this Agreement
which covers Registrable Securities on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under
the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including
post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained
therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
therein.

     “TIA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(l) hereof.

     “Trustee” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

     “Underwriters” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

     “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a registration in which Registrable
Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

     2. Registration under the 1933 Act.

          (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable
interpretation of the staff of the SEC, the Company shall (x) file or cause to
be filed or, on or prior to the date that is 240 calendar days after the
Closing Date, an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering the offer by
the Company to the Holders to exchange all of the Registrable Securities for
Exchange Notes, and (y) use its reasonable efforts to (1) have such
Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date
that is 300 calendar days after the Closing Date and remain effective until the
closing of the Exchange Offer and (2) to consummate the Exchange Offer with
respect to the Notes on or prior to the date that is 340 calendar days after
the Closing Date. For purposes hereof, “consummate” shall mean, with respect
to the Notes, that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall have been
declared effective, the period of the Exchange Offer provided in accordance
with clause 2(a)(ii) below shall have expired and all Registrable Securities
validly tendered and not withdrawn in connection with such Exchange Offer shall
have been exchanged for Exchange Notes. The Company shall commence the
Exchange Offer with respect to the Notes by mailing or causing to

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be mailed the related Exchange Offer Prospectus and accompanying documents
to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required
by applicable law:

               (i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement
and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn
will be accepted for exchange;

               (ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period
of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed) (each
such date being an “Exchange Date”);

               (iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain
outstanding and continue to accrue interest, but will not retain any
rights under this Agreement, unless the Holder of such Registrable
Security delivers a notice pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii);

               (iv) that Holders electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged
pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to surrender, or make
book-entry delivery of, such Registrable Security and deliver (including
via an agent’s message) the enclosed letters of transmittal to the
institution and at the address specified in the notice prior to the close
of business on the last Exchange Date (the “Offer Termination Date”); and

               (v) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election, not
later than the close of business on the Offer Termination Date.

As soon as practicable after the Offer Termination Date, the Company
shall:

                    (A) accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions
thereof tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange
Offer; and

                    (B) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for
cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so
accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the
Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, an
Exchange Note equal in aggregate principal amount to the aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Securities surrendered by such
Holder.

     The Company shall use reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as
provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the 1933
Act, the 1934 Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with
the Exchange Offer.

          (b) In the event that (i) the Company determines that the Exchange Offer
Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be
consummated as soon as practicable after the Offer Termination Date because it
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the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC, (ii) the Exchange
Offer is not for any other reason consummated within 340 calendar days after
the Closing Date or (iii) any Holder of Registrable Securities shall notify the
Company prior to the date that is 20 Business Days following the Offer
Termination Date that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or SEC policy from
participating in the applicable Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder may not
resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public
without delivering a Prospectus and the Prospectus contained in the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for those resales,
or (C) such Holder is a broker-dealer and holds Notes acquired directly from
the Company or any of its affiliates, the Company shall use reasonable efforts
to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or
notice is given to the Company, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration
Statement providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable
Securities (except as provided in the next sentence) and use reasonable efforts
to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC. In
the event the Company is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement solely
as a result of the matters referred to in clause (iii) of the preceding
sentence, the Company shall file and use reasonable efforts to have declared
effective by the SEC both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to
Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf
Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement or may be a separate Registration
Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by
the Holders who delivered the notice referred to in clause (iii) of the
preceding sentence. The Company agrees to use reasonable efforts to keep the
Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the earlier of (x)
two years after the Closing Date or (y) such time as all of the Registrable
Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant
to the Shelf Registration Statement. The Company further agrees to supplement
or amend the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the rules, regulations
or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for
such Shelf Registration Statement or by the 1933 Act or by any other rules and
regulations thereunder and to use reasonable efforts to cause any such
amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement to become
usable as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company agrees to furnish to the
Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment
promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

          (c) The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the
registration pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b).

          (d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a)
hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will
not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by
the SEC; provided, however, that if, after it has been declared effective, the
offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement is
interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of
the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement
will be deemed not to be effective during the period of such interference until
the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement
may legally resume.

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          (e) Without duplication of the provisions set forth in the Indenture, in
the event that:

               (i) (A) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the
Exchange Offer is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the date that is
240 calendar days after the Closing Date, or (B) if a Shelf Registration
Statement is required to be filed and such Shelf Registration Statement
is not filed within 240 calendar days after such obligation arises, or

               (ii) (A) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared
effective on or prior to the date that is 300 calendar days after the
Closing Date, or (B) if a Shelf Registration Statement is required to be
filed and such Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective
within 360 calendar days after the date such Shelf Registration Statement
was required to be filed, or

               (iii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the date
that is 340 calendar days after the Closing Date,

(each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iii), a “Registration
Default”), then additional interest (“additional interest”) will accrue (in
addition to, and at the same time and in the same manner as, the interest
otherwise due on the 2008 Notes and the 2013 Notes, respectively) on the
principal amount of each Registrable Security in an amount equal to 0.25% per
annum commencing on the date from and including the next calendar day following
the expiration of each of (a) such 240 day period in the case of clause (i)(A)
above or such 240 day period in the case of clause (i)(B) above, (b) such 300
day period in the case of clause (ii) (A) above or such 360 day period in the
case of clause (ii)(B) above, as applicable, and such (c) 340 day period in the
case of clause (iii) above. Such additional interest will cease accruing on
such Registrable Securities when all Registration Defaults have been cured.
Notwithstanding the existence of more than one Registration Default, the
interest rate on the Notes shall not be increased by more than 0.25% per annum.

          (f) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and
the Holders, the Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to comply
with its obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in
material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which
there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure
damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure,
any Initial Purchaser or Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to
specifically enforce the Company’s obligations under Section 2(a) and Section
2(b) hereof.

     3. Registration Procedures.

     In connection with the obligations of the Company with respect to the
Registration Statements pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof and
subject to the terms and conditions thereof, the Company shall reasonably
promptly:

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          (a) prepare and file with the SEC under the 1933 Act a Registration
Statement, which Registration Statement shall (x) be on an appropriate form
under the 1933 Act selected by the Company, (y) in the case of a Shelf
Registration, be on a form available for the sale of the Registrable Securities
by the selling Holders thereof and (z) comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial
statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and use reasonable
efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain
effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

          (b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective
amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such
Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with
Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required
prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
under the 1933 Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period
described under Section 4(3) and Rule 174 under the 1933 Act that is applicable
to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable
Securities or Exchange Notes;

          (c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers and to each
Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any,
without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as
such Holder or Underwriter may reasonably request, in order to facilitate the
public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities; and the Company
consents to the use of such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto
in accordance with applicable law by each of the selling Holders of Registrable
Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale
of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable
law;

          (d) use reasonable efforts (i) to register or qualify the Registrable
Securities under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such
jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration
Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and (ii) to cooperate
with such Holder in connection with any filings required to be made with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and do any and all other acts
and things which may be reasonably necessary to enable such Holder to
consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable
Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to (A) register or qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer
in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to
register or qualify but for this Section, (B) subject itself to taxation in any
such jurisdiction if it is not then so subject or (C) consent to general
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          (e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable
Securities and counsel for the Initial Purchasers promptly and, if requested by
such Persons, confirm such advice in writing, (i) when such Shelf Registration
Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto
has been filed and becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any
state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration
Statement and Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration
Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state
securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose,
(iv) if, between the effective date of a Registration Statement and the closing
of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the Company receives any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any
proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event during the
period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which makes any statement
made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any
material respect or which requires the making of any changes in such
Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein
not misleading and (vi) of any determination by the Company to file a
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement;

          (f) make reasonable efforts to promptly obtain the withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement and, as promptly as
practicable, provide notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order;

          (g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of
Registrable Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without
documents incorporated by reference therein, if any, or exhibits thereto,
unless so requested);

          (h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling
Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and
delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not
bearing any restrictive legends (unless required by applicable securities laws)
and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations (consistent
with the provisions of the Indenture) and registered in such names as the
selling Holders may reasonably request at least two Business Days prior to the
closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

          (i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event
contemplated by Section 3(e)(v) hereof while the Company maintains a Shelf
Registration Statement, use reasonable efforts to prepare a supplement or
post-effective amendment to the applicable Shelf Registration Statement or the
related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file
any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers
of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The Holders who have received the notice referred to in
Section 3(e)(v) above hereby agree to suspend use of the

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Prospectus until the Company has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to
correct such misstatement or omission;

          (j) within a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration
Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or
amendment or supplement to a Prospectus, or any document which is to be
incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or Prospectus after the
initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to
the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf
Registration Statement, counsel for the Holders) and make such of the
representatives of the Company as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial
Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, counsel for the Holders) available for discussion of such document,
and shall not at any time file or make any amendment to the Registration
Statement, any Prospectus or any amendment of or supplement to a Registration
Statement or a Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by
reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the Initial
Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration
Statement, counsel for the Holders) shall not have previously been advised and
furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in
the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, counsel for the Holders) shall
reasonably object;

          (k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Notes or Registrable
Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a
Registration Statement;

          (l) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended (the “TIA”), in connection with the registration of the
Exchange Notes or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, and cooperate
with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may
be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms
of the TIA and execute, and use reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to
execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other
forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture
to be so qualified in a timely manner;

          (m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by
a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities, any Underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement,
and accountants designated by and counsel for the Holders, at reasonable times
and in a reasonable manner, all financial and other records, pertinent
documents and properties of the Company, and cause the officers, directors and
employees of the Company to supply all information reasonably requested by any
such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a
Shelf Registration Statement, in each case that would customarily be reviewed
or examined in connection with a “due diligence” review of the Company;
provided, however, that such representatives, attorneys or accountants shall be
acceptable to the Company in its reasonable judgment and shall agree to enter
into a written confidentiality agreement acceptable to the Company, if so
requested, regarding any records, information or documents that are designated
by the Company as confidential, unless such records, information or documents
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disclosure of such records, information or documents is required by court
or administrative order, and to use information obtained pursuant to this
provision only in connection with the transaction for which such information
was obtained, and not for any other purpose;

          (n) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities
covered by a Registration Statement as necessary to enable such Holder to
dispose of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement under
the 1933 Act, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such
Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and (ii) make all required
filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment promptly
after the Company has received notification of the matters to be incorporated
in such filing;

          (o) cause all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement
(i) to be listed on each securities exchange or quotation system on which
similar securities issued by the Company are then listed, if so requested by
the Majority Holders and (ii) if not theretofore rated, to be rated with the
appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Majority Holders; and

          (p) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary
agreements and take all such other customary actions, if any, in connection
therewith (including those requested by counsel for the Holders) as the
Majority Holders reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration
Statement and in such connection, (i) to the extent possible, make such
representations and warranties, and provide such indemnification and
contribution, to the Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable
Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries,
the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference
or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance
and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten
offerings, (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company in customary form,
scope and substance, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions
requested in underwritten offerings, (iii) obtain “cold comfort” letters from
the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary,
any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company, or any
business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial
data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) in
customary form as permitted by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any
superseding statement on auditing standards) addressed to each selling Holder
and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, subject to receipt of appropriate
documentation as contemplated by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any
superseding statement on auditing standards), and (iv) deliver such customary
documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by counsel for the
Majority Holders to evidence the continued validity of the representations and
warranties of the Company made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence
compliance with any customary conditions in an underwriting agreement,
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to enter into any
such underwriting agreement more than once and may delay entering into such
agreement during any period in which a Suspension Notice (as defined below) is
in effect.

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     In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may (as a
condition to such Holder’s participation in a Shelf Registration) require each
Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information
regarding such Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such
Registrable Securities as in the reasonable opinion of both the Company and the
Company’s counsel shall be required under applicable securities laws and as the
Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing for inclusion in
such Shelf Registration Statement. Each such Holder agrees to notify the
Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information
previously furnished by such Holder to the Company or of the occurrence of any
event, in either case, as a result of which any prospectus relating to such
registration contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact
regarding such Holder or such Holder’s intended method of distribution of such
Exchange Notes, or fails or would fail to state a material fact regarding such
Holder or such Holder’s intended method of distribution of such Exchange Notes
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly to furnish
to the Company any additional information required to correct and update any
previously furnished information or required so that such prospectus shall not
contain, with respect to such Holder or the distribution of such Exchange
Notes, an untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances then existing. Each such Holder shall
comply with the provisions of the 1933 Act applicable to such Holder with
respect to the disposition by such Holder of Exchange Notes covered by such
Registration Statement in accordance with the intended methods of disposition
by such Holder set forth in such Registration Statement.

     In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that,
upon receipt of any notice from the Company (i) of the happening of any event
of the kind described in Section 3(e) (iii) or (v) hereof, (ii) that the
Company is in possession of material information that has not been disclosed to
the public and the Company reasonably deems it to be advisable not to disclose
such information in a Registration Statement or (iii) that the Company is in
the process of a registered offering of securities and the Company reasonably
deems it to be advisable to temporarily discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement (in each case, such
notice being hereinafter referred to as a “Suspension Notice”), such Holder
will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to
such Registration Statement and shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 5 hereof with respect to any sales made by it in contravention of this
paragraph until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof or a notice in
accordance with Section 3(f) hereof that any order suspending the effectiveness
of the Shelf Registration Statement has been withdrawn, or, in the case of (ii)
or (iii) above, until further notice from the Company that disposition of
Registrable Securities may resume; provided, that such further notice will be
given within 90 days of the Suspension Notice in the case of (ii) above and
within 120 days of the Suspension Notice in the case of (iii) above and;
provided, further, that in the case of (ii) and (iii) above, any Suspension
Notice must be based upon a good faith determination of the board of directors
of the Company or the executive committee thereof that such notice is
necessary; and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the

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Company (at the Company’s expense) or destroy all copies in its
possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession,
of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of
receipt of such Suspension Notice.

     If the Company shall give any such Suspension Notice, the Company shall
extend the period during which the Registration Statement shall be maintained
effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period
from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the
date when the Holders shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions or advice from the Company
that delivery may be resumed. There must be at least 90 consecutive days in
any 365 day period during which a Suspension Notice pursuant to (ii) or (iii)
above is not in effect.

     The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration
Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an
Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment
banker or investment bankers and manager or managers (the “Underwriters”) that
will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such
offering, subject to the approval of the Company acting reasonably. In the
case of any Underwritten Offering, the Company shall provide written notice to
the Holders of all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Shelf
Registration Statement of such Underwritten Offering at least 30 days prior to
the filing of a prospectus supplement for such Underwritten Offering. Such
notice shall (x) offer each such Holder the right to participate in such
Underwritten Offering, (y) specify a date, which shall be no earlier than 10
days following the date of such notice, by which such Holder must inform the
Company of its intent to participate in such Underwritten Offering and (z)
include the instructions such Holder must follow in order to participate in
such Underwritten Offering.

     4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.

          (a) The Company understands that the staff of the SEC has taken the
position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own
account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Notes that were acquired by such
broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a
“Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the
meaning of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes.

          (b) In light of the above, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Company agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they
relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer
Registration, to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto, as
may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or one or more
Participating Broker-Dealers pursuant to clause 4(b)(ii) below in order to
expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Notes by Participating
Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the staff of the SEC recited in
Section 4(a) above; provided that:

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               (i) the Company shall not be required to amend or supplement the
Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as
would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding
90 days after the Offer Termination Date (as such period may be extended
pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3) and Participating
Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company to deliver, and
shall not deliver, such Prospectus after such period in connection with
the resales contemplated by this Section; and

               (ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth
in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the
extent not required by the positions of the staff of the SEC or the 1933
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with
the reasonable request to the Company by the Initial Purchasers or with
the reasonable request in writing to the Company by the broker-dealers
who certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Company in writing that
they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and
provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf
Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer
Registration, the Company shall be obligated (x) to deal only with a
single representative of the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated unless it elects not to act as such
representative, in which case the representative shall be selected by a
majority of the Participating Broker-Dealers, (y) to pay the fees and
expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating
Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers (and
additionally including one local counsel) unless such counsel elects not
to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold
comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on
the Offer Termination Date and with respect to each amendment or
supplement thereof, if any, effected during the period specified in
Section 4(b)(i) above; provided that the provisions of clauses (y) and
(z) of this Section 4(b)(ii) shall apply only if one or more
Participating Broker-Dealers holding at least $10,000,000 in principal
amount of Registrable Securities shall request that the provisions of
this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration also apply to such
Exchange Offer Registration for the disposition of Exchange Notes by
Participating Broker-Dealers.

     5. Indemnification and Contribution.

          (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial
Purchaser, its respective directors, officers and employees, each Holder and
each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within
the meaning of the 1933 Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or
liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which that
Initial Purchaser, director, officer, employee, Holder or Person controlling
such Initial Purchaser or Holder, may become subject under the 1933 Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or (ii)
any omission or alleged omission to state in any Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto)

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or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and
shall reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such director, officer,
employee of such Initial Purchaser, each Holder, and each Person who controls
any such Initial Purchaser or Holder, promptly upon demand for any legal and
other expenses reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser, director,
officer, employee of that Initial Purchaser, Holder, and each such Person
controlling such Initial Purchaser or Holder, in connection with investigating
or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such
Person specifically for inclusion therein; provided further, that with respect
to any such untrue statement in or omission from a preliminary prospectus, the
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 5(a) shall not inure to the
benefit of any such Person to the extent that any such loss, liability, claim,
damage or action of or with respect to such Person results from the fact that
both (A) to the extent required by applicable law, a copy of the Prospectus (or
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented) was not sent or given to such Person
at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Registrable
Securities to such Person and (B) the untrue statement in or omission from such
preliminary prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus (or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, as the case may be) (unless, in either case, such
failure to deliver such Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, as the case may be) was a result of the failure of the Company to
so provide such Prospectus (or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, as
the case may be)). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Initial Purchaser,
director, officer, employee, Holder or any Person controlling any Initial
Purchaser or Holder.

          (b) Each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, severally and not jointly,
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and employees, each
of its directors and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the 1933 Act from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability,
joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any
such director, officer, employee or any Person who controls the Company may
become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of or is based upon (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case
only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of that Initial

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     Purchaser or that Holder specifically for inclusion therein, and shall
reimburse the Company and any such director, officer, employee or any Person
who controls the Company promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, employee or
any Person who controls the Company in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity
agreement is in addition to any liability which any Initial Purchaser or any
Holder may otherwise have to the Company or any such director, officer,
employee or any Person who controls the Company.

          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified person (the “Indemnified
Person”) under this Section 5 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any
action, the Indemnified Person shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying person (the “Indemnifying Person”) under this
Section 5, notify the Indemnifying Person in writing of the claim or the
commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the
Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
under this Section 5 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by
such failure and, provided further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying
Person shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an
Indemnified Person other than under this Section 5. If any such claim or
action shall be brought against an Indemnified Person, and it shall notify the
Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified Indemnifying Person, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; provided, however,
if any such action includes both the Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying
Person, and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that a
conflict may arise between the positions of the Indemnifying Person and the
Indemnified Person in conducting the defense of any such action or that there
may be legal defenses available to it and/or other Indemnified Persons which
are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnifying Person,
the Indemnified Person or Persons shall have the right to select separate
counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the
defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Person or Persons. Upon
receipt of notice from the Indemnifying Person to such Indemnified Person of
such Indemnifying Person’s election to assume the defense of such action and
approval by the Indemnified Person of counsel, the Indemnifying Person will not
be liable to such Indemnified Person under this Section 5 for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection
with the defense thereof unless (i) the Indemnified Person shall have employed
separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence
or (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have employed counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person
within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of
which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the
Indemnifying Person. In no event shall the Indemnifying Person be liable for
the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (together with appropriate local
counsel) for all Indemnified Persons in connection with any one action or
series of separate but similar or related actions arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances. No Indemnifying Person shall (i) without
the prior written consent of the Indemnified Persons (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any
judgment with respect

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to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect
of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or
not the Indemnified Persons are actual or potential parties to such claim or
action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional
release of each Indemnified Person from all liability arising out of such
claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) be liable for any settlement of any
such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the Indemnifying
Person, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any
Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 shall be for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Person
under Section 5(a) or 5(b) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability,
or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each Indemnifying
Person shall, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person, contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such loss,
claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the Initial Purchasers or Holders on the other hand with
respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim,
damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or the Initial Purchasers or the Holders
the intent of the parties and their knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the
Initial Purchasers and each Holder agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section were to be determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers and the Holders were
treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to
herein. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the
loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to
above in this Section shall be deemed to include, for the purposes of this
Section 5(d), any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Initial Purchaser or
Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which Registrable Securities were sold by such Initial
Purchaser or Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial
Purchaser or Holder has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ and
Holders’ obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 5(d) are several
in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities sold
by them pursuant to such Registration Statement. The remedies provided for in
this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies
which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

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          (e) Any losses, claims, damages or liabilities for which an Indemnified
Person is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section shall
be paid by the Indemnifying Person to the Indemnified Person as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities are incurred reasonably promptly after receipt
by the Indemnifying Person of a request therefor by the Indemnified Person.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, any Holder or any
Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, the Company’s directors
or officers or any Person controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any
Exchange Notes, (iii) any termination of this Agreement and (iv) any sale of
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

     6. Miscellaneous.

          (a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company has not entered into, and on
or after the date of this Agreement will not enter into, any agreement which is
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities
in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The
rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are
not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s other
issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

          (b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including
the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented,
and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be
given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable
Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or
consent; provided, however, that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver
or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 2(e) or 5 hereof
shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless
consented to in writing by such Holder.

          (c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or
permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered
first-class mail, facsimile, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i)
if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company
by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address
set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) if to the Company, initially at
the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at
such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions
of this Section.

     All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given at the time delivered, if personally delivered; five business days after
being deposited in the mail, postage pre-paid, if mailed; when receipt is
acknowledged, if faxed; and on the next business day if timely delivered to an
air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

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     Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be
concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the
address specified in the Indenture.

          (d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the
parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express
assignment or assumption, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein
shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of
Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement and
the Indenture. The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability or obligation to
the Company, and the Company shall have no liability or obligation to the
Initial Purchasers, with respect to any failure by a Holder (other than the
Initial Purchasers) to comply with, or any breach by any Holder (other than the
Initial Purchasers) of, the obligations of such Holder (other than the Initial
Purchasers) under this Agreement.

          (e) Third Party Beneficiary. Each Holder shall be a third party
beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company, on the one
hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and subject to the terms
hereof shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent
it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the
rights of Holders hereunder.

          (f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

          (g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

          (h) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.

          (i) Severability. In the event that one or more of the provisions
contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

          (j) No Piggyback on Registrations. Neither the Company, its affiliates
nor any of their security holders (other than the Holders of Notes in such
capacity) shall have the right to include any securities of the Company or its
affiliates (other than Registrable Securities) in any Shelf Registration or
Exchange Offer Registration, without the consent of the Holders participating
in such.

          (k) Consent to Jurisdiction. Each party irrevocably agrees that any legal
suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated

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hereby (“Related Proceedings”) may be instituted in the federal courts of
the United States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of
the State of New York in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan in the
City of New York (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in
regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related
Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in
any such suit, action or proceeding. The parties further agree that service of
any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set
forth above shall be effective service of process for any lawsuit, action or
other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any lawsuit,
action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts, and hereby further
irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any
such court that any such lawsuit, action or other proceeding brought in any
such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party not located
in the New York City hereby irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, which
currently maintains a New York City office at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New
York 10011, United States of America, as its agent to receive service of
process or other legal summons for purposes of any such action or proceeding
that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City and State of
New York.

          (l) Waiver of Immunity. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each
party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from
jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment)
and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts,
and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity
in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will
not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of
any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation,
any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of
1976, as amended.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

	 	 	 
	 	 	
INTELSAT, LTD.
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 By:	___________________
	 	 Name:	 
	 	 Title:	  

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

	 
	By:___________________
	Name:
	Title:

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

	 
	By: ___________________
	 Name:
	 Title:

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.

	 
	 By:___________________
	 Name:
	 Title:

 

Exhibit B

[Form of Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP]

 

 

November 7, 2003

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
     
1585 Broadway,
        New
York, NY 10036.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
     
388 Greenwich Street,
        New
York, NY 10013.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.,
     The
Equitable Tower,
        787
Seventh Avenue,
            New
York, NY 10019.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In connection with the several purchases today by you pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, dated October 31, 2003 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among
Intelsat, Ltd., a company organized under the laws of Bermuda (the “Company”),
and you, of US$400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5
1/4% Senior Notes due 2008 (the “2008 Notes”) and US$700,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the Company’s 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “2013
Notes”, and together with the 2008 Notes, the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the
Indenture, dated as of

 

 

  	 	 	 
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April 1, 2002 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), we, as United States counsel for the Company,
have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and
such questions of law, as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the
purposes of this opinion. Upon the basis of such examination, it is our
opinion that:

     (1) Each of Intelsat Holdings LLC and Intelsat LLC has been duly
formed and is an existing limited liability company in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all limited liability
company power and authority under the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Offering Memorandum relating to the Notes, dated October 31, 2003 (the
“Offering Memorandum”).

     (2) Each of Intelsat Global Service Corporation and Intelsat USA
Sales Corp. has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the
corporate power and authority under the laws

 

 

  	 	 	 
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of the State of Delaware to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Offering Memorandum. Each of Intelsat
Global Service Corporation and Intelsat USA Sales Corp. is duly
authorized to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in the District of Columbia.

     (3) Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. is the owner of record of all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of Intelsat Global Service
Corporation and all of the outstanding membership interests of Intelsat
Holdings LLC. Intelsat Holdings LLC is the owner of record of all of the
outstanding membership interests of Intelsat LLC. Intelsat Global Sales
& Marketing Ltd. is the owner of record of all of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of Intelsat USA Sales Corp. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of each of Intelsat Global Service Corporation
and Intelsat USA Sales Corp. have been duly authorized and validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable. All of the outstanding membership
interests of each of

 

 

  	 	 	 
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Intelsat Holdings LLC and Intelsat LLC have been duly authorized and
validly issued.

     (4) Assuming the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company insofar as the laws of Bermuda are concerned,
the Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company insofar
as the laws of the State of New York are concerned and constitutes a
valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles.

     (5) The Indenture meets the requirements for qualification under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

     (6) Assuming the 2008 Notes have been duly authorized, executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered insofar as the laws of Bermuda are
concerned, the 2008 Notes have been duly executed,

 

 

  	 	 	 
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authenticated, issued and delivered insofar as the laws of the State
of New York are concerned and constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.

     (7) Assuming the 2013 Notes have been duly authorized, executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered insofar as the laws of Bermuda are
concerned, the 2013 Notes have been duly executed, authenticated, issued
and delivered insofar as the laws of the State of New York are concerned
and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject
to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
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relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.

     (8) Assuming the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November
7, 2003 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and you,
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company insofar
as the laws of Bermuda are concerned, the Registration Rights Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Company insofar as the laws
of the State of New York are concerned and constitutes a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company
in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to
general equity principles; provided, however, that we express no opinion
with respect to Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

     (9) Assuming the Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized,
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insofar as the laws of Bermuda are concerned, the Purchase Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Company insofar as the laws
of the State of New York are concerned.

     (10) Neither registration of the Notes under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), nor qualification of the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, is required
for (i) the offer and sale of the Notes by the Company to you or (ii) the
reoffer and resale of the Notes by you, in each case in the manner
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum and the Purchase Agreement. We
express no opinion, however, as to when or under what circumstances any
Notes sold by you may be reoffered or resold.

     (11) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and
the Notes and the issuance of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture
and the sale of the Notes by the Company to you pursuant to the Purchase
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will not (i) violate Intelsat Global Service Corporation’s
certificate of incorporation or by-laws, Intelsat USA Sales Corp.’s
certificate of incorporation or by-laws, Intelsat Holdings LLC’s limited
liability company agreement or Intelsat LLC’s limited liability company
agreement or (ii) violate any Federal law of the United States, the laws
of the State of New York, the Limited Liability Company Act of the State
of Delaware or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
except for such violations that would not have a material adverse effect
on the financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise;
provided, however, that for the purposes of this paragraph, we express no
opinion with respect to Federal or state securities laws, other antifraud
laws, fraudulent transfer laws, economic sanctions laws affecting
transactions with designated countries, specially designated nationals of
those countries and others, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
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as amended, and related laws, communications laws or the Open-market
Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act
(Pub. L. No. 106-180, 114 Stat. 48 (2000) (amending the Communications
Satellite Act of 1962)); provided, further, that insofar as performance
by the Company of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes is concerned,
we express no opinion as to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights.

     (12) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the
Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and
the Notes, the issuance of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture and
the sale of the Notes by the Company to you pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement do not result in a default under or breach of (i) the 3-Year
Credit Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2002 (the “3-Year Credit
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financial institutions listed in Schedule I thereto (the “Banks”)
and Citibank, N.A., as agent for the Banks or (ii) the terms of the
Company’s 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012 issued under the Indenture, in
each case as of the date hereof; provided, however, that for the purposes
of this paragraph, we express no opinion with respect to Federal or state
securities laws, other antifraud laws, fraudulent transfer laws, economic
sanctions laws affecting transactions with designated countries,
specially designated nationals of those countries and others, the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and related
laws, communications laws or the Open-market Reorganization for the
Betterment of International Telecommunications Act (Pub. L. No. 106-180,
114 Stat. 48 (2000) (amending the Communications Satellite Act of 1962));
provided, further, that insofar as performance by the Company of its
obligations under the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes is concerned, we express no
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reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors’ rights; and provided, further, that
we express no opinion with respect to any default under or breach of
Section 8.05 of the 3-Year Credit Agreement.

     (13) All regulatory consents, authorizations, approvals and filings
required to be obtained or made by the Company under the Federal laws of
the United States, the laws of the State of New York, the Limited
Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware and the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the execution and delivery
of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Indenture and the Notes by the Company and for the issuance, sale and
delivery of the Notes to you pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have been
obtained or made (except for such consents, authorizations, approvals,
filings, registrations or qualifications as may be required to be
obtained or made under the Federal or state securities laws); provided,
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communications law or the Open-market Reorganization for the
Betterment of International Telecommunications Act (Pub. L. No. 106-180,
114 Stat. 48 (2000) (amending the Communications Satellite Act of 1962)).

     (14) Assuming the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 15,
2003, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of August 18, 2003,
Amendment No. 2 thereto, dated as of September 12, 2003 and Amendment No.
3 thereto, dated as of October 21, 2003 (as so amended, but excluding any
annexes, schedules or other attachments thereto, the “Asset Purchase
Agreement”), among the Company, Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd., Loral Space &
Communications Corporation, as debtor and debtor-in-possession (“Loral
Space”), Loral SpaceCom Corporation, as debtor and debtor-in-possession
(“Loral SpaceCom”) and Loral Satellite, Inc., as debtor and
debtor-in-possession (“Loral Satellite” and together with Loral Space and
Loral SpaceCom, the “Sellers”), has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each of the Company and Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. insofar as
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concerned and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
each of the Sellers, the Asset Purchase Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by each of the Company and Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. insofar
as the laws of the State of New York are concerned and, assuming that the
Asset Purchase Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding
obligation of each of the Sellers enforceable against each of the Sellers
in accordance with its terms, the Asset Purchase Agreement constitutes a
valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Company and Intelsat
(Bermuda), Ltd. enforceable against each of the Company and Intelsat
(Bermuda), Ltd. in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights
and to general equity principles.

     (15) The Company is not, and upon issuance and sale of the Notes as
contemplated in the Purchase Agreement and the application of the
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therefrom as described in the Offering Memorandum under the caption
“Use of Proceeds” will not be, an “investment company” as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     (16) Assuming the validity of such actions under the laws of
Bermuda, under the laws of the State of New York relating to submission
of personal jurisdiction, the Company has (i) validly and effectively
submitted to the personal jurisdiction of any Federal court of the United
States of America or any court of the State of New York, in each case
located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, in any suit
or proceeding brought by any one of you or all of you arising out of or
relating to the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Indenture or the Notes, (ii) has validly waived, to the fullest
extent it may effectively do so, any objection to the laying of venue of
any such proceeding in any such court and (iii) has validly and
irrevocably appointed CT Corporation System, New York, as the authorized
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the Purchase Agreement, Section 6(k) of the Registration Rights
Agreement and Section 113 of the Indenture, and service of process
effected in the manner set forth in Section 17 of the Purchase Agreement,
Section 6(k) of the Registration Rights Agreement and Section 113 of the
Indenture will be effective to confer valid personal jurisdiction over
the Company in any such action, subject, in each case, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating or affecting creditors’ rights and
to general equity principles.

     The foregoing opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United States,
the laws of the State of New York, the Limited Liability Company Act of the
State of Delaware and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and
we are expressing no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other
jurisdiction. We understand that you are relying, as to all matters governed
by the laws of Bermuda, upon the opinion dated the date hereof of Conyers

 

 

  	 	 	 
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Dill & Pearman, Bermuda counsel to the Company, which is being delivered
to you by such counsel.

     With respect to the opinion expressed in paragraph (2) above as to the due
qualification of each of Intelsat Global Service Corporation and Intelsat USA
Sales Corp. to transact business as a foreign corporation in the District of
Columbia and its good standing as a foreign corporation in the District of
Columbia, we have, with your approval, relied solely upon a review of a
certificate of the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory
Affairs as to the due qualification of each of Intelsat Global Service
Corporation and Intelsat USA Sales Corp., respectively, as a foreign
corporation to transact business in, and its good standing in, the District of
Columbia. You understand and agree that we have no responsibility for the
information included in such certificate.

     In rendering the opinion in paragraph (3) above, we have reviewed the
stock ledger of each of Intelsat Global Service Corporation and Intelsat USA
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LLC and Intelsat LLC, in each case as of the date hereof, and we have
assumed the accuracy of such ledger and registers.

     We express no opinion in paragraphs (4), (8), (11), (12), (13) and (14)
with respect to any provision of any agreement purporting to require
indemnification of, or contribution to, the losses, damages, claims, expenses
or liability of any person.

     In connection with our opinion set forth in paragraph (10) above, we have,
with your approval, relied upon the representations, warranties and agreements
of the Company and you in the Purchase Agreement as to the absence of any
general solicitation, general advertising or directed selling efforts in
connection with the offering of the Notes, the character of the offerees and
the purchasers of the Notes and as to certain other related matters. In
addition, with your approval, we have assumed that all offers and sales of the
Notes made by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in reliance upon an exemption
from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than that
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or will be made in accordance with the private placement procedures for
offerings of this type that we have previously discussed with Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated, and which include, among other things, procedures reasonably
designed by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated to ensure that such offers and
sales are made only to institutional investors that are “accredited investors”
within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

     The opinion set forth in paragraph (14) above is subject to the following
comments and qualifications:

     A. The enforceability of any provision of the Asset Purchase
Agreement to the effect that terms may not be waived or modified except
in writing may be limited under certain circumstances.

     B. We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of any disclaimers or waivers set forth in any of the
Asset Purchase Agreement to the extent that such disclaimers or waivers
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     C. We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of Section 8.2(c) of the Asset Purchase Agreement.

     D. We note that the provisions of the Asset Purchase Agreement that
permit the parties thereto to take action or make determinations may be
subject to a requirement that such action be taken or such determinations
be made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.

     E. We express no opinion as to Section 12.11 of the Asset Purchase
Agreement as it relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York or the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to
adjudicate any controversy related to the Asset Purchase Agreement.

     We note that the designation in Section 12.11 of the Asset Purchase
Agreement of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District
of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District
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proceedings relating to the Asset Purchase Agreement is,
notwithstanding the waiver of inconvenient forum set forth in Section
12.11 of the Asset Purchase Agreement with respect to proceedings in
those courts, subject to the power of those courts to transfer actions
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1404(a), 28 U.S.C. Section 1412 or
Bankruptcy Rule 7087, 11 U.S.C. or to dismiss such action or proceedings
on the grounds that such court is an inconvenient forum for such an
action or proceeding.

     We also note that pursuant to the Sale Order (as defined in the
Asset Purchase Agreement), the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District
of New York has expressly retained jurisdiction to interpret and enforce
terms of the Sale Order and the Asset Purchase Agreement, and to
adjudicate any and all disputes with respect thereto, provided that such
Court’s jurisdiction of any proceeding to which no Debtor (as defined in
the Sale Order) is a party is non-exclusive and concurrent with the
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that has
  jurisdiction in the absence of the Sale Order. 

     F. We express no opinion with respect to any provision of the Asset
Purchase Agreement insofar as such provision is invalid, not binding or
unenforceable under the laws of the jurisdiction under which a party to
the Asset Purchase Agreement is organized.

     G. We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or
enforceability of any provision of the Asset Purchase Agreement to the
extent that the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such
provision is to be determined by any court other than a court of the
State of New York or a United States District Court sitting in the State
of New York, in each case, applying the choice of law principles of the
State of New York.

     In connection with our opinions set forth in paragraph (14) above, we have
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     A. Each of the parties to the Asset Purchase Agreement is duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization and, if relevant under such laws, in good standing.

     B. Each of the parties to the Asset Purchase Agreement has the
power and authority (corporate and other) to execute, deliver and
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Asset Purchase Agreement.

     C. To the extent that the laws of Bermuda are applicable to the
Asset Purchase Agreement, the Asset Purchase Agreement constitutes the
valid and legally binding obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable
in accordance with its terms.

     D. The execution, delivery and performance of the Asset Purchase
Agreement by each of the parties thereto complies and will comply with
all applicable laws, with each requirement imposed by any court or
governmental body having jurisdiction over any of such parties and with
the organizational documents of each such party, and do not and will not
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     default under or a breach of any agreement or instrument binding
upon any of such parties.

     In connection with our opinion set forth in paragraph (16) above, we
assume that any such action will be properly brought in a court having
jurisdiction over the subject matter, and we are expressing no opinion with
respect to the subject matter jurisdiction of any such court. Also, we are
expressing no opinion as to whether or under what circumstances such a court
might decline to accept jurisdiction over such action on the ground that the
State of New York is an inconvenient forum.

     With your approval, we have relied as to certain matters on information
obtained from public officials, officers and directors of the Company, Intelsat
Holdings LLC, Intelsat LLC, Intelsat Global Service Corporation, Intelsat USA
Sales Corp. and other sources believed by us to be responsible, and we have
assumed that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Trustee, that the Notes conform to the specimens thereof examined by us,
that the Trustee’s certificate of authentication of the Notes has been manually
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of the Trustee’s authorized officers and that the signatures on all
documents examined by us are genuine, assumptions which we have not
independently verified.

  	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

 

 

Exhibit C

[Form of Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman]

 

 

November 7, 2003

	 	 	 
	Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated	 	 
	1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036	 	
DIRECT LINE: 441 299 4997

E-MAIL: wllee@cdp.bm

OUR REF: WLL/dor/316286/corpdocs/90478

YOUR REF:
	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.	 	 
	388 Greenwich Street	 	 
	New York, NY 10013	 	 
	 	 	 
	BNP Paribas Securities Corp.	 	 
	The Equitable Tower	 	 
	787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019	 	 
	 	 	 
	(collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”)	 	 

Dear Sirs

Intelsat, Ltd. (the “Company”) and Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. (the
“Subsidiary” and together with the Company, the “Companies”)

We have acted as special legal counsel in Bermuda to the Company in connection
with the offer and sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of (i)
US$400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5-1/4% Senior Notes of the
Company due 2008 and (ii) US$700,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
6-1/2% Senior Notes of the Company due 2013. This opinion is being rendered
to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Initial Purchasers dated
October 31, 2003 (the “Purchase Agreement”).

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined copies of the
following documents:

	(i)
	 	the Purchase Agreement;

	(ii)
	 	the Indenture between the Company and the Bank of New York,
as Trustee dated April 1, 2002 (the “Indenture”);

	(iii)
	 	the Registration Rights Agreement among the Company and the
Initial Purchasers dated November 7, 2003 (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”);

	(iv)
	 	two 5-1/4% Senior Notes of the Company due November 1, 2008
in the aggregate principal amount of US$400,000,000 and three 6-1/2%
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	 	due November 1, 2013 in the aggregate principal amount of
US$700,000,000 payable to Cede & Co. and each dated November 7,
2003 (collectively, the “Notes”);

	(v)
	 	the final offering memorandum of the Company in connection
with the offer of the Notes dated October 31, 2003 (the “Offering
Memorandum”); and

	(vi)
	 	the asset purchase agreement dated as of July 15, 2003, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as of August 18, 2003,
Amendment No. 2 thereto, dated as of September 12, 2003 and
Amendment No. 3 thereto, dated as of October 21, 2003 (the “Asset
Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company, the Subsidiary and
Loral Space & Communications Corporation (“LSC”), Loral SpaceCom
Corporation (“Loral SpaceCom”) and Loral Satellite, Inc. (“Loral
Satellite,” together with LSC and Loral SpaceCom, the “Sellers”).

The documents listed in items (i) through (iii) above are herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the “Documents”. The term “Exchange Notes” has the
meaning set out in the Registration Rights Agreement. (The terms “Documents,”
“Asset Purchase Agreement,” “Offering Memorandum,” “Notes” and “Exchange Notes”
do not include any other instrument or agreement whether or not specifically
referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto).

We have also reviewed the memorandum of association of the Company, as amended
(the “Company MOA”), the memorandum of association of the Subsidiary, the
amended and restated bye-laws of the Company and the bye-laws of the
Subsidiary, each of which was certified by the Secretary of each respective
Company on November 7, 2003, resolutions passed by the board of directors of
the Company at meetings of the Company’s directors held on June 4th and 5th,
2003 and certified by the Assistant Secretary of the Company on November 7,
2003 (the “June Board Resolutions”), resolutions passed by the board of
directors of the Company at meetings of the Company’s directors held on July
14th, 2003, September 9th and 10th, 2003 and October 27th, 2003 and certified
by the Chairman of the Company on November 7, 2003 (the “Other Board
Resolutions,” together with the June Board Resolutions, the “Board
Resolutions”), minutes of a meeting of the Strategic Affairs and Finance
Committee (the “SAFC”) of the board of directors of the Company held on October
17th, 2003 signed by the Chairman of the SAFC and certified by the Assistant
Secretary of the Company on November 7, 2003 (the “SAFC Minutes”), unanimous
written resolutions of the SAFC dated November 7, 2003 and certified by the
Assistant Secretary of the Company on November 7, 2003 (the “SAFC
Resolutions”), and unanimous written resolutions of the board of directors of
the Subsidiary dated October 31, 2003 and certified by the Secretary of the
Subsidiary on November 7, 2003 (the “Subsidiary Resolutions”), and such other
documents and made such enquiries as to questions of law as we have deemed
necessary in order to render the opinion set forth below.

We have assumed (a) the Exchange Notes will be issued pursuant to, in the form
of and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture
and the Registration Rights Agreement; (b) the genuineness and authenticity of
all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all copies (whether or
not certified) examined by us and the authenticity and completeness of the
originals from which such copies were taken; (c) that where a document has been
examined by us in draft form, it will be or has been executed in the form of
that draft, and where a number of drafts of a document have been examined by us
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attention; (d) the capacity, power and authority of each of the parties to the
Documents and to the Asset Purchase Agreement, other than the Company and the
Subsidiary (in the case of the Subsidiary, the Asset Purchase Agreement), to
enter into and perform its respective obligations under the Documents and the
Asset Purchase Agreement; (e) the due execution of the Documents and the Asset
Purchase Agreement by each of the parties thereto, other than the Company and
the Subsidiary (in the case of the Subsidiary, the Asset Purchase Agreement),
and the delivery thereof by each of the parties thereto; (f) the accuracy and
completeness of all factual representations made in the Documents, the Asset
Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Offering Memorandum and
the other documents reviewed by us; (g) that the resolutions contained in the
SAFC Minutes, the Board Resolutions, the SAFC Resolutions and the Subsidiary
Resolutions were duly adopted and approved in the form reviewed by us and in
accordance with the Company’s and Subsidiary’s memorandum of association and
bye-laws, as the case may be, and remain in full force and effect and have not
been rescinded, amended or supplemented; (h) that the Company is entering into
the Documents, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Notes and Exchange Notes and
issuing the Notes and Exchange Notes pursuant to its activities as a holding
company and its business of being a telecommunications provider and that the
Subsidiary is entering into the Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to its
activities as a holding company and its business of being a telecommunications
provider; (i) that there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other
than Bermuda, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions
expressed herein; (j) the validity and binding effect under the laws of the
State of New York (the “Foreign Laws”) of the Documents, the Asset Purchase
Agreement, the Notes and the Exchange Notes which are expressed to be governed
by such Foreign Laws in accordance with their respective terms; (k) the
validity and binding effect under the Foreign Laws of the submission by the
Company pursuant to the Documents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal
courts of the United States of America located in the City of New York or the
courts of the State of New York in each case located in the Borough of
Manhattan in the City of New York (the “Foreign Courts”); (l) the validity and
binding effect under the Foreign Laws of the submission by the Company and the
Subsidiary pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) to the extent that the Bankruptcy Court has
jurisdiction over a certain action or proceeding and in all other cases, to the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; (m) that
none of the parties to the Documents or the Asset Purchase Agreement has
carried on or will carry on activities, other than the performance of its
obligations under the Documents, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Notes or
Exchange Notes, which would constitute the carrying on of investment business
in or from within Bermuda and that none of the parties to the Documents or the
Asset Purchase Agreement, other than the Company or the Subsidiary, will
perform its obligations under the Documents or the Asset Purchase Agreement in
or from within Bermuda; (n) that the indebtedness incurred by the Company upon
the issuance of the Notes or the Exchange Notes (as the case may be) together
with all other indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company and its
subsidiaries outstanding after such respective issuance would not result in the
total indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company and its subsidiaries
exceeding 75% of the total consolidated shareholders’ equity and lo
ng-term debt
of the Company and its subsidiaries immediately following such respective
issuance as set forth in the Company’s consolidated financial statements; (o)
that all consents, approvals, authorizations and notices the Sellers must
obtain in accordance with applicable law and those set forth in sections 3.4
and 4.3 of the Asset Purchase Agreement have been given or made; (p) that none
of the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement (individually or collectively)
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that under the Foreign Laws, the Documents, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the
Notes and the Exchange Notes do not create a charge over the assets or property
of either the Company or the Subsidiary; (r) that at the time of entering into
the Documents and the Asset Purchase Agreement, and after entering into the
Documents and the Asset Purchase Agreement, each of the Company and the
Subsidiary is and will be able to pay its liabilities as they become due; and
(s) at the time of issuance of the Notes and the Exchange Notes and at any time
thereafter, the Bermuda Monetary Authority will not have revoked or amended its
consent to the issue and subsequent transfer of the Notes and the Exchange
Notes.

The obligations of the Company under the Documents, the Asset Purchase
Agreement, the Notes and the Exchange Notes (a) will be subject to the laws
from time to time in effect relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation,
possessory liens, rights of set off, reorganisation, amalgamation, moratorium
or any other laws or legal procedures, whether of a similar nature or
otherwise, generally affecting the rights of creditors; (b) will be subject to
statutory limitation of the time within which proceedings may be brought; (c)
will be subject to general principles of equity and, as such, specific
performance and injunctive relief, being equitable remedies, may not be
available; and (d) may not be given effect to by a Bermuda court, whether or
not it was applying the Foreign Laws, if and to the extent they constitute the
payment of an amount which is in the nature of a penalty and not in the nature
of liquidated damages. Notwithstanding any contractual submission to the
jurisdiction of specific courts, a Bermuda court has inherent discretion to
stay or allow proceedings in the Bermuda courts.

We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provision of the
Documents, the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Notes or the Exchange Notes which
provides for the payment of a specified rate of interest on the amount of a
judgment after the date of judgment or which purports to fetter the statutory
powers of the Company.

We have made no investigation of and express no opinion in relation to the laws
of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda. This opinion is to be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda and is limited to and is given
on the basis of the current law and practice in Bermuda. This opinion is
issued solely for your benefit and is not to be relied upon by any other
person, firm or entity or in respect of any other matter.

On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

	1.
	 	Each of the Company and the Subsidiary is duly incorporated and existing
under the laws of Bermuda in good standing (meaning solely that it has not
failed to make any filing with any Bermuda governmental authority, or to
pay any Bermuda government fee or tax, which would make it liable to be
struck off the Register of Companies and thereby cease to exist under the
laws of Bermuda).

	2.
	 	Based solely upon a review of the register of members of the Company
certified by the Secretary of the Company on November 7, 2003 and a review
of the Company MOA certified by the Secretary of the Company on November
7, 2003, the Company’s authorised share capital is US$657,500,000.00 and
the issued share capital of the Company consists of 166,666,755 Ordinary
Shares of par value US$3.00 each, each of which is validly issued,

 

 

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	 	fully paid and non-assessable (which term when used herein shall mean
that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in
connection with the issue thereof).

	3.
	 	The Company has the necessary corporate power and authority to enter into
and perform its obligations under the Documents, the Notes and the
Exchange Notes. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has the necessary
corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its respective
obligations under the Asset Purchase Agreement. The execution and
delivery of the Documents, the Notes and the Exchange Notes by the Company
and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder will not
violate the memorandum of association or bye-laws of the Company nor any
applicable law, regulation, order or decree in Bermuda. The execution and
delivery of the Asset Purchase Agreement by the Company and the Subsidiary
and the performance by the Company and the Subsidiary of their respective
obligations thereunder will not violate the respective memorandum of
association or bye-laws of the Company or the Subsidiary nor any
applicable law, regulation, order or decree in Bermuda.

	4.
	 	The Company has taken all corporate action required to authorise its
execution, delivery and performance of the Documents, the Notes and the
Exchange Notes. The Documents and the Notes have been duly executed and
delivered by and on behalf of the Company and constitute the valid and
binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with the
terms thereof. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary has taken all
corporate action required to authorise its execution, delivery and
performance of the Asset Purchase Agreement. The Asset Purchase Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by and on behalf of the Company and
the Subsidiary and constitutes the valid and binding obligations of the
Company and the Subsidiary enforceable in accordance with the terms
thereof.

	5.
	 	No order, consent, approval, licence, authorisation or validation of or
exemption by any government or public body or authority of Bermuda or any
sub-division thereof is required to authorise or is required in connection
with the execution, delivery, performance by the Company or the Subsidiary
and enforcement against the Company or the Subsidiary of the Documents,
the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Notes or the Exchange Notes, except such
as have been duly obtained in accordance with Bermuda law and except for
any filings required to be made with the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda
in connection with the offer or issuance by the Company of the Exchange
Notes.

	6.
	 	There is no income or other tax of Bermuda imposed by withholding or
otherwise on any payment to be made to or by the Company pursuant to the
Documents, the Notes or the Exchange Notes.

	7.
	 	Neither the Documents, Notes or Exchange Notes will be subject to ad
valorem stamp duty in Bermuda and no registration, documentary, recording,
transfer or other similar tax, fee or charge is payable in Bermuda in
connection with the execution, delivery, filing, registration or
performance of the Documents, the Notes or the Exchange Notes.

 

 

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Incorporated, et al.

November 7, 2003

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	8.
	 	  It is not necessary or advisable in order for the holders of the Notes or
the Exchange Notes to enforce their rights under the Documents,    including
the exercise of remedies thereunder, that they be licensed, qualified or
otherwise entitled to carry on business in Bermuda.

	9.
	 	  Based solely on a search of the Register of Charges maintained by the
Registrar of Companies pursuant to Section 55 of the Companies   Act 1981
conducted at 10:00 am on November 7, 2003 (which would not reveal details
of matters which have been lodged for registration   but not actually
registered at the time of our search), there are no charges registered on
the assets of the Company or the Subsidiary.

	10.
	 	Based solely upon a search of the Cause Book of the Supreme Court of
Bermuda conducted at 10:00 am on November 7, 2003 (which would not reveal
details of proceedings which have been filed but not actually entered in
the Cause Book at the time of our search), there are no judgments against
the Companies, nor any legal or governmental proceedings pending in
Bermuda to which the Companies are subject.

	11.
	 	The statements in the Offering Memorandum under the captions “Service of
Process and Enforcement of Liabilities” and “Taxation—Bermuda” insofar as
such statements constitute a summary of the matters of Bermuda law
referred to therein, fairly and accurately represent such legal matters in
all material respects.

	12.
	 	The Company is not entitled to any immunity under the laws of Bermuda,
whether characterised as sovereign immunity or otherwise, from any legal
proceedings to enforce the Documents or the Notes in respect of itself or
its property.

	13.
	 	The Documents and the Notes are in an acceptable legal form under the
laws of Bermuda for enforcement thereof in Bermuda.

	14.
	 	Under Bermuda law, no personal liability will attach to the holders of
the Notes or the Exchange Notes for the debts or obligations of the
Company solely as a result of their status as holders of the Notes or the
Exchange Notes, as the case may be.

	15.
	 	As a general principle, Bermuda law does not restrict the transferability
of the Notes or the Exchange Notes provided transfers are done in
accordance with (a) the terms and conditions of the Notes, Exchange Notes,
the Offering Memorandum, the Documents and any registration statement or
prospectus filed with respect to the Exchange Notes and (b) the written
permission of the Bermuda Monetary Authority dated October 29, 2003.

	16.
	 	The choice of the Foreign Laws as the governing law of the Documents, the
Notes and the Exchange Notes is a valid choice of law and would be
recognised and given effect to in any action brought before a court of
competent jurisdiction in Bermuda, except for those laws (i) which such
court considers to be procedural in nature, (ii) which are revenue or
penal laws or (iii) the application of which would be inconsistent with
public policy, as such term is interpreted under the laws of Bermuda. The
submission in the Documents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Foreign
Courts is valid and binding upon the Company.

 

 

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Incorporated, et al.

November 7, 2003

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	17.
	 	The courts of Bermuda would recognise as a valid judgment, a final and
conclusive judgment in personam obtained in the Foreign Courts against the
Company based upon the Documents, the Notes or the Exchange Notes under
which a sum of money is payable (other than a sum of money payable in
respect of multiple damages, taxes or other charges of a like nature or in
respect of a fine or other penalty) and would give a judgment based
thereon provided that (a) such courts had proper jurisdiction over the
parties subject to such judgment; (b) such courts did not contravene the
rules of natural justice of Bermuda; (c) such judgment was not obtained by
fraud; (d) the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to the
public policy of Bermuda; (e) no new admissible evidence relevant to the
action is submitted prior to the rendering of the judgment by the courts
of Bermuda and (f) there is due compliance with the correct procedures
under the laws of Bermuda.

	18.
	 	Based solely upon a review of a copy of the register of members of the
Subsidiary certified by the Secretary of the Subsidiary on November 7,
2003, all of the issued shares of the Subsidiary are registered in the
name of the Company and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

Yours faithfully

 

 

Exhibit D

[Form of Opinion of General Counsel to the Company]

 

 

November 7, 2003

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10013

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

The Equitable Tower

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am the General Counsel of Intelsat Global Service Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and am delivering this opinion to you in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7(e) of the Purchase Agreement, dated October 31, 2003
(the “Purchase Agreement”), among Intelsat, Ltd. (the “Company”) and the
initial purchasers named therein, relating to the offering of US$400,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5 1/4% Senior Notes due 2008 (the
“2008 Notes”) and US$700,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s
6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2013 (together with the 2008 Notes, the “Notes”).

Capitalized terms used in this opinion that are defined in the Purchase
Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement, unless
otherwise defined herein.

In connection with this opinion, I have examined and reviewed or caused to be
examined and reviewed by individuals under my supervision all records,
agreements and documents as I have deemed relevant or appropriate for the
purpose of rendering this opinion. In connection with this review, the
records, agreements and documents referred to above have been relied upon
without independent verification.

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, I have assumed, and not verified,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the
conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as conformed
or photostatic copies.

I have also assumed, for purposes of the opinions expressed below, (i) that all
parties to the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Indenture (collectively, the “Operative Documents”), including the Company,
have the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform each of the
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Documents has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each such party
and is enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, and (ii)
that all parties to the Asset Purchase Agreement (as defined below), including
the Company, have the corporate power and authority to enter into and perform
the Asset Purchase Agreement and that the Asset Purchase Agreement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by each such party and is enforceable
against such party in accordance with its terms.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations set forth herein, it
is my opinion that:

     (1) To my knowledge, except as described in the Offering Memorandum,
neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its
memorandum of association, certificate of incorporation or certificate of
formation, as the case may be, or bye-laws, limited liability company agreement
or other organizational documents or (ii) is in default, and no event has
occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a
default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, trust deed, mortgage, or other agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any material part of its
assets is bound that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise.

     (2) The execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Documents by
the Company and of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2003,
among the Company and Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. and Loral Space & Communications
Corporation, Loral SpaceCom Corporation and Loral Satellite, Inc., as amended
or modified from time to time (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), by the Company
and Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby and the issuance of the Notes in accordance with the
Indenture do not and will not (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under any indenture, trust deed, mortgage or other agreement or instrument to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any
material part of its assets is bound that is material to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, or (ii) violate any District of
Columbia law or, to my knowledge, any order, injunction, rule, regulation,
policy, license, authorization requirement, writ or decision or decree of any
court, administrative body or governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or their property, except in the
case of clause (ii) for such violations that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for purposes of this paragraph (2), I express
no opinion with respect to (A) any judgment, order, injunction, rule,
regulation, policy, license, authorization requirement, writ or decision or
decree of any court, administrative body or governmental instrumentality of or
located in Bermuda or the United Kingdom, (B) Federal or state securities laws,
other antifraud laws, fraudulent transfer laws, communications laws or the
Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International
Telecommunications Act (Pub. L. No. 106-180, 114 Stat. 48(2000) (amending the
Communications Satellite Act of 1962)), (C) bankruptcy, insolvency,
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applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights or with respect to any
provision of any agreement purporting to require indemnification of, or
contribution to, the losses, damages, claims, expenses or liability of any
person or (D) any default under or breach of Section 8.05 of the Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2002, among the Company, the various banks
party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as agent for the banks party thereto.

     (3) To my knowledge, except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there
are no actions, suits, investigations, complaints or proceedings pending or
threatened and no orders, decrees or rulings that might reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (4) To my knowledge, except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries owns, possesses or has obtained all licenses, permits,
certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and
has made all declarations and filings with, all federal, state, local and other
governmental authorities (including foreign regulatory agencies), all
self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, domestic or
foreign, necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its
properties and to carry on its business as conducted as of the date hereof,
(ii) neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has received any actual notice
of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such license,
permit, certificate, consent, order, approval or other authorization, and (iii)
each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws and
regulations relating to the conduct of its business as conducted as of the date
hereof.

This opinion is provided by me as General Counsel of Intelsat Global Service
Corporation to you in accordance with the requirements of Section 7(e) of the
Purchase Agreement. This opinion is limited to the Federal laws of the United
States of America and the laws of the District of Columbia and to present
judicial interpretations thereof and to the facts as they presently exist.

This opinion speaks only as of today’s date, and is limited to present
statutes, regulations and judicial interpretations. In rendering this opinion,
I assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should the present
laws be changed by legislative or regulatory action, judicial decision or
otherwise. This opinion is furnished to you solely in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and may not be relied upon
by any other person or entity or by you in any other context.

Very truly yours,

 

 

Exhibit E

[Form of Opinion of Wiley, Rein & Fielding]

 

 

November 7, 2003

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,

1585 Broadway,

New York, NY 10036

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street,

New York, NY 10013

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.,

The Equitable Tower,

787 Seventh Avenue,

New York, NY 10019

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have served as special Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) counsel to
Intelsat LLC, a subsidiary of Intelsat, Ltd. (the “Company”). We are
furnishing this opinion to you in connection with the Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
(the “Initial Purchasers”) of US$400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
the Company’s 5 1/4% Senior Notes due 2008 and US$700,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the Company’s 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2013 (collectively
the “Notes”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms defined in
the Purchase Agreement have the same meanings when used herein.

In rendering our opinion, we have examined copies of the Purchase Agreement,
the Offering Memorandum, the Offered Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Indenture, and such matters of law as we have deemed appropriate. We have
assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity
with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the full
authorization, execution, and delivery of all documents by parties responsible
therefor. Additionally, we have relied upon the representations made by the
Company in the Purchase Agreement and other documents referred to therein or
contemplated thereby, upon the statements of officers and representatives of
the Company and Intelsat LLC, and upon records routinely available for public
inspection at the FCC as of November 6, 2003. We have not independently
verified and are not passing upon, and assume no responsibility for, the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Offering
Memorandum (except to the extent specified in paragraph (4) of this opinion
below). However, no facts have come to

 

 

our attention which lead us to believe that the Offering Memorandum, as of its
date and as of the date of this opinion, contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. We have assumed the completeness of the public files maintained by
the FCC and the accuracy and authenticity of all documents contained therein.
We have not examined the files or made inquiry of any state authority. We have
not made any inspection, investigation or other inquiry into the operations or
facilities of the Company and Intelsat LLC, nor are we are qualified to do so,
and in this regard, we have relied on the Company’s representations with
respect to the nature of the operations and facilities of the Company.

We are admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia. Our opinion
herein is limited to Federal and, to the extent applicable, state law,
including implementing Executive Orders and regulations in effect on the date
of this opinion (including, without limitation the Communications Act of 1934,
as amended (the “1934 Act”), 47 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., the Communications
Satellite Act of 1962, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the “1996 Act”),
Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996), the Open-market Reorganization for
the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act (“ORBIT Act”), Pub. L.
No. 106-180, 114 Stat. 48 (2000) and published rules, regulations, and written
policies promulgated thereunder by the FCC as of the date hereof) (“Telecom
Laws”). We have not considered other actions, approvals, or proceedings,
whether outstanding, pending, or threatened, before entities other than the
FCC; and we do not express any opinion as to any laws other than those
specified at the outset of this paragraph. In particular, we have not examined
any foreign, state, or local laws, rules, regulations, or policies affecting
satellite communications.

Whenever our opinion herein with the respect to the existence (or absence) of
facts is qualified by the phrase “to the best of our knowledge,” it is intended
to indicate that, during the course of our representation of Intelsat LLC, no
information has come to our attention which would give us actual knowledge of
the existence (or absence) of such facts. We have not undertaken any
independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of such facts,
and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence (or absence) of such
facts should be drawn from the fact of our representation of Intelsat LLC.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

          (1) The issuance and sale of the Offered Notes, the performance by
the Company of the Purchase Agreement, the Offered Notes, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and the Asset Purchase
Agreement (the “APA”), dated as of July 15, 2003, among the Company and

 

 

Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. and Loral Space & Communications
Corporation, Loral SpaceCom Corporation and Loral Satellite, Inc., as
amended, and in each case the consummation of the transactions therein
contemplated and in the Offering Memorandum do not violate any
applicable provision of the Telecom Laws (as defined herein), or any of
the published rules, regulations or written policies promulgated
thereunder by the FCC, and will not conflict with or result in a breach
of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
licenses issued to the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to the 1934
Act (“Communications Licenses”).

          (2) No consent, approval, authorization, order, license,
registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental
agency or body is required under the Telecom Laws for the issuance and
sale of the Offered Notes, for the Exempt Resales or for the
consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Offered Notes, the
Indenture or, except as described in the Offering Memorandum, the APA.

          (3) Except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no formal actions, suits or
proceedings pending, or, to the best of our knowledge, investigations or
threatened actions, suits or proceedings against the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries before the FCC.

          (4) The statements in the Offering Memorandum discussing regulation
by the FCC and the requirements of the ORBIT Act under the captions
“Summary—Intelsat, Ltd.—Recent Developments,”
“Risk Factors-Risk Factors
Relating to the Proposed Acquisition of Satellites and Other Related
Assets from Loral,” “Risk Factors—Risk Factors Related to Our
Privatization,” “Risk Factors — Risk Factors Relating to Regulation,”
“About Intelsat, Ltd.,” “Agreement to Purchase the North American
Satellite Assets of Loral,” “Business-Regulation,” and “Business-Network,” insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal
matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present
such legal matters, documents or proceedings.

          (5) To the best of our knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries:
(a) are in compliance with the Telecom Laws; (b) have received all
licenses required of them under the Telecom Laws to conduct their
business, with no material qualifications or restrictions except as
disclosed in the Offering Memorandum and as noted in paragraph 6; and
(c) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of the
Communications Licenses which are in full force and effect, except to
the extent that such noncompliance would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

 

 

          (6) The FCC has granted Intelsat LLC licenses to operate 23
existing C-band and Ku-band satellites presently owned and operated by
the Company; to construct, launch and operate 1 new satellite; and to
relocate among 22 U.S. orbital locations certain currently operating
satellites upon the launch of new satellites. That grant of authority
is conditioned upon the Company and its subsidiary, Intelsat LLC,
privatizing in a manner consistent with Sections 621 and 622 of the
ORBIT Act. The FCC has determined that the Company and its subsidiary,
Intelsat LLC, will privatize in a manner consistent with Sections 621
and 622 of the ORBIT Act provided that the Company conducts an initial
public offering consistent with Sections 621(2) and 621(5)(A)(i) of the
ORBIT Act. From time to time in the ordinary course of the business of
the Company or its subsidiary, Intelsat LLC, certain of these licenses
issued pursuant to the 1934 Act have been modified and in the future may
be modified again and certain other authorizations, consents, or
approvals of the FCC have been acquired and in the future may be
acquired again.

This opinion is being furnished to you subject to the qualifications and
limitations expressed herein, and has been prepared solely for your exclusive
benefit, and is intended to be relied upon solely by you in connection with the
issuance of the Offered Notes and in the preparation of the Offering
Memorandum. This opinion may not be quoted in whole or in part or otherwise
referred to, or furnished to any governmental agency or other entity or person,
without written consent, except as provided in the preceding sentence. It may
not be used by any other person or entity without express written consent of
this firm, and may be relied upon only with respect to the specific matters
which are the subject hereof. The opinion expressed herein is as of the date
hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the
foregoing opinion.

Very truly yours,

 

 

Exhibit F

[Form of Opinion of Slaughter and May]

 

 

Form of Slaughter and May Legal Opinion

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,

1585 Broadway,

New York, NY 10036.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,

388 Greenwich Street,

New York, NY 10013.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.,

The Equitable Tower,

787 Seventh Avenue,

New York, NY 10019.

Dear Sirs,

Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing Ltd.

We have acted as English legal advisers to Intelsat, Ltd., a company
incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (the “Company”) in connection with the
issue and sale by the Company of the Offered Notes to the Initial Purchasers
(the “Offering”). This opinion is limited to certain matters relating to
Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing Ltd. (formerly Intelsat U.K., Ltd.), a
company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Intelsat U.K.”).

Capitalised terms used in this letter and the Schedules and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase
Agreement dated 31 October, 2003 between the Company and the Initial Purchasers
(the “Purchase Agreement”).

We have taken instructions solely from the Company. As requested by the
Company, this opinion is delivered pursuant to clause 7(g) of the Purchase
Agreement.

We are only able to give advice in relation to English law and the opinions
contained in this letter are necessarily confined to English law. We have not
made any investigation of, and do not express any opinion on, any other law.
We have assumed that none of the opinions expressed below would be affected by
the laws of any jurisdiction outside England and Wales.

 

 

2

Assumptions

1. For the purposes of this letter, we have assumed each of the following:

	(i)
	 	the conformity to original documents of specimens, conformed
copies, certified copies, translated documents or photocopies
examined for the purpose of the opinion;

	(ii)
	 	that the copy of the memorandum and articles of association
of Intelsat U.K. examined by us is complete and up to date and would,
if issued today, have complied, as respects the articles of
association, with section 380 of the Companies Act 1985;

	(iii)
	 	that the information disclosed by our searches on 7
November, 2003 of the Companies House database and at the office of
the Registrar of Companies in London and at the Central Registry for
Winding-up Petitions on 7 November, 2003 in relation to Intelsat
U.K. was then complete, up to date and accurate and has not since
then been materially altered or added to;

	(iv)
	 	that, since our inquiry on 7 November, 2003, no petition for
an administration order in respect of Intelsat U.K. has been
presented in any court in England and Wales;

	(v)
	 	that the certified copy of the register of members of
Intelsat U.K. examined by us is complete and up-to-date; and

	(vi)
	 	that the Company does not conduct any activities, operations
or business in the United Kingdom other than through:

	(i)
	 	Intelsat U.K. (the business of which is
described in Schedule B); and

	(ii)
	 	engineers employed by Intelsat Global Service
Corporation (a corporation organised under the laws of
Delaware), who have been placed in the United Kingdom by
Intelsat Global Service Corporation on a temporary basis for
the sole purpose of observing and monitoring the
construction, according to specification, of satellites which
will form part of the Intelsat Ten Series of satellites.

Opinion

2. We are of the opinion that:

	(i)
	 	Intelsat U.K. is a company duly incorporated and validly
existing with limited liability under English law;

	(ii)
	 	all of the issued shares in the capital of Intelsat U.K. are
fully paid and are registered in the name of Intelsat (Bermuda),
Ltd.;

 

 

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	(iii)
	 	all regulatory consents, approvals and filings required to
be obtained or made by Intelsat U.K. with any applicable
governmental or regulatory authority of the United Kingdom in order
for Intelsat U.K. to conduct its business as described in Schedule B
have been obtained or made; and

	(iv)
	 	no regulatory consents, approvals or filings are required to
be obtained or made by the Company or Intelsat Global Service
Corporation with any applicable governmental or regulatory authority
of the United Kingdom in relation to the activities, operations and
business described in paragraph 1(F) above.

Reservations

3. Our opinion is qualified by the following reservations and any matter of
fact not disclosed to us:

	(i)
	 	our opinion is limited to the matters set out above;

	(ii)
	 	we do not express any opinion on European Community law as it
affects any jurisdiction other than England and Wales; and

	(iii)
	 	we do not express any opinion in relation to any work
permits or other similar or related consents, approvals or filings
that may be required to be obtained or made to entitle the engineers
referred to above to conduct the activities described in paragraph
1(F) above in the United Kingdom.

This opinion is addressed to those identified in Schedule A solely for their
own benefit in connection with the Offering. It may not be relied upon by any
person other than those identified in Schedule A or used for any other purpose
and neither its contents nor its existence may be disclosed, without our prior
written consent, to any person.

This opinion is to be construed in accordance with and is governed by English
law.

	 	Yours faithfully,

 

 

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SCHEDULE A

Initial Purchasers

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,

1585 Broadway,

New York, NY 10036.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,

388 Greenwich Street,

New York, NY 10013.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.,

The Equitable Tower,

787 Seventh Avenue,

New York, NY 10019.

 

 

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SCHEDULE B

This Schedule sets out the operations and business of Intelsat U.K. following
privatisation of INTELSAT.

Intelsat U.K. is responsible for final negotiation of certain contracts for
provision of satellite capacity, execution of those contracts and billing of
its customers. Sales enquiries from a number of regional support centres and
field offices world-wide are forwarded to Intelsat U.K. for final negotiation
and contract execution. Intelsat U.K. bills and collects for the services it
provides and holds all accounts receivable for its customer contracts.

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