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exhibit10-180.htm

Exhibit 10.180  

  

  

*** Confidential Portion has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment by the Company to, and the material has been separately filed with, the SEC. Each omitted Confidential Portion is marked by three Asterisks.

TENTH AMENDMENT TO THE FULL-TIME-TRANSPONDER CAPACITY AGREEMENT (PRE-LAUNCH)

This Tenth Amendment to the Full-Time Transponder Capacity Agreement (Pre-Launch) (the “Tenth Amendment”) is made and entered into as of this 24th day of September, 2010 by and between INTELSAT CORPORATION, formerly known as PanAmSat Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Intelsat”), and GCI COMMUNICATION CORP., an Alaskan corporation (“Customer”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Full-Time Transponder Capacity Agreement (Pre-Launch) dated as of March 31, 2006, as amended (collectively, the “Agreement”) between Intelsat and Customer, Intelsat is providing Customer with *** transponders and *** transponders on Horizons 1 and *** Transponder Segment from Horizons 1;

WHEREAS, Customer and Intelsat wish to amend the terms of the Agreement to increase *** Transponder Capacity by *** Transponder on the Galaxy 13 satellite;

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the sufficiency and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

	
1.  

	
Except as specifically provided herein, all terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

	
2.  

	
Section 1.1, Description of Capacity.  This Section shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

	
  

	
Intelsat agrees to provide to Customer and Customer agrees to accept from Intelsat, on a full time basis twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week), in outerspace, for the Capacity Term (as defined here), the Customer’s Transponder Capacity (defined below) meeting the “Performance Specifications” set forth in the “Technical Appendix” attached hereto as Appendix B.  For purposes of this Agreement, the “Customer’s Transponder Capacity” or “Customer’s Transponders” shall consist of (a) *** transponders (collectively, the “*** Transponders’ and individually, the “*** Transponder”) from that certain U.S. domestic satellite referred to by Intelsat as “Galaxy 18,” located in geostationary orbit at 123 degrees West Longitude, (b) *** transponders from the *** payload of that certain satellite referred to by Intelsat as “Horizons 1” at 127 degrees West Longitude (“*** Transponder”); (c) *** Transponder Capacity from that certain U.S. domestic satellite referred to by Intelsat as “Horizons 1,” located in geostationary orbit at 127 degrees West Longitude (the “Horizons 1 Transponder Segment”); and (d) *** transponders from the *** payload of that certain satellite referred to by Intelsat as “Galaxy 13” at 127 degrees West Longitude (the “Galaxy 13 *** Transponder”) meeting the Performance Specifications set forth in the attached Appendix B-1 which *** Transponder on Galaxy 13, meeting the Performance Specifications set forth in the attached Appendix B-2, pursuant to the terms set forth below (the “*** Galaxy 13 Transponder”).

	
  

	
For purposes of this Tenth Amendment, “***” means Intelsat *** Customer *** as a result of *** transponder *** or ***.

	
  

	
For the purposes of this Tenth Amendment, a *** Transponder is a transponder that will be *** to the Protected Parties of *** Transponders with respect to the performance of their *** Transponders.  *** Transponders shall be *** the *** Transponders (or such ***) executed transponder purchase, lease, or use agreement for such *** Transponders.

	
  

	
The transponders on the Satellite and the beams in which these transponders are grouped are referred to as “Transponder(s)” and the “Beam(s),” respectively.  Galaxy 18, Galaxy 13 or Horizons 1 or such other satellite as to which Customer may at the time be using capacity hereunder, as applied in context herein, is referred to as the “Satellite.”  Intelsat shall not preempt or interrupt the provision of the Customer’s Transponder Capacity to Customer, except as specifically permitted under this Agreement.

	
  

	
3.

	
Capacity Term.  The Capacity Term for the Galaxy 13 *** Transponder shall commence on *** Customer *** Galaxy 13 Transponder *** and ***.

	
  

	
4.

	
Monthly Fee.  The Monthly Fee for the Galaxy 13 *** Transponder shall be US$*** per month, exclusive of *** Protection Fee, and the Monthly Fee for the *** Galaxy 13 Transponder shall be US$***, exclusive of *** Protection Fee,.

	
  

	
5.

	
*** of *** Galaxy 13 Transponder.  Intelsat shall *** Customer’s service on the *** Galaxy 13 Transponder to *** transponder on the Galaxy 18 satellite located at 123 degrees East Longitude once such transponder becomes available (the “*** Capacity”) meeting the Performance Specifications provided upon notice that the *** Capacity is available.  Intelsat shall provide Customer with thirty (30) days advance written notice of availability of the *** Capacity and Customer’s rate for the *** Capacity on  a *** transponder shall be $*** (inclusive of *** Protection Fee) or the US$*** if it is on a *** transponder (inclusive of *** Protection Fee).  Once Customer moves to the *** Capacity, Customer shall have no further rights to use and no obligation to pay for the Galaxy 13 *** Transponder and the Capacity Term for the *** Capacity shall be as identified in Section 3 above.

	
6.  

	
Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment, all terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has duly executed and delivered this Tenth Amendment as of the day and year above written.

INTELSAT CORPORATION                                                                           GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.

By:       /s/Patricia Casey_______________                                                                           By:  /s/ Jimmy R. Sipes

Name:  __Patricia Casey_______________                                                                            Name:  Jimmy R. Sipes

	
Title:

	
Senior VP and Deputy General Counsel

	
Title:  VP Network Services & Chief

	
  

	
                                                                                                                                       Engineer

 

  

  

  

APPENDIX B

TECHNICAL APPENDIX

[This appendix consists of technical engineering information and is not included in the filing of the agreement with the SEC as being not material to investor decisions.]

[There is no Appendix A to this document.]exhibit10-181.htm

  Exhibit 10.181

  

  

*** Confidential Portion has been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment by the Company to, and the material has been separately filed with, the SEC. Each omitted Confidential Portion is marked by three Asterisks.

ELEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE FULL-TIME-TRANSPONDER CAPACITY AGREEMENT (PRE-LAUNCH)

This Eleventh Amendment to the Full-Time Transponder Capacity Agreement (Pre-Launch) (the “Tenth Amendment”) is made and entered into as of this 23rd day of September, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) by and between INTELSAT CORPORATION, formerly known as PanAmSat Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Intelsat”), and GCI COMMUNICATION CORP., an Alaskan corporation (“Customer”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Full-Time Transponder Capacity Agreement (Pre-Launch) dated as of March 31, 2006, as amended (collectively, the “Agreement”) between Intelsat and Customer, Intelsat is providing Customer with *** transponders and *** transponders on Horizons 1 and *** Transponder Segment from Horizons 1 and *** transponder on Galaxy 13;

WHEREAS, on April 6, 2010 Intelsat experienced a failure of a Galaxy Fleet Satellite which required Intelsat to place into operation the Galaxy Replacement Satellite;

WHEREAS, Intelsat is offering certain interim in-orbit protection capacity to Customer to provide additional restoration protection until the Galaxy Replacement Satellite is once again Available (as defined in the Agreement);

WHEREAS, Customer and Intelsat wish to amend the terms of the Agreement;

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the sufficiency and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

	
1.  

	
Except as specifically provided herein, all terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

	
  

	
2.

	
Article 14, *** Protection for the *** Transponders. As of the Effective Date, this Article shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

	
  

	
Article 14, *** Protection for the *** Transponders.  Provided that Customer has paid the Monthly Fee for each of the *** Transponders (the “*** Transponders) on a monthly basis, Intelsat shall provide, of a “first failed” basis with other Intelsat customers also purchasing such *** protection, *** transponders which meet their transponder performance specifications on “Galaxy XIII” or its successor or replacement satellite located at 127 degrees West Longitude (collectively, the “127 Degrees WL *** Transponders,” and individually the “127 Degrees *** Transponder”), in the event of an in-orbit catastrophic failure of Galaxy 18 or in the event that *** Transponders suffers a Confirmed Failure or becomes a Failed Transponder.  Subject to the conditions precedent set forth below, upon the Confirmed Failures of *** Transponders and the occurrence of *** Failed Transponders, Intelsat will provide Customer with all *** of *** 127 Degrees WL *** Transponders.  For purposes of determining priority to the *** protection for *** Transponder(s) among Customer and other Intelsat customers also purchasing *** protection, the first customer having a Failed Transponder shall be entitled to receive the use of *** protection; in the event of a simultaneous failure, the right to *** protections shall go to the party that executed its agreement with Intelsat first in time.  If Intelsat provides Customer with *** 127 Degrees WL *** Transponder on Galaxy XIII and Customer leases such transponder under this Section, then Customer’s obligation to pay the *** protection fee for the affected Transponder shall cease.  The conditions precedent to Intelsat’s obligation to provide and Customer’s right to, the *** protection for *** Transponder(s) as set forth herein shall be the payment by Customer of the Monthly Fee payable concurrently with the Commencement Date and on the first day of each month thereafter, the availability/non-pre-emption of *** 127 Degrees WL *** Transponders an Customer’s full compliance, in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement.  As of the Execution Date of this Agreement there exists no other lessee, customer or user on Galaxy 18 with the contractual right to use any of *** 127 Degrees WL *** Transponders on Galaxy XIII; however, the parties specifically understand and agree that *** 127 Degrees WL *** Transponders is classified as a *** Transponder as defined in Section 5.3A.  As a result, Customer’s use of *** 127 Degree *** Transponder will be subordinate to other Protected Parties on the Galaxy XIII who will have primary protection on *** 127 Degrees WL *** Transponder and as a result, Customer’s use of *** 127 Degrees WL *** Transponder may be preempted in which case Customer shall no longer pay for such *** protection fee for *** transponder.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has duly executed and delivered this Eleventh Amendment as of the day and year above written.

INTELSAT CORPORATION                                                                           GCI COMMUNICATION CORP.

By:       /s/Patricia Casey_______________                                                                           By:  /s/ Jimmy R. Sipes

Name:  __Patricia Casey_______________                                                                            Name:  Jimmy R. Sipes

	
Title:

	
Senior VP and Deputy General Counsel

	
Title:  VP Network Services & Chief

	
  

	
                                                                                                                                        Engineer

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