Notes of Interest from the SES Satellite Quarterly Report

2nd, May 2007

• SES has reported strong results for the first quarter of 2007. The results for the period include the contribution until 30 March 2007 of the assets transferred to GE as part of the split-off transaction announced on 14 February 2007.
• Romain Bausch, President and CEO of SES, commented:"The year has begun extremely well, with the conclusion of a significant agreement with Canal+ for the transmission of its French pay-TV offer on ASTRA and the completion of the transaction with GE.
• GE took assets in exchange for canceled shares in SES
• SES acquired businesses NEW SKIES and ND SatCom.
• NSS-8 launch failed
• The AAP-1 satellite (28 transponders) was renamed NSS-11.
• The AMC-12/ASTRA 4A capacity (72 transponders) was transferred from SES AMERICOM and SES ASTRA respectively, and renamed NSS-10.
• SES NEW SKIES also assumed responsibility for the commercialisation of the ASTRA 2B steerable beam from SES ASTRA, currently comprising eight transponders.
• SES ASTRAThe major development in the period was the agreement with Canal+ to transmit its full pay-TV programming offer for the French market from a single orbital position on the ASTRA satellite platform at 19.2 degrees East.
• The ASTRA satellite system grew to over 109 million TV households in the 35 countries surveyed in Europe and North Africa
• ASTRA2Connect, a service offering high-speed internet connectivity via satellite, commenced service from the 23.5 degrees East orbital position, delivering broadband services via satellite to consumers not served by terrestrial means.
• SES ASTRA's utilisation rate at the period end was 88%,
• SES AMERICOM'S uccessful launch of AMC-18 led to commercial service in February 2007 after extensive in-orbit testing.
• Government Services extended its contract with NASA for a multi-year period to provide capacity for television feeds and broadcasting activities.
• NewCom joined with SES AMERICOM to add REDiSat to its Emergency Communications Portfolio. SES AMERICOM's utilisation rate at the period end was 73%,
• January 30 the NSS-8 satellite launch resulted in failure when the rocket exploded on the launch platform. The impact of the failure is that there will be a slowing of the growth profile expected in the coming months, however this represents a delay rather than a disappearance of the revenue
• New contracts in the period included a two-transponder, multi-year contract to provide internet trunking to French Polynesia, and a contract to broadcast two new free-to-air DTH channels with STV of Cameroon in West Africa.
• AMC-12 and AAP-1 satellites were transferred into the SES NEW SKIES fleet, and are now designated NSS-10 and NSS-11.
• The ASTRA 1L satellite is due for launch from the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on 3 May 2007.
• Other launches scheduled:
• SIRIUS-4 in Q3
• AMC-14 in Q4.

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