Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

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Our Board of Directors has adopted a written policy for the review and approval of transactions involving EchoStar or our subsidiaries, on the one hand, and certain related parties, such as directors or executive officers and their immediate family members on the other hand. We distribute questionnaires to our officers and directors on an annual basis. Our Chief Legal Officer directs the appropriate review of potential related-party transactions and schedules their presentation at meetings of the Audit Committee and/or the Board of Directors, as applicable. Generally, our Audit Committee and/or the Board of Directors, as applicable, must approve these transactions, with all interested parties abstaining from the vote. Once each calendar year, the Audit Committee and/or the Board of Directors, as applicable, undertake a review of certain recurring potential related-party transactions to determine whether to approve the continuation of such transactions, with all interested parties abstaining. For purposes of this section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related

Party Transactions” the terms “we,” “us,” “EchoStar,” the “Corporation,” the “Company” and “our” refer to EchoStar Corporation and its subsidiaries.

Related Party Transactions with Broadband Connectivity Solutions (Restricted) Limited (“BCS”)

We own 20% of BCS, a joint venture that we entered into in 2018 to provide commercial Ka-band satellite broadband services across Africa, the Middle East, and southwest Asia operating over Yahsat’s Al Yah 2 and Al Yah 3 Ka-band satellites. We earned revenue of approximately $3.1 million from BCS during the year ended December 31, 2025.

Related Party Transactions with CONX

On March 10, 2024, CONX, a special purpose acquisition company at that time, substantially owned beneficially by Mr. Ergen, entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement with one of the Company’s subsidiaries for CONX’s purchase of certain commercial real estate property, comprising the corporate headquarters of our DISH Wireless business, for a purchase price of $26.75 million, net of deferred tax. The transaction closed May 1, 2024.

Concurrently with the transaction closing on May 1, 2024 we entered into an agreement to lease back the property from CONX for an initial 10 year term. During 2025, the Company paid CONX $3 million for this lease.

Related Party Transactions with Certain Members of Our Board of Directors

Ergen Family. During 2025, Mrs. Cantey Ergen served as a senior advisor and as a member of our Board of Directors, and was paid approximately $60,000. Mrs. Ergen was also granted: (i) a time-vested option to purchase 5,000 of the Company’s Class A Shares with a strike price equal to the fair market value on the grant date of April 1, 2025.

During 2025, we employed Mrs. Katie Flynn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ergen, as Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer and paid Mrs. Flynn a salary of approximately $250,000. Mrs. Flynn was also granted: (i) a time-vested option to purchase 7,500 of the Company’s Class A Shares with a strike price equal to the fair market value on the grant date of October 1 2025; and (ii) a performance award grant under the 2022 Incentive Plan, at the Senior Vice President level. Mrs. Flynn also participated in the 2025 EIP.

During 2025, we also employed Mr. Kevin Murray, the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Ergen, as Director – Corporate Development and paid him a salary of approximately $165,000. Mr. Murray was also granted a time-vested option to purchase 1,500 of the Company’s Class A Shares with a strike price equal to the fair market value on the grant date of October 1, 2025.

During 2026, we expect to continue to employ Mrs. Ergen, Mrs. Flynn, Mr. Murray and certain other Ergen children. While the amount paid during 2026 will depend on the time and services that will be provided, we expect to pay Mrs. Ergen approximately $60,000 and grant a time-vested option to purchase 5,000 of the Company’s Class A Shares. While the amount paid during 2026 will depend on the time and services that will be provided, we expect to pay Mrs. Flynn approximately $260,000, and Mr. Murray approximately $170,000. In addition, in 2026, we expect to award Mrs. Flynn an option to purchase an additional 7,500 Class A Shares under our Stock Incentive Plans and expect to award Mr. Murray an option to purchase an additional 1,500 Class A Shares under our Stock Incentive Plans. Mrs. Flynn and Mr. Murray are also expected to participate in the EIP for 2026.

Stephen J. Bye. EchoStar purchased network performance data and software licenses from Ookla LLC, a division of Ziff Davis, Inc., for which we paid $257,000 in 2025. Mr. Bye serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ookla LLC.

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R. Stanton Dodge. EchoStar purchases certain referral marketing services from DraftKings, Inc., for which we paid $1.55 million in 2025. Mr. Dodge serves as the Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of DraftKings.

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Director Independence

We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules because more than 50% of our voting power is held by Charles W. Ergen, our Chairman. Mr. Ergen currently beneficially owns approximately 51.0% of our total equity securities and possesses approximately 90.3% of the total voting power. Therefore, we are not subject to the NASDAQ listing requirements that would otherwise require us to have: (i) a Board of Directors comprised of a majority of independent directors; (ii) compensation of our executive officers determined by a majority of the independent directors or a compensation committee composed solely of independent directors; and (iii) director nominees selected, or recommended for the Board’s selection, either by a majority of the independent directors or a nominating committee composed solely of independent directors. Nevertheless, we have created an Executive Compensation Committee and a Nominating Committee, in addition to an Audit Committee, all of which are composed entirely of independent directors. The charters of our Compensation, Audit, and Nominating Committees are available free of charge on our website at http://ir.echostar.com/corporate-governance.

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