From: "Jacques van Oene" Newsgroups: sci.space.news Subject: Intelsat Shareholders Elect New Board of Directors at Annual General Meeting Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 21:35:27 +0200 Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Pasadena CA Approved: sci-space-news@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov Message-ID: <006a01c32ad0$74ad8980$d1cd5dd5@chello.nl> charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov 1054755274 29299 137.78.16.91 (4 Jun 2003 19:34:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@newsfeed.jpl.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Jun 2003 19:34:34 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Originator: daemon@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov Xref: newsread1.funet.fi sci.space.news:13668 Date: 4 June 2003 Release Number: 2003 -21 Intelsat Shareholders Elect New Board of Directors at Annual General Meeting Hamilton, Bermuda, 4 June 2003 - Following its Annual General Meeting in Hamilton, Bermuda earlier today, Intelsat announced the election of the following six new members to serve on its Board of Directors: Mr. Carlos Adamo Managing Director, Merchant Bankers Asociados S.A., and Partner, Proyectos Carlos Pellegrini S.A. Ms. Fabiola Arredondo Managing Partner, FRA Holdings LLC and former Managing Director of Yahoo! Europe Mr. William Boardman Vice Chairman of Bank One and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of First USA, Inc., and Chairman of the Board, Visa International Mr. Didier Delepine President and Chief Executive Officer, Equant N.V., and former President and Chief Executive Officer of Equant Network Services Mr. Boon Hwee Koh Chairman, Singapore Airlines and former Chairman of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Mr. Ken Miller Chief Executive Officer, Ken Miller Capital, LLC, and former Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation John Sponyoe, a director and Chairman of the Board of Intelsat, Ltd. since July 2001, has been re-appointed as Chairman of the Board. He has been a consultant to Lockheed Martin Corporation since February 2002 and had previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications. More than half of the board is comprised of independent directors, and includes Mr. Conny Kullman, current CEO of Intelsat Ltd., who was re-elected as a board member during the meeting. At the Annual General Meeting, in addition to Mr. Sponyoe and Mr. Kullman, the following existing directors were re-elected to Intelsat's Board: Dr. Brian Dailey Senior Vice President of Washington Operations, Lockheed Martin Corporation Mr. Herbert Fiuza Consultant to SKY Brasil Servicos Ltda. Dr. Hans Fjønse Chief Technical Officer, Telenor Broadcast Mr. Neal Freeman Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Blackwell Corporation Mr. Gary Howard Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Liberty Media Corporation Mr. Cheikh-Tidiane Mbaye Chief Executive Officer, Sonatel S.A. Mr. Philippe-Olivier Rousseau Executive Director, BNP Paribas Media & Telecoms Finance Group Mr. Robin Turner Director, BH-SAT Limited Mr. Christopher Vonwiller Director, Appen Pty Limited "We are pleased to welcome our new Directors to the Board and congratulate those who are now serving a second term with us," said Mr. Kullman. "Strong leadership is the foundation of any great business and I am confident that our Board has the vision and knowledge to guide Intelsat successfully into the future." About Intelsat Intelsat, Ltd. offers telephony, corporate network, video and Internet solutions around the globe via capacity on 26 geosynchronous satellites in prime orbital locations. Customers in approximately 200 countries rely on Intelsat satellites and ground resources for quality connections, global reach and reliability. For more information, visit www.intelsat.com. Contact: Jodi Katz jodi.katz@intelsat.com +1 202 944 8223 Susan Gordon susan.gordon@intelsat.com +1 202 944 6890 Some of the statements in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. These forward-looking statements reflect our intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside our control. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include known and unknown risks. Because actual results could differ materially from our intentions, plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs about the future, you are urged to view all forward-looking statements contained in this news release with caution. Intelsat does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. # # # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- DISCLAIMER This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Intelsat, Ltd. and its subsidiaries. ---- Jacques :-) Editor: www.spacepatches.info ------------------------------------------------------