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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Stock-Based Compensation |
Schedule of stock awards outstanding |
|  | As of September 30, 2011 |
|  | EchoStar Awards |  | DISH Network Awards |
Stock Awards Outstanding |  | Stock Options |  | Restricted Stock Units |  | Stock Options |  | Restricted Stock Units |
Held by EchoStar employees |  | 8,311,415 |  | 93,165 |  | 3,011,803 |  | 211,124 |
Held by DISH Network employees |  | 823,454 |  | 57,786 |  | N/A |  | N/A |
Total |  | 9,134,869 |  | 150,951 |  | 3,011,803 |  | 211,124 |
Schedule of stock option activity |
|  | For the Nine Months |
|  | Ended September 30, 2011 |
|  | Options |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |
Total options outstanding, beginning of period |  | 7,795,373 |  | $ | 23.24 |
Granted |  | 2,600,000 |  | $ | 36.82 |
Exercised |  | (1,035,504 | ) | $ | 23.95 |
Forfeited and cancelled |  | (225,000 | ) | $ | 21.25 |
Total options outstanding, end of period |  | 9,134,869 |  | $ | 27.07 |
Performance based options outstanding, end of period (1) |  | 673,000 |  | $ | 25.31 |
Exercisable at end of period |  | 2,660,787 |  | $ | 25.46 |
(1) These stock options are included in the caption “Total options outstanding, end of period.” See discussion of the 2005 LTIP below.
Schedule of realized tax benefits from stock awards exercised |
|  | For the Three Months |  | For the Nine Months |
|  | Ended September 30, |  | Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Tax benefit from stock awards exercised |  | $ | 329 |  | $ | 53 |  | $ | 5,205 |  | $ | 1,005 |
Schedule of aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding and exercisable |
|  | As of September 30, 2011 |
|  | Options Outstanding |  | Options Exercisable |
|  | (In thousands) |
Aggregate intrinsic value |  | $ | 14,097 |  | $ | 3,236 |
Schedule of restricted stock unit activity |
|  | For the Nine Months |
|  | Ended September 30, 2011 |
|  | Restricted Stock Units |  | Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Total restricted stock units outstanding, beginning of period |  | 107,249 |  | $ | 27.33 |
Granted |  | 49,950 |  | $ | 36.43 |
Vested |  | — |  | $ | — |
Forfeited and cancelled |  | (6,248 | ) | $ | 28.17 |
Total restricted stock units outstanding, end of period |  | 150,951 |  | $ | 30.29 |
Restricted Performance Units outstanding, end of period (1) |  | 89,776 |  | $ | 26.68 |
(1) These Restricted Performance Units are included in the caption “Total restricted stock units outstanding, end of period.” See discussion of the 2005 LTIP below.
Schedule of unrecognized non-cash, stock-based compensation expense under the 2005 LTIP |
|  | 2005 LTIP |
|  |  |  | Vested |
|  | Total |  | Portion (1) |
|  | (In thousands) |
DISH Network awards held by EchoStar employees |  | $ | 17,029 |  | $ | 13,133 |
EchoStar awards held by EchoStar employees |  | 3,393 |  | 2,616 |
Total |  | $ | 20,422 |  | $ | 15,749 |
(1) Represents the amount of this award that has met the foregoing vesting schedule and would therefore vest upon achievement of the performance condition.
Schedule of awards outstanding under 2005 LTIP |
|  | As of September 30, 2011 |
|  | Number of Awards |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |
Stock options |  | 673,000 |  | $ | 25.31 |
Restricted Performance Units |  | 89,776 |  |  |
Total |  | 762,776 |  |  |
Schedule of share based compensation allocated non-cash stock-based compensation expense |
|  | For the Three Months |  | For the Nine Months |
|  | Ended September 30, |  | Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Research and development expenses |  | $ | 564 |  | $ | 755 |  | $ | 1,776 |  | $ | 2,883 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  | 4,452 |  | 2,486 |  | 9,782 |  | 7,659 |
Total non-cash, stock-based compensation |  | $ | 5,016 |  | $ | 3,241 |  | $ | 11,558 |  | $ | 10,542 |
Schedule of assumptions of Black-Scholes option valuation model |
|  | For the Three Months |  | For the Nine Months |
|  | Ended September 30, |  | Ended September 30, |
Stock Options |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.19% |  | 1.64% |  | 1.19% - 2.57% |  | 1.64% - 2.97% |
Volatility factor |  | 37.85% |  | 31.32% |  | 34.68% - 38.68% |  | 31.00% - 31.51% |
Expected term of options in years |  | 6.0 |  | 6.2 |  | 5.1 - 6.0 |  | 6.1 - 6.2 |
Weighted-average fair value of options granted |  | $8.59 |  | $6.44 |  | $8.59 - $14.42 |  | $6.44 - $7.38 |

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