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Capítulo 2. Estado del arte

2.3. Tercera discusión: la lectura del contexto sobre el cual se ubica o reconoce la

Location Purpose Own/Lease

New York, NY Corporate headquarters and

studio/production facilities

Lease

New York, NY Office facilities Lease

Washington, DC Office and studio/production facilities Own

Washington, DC Office facilities and data center Own

Lawrenceville, NJ Office and technical/engineering facilities Lease

Deerfield Beach, FL Office and technical/engineering facilities Lease

Farmington Hills, MI Office and technical/engineering facilities Lease

Nashville, TN Studio/production facilities Lease

Vernon, NJ Technical/engineering facilities Own

Ellenwood, GA Technical/engineering facilities Lease

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We also own or lease other small facilities that we use as offices for our advertising sales personnel, studios and warehouse and maintenance space. These facilities are not material to our business or operations. We also lease properties in Panama and Ecuador that we use as earth stations to command and control satellites.

In addition, we lease or license space at over 650 locations for use in connection with the terrestrial repeater networks that support our satellite radio services. In general, these leases and licenses are for space on building rooftops and communications towers. None of these individual arrangements is material to our business or operations.

State Consumer Investigations. A Multistate Working Group of 30 State Attorneys General, led by the Attorney General of the State of Ohio, is investigating certain of our consumer practices. The investigation focuses on practices relating to the cancellation of subscriptions; automatic renewal of subscriptions; charging, billing, collecting, and refunding or crediting of payments from consumers; and soliciting customers.

A separate investigation into our consumer practices is being conducted by the Attorneys General of the State of Florida and the State of New York. In addition, in September 2010, the Attorney General of the State of Missouri commenced an action against us in Missouri Circuit Court, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, St. Louis, Missouri, alleging violations of various consumer protection statutes, including the Missouri Telemarketing No-Call List Act. The suit seeks, among other things, a permanent injunction prohibiting us from making, or causing to be made, telephone solicitations to our subscribers in the State of Missouri who are on Missouri’s no-call list, statutory penalties and reimbursement of costs.

We are cooperating with these investigations and believe our consumer practices comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations.

Carl Blessing et al. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc. We have settled the case titled Carl Blessing et al. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc. and the settlement has been approved by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Notices of appeal have been filed by 11 individuals seeking to overturn the settlement.

In December 2009, Carl Blessing, a subscriber, filed a lawsuit against us in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Blessing and several other plaintiffs purported to represent all subscribers who were subject to: an increase in the price for additional-radio subscriptions from $6.99 to $8.99; the imposition of the US Music Royalty Fee; and the elimination of our free Internet service. The suit claimed that the pricing changes showed that our merger with XM lessened competition or led to a monopoly in violation of the Clayton Act and that the merger led to monopolization in violation of the Sherman Act. Earlier the Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims for breach of contract and granted our motion for summary judgment as to various state law claims.

As part of the settlement, we agreed to: not raise the price of our basic satellite radio service or other programming packages or our Internet services; not increase our US Music Royalty Fee; or not decrease our multi-radio discount prior to January 1, 2012. Existing subscribers were also permitted to renew their current subscription plans at current rates prior to December 31, 2011. Former subscribers who terminated their subscriptions after July 29, 2009 are entitled to receive, at their election, either: one month of our basic satellite radio service or one month of our Internet service, at no charge. We also paid the costs of providing notice to the plaintiff class and reimbursed counsel for the plaintiffs for $13 million of their fees and expenses.

One Twelve, Inc. and Don Buchwald v. Sirius XM Radio Inc. In March 2011, One Twelve, Inc., Howard Stern’s production company, and Don Buchwald, Stern’s agent, commenced an action against us in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. The action alleges that, upon the Merger, we failed to honor our obligations under the performance-based compensation provisions of our prior agreement dated

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October 2004 with One Twelve and Buchwald, as agent; One Twelve and Buchwald each assert a claim of breach of contract. More specifically, the complaint alleges that subscribers to the XM Satellite Radio service should have been counted as “Sirius subscribers” following the Merger for purposes of provisions entitling One Twelve and Buchwald to compensation in the event that the number of “Sirius subscribers” exceeded the projected growth amounts of Sirius

subscribers by certain magnitudes specified in the 2004 agreement for each year of that agreement. The suit seeks damages, plus interest and costs, in an amount to be determined. We believe that the claims are without merit and intend to vigorously defend this action.

We filed a motion for summary judgment on the basis that the 2004 agreement is unambiguous; specifically, that the term “Sirius subscribers,” as used in the 2004 agreement, does not include subscribers to XM Satellite Radio following the Merger and, as a result, One Twelve and Buchwald were not entitled to additional compensation for exceeding projected growth amounts of Sirius subscribers. The Court heard oral argument on our motion for summary judgment in September 2011.

Other Matters. In the ordinary course of business, we are a defendant in various lawsuits and arbitration proceedings, including derivative actions; actions filed by subscribers, both on behalf of themselves and on a class action basis; former employees; parties to contracts or leases; and owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property. None of these other actions are, in our opinion, likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Not applicable.

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PART II

Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SIRI.” The following table sets forth the high and low sales price for our common stock, as reported by Nasdaq, for the periods indicated below:

On February 7, 2012, the closing sales price of our common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $2.12 per share. On February 7, 2012, there were approximately 11,459 record holders of our common stock.

We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. Our ability to pay dividends on our common stock is

currently limited by covenants under our debt agreements. It is currently our intention to retain earnings, if any, for use in our business. Our board of directors discusses alternative uses of cash based on a variety of factors such as working capital levels, our debt repayment obligations or repurchase of our debt, our cash requirements for acquisitions, and our return of capital to shareholders. See Note 13 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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