UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
(X) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Ferguson, Mary P.
5701 South Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80120
U.S.A.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Echostar Communications Corporation
DISH
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
2/20/02
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) (X) Other
(specify below)
Vice President - Marketing (4)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Class A Common Stock |2/20/0|M | |8,892 |A |$6.00 |81,871 |D | |
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| | | | | | |249 |I |(1) |
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| | | | | | |2,082 |I |(2) |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Employee Stock Option |$6.00 |2/20/|M | |D |D |(3) |(4) |Class A Comm|8,892 | |0 (4) | | |
(Right to Buy) | |02 | | | | | | |on Stock | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The number of shares in column 5 represents the total number of shares
purchased by the reporting person through EchoStar Communications Corporation's
1997 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan to
date.
(2) In March 2000, the Company issued additional shares of Class A Common Stock
to EchoStar Communications Corporation's 401(k) Employees' Savings Plan (the
"Plan"). The number of shares
reported in column 5 represents the total number of shares allocated to the
reporting person's account through the Plan to date. The reporting person has
dispositive, but no voting power with
respect to the
shares.
(3) The shares underlying the option vested at the rate of 20% per year,
commencing on March 31, 2000.
(4) The reporting person's employment with the Company terminated on February
15, 2002.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Mary P. Ferguson
DATE
3/1/02