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These excerpts taken from the SIRI 10-K filed Mar 10, 2009.

Equipment

We are required to provide, on commercially reasonable terms, our intellectual property necessary to permit any device manufacturer to develop equipment that can deliver our satellite radio services. Chip sets for satellite radios, which include the encryption, conditional access and security technology necessary to access our satellite radio services, may be purchased by licensees from manufacturers in negotiated transactions with such manufacturers. We will not enter into any agreement that grants, or that would have the effect of granting, a device manufacturer an exclusive right to manufacture, market and sell equipment that can deliver our satellite radio services.

We will also not execute any agreement or take any other action that would bar, or have the effect of barring, a car manufacturer or other third party from including non-interfering HD radio chips, iPod compatibility, or other audio technology in an automobile or audio device.

Equipment

SIZE="2">We are required to provide, on commercially reasonable terms, our intellectual property necessary to permit any device manufacturer to develop equipment that can deliver our satellite radio services. Chip sets for satellite radios, which
include the encryption, conditional access and security technology necessary to access our satellite radio services, may be purchased by licensees from manufacturers in negotiated transactions with such manufacturers. We will not enter into any
agreement that grants, or that would have the effect of granting, a device manufacturer an exclusive right to manufacture, market and sell equipment that can deliver our satellite radio services.

STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">We will also not execute any agreement or take any other action that would bar, or have the effect of barring, a car manufacturer or other third party
from including non-interfering HD radio chips, iPod compatibility, or other audio technology in an automobile or audio device.

SIZE="2">Subscription Rates

We have agreed not to raise the retail price for, or reduce the number of channels in, our basic
$12.95 per month subscription package, the a la carte programming packages or the new programming packages described above until July 28, 2011. After July 29, 2009 we may pass through cost increases incurred since the filing of our FCC
merger application as a result of statutorily or contractually required payments to the music, recording and publishing industries for the performance of musical works and sound recordings or for device recording fees. We will provide customers,
either on individual bills or on our website, a summary of the costs passed through to consumers pursuant to the preceding sentence.

SIZE="2">Service to Puerto Rico

We have filed an application with the FCC to provide the SIRIUS satellite radio service to
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico using terrestrial repeaters and will, upon grant of the necessary permanent authorizations, promptly introduce the SIRIUS satellite radio service to the Commonwealth.

STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%">Interoperable Radios

We have
agreed to offer for sale an interoperable receiver, and recently began offering such receiver.

This excerpt taken from the SIRI 10-Q filed Nov 12, 2008.

Equipment

We are required to provide, on commercially reasonable terms, our intellectual property necessary to permit any device manufacturer to develop equipment that can deliver our satellite radio services. Chip sets for satellite radios, which include the encryption, conditional access and security technology necessary to access our satellite radio services, may be purchased by licensees from manufacturers in negotiated transactions with such manufacturers. We will not enter into any agreement that grants, or that would have the effect of granting, a device manufacturer an exclusive right to manufacture, market and sell equipment that can deliver our satellite radio services.

We will also not execute any agreement or take any other action that would bar, or have the effect of barring, a car manufacturer or other third party from including non-interfering HD radio chips, iPod compatibility, or other audio technology in an automobile or audio device.

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