UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM 5
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
[_] Form 3 Holdings Reported
[_] Form 4 Transactions Reported
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Wright, Jr. Joseph R.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o PanAmSat Corporation, 20 Westport Road
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(Street)
Wilton Connecticut 06897
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PanAmSat Corporation (SPOT)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
December, 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[X] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)
President and Chief Executive Officer
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
(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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5. 6.
4. Amount of Owner-
2. Securities Acquired (A) or Securities ship
Trans- Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: 7.
action (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Owned at end Direct Nature of
Date 3. ----------------------------- of Issuer's (D) or Indirect
1. (Month/ Transaction (A) Fiscal Year Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Day/ Code Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) (Instr. 8) (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share 579.943 I (1)
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5,506 D
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SEC2270(7/02)
FORM 5 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9. 10.
Number Owner-
of ship
2. Deriv- of
Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature
or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of
Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In-
cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct
Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene-
1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial
Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Employee Stock Option Common
(Right to Buy) $21.250 1/29/02 A 100,000 (2) 1/29/2012 Stock 100,000 $0 100,000 D
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Explanation of Responses: (1) Represents interests held in a PanAmSat Stock Fund
of the PanAmSat Corporation Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) as of 12/31/02. (2)
These options become exercisable as to 33,333.33 shares on each of January 29,
2003, January 29, 2004 and January 29, 2005.
/s/ James W. Cuminale, Attorney-in-Fact February 13, 2003
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Joseph R. Wright, Jr.
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