UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 4
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 this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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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 CT 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/Day/Year
April 30, 2003
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/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 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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5.
Amount of 6.
2A. 4. Securities Owner-
Deemed Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship
2. Execution 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7.
Transaction Date, Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of
Date if any Code ---------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect
1. (Month/ (Month/ (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security Day/ Day/ ----------- Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) Year) Year) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value 4/30/03 A 20,000 A 25,506 D(1)
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1,070.464 I (2)
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SEC 1474 (9-02)
FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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9.
Number 10.
of Owner-
deriv- ship
2. ative Form
Conver- 5. 7. Secur- of 11.
sion Number of Title and Amount ities Deriv- Nature
or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Bene- ative of
Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price ficially Secur- In-
cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned ity: direct
Price Trans- tion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following Direct Bene-
1. of action Date, Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported (D) or ficial
Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- Indirect Owner-
Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship
Security Secur- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr.
(Instr. 3) ity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) 20,000 of these shares represents units of the Issuer's common stock
awarded pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated PanAmSat Corporation
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan. Each unit represents the right to receive
one share of the Issuer's common stock that vests over a three-year period
as follows: 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date (April 30,
2005) and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date (April 30, 2006).
(2) Represents interests held in a PanAmSat Stock Fund of the PanAmSat
Corporation Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) as of the closing of business on
April 30, 2003.
/s/ James W. Cuminale, Attorney-in-Fact May 2, 2003
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Joseph R. Wright, Jr. Date
**Signature of Reporting Person
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Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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