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loralspace&cUNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERSWashington, D.C. 20549

May 16, 2019

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loralspace&c

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING OF LORAL STOCKHOLDERS

June 17, 2021


Notice is hereby given that Loral Space & Communications Inc.(“Loral or the “Company”Company) will hold a virtual annual meeting of its stockholders (the “Loral Stockholder Meeting”) online via live webcast at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on June 17, 2021. Due to the continuing public health impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and for the health and well-being of our stockholders, employees and others, the Loral Stockholder Meeting will be held atin virtual format only. You will be able to attend the offices of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York, at 10:30 A.M., on Thursday,  May 16, 2019,Loral Stockholder Meeting via live webcast, vote your shares and submit questions by visiting www.meetingcenter.io/277547950. The password for the purposemeeting is LORL2021. Online check-in will begin one hour prior to commencement of the Loral Stockholder Meeting, and we encourage you to allow ample time for the online check-in procedures. Whether or not you plan to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting online, please vote your shares as promptly as possible by following the instructions below and in your proxy or voting instruction card.

We are holding the Loral Stockholder Meeting for the purposes of:

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Electing to the Board of Directors the two nominees named in the accompanying Proxy Statementof Loral (the “Loral Board”) Mr. John D. Harkey, Jr. and Mr. Michael B. Targoff, who have been nominated by the Loral Board of Directors to continue to serve as Class III directors and whose current terms will expire at the Annual Meeting;Loral Stockholder Meeting (the “Director Election Proposal”);

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Acting upon a proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’sLoral’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year endingended December 31, 2019;2020 (the “Accounting Firm Proposal”); and

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Acting upon a proposal to approve, on aby non-binding, advisory basis,vote, the compensation of the Company’sLoral’s named executive officers as described in the accompanying Proxy Statement.this proxy statement (the “Say-On-Pay Proposal”).

The Loral Board initially set the record date for the Loral Stockholder Meeting for November 30, 2020; due to the expiration of Directors has fixeddeadlines under Loral’s organizational documents and applicable law, the Loral Board rescinded the former November 30, 2020 record date and set May 7, 2021 as the new record date (the “Record Date”) for the Loral Stockholder Meeting. Only holders of record of the Voting Common Stock of Loral, $0.01 par value per share (the “Loral Voting Common Stock”), at the close of business on March 28, 2019 as the date for determining stockholders of recordRecord Date are entitled to receive notice of, and to vote at, the AnnualLoral Stockholder Meeting. Loral will transact no other business at the Loral Stockholder Meeting except such business as may properly be brought before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof by or at the direction of the Loral Board. Please refer to the proxy statement of which this notice is a part for further information with respect to the business to be transacted at the Loral Stockholder Meeting.

If you are a Loral stockholder of record (i.e., you hold your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock in certificated form or through Loral’s transfer agent, Computershare), you do not need to register to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting virtually on the Internet. Please follow the instructions on the proxy or voting instruction card that you received.

If you hold your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you must register in advance to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting virtually on the Internet.


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To register to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting online by webcast you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock along with your name and email address to Computershare. Requests for registration must be labeled as “Legal Proxy” and be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 14, 2021.

You will receive a confirmation of your registration by email after Computershare receives your registration materials.

Requests for registration should be directed to Computershare at the following:

By email:

Forward the email from your broker, or attach an image of your legal proxy, to legalproxy@computershare.com

By mail:

Computershare

Loral Space & Communications Inc. Legal Proxy

P.O. Box 43001

Providence, RI 02940-3001

The Loral Board of Directors unanimously recommends that Loral stockholders vote their shares in favor of the electionDirector Election Proposal, in favor of the Class I  nomineesAccounting Firm Proposal and in favor of Proposals 2 and 3.the Say-On-Pay Proposal.

This Notice and accompanying Proxy Statement and proxy or voting instruction card will be first mailed to you and to other stockholders of record commencing on or about April 11, 2019.May 20, 2021.

All stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting. Stockholders may obtain directions to the Annual Meeting by contacting the Company’s investor relations department at (212) 697‑1105. Whether or not you plan to attend, I hope that you will vote as soon as possible. Please review the instructions on the proxy or voting instruction card regarding your voting options.YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING ONLINE, PLEASE SUBMIT A PROXY TO VOTE YOUR SHARES AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SHARES OF LORAL VOTING COMMON STOCK ARE REPRESENTED AT THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING. IF LORAL STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD RETURN PROPERLY EXECUTED PROXIES BUT DO NOT INDICATE HOW THEIR SHARES OF LORAL VOTING COMMON STOCK SHOULD BE VOTED ON A PROPOSAL, THE SHARES OF LORAL VOTING COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THEIR PROPERLY EXECUTED PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS THE LORAL BOARD RECOMMENDS AND, THEREFORE, “FOR” EACH OF THE DIRECTOR ELECTION PROPOSAL, THE ACCOUNTING FIRM PROPOSAL AND THE SAY-ON-PAY PROPOSAL. EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING ONLINE VIA WEBCAST, WE URGE YOU TO SUBMIT YOUR PROXY AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE BY (1) ACCESSING THE INTERNET WEBSITE SPECIFIED ON YOUR PROXY CARD, (2) CALLING THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER SPECIFIED ON YOUR PROXY CARD OR (3) COMPLETING, SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ACCOMPANYING POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE PRIOR TO THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING TO ENSURE THAT YOUR SHARES WILL BE REPRESENTED AND VOTED AT THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING. IF YOU VOTE YOUR SHARES ONLINE AT THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING, ANY PROXY PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED WILL BE REVOKED.

By Order of the Board of Directors

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Michael B. Targoff

Vice Chairman of the Board

April 11, 2019May 20, 2021


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Notice of Annual Meeting

Proxy Statement

Questions and Answers about the Annual Meeting and Voting

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The Loral Stockholder Meeting

Date, Time and Place

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Delayed 2020 Annual Meeting

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Required Vote

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Who can Vote

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Record and Beneficial Stockholders of Loral

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Delivery of Materials

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How to Vote

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Voting by Proxy

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Revocation of Proxies

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Quorum

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Record Date

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About Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

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Adjournments and Postponements

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Proposal 1 — Election of Directors of Loral

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Overview

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Nominees for Election to the Loral Board of Directors in 20192020

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Continuing Members of the Board of Directors

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Additional Information Concerning the Board of Directors of the CompanyLoral

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Director Independence11

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Indemnification Agreements

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Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

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Board Leadership Structure

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Director Compensation

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Board and Committee Compensation Structure

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Directors Compensation for Fiscal 2018Year 2020

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Committees of the Board of Directors

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Recommendation of the Loral Board

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Proposal 2 — Ratification of Loral’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Overview

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Required Vote

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Recommendation of the Loral Board

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Proposal 3 — Advisory Vote on Compensation Paid to OurLoral’s Named Executive Officers

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Overview

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Required Vote

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Recommendation of the Loral Board

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Report of the Audit Committee for 2019

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Executive CompensationReport of the Audit Committee for 2020

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Summary Compensation Table

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Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table

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Potential Change in Control and Other Post Employment Payments

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OwnershipExecutive Compensation of Voting Common StockLoral’s Named Executive Officers

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Ownership of Loral Voting Common Stock

Principal Holders of Loral Voting Common Stock

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Loral Voting Common Stock Ownership by Loral Directors and Executive Officers

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

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Other Matters

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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

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Solicitation of Proxies

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Stockholder Proposals for 20202021 Annual Meeting

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Communications with the Loral Board of Directors

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Code of Ethics24

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Loral Space & Communications Inc.

600 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10020

PROXY STATEMENT

Questions and Answers About the Annual Meeting and Voting

The following questions and answers are intended to address briefly some commonly asked questions regarding the Loral Stockholder Meeting. These questions and answers may not address all questions that may be important to you as a Loral stockholder. Please refer to the more detailed information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement and the documents referred to in this proxy statement, which you should read carefully and in their entirety. You may obtain the information incorporated by reference in this proxy statement without charge by following the instructions under the section entitled, “Where You Can Find More Information” beginning on page 25 of this proxy statement.

Q.Why am I receiving this proxy statement?

Why did I receiveA.

The Loral Board is using this proxy statement?statement to solicit proxies of Loral stockholders in connection with seeking approval of certain matters at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. At the meeting, Loral stockholders will be asked to:

Elect to the Loral Board John D. Harkey, Jr. and Michael B. Targoff, who have been nominated by the Loral Board to continue to serve as Class II directors and whose current term will expire at the Loral Stockholder Meeting (otherwise referred to herein as the “Director Election Proposal”);
Act upon a proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Loral’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ended December 31, 2020 (otherwise referred to herein as the “Accounting Firm Proposal”); and
Act upon a proposal to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of Loral’s named executive officers as described in this proxy statement (otherwise referred to herein as the “Say-On-Pay Proposal” and, together with the Director Election Proposal and the Accounting Firm Proposal, the “Loral Stockholder Meeting Proposals”).

Q.Why was the Loral Stockholder Meeting for 2020 delayed?

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During 2020, Loral was in discussions with the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“PSP Investments”), the other principal shareholder of Telesat Canada (“Telesat”), regarding a strategic transaction that ultimately resulted in the signing, on November 23, 2020, of the Transaction Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time and including all exhibits and schedules thereto, the “Transaction Agreement”) by and among Loral, Telesat Corporation (“Telesat Corporation”), Telesat, Telesat Partnership LP (“Telesat Partnership”), Telesat CanHold Corporation (“Telesat CanHoldco”), Lion Combination Sub Corporation (“Merger Sub”), PSP Investments and Red Isle Private Investments Inc. (“Red Isle”). The Transaction Agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Loral, with Loral surviving the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat Partnership (the “Merger” and, together with the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement, the “Transaction”).

Completion of the Transaction requires (i) the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Loral Voting Common Stock entitled to vote thereon (the “Statutory Vote”) and (ii) the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Loral Voting Common Stock who are unaffiliated with MHR Fund Management LLC (“MHR”), Telesat Corporation, PSP Investments, Merger Sub, Telesat CanHoldco, Red Isle, Telesat Partnership or certain of their respective affiliates as provided in the Transaction Agreement (together with the Statutory Vote, the “Transaction Stockholder Vote”).


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Telesat Corporation and Telesat Partnership have filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to the Transaction (the “Transaction Registration Statement”). The Transaction Registration Statement includes a preliminary proxy statement of Loral, and when declared effective will include a definitive proxy statement of Loral, with respect to a meeting of Loral stockholders to consider approval of the Transaction and obtain the Transaction Stockholder Vote. Loral had expected to be able to convene a meeting to consider approval of the Transaction and obtain the Transaction Stockholder Vote together with the Loral Stockholder Meeting Proposals that are the subject of this proxy statement, but, due to timing considerations, including among others, those relating to the Nasdaq Notice discussed below, such was not feasible.

On January 5, 2021, Loral received a notice (the “Nasdaq Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that Loral was not in compliance with Rule 5620(a) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules (the “Nasdaq Rules”) as a result of Loral not having held an annual meeting of stockholders within 12 months of the end of its fiscal year on December 31, 2019. On February 17, 2021, Loral submitted to Nasdaq its plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Rules. On April 20, 2021, Loral received a notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that the Nasdaq staff had determined to grant Loral an extension to June 30, 2021 to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Rules; accordingly, the Loral Stockholder Meeting and the Loral Stockholder Meeting Proposals described herein are meant, among other things, to satisfy the requirements in respect of an annual meeting of stockholders for 2020.

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We have sent you this Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and proxy or voting instruction card because the Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”)Will there be another meeting of Loral Space & Communications Inc. (“Loral” orstockholders with respect to the “Company”) is soliciting your proxy to vote at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 16, 2019 (the “Annual Meeting”). This Proxy Statement contains information about the items being voted on at the Annual MeetingTransaction Stockholder Vote and information about us.when will it be?

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Yes. Loral intends to convene a special meeting of Loral stockholders to consider approval of the Transaction and obtain the Transaction Stockholder Vote. The record date and meeting date for this meeting will be set by the Loral Board in conjunction with finalizing and effectiveness of the Transaction Registration Statement.

Q.How can I attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting?

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Who isThe Loral Stockholder Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of Loral stockholders, which will be conducted exclusively by webcast. You are entitled to vote?

You may vote on each matter properly submitted for stockholder action atparticipate in the AnnualLoral Stockholder Meeting only if you were the record holder of our Voting Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Voting Common Stock”),a Loral stockholder as of the close of business on March 28, 2019. On March 28, 2019,the Record Date or if you hold a valid proxy for the Loral Stockholder Meeting. No physical meeting will be held.

You will be able to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting online and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting www.meetingcenter.io/277547950. The password for the meeting is LORL2021. You also will be able to vote your shares online by attending the Loral Stockholder Meeting by webcast.

To participate in the Loral Stockholder Meeting, you will need to review the information included on your Notice, on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials.

If you hold your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you must register in advance using the instructions below.

The online meeting will begin promptly at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time. You are encouraged to access the meeting prior to the start time leaving ample time for check-in. Please follow the registration instructions as outlined in this proxy statement and in your proxy or voting instruction card.

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Q.How do I register to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting virtually on the Internet?

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If you are a Loral stockholder of record (i.e., you hold your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock in certificated form or through Loral’s transfer agent, Computershare), you do not need to register to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting virtually on the Internet. Please follow the instructions on the proxy or voting instruction card that you received.

If you hold your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you must register in advance to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting virtually on the Internet.

To register to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting online by webcast you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock along with your name and email address to Computershare. Requests for registration must be labeled as “Legal Proxy” and be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 14, 2021.

You will receive a confirmation of your registration by email after Computershare receives your registration materials.

Requests for registration should be directed to Computershare at the following:

By email:

Forward the email from your broker, or attach an image of your legal proxy, to legalproxy@computershare.com

By mail:

Computershare

Loral Space & Communications Inc. Legal Proxy

P.O. Box 43001

Providence, RI 02940-3001

Q:What if I have trouble accessing the Loral Stockholder Meeting virtually?

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The virtual meeting platform is fully supported across MS Edge, Firefox, Chrome and Safari browsers and devices (desktops, laptops, tablets and cell phones) running the most up-to-date version of applicable software and plugins. Please note that Internet Explorer is no longer supported. Participants should ensure that they have a strong WiFi connection wherever they intend to participate in the meeting. We encourage you to access the meeting prior to the start time. A link on the meeting page will provide further assistance should you need it or you may call 1-888-724-2416 or 1-781-575-2748.

Q.Who can vote at the Loral Stockholder Meeting?

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All of the holders of Loral Voting Common Stock of record as of the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 21,427,078 shares of ourLoral Voting Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the AnnualLoral Stockholder Meeting.

How many votes do I have?

Each outstanding share of ourLoral Voting Common Stock that you own entitles youis entitled to one vote on each matter properly submitted for stockholder actionproposal presented at the AnnualLoral Stockholder Meeting.

Q.What constitutes a quorum?

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What am I voting on?

You willTo constitute a quorum for the conduct of the Loral Stockholder Meeting, there must be voting on the following:

To elect to the Board of Directors the two nominees named in this Proxy Statement who have been nominated by the Board of Directors to continue to serve as Class I directors and whose current terms will expirepresent at the Annual Meeting;

To ratifyLoral Stockholder Meeting online via webcast or by proxy Loral stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm forvotes entitled to vote at the year ending December 31, 2019; and

To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in this Proxy Statement.

How do I vote?

You may vote in the following ways:

By Mail: meeting. If you aresubmit a holder of record, you may vote by marking, dating and signing your proxy card and returning it by mail in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. If you hold your shares in street name, please complete and mail the voting instruction card.

By Telephone or Internet: If you hold your shares in street name, you may be ablebut fail to provide voting instructions to vote your shares by telephone or over the Internet. Please follow the instructionsabstain on your voting instruction card.

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any of the proposals listed on the proxy card, your shares will be counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at the Loral Stockholder Meeting.

Q. What vote is required to approve the proposals?

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At the Annual Meeting: If you are planningThe proposals to attend the Annual Meeting and wish to vote your shares in person, we will give you a ballotbe voted upon at the meeting. If your shares are heldLoral Stockholder Meeting require the votes described below in street name, you need to bring an account statement or letter from your broker, bank or other nominee indicating that you were the beneficial owner of the shares on March 28, 2019, the record date for voting. You will also need to obtain a proxy from your bank, broker or other nominee to vote the shares you beneficially own at the meeting. Even if you planorder to be present at the meeting, we encourage you to complete and mail the enclosed card to vote your shares by proxy.approved.

What if I return my proxy or voting instruction card but do not mark it to show how I am voting?

Your shares will be voted according to the instructions you have indicated on your proxy or voting instruction card. If no direction is indicated, your shares will be voted “FOR” the electionDirector Election Proposal. Election of the Class I nominees and “FOR” Proposals 2 and 3.

May I change my vote after I return my proxy or voting instruction card?

You may change your vote at any time before your shares are voted at the Annual Meeting in one of three ways:

Notify our Corporate Secretary in writing before the Annual Meeting that you are revoking your proxy;

Submit another proxy by mail, telephone or the Internet (or voting instruction card if you hold your shares in street name) with a later date; or

Vote in person at the Annual Meeting.

What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy or voting instruction card?

It means you have multiple accounts at the transfer agent and/or with banks and stockbrokers. Please vote all of your shares.

What constitutes a quorum?

Any number of stockholders, together holding at least a majority in voting power of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding and generally entitled to vote in the election ofII directors present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting duly called, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. Abstentions and “broker non-votes” are counted as shares “present” at the meeting for purposes of determining whether a quorum exists. A “broker non-vote” occurs when shares held of record by a bank, broker or other holder of record for a beneficial owner are deemed present at the meeting for purposes of a quorum but are not voted on a particular proposal because that record holder does not have discretionary voting power for that particular matter under the applicable rules of the Nasdaq National Market and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner.

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What vote is required in order to approve Proposals 1 and 2?

Proposal 1 (Election of Directors):  The two nominees named in this Proxy Statement who have been nominated by the Board of Directors to continue to serve as Class I directors will be elected to the Class I directorships byLoral Board requires a plurality vote.of votes cast “FOR” each such director. This means that the two nominees with the most votes cast in their favor will be elected to the Class III directorships. Votes withheld from one or more director nominees will have no effect on the election of any director from whom votes are withheld. If you do not wantwish to vote your shares for a nominee, you may indicate that in the space provided on the proxy card or the voting instruction card or withhold authority as prompted during telephone or Internet voting. In the unanticipated event that a director nominee is unable or declines to serve, the proxy will be voted for such other person as shall be designated by the Loral Board of Directors to replace the nominee, or in lieu thereof, the Loral Board may reduce the number of directors.

Accounting Firm ProposalProposal 2 (Ratification of Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP):  This proposal. Approval requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of our outstanding Voting Common Stockall votes present, in personvirtually or represented by proxy, at the AnnualLoral Stockholder Meeting and entitled to vote on Proposal 2.thereon. Abstentions will have the effect of votes against the proposal. “Broker non-votes,” if any, will not have any effect on the adoption of the proposal. Your broker has the authority to exercise discretion with respect to ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP if it has not received your instructions for that proposal because that matter is treated as routine under applicable rules.

What is the standard for approving the non-binding, advisory proposal (Proposal 3)?

Say-On-Pay ProposalProposal 3 (Advisory Vote on Compensation Paid to Named Executive Officers):  This proposal. Approval requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of our outstanding Voting Common Stockall votes present, in personvirtually or represented by proxy, at the AnnualLoral Stockholder Meeting and entitled to vote on Proposal 3.thereon. Abstentions will have the effect of votes against the proposal. “Broker non-votes,” if any,non-votes” will not have any effect on the adoption of the proposal. The results of this vote are not binding on the Loral Board, whether or not it is adopted by the aforementioned voting standard. In evaluating the vote on this advisory resolution, the Loral Board will consider the voting results in their entirety.

Q.How does the Loral Board recommend that I vote?

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The Loral Board recommends that the Loral stockholders vote “FOR” the Director Election Proposal, “FOR” the Accounting Firm Proposal and “FOR” the Say-On-Pay Proposal.

Q.What do I need to do now?

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May myEven if you plan to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting virtually, after carefully reading and considering the information contained in this proxy statement, please respond by completing, signing and dating your proxy card or voting instruction card and returning it in the enclosed pre- addressed postage-paid envelope or, if available, by submitting your proxy by one of the other methods specified in your proxy card or voting instruction card as promptly as possible so that your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock will be represented and voted at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. Please refer to your proxy card or voting instruction card forwarded by your broker vote my shares?

Brokers mayor other nominee to see which voting options are available to you. The method by which you submit a proxy will in no longer use discretionary authorityway limit your right to vote shares onat the election of directors or non-routine matters if they have not received instructions from their clients. It is important, therefore, that you cast your voteLoral Stockholder Meeting if you want itlater decide to countattend the meeting virtually. If, however, your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock are held in the electionname of directors (Proposal 1)a broker or other nominee, you must obtain a legal proxy, executed in your favor, from your broker or other nominee, to be able to vote online at the advisory vote on compensation paid to our named executive officers (Proposal 3). Your broker has the authority to exercise discretion with respect to ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (Proposal 2) if it has not received your instructions for that proposal because that matter is treated as routine under applicable rules.

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Q. How will my proxy be voted?

How will voting on any other business be conducted?A.

All shares of Loral Voting Common Stock entitled to vote and represented by properly completed proxies received prior to the Loral Stockholder Meeting, and not revoked, will be voted at the Loral Stockholder Meeting as instructed on the proxies. If you properly sign, date and return a proxy card, but do not indicate how your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock should be voted on a matter, the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock represented by your proxy will be voted as the Loral Board recommends and, therefore, “FOR” the Director Election Proposal, “FOR” the Accounting Firm Proposal and “FOR” the Say-On-Pay Proposal. See “The Loral Stockholder Meeting — About Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes.”

Q.How can I change or revoke my vote?

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We do not knowYou may revoke your proxy or change your vote at any time before your proxy is voted at the Loral Stockholder Meeting in one of any business or proposalsthree ways:

Notify the Corporate Secretary of Loral in writing, in time to be consideredreceived before the Loral Stockholder Meeting, that you are revoking your proxy;
Submit another proxy by mail, telephone or the Internet (or voting instruction card if you hold your shares in “street name”) with a later date; or
Vote online at the AnnualLoral Stockholder Meeting other than those set forth in this Proxy Statement. If any other business is properly presentedby following the instructions on your proxy or voting instruction card.

Q.What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy or voting instruction card?

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It means you have multiple accounts at the Annual Meeting, the proxies received from our stockholders give the proxy holders the authority totransfer agent and/or with banks and stockbrokers. Please vote on the matter in their sole discretion. In accordance with our Bylaws, no business (other than the electionall of the two Class I nominees and Proposals 2 and 3) may be brought before the Annual Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, unless such business is brought by or at the direction of the Board or a committee of the Board.your shares.

Q.Who will count the votes?

Who will count the votes?

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Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”) will act as the inspector of election and will tabulate the votes.

Q.Who can help answer any other questions I might have?

A.

Loral has engaged D.F. King & Co., Inc. (“D.F. King”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Loral Stockholder Meeting. If you have any questions about the Loral Stockholder Meeting Proposals or how to submit your proxy or need additional copies of this proxy statement, the enclosed proxy card or voting instructions, you should contact: D.F. King, Loral’s proxy solicitor, by calling toll-free at (800) 821-8781. Banks, brokerage firms and other nominees may call collect at (212) 269-5550.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials

for the Loral Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 16, 2019June 17, 2021

The 2019This Proxy Statement, a form of proxy and Loral’s Annual ReportReports on Form 10‑K10-K for the yearyears ended December 31, 20182019 and December 31, 2020 are available at: www.loral.com.

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THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING

This proxy statement is being furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies from Loral stockholders for use at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. This proxy statement and accompanying form of proxy are first being mailed to Loral stockholders on or about May 20, 2021.

Date, Time and Place

The Loral Stockholder Meeting will be held exclusively online via live webcast at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on June 17, 2021. There will not be a physical meeting location. You will be able to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting online and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting www.meetingcenter.io/277547950. The password for the meeting is LORL2021. You also will be able to vote your shares online by attending the Loral Stockholder Meeting by webcast. Online check-in will begin one hour prior to commencement of the Loral Stockholder Meeting, and Loral encourages you to allow ample time for the online check-in procedures. Please note that you will not be able to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting in person.

To participate in the Loral Stockholder Meeting, you will need to review the information included on your proxy card or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. If you are a Loral stockholder of record (i.e., you hold your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock in certificated form or through Loral’s transfer agent, Computershare), you do not need to register to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting virtually on the Internet. Please follow the instructions on the proxy or voting instruction card that you received. If you hold your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock along with your name and email address to Computershare. Requests for registration must be labeled as “Legal Proxy” and be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 14, 2021. You will receive a confirmation of your registration by email after Computershare receives your registration materials. Requests for registration should be directed to Computershare at the following:

By email:

Forward the email from your broker, or attach an image of your legal proxy, to legalproxy@computershare.com

By mail:

Computershare

Loral Space & Communications Inc. Legal Proxy

P.O. Box 43001

Providence, RI 02940-3001

Delayed 2020 Annual Meeting

During 2020, Loral was in discussions with PSP Investments, the other principal shareholder of Telesat, regarding a strategic transaction that ultimately resulted in the signing, on November 23, 2020, of the Transaction Agreement. Completion of the Transaction contemplated by the Transaction Agreement requires the Transaction Stockholder Vote. Telesat Corporation and Telesat Partnership have filed the Transaction Registration Statement, which includes a preliminary proxy statement of Loral, and when declared effective will include a definitive proxy statement of Loral, with respect to a meeting of Loral stockholders to consider approval of the Transaction and obtain the Transaction Stockholder Vote. Loral had expected to be able to convene a meeting to consider approval of the Transaction and obtain the Transaction Stockholder Vote together with the Loral Stockholder Meeting Proposals that are the subject of this proxy statement, but, due to timing considerations, including among others, those relating to the Nasdaq Notice discussed below, such was not feasible.

On January 5, 2021, Loral received the Nasdaq Notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that Loral was not in compliance with Rule 5620(a) of the Nasdaq Rules as a result of Loral not having held an annual meeting of stockholders within 12 months of the end of its fiscal year on December 31, 2019. On February 17, 2021, Loral submitted to Nasdaq its plan to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Rules. On April 20, 2021, Loral received a notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that the Nasdaq staff

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had determined to grant Loral an extension to June 30, 2021 to regain compliance with the Nasdaq Rules; accordingly, the Loral Stockholder Meeting and the Loral Stockholder Meeting Proposals described herein are meant, among other things, to satisfy the requirements in respect of an annual meeting of stockholders for 2020.

Loral intends to convene a special meeting of Loral stockholders to consider approval of the Transaction and obtain the Transaction Stockholder Vote. The record date and meeting date for this meeting will be set by the Loral Board in conjunction with finalizing and effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

Required Vote

In respect of each of the Accounting Firm Proposal and the Say-On-Pay Proposal: (i) the affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Loral Stockholder Meeting and entitled to vote thereon will be required to approve such proposal, (ii) abstentions will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” such proposal and (iii) broker non-votes will not have any effect on the outcome of the vote for such proposal.

Approval of each Class II nominee for election to the Loral Board pursuant to the Director Election Proposal requires a plurality vote.

Who Can Vote

All of the holders of Loral Voting Common Stock of record as of the close of business on May 7, 2021, the Record Date for the Loral Stockholder Meeting, are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 21,427,078 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. Each outstanding share of Loral Voting Common Stock is entitled to one vote on each proposal presented at the Loral Stockholder Meeting.

Record and Beneficial Stockholders of Loral

If your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock are held in certificated form or are registered directly in your name with Loral’s transfer agent, Computershare, you are considered a stockholder of record, and Loral sent the proxy materials directly to you.

If your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock are held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank or other intermediary, you are the beneficial owner of Loral Voting Common Stock held in “street name,” or in the general account of your nominee. Loral does not send proxy materials directly to its beneficial stockholders, regardless of whether they are objecting beneficial owners (“OBOs”) or non-objecting beneficial owners (“NOBOs”). Intermediaries generally forward proxy materials to beneficial holders. They are accountable for complying with stockholder requests to receive materials for stockholder meetings and to vote their shares.

Prior to the Loral Stockholder Meeting, Loral will have a list of Loral stockholders of record available for review in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law. If you are a beneficial stockholder of Loral and your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock are held in “street name,” your intermediary or its agent will appear on the list because it is the holder of record of your Loral shares.

Delivery of Materials

These proxy materials have been sent to you, as a Loral stockholder, by mail, or electronically if you requested it. Loral pays the costs of soliciting proxies from its record and beneficial stockholders, including the costs of:

forwarding printed proxy materials by mail to Loral stockholders (including NOBOs and OBOs), and
obtaining Loral beneficial owners’ voting instructions from their intermediaries.

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If you use the Internet to vote or access proxy materials electronically, you may incur usage charges and other costs from Internet access providers or telephone companies.

How to Vote

If you are a stockholder of record, you may have your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock voted on matters presented at the Loral Stockholder Meeting in any of the following ways:

by proxy — stockholders of record have a choice of voting by proxy:
by telephone or over the Internet, by accessing the telephone number or website specified on the enclosed proxy card. The control number provided on your proxy card is designed to verify your identity when voting by telephone or by Internet. Please be aware that, if you vote over the Internet, you may incur costs such as telephone and Internet access charges for which you will be responsible;
by completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card in the accompanying prepaid reply envelope; or
at the virtual meeting — you may attend and cast your vote online at the Loral Stockholder Meeting by following the instructions on your proxy or voting instruction card.

If you are a beneficial owner, you will receive instructions from your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee that you must follow in order to have your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock voted. Those instructions will identify which of the above choices are available to you in order to have your shares voted. Please note that if you are a beneficial owner and wish to cast your vote online at the Loral Stockholder Meeting, you must provide a legal proxy from your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee at the Loral Stockholder Meeting.

Please refer to the instructions on your proxy or voting instruction card to determine the deadlines for voting over the Internet or by telephone. If you choose to submit a proxy by mailing a proxy card, your proxy card should be mailed in the accompanying prepaid reply envelope, and your proxy card must be filed with Loral’s Corporate Secretary by the time the Loral Stockholder Meeting begins.

If you vote by proxy, regardless of the method you choose to vote, the individuals named on the enclosed proxy card, and each of them, with full power of substitution, will vote your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock in the way that you indicate. When completing the Internet or telephone processes or the proxy card, you may specify whether your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock should be voted for or against or to abstain from voting on all, some or none of the specific items of business to come before the Loral Stockholder Meeting.

If you properly sign your proxy card but do not mark the boxes showing how your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock should be voted on a matter, the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock represented by your properly signed proxy will be voted “FOR” each of Loral’s nominees for Class II directorships, “FOR” the Accounting Firm Proposal and “FOR” the Say-On-Pay Proposal.

If you have any questions or need assistance voting your shares, please contact D.F. King, Loral’s proxy solicitor, by calling toll-free at (800) 821-8781. Banks, brokerage firms and other nominees may call collect at (212) 269-5550.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE YOUR SHARES OF LORAL VOTING COMMON STOCK AT THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING PROMPTLY. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND RETURN, AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE, THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ACCOMPANYING PREPAID REPLY ENVELOPE, OR SUBMIT YOUR PROXY BY TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET. STOCKHOLDERS WHO ATTEND THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING MAY REVOKE THEIR PROXIES BY VOTING ONLINE BY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THEIR PROXY OR VOTING INSTRUCTION CARD.

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As of May 7, 2021, the Loral directors, nominees for director and named executive officers beneficially owned and were entitled to vote, in the aggregate, 8,702,873 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock (not including any shares of Loral Voting Common Stock deliverable upon the settlement of any Loral restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and unpaid dividends with respect to Loral RSUs), representing 40.6% of the outstanding shares of Loral Voting Common Stock. The directors and executive officers of Loral have informed Loral that they currently intend to vote all such shares of Loral Voting Common Stock “FOR” the Director Election Proposal, “FOR” the Accounting Firm Proposal and “FOR” the Say-On-Pay Proposal.

Voting by Proxy

Voting by proxy is the easiest way to vote, and Loral stockholders may do so by phone, mail or on the Internet. Voting by proxy means that you, as a Loral stockholder, are giving someone else (i.e., your proxyholder) the authority to attend the Loral Stockholder Meeting and vote your shares of Loral Voting Common Stock for you.

You, as a Loral stockholder, may appoint anyone to be your proxyholder and this person does not need to be a Loral stockholder. Your votes will be counted only if your proxyholder attends the Loral Stockholder Meeting and votes your Loral shares for you. Simply follow the instructions on the proxy form, and print the name of the person you would like to appoint as proxyholder in the space provided. If you vote by proxy but do not specify a proxyholder, the representatives of Loral appointed by the Loral Board as set forth on your proxy card or voting instructions will act as your proxyholder.

Proxyholders must vote Loral shares according to the instructions given to them by Loral stockholders. If you, as a Loral stockholder, do not specify your voting instructions, your proxyholder may vote as he/she sees fit. If you do not specify your voting instructions and you have appointed Loral representatives to act as your proxyholder, they will vote “FOR” approving the Loral Stockholder Meeting Proposals.

Revocation of Proxies

You have the right to revoke a proxy, whether delivered over the Internet, by telephone or by mail, at any time before it is exercised, by voting again at a later date through any of the methods available to you, by giving written notice of revocation to Loral’s Corporate Secretary, which must be filed with the Corporate Secretary by the time the Loral Stockholder Meeting begins, or by attending the Loral Stockholder Meeting and voting online by following the instructions provided on your proxy or voting instruction card. Written notice of revocation should be mailed to: Loral Space & Communications Inc., Attention: Corporate Secretary, 600 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10020.

Quorum

A majority of the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the Record Date and entitled to vote, present online or represented by proxy, at the Loral Stockholder Meeting constitutes a quorum for the purposes of the Loral Stockholder Meeting. Shares of Loral Voting Common Stock represented at the Loral Stockholder Meeting but not voted, including shares of Loral Voting Common Stock for which a stockholder directs an “abstention” from voting, will be counted for purposes of determining a quorum. A quorum is necessary to transact business at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. Once a share of Loral Voting Common Stock is represented at the Loral Stockholder Meeting, it will be counted for the purpose of determining a quorum at the Loral Stockholder Meeting and any adjournment of the Loral Stockholder Meeting. If, however, a new record date is set for the adjourned Loral Stockholder Meeting, then a new quorum will have to be determined. In the event that a quorum is not present at the Loral Stockholder Meeting, it is expected that the Loral Stockholder Meeting will be adjourned.

Record Date

The Loral Board initially set the record date for the Loral Stockholder Meeting for November 30, 2020; due to the expiration of deadlines under Loral’s organizational documents and applicable law, the Loral Board rescinded the former November 30, 2020 record date and set May 7, 2021 as the new Record Date for the Loral Stockholder

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Meeting. Only holders of record of Loral Voting Common Stock on the Record Date are entitled to vote at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. On the Record Date, there were 21,427,078 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote. You will have one vote on all matters properly coming before the Loral Stockholder Meeting for each share of Loral Voting Common Stock that you owned on the Record Date.

About Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

Under the Nasdaq listing rules, banks, brokerage firms or other nominees who hold shares in “street name” for customers have the authority to vote on “routine” proposals when they have not received instructions from beneficial owners. Banks, brokerage firms and other nominees are, however, precluded from exercising their voting discretion with respect to approving non-routine matters. As a result, absent specific instructions from the beneficial owner of such shares of Loral Voting Common Stock, banks, brokerage firms and other nominees are not empowered to vote those shares of Loral Voting Common Stock on these non-routine matters. These broker non-votes will not be counted in respect of, and will not have an effect on, any of the Loral Stockholder Meeting Proposals. It is important, therefore, that you instruct your broker on how to vote your shares if you want your vote counted for purposes of approving the Director Election Proposal or the Say-On-Pay Proposal. Your broker has the authority to exercise discretion with respect to the Accounting Firm Proposal if it has not received your instructions for that proposal because that matter is treated as routine under applicable rules.

Adjournments and Postponements

Subject to Loral’s organizational documents and applicable law, the Loral Stockholder Meeting may be adjourned if a quorum is not present at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. An adjournment generally may be made with the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock present at, virtually or represented by proxy, and entitled to vote thereon at the Loral Stockholder Meeting. Notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, Loral may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Any adjournment of the Loral Stockholder Meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies will allow Loral stockholders who have already sent in their proxies to revoke them at any time prior to their use at the Loral Stockholder Meeting as adjourned.

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PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS OF LORAL

Overview

The CompanyLoral has three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms, with each of Class I and Class II consisting of two directorships and Class III consisting of three directorships. The terms of the Class I, II and III directorships expire on the date of the Annual MeetingLoral annual meeting in 2019,2022, 2020 and 2021, respectively.

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will be asked to elect the two nominees named in this Proxy Statement who have been nominated by the Board of Directors to continue to serve as Class I directors and whose current terms will expire at the Annual Meeting.  Mr. Arthur L. Simon and Mr. John P. Stenbit, each of whom is a current Class I director, are the nominees to serve as Class I directors for a new three‑year term. One Class III directorship is currently vacant and will be vacant at the time of the AnnualLoral Stockholder Meeting and until the Loral Board either reduces its size or elects a candidate to fill such vacancy.

At the Loral Stockholder Meeting, Loral stockholders will be asked to elect the two nominees named in this proxy statement who have been nominated by the Loral Board to continue to serve as Class II directors and whose current terms will expire at the Loral Stockholder Meeting (otherwise referred to herein as the “Director Election Proposal”). Mr. John D. Harkey, Jr. and Mr. Michael B. Targoff, each of whom is a current Class II director, are the nominees to serve as Class II directors for a new three-year term. Each nominee, if elected, will serve for a term of three years and will remain in office until a qualified successor director has been elected or until he or she resigns or is removed from the Loral Board.

Class III directors will be elected by plurality vote. TheThis means that the two nominees with the most votes cast in their favor will be elected to the Class II directorships. Votes withheld from one or more director nominees will have no effect on the election of any director from whom votes are withheld. If a Loral stockholder does not wish to vote his, her or its shares for a nominee, such stockholder may indicate that in the space provided on the proxy card or the voting instruction card or withhold authority as prompted during telephone or Internet voting. In the unanticipated event that a director nominee is unable or declines to serve, the proxy will be voted for such other person as shall be designated by the Loral Board to replace the nominee, or in lieu thereof, the Loral Board may reduce the number of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR the director nominees.directors.

Nominees for Election to the Loral Board of Directors in 20192020

The following are briefLoral’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on March 9, 2021 (the “Loral 2020 10-K”), contains biographical sketches of each member of ourthe Loral Board, including Loral’s nominees includingfor the Director Election Proposal, Mr. John D. Harkey, Jr. and Mr. Michael B. Targoff, which sets out their experience, qualifications, attributes and skills,skills. See the Loral 2020 10-K, which taken as a whole, have enabled the Board to conclude that each nominee should, in light of the Company’s business and structure, serve as a director of the Company.is incorporated by reference herein.

Nominees for Class I  Directorships — Term Expiring in 2022

Arthur L. Simon

Age:

87

Director Since:

November 2005

Class:

Class I

Committees:

Audit Committee (Chairman)

Business Experience:

Mr. Simon is retired. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Simon was a partner at Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., Certified Public Accountants, from 1968 to 1994.

Other Directorships
(previous within the last five years):

Director and member of the Audit and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees of L3 Technologies, Inc.

Qualifications:

Mr. Simon’s qualifications for service on our Board include his significant experience in the satellite industry, having served as a director of the Company and its predecessors for more than 20 years. He also has significant accounting and internal controls background and expertise, having served in a public accounting firm for 38 years, 25 of which were as a partner, and having co-founded the aerospace/defense contracting group at his former firm. In addition, he brings to the Company substantial business knowledge gained while serving as an independent director of another public company in the aerospace and defense industry.

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John P. Stenbit

Age:

78

Director Since:

June 2006

Class:

Class I

Committees:

Audit Committee (Member)

Business Experience:

Mr. Stenbit is a consultant for various government and commercial clients. Mr. Stenbit is also Chairman of the Board of DGI Holdings Inc., a private corporation. From 2001 to his retirement in March 2004, he was Assistant Secretary of Defense of Networks and Information Integration/Department of Defense Chief Information Officer.

Other Directorships
(current):

Director and member of the Nomination, Evaluation and Corporate Governance Committee and Compensation and Human Resources Committee of ViaSat, Inc.

Qualifications:

Mr. Stenbit’s qualifications for service on our Board include his significant experience in the aerospace and satellite industries, having previously served as a senior executive of TRW for 10 years in positions with financial oversight responsibilities. He also has had a distinguished career of government service focused on the telecommunications and command and control fields. In addition, he brings to the Company a breadth of business knowledge gained while serving as an independent director of other technology companies.

Continuing Members of the Board of Directors

The following are brief biographical sketches of each of our directors whose term continues beyond 2019 and who is not subject to election this year, including his or her experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, which, taken as a whole, have enabled the Board to conclude that each director should, in light of the Company’s business and structure, serve as a director of the Company.

Class II  Directors — Term Expiring in 2020

John D. Harkey, Jr.

Age:

58

Director Since:

November 2005

Class:

Class II

Committees:

Audit Committee (Member), Compensation Committee (Member) and Nominating Committee (Chairman)

Business Experience:

Mr. Harkey has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Restaurant Companies, Inc. since 1998.

Other Directorships
(current):

Director of Emisphere Technologies, Inc.

Qualifications:

Mr. Harkey’s qualifications for service on our Board include his ability to provide the insight and perspectives of a successful and long-serving active chief executive officer of a major restaurant company. His current and prior experience serving on the boards of several other public companies in diverse industries allows him to offer a broad perspective on corporate governance, risk management and operating matters facing corporations today.

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Michael B. Targoff

Age:

74

Director Since:

November 2005

Class:

Class II

Committees:

Executive Committee (Chairman)

Business Experience:

Mr. Targoff has been Vice Chairman of Loral since November 21, 2005 and a consultant to the Company since December 15, 2012. Mr. Targoff was Chief Executive Officer of Loral from March 1, 2006 to December 14, 2012 and President of Loral from January 8, 2008 to December 14, 2012. Mr. Targoff also has been a Director and member of the Audit Committee of Telesat since the Company acquired its interest in Telesat in October 2007. From 1998 to February 2006, Mr. Targoff was founder and principal of Michael B. Targoff & Co., a private investment company.

Qualifications:

Mr. Targoff’s qualifications for service on our Board include his extensive understanding and knowledge of our business and the satellite industry, as well as demonstrated leadership skills and operating experience, acquired during more than 20 years of serving as a senior executive of the Company and its predecessors. As a director of other public and private companies in the telecommunications industry, Mr. Targoff also brings to the Company a broad-based business knowledge and substantial financial expertise.

Class III Directors — Term Expiring in 2021

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.

Age:

60

Director Since:

November 2005

Class:

Class III

Committees:

Compensation Committee (Chairman) and Executive Committee (Member)

Business Experience:

Dr. Rachesky has been non-executive Chairman of the Board of Loral since March 1, 2006. Dr. Rachesky also has been non-executive Chairman of the Board and a member of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee of Telesat Canada (“Telesat”) since the Company acquired its interest in Telesat in October 2007. Dr. Rachesky founded MHR Fund Management LLC (“MHR”) and has been its President since 1996. MHR is an investment manager of various private investment funds that invest in inefficient market sectors, including special situation equities and distressed investments.

Other Directorships
(current):

Director and member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee of Emisphere Technologies, Inc.; Non-executive Chairman of the Board, co-chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committee and member of the Compensation Committee of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; Director and member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and co-chairman of the Finance Committee of Navistar International Corporation; Director and member of the Corporate Governance Committee, Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee of Titan International Inc.

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Qualifications:

Dr. Rachesky’s qualifications for service on our Board include his demonstrated leadership skills as well as his extensive financial expertise and broad-based business knowledge and relationships. In addition, as the President of MHR, with a demonstrated investment record in companies engaged in a wide range of businesses for more than 20 years, together with his experience as chairman and director of other public and private companies, Dr. Rachesky brings to the Company broad and insightful perspectives relating to economic, financial and business conditions affecting the Company and its strategic direction.

Janet T. Yeung

Age:

54

Director Since:

May 2015

Class:

Class III

Business Experience:

Since May 2012, Ms. Yeung has been Principal and General Counsel of MHR. From July 2008 to May 2012, Ms. Yeung was Principal and Counsel of MHR. From 2000 to June 2008, Ms. Yeung was Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Loral and its predecessor.

Qualifications:

Ms. Yeung’s qualifications for service on our Board include her having previously served as an officer of the Company and, as a result, her familiarity with and extensive knowledge of the Company and the satellite industry. In addition, through her broad and deep experience in structuring, negotiating and implementing a wide variety of corporate transactions and financings during her tenure at the Company and at MHR, she has gained a considerable understanding of the matters that face the Company which enable her to offer the Board a broad perspective and advice on corporate governance, risk management and legal matters facing the Company today.

Additional Information Concerning the Board of Directors of the CompanyLoral

During 2018,2019, the Loral Board of Directors held sevensix meetings and acted once by unanimous written consent, and during 2020, the Loral Board held eight meetings and acted twice by unanimous written consent. All directors attended at least 75% of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of the Loral Board of Directors and of committees of the Loral Board of which he or she was a member, with the exception of Ms. Yeung who attended five of seven Board meetings. We domember. Loral does not have a policy regarding directors’ attendance at annual meetings. ThreeTwo members of the Loral Board attended the 2018 Annual Meeting2019 annual meeting of Stockholdersstockholders in person, and twothree members attended the meeting by telephone.

Director Independence

The Company is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and complies with the Nasdaq listing requirements regarding independent directors. Under Nasdaq’s Marketplace Rules, the definition of an “independent director” is a person other than an executive officer or employee of the company or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the issuer’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our Board of Directors has reviewed such information as the Board has deemed appropriate for purposes of determining whether any of the directors has a relationship which, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director, including the beneficial ownership by our directors of Voting Common Stock (see “Ownership of Voting Common Stock – Voting Common Stock Ownership by Directors and Executive Officers”) and transactions

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between the Company on the one hand, and our directors and their affiliates, on the other hand (see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”). Based on such review, the Board of Directors has determined that all of our current directors, except for Mr. Targoff, were in 2018,  and are currently, independent directors; independent directors, therefore, constitute a majority of our Board. Non‑management directors meet periodically in executive session without members of the Company’s management at the conclusion of regularly scheduled Board meetings. Mr. Targoff is not a member of any of the compensation, nominating or audit committees of the Company.

Indemnification Agreements

We have entered into Officers’ and Directors’ Indemnification Agreements (each, an “Indemnification Agreement”) with our directors and officers (each officer and director with an Indemnification Agreement, an “Indemnitee”). The Indemnification Agreement requires us to indemnify the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding (as that term is used in the Indemnification Agreement), except with regard to any Proceeding by or in our right to procure a judgment in our favor, against all Expenses and Losses (as those terms are used in the Indemnification Agreement), including judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement, subject to certain conditions, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such Proceeding, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith for a purpose which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to our best interests. With regard to Proceedings by or in our right, the Indemnification Agreement provides similar terms of indemnification; no indemnification will be made, however, with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which the Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to us, unless a court determines that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification for such portion of the Expenses as the court deems proper, all as detailed further in the Indemnification Agreement. The Indemnification Agreement also requires us to indemnify an Indemnitee where the Indemnitee is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, as well as in other circumstances delineated in the Indemnification Agreement. The indemnification provided for by the Indemnification Agreement is subject to certain exclusions detailed therein. Loral Holdings Corporation guarantees the due and punctual payment of all of our obligations under the Indemnification Agreements.

Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

We have purchased insurance from various insurance companies against obligations we might incur as a result of our indemnification obligations of directors and officers for certain liabilities they might incur and insuring such directors and officers for additional liabilities against which they might not be indemnified by us. We have also procured coverage for our own liabilities in certain circumstances. For the period from February 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020, we purchased a director and officer liability policy and a separate fiduciary liability policy. Our cost for the annual insurance premiums for these policies is $525,741 in the aggregate.

Board Leadership Structure

Our BylawsLoral’s amended and restated bylaws do not require that the positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer be held by the same person or by different individuals, and ourthe Loral Board does not have a formal policy with respect to the separation or combination of these offices. After ourLoral’s corporate office restructuring resulting from the sale (the “SSL Sale”SSL Sale) in 2012 of ourLoral’s former subsidiary, Space Systems/Loral, LLC (formerly known as Space Systems/Loral, Inc.) (“SSL”), including the termination of Mr. Targoff’s employment as Chief Executive Officer and President of Loral, the Company,  theLoral Board did not believe that going forward it was necessary for the CompanyLoral to employ a Chief Executive Officer. Thus, the position of Chief Executive Officer of Loral during 20182019 and 2020 was, and currently is, vacant.

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Director Compensation

Board and Committee Compensation Structure

The compensation structure adopted by the Loral Board of Directors and in effect for 2018 each of 2019 and 2020 was designed to achieve the following goals:

·

fairly pay directors for work required for a company of Loral’s size and scope; and

·

provide a compensation structure that is simple, transparent and easy to understand.

The compensation structure in effect for 2018 each of 2019 and 2020 for service on the Loral Board and its Standing Committees was as follows:

Board and Committee Compensation Structure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telephonic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Fee

 

 

 

 

Annual

 

In-Person

 

(over

 

 

 

    

Fee(1)

    

Meeting Fee(2)

    

30 minutes)(3)

    

Medical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors

 

$

75,000 

 

$

1,500 

 

$

1,000 

 

Eligible for Loral Medical Plan at Company’s expense if not otherwise employed full-time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Committee

 

 

No extra fees unless set on an ad hoc basis by Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audit Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chairman

 

$

70,000 

 

$

1,000 

 

$

500 

 

 

Member

 

$

60,000 

 

$

1,000 

 

$

500 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chairman

 

$

5,000 

 

$

1,000 

 

$

500 

 

 

Member

 

$

2,000 

 

$

1,000 

 

$

500 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominating Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chairman

 

$

5,000 

 

$

1,000 

 

$

500 

 

 

Member

 

$

2,000 

 

$

1,000 

 

$

500 

 

 


(1)

Annual fees are payable to all directors, including Company employees and consultants; fee is payable in three installments:  on or about the date of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders and four and eight months thereafter.

(2)

In-person meeting fees are not paid to Company employees or consultants.

(3)

Telephonic meeting fees are not paid to Company employees or consultants. For meetings of less than 30 minutes in duration, per-meeting fees may be paid if, in the discretion of the Chairman of the Board or Committee, as applicable, meaningful preparation was required in advance of the meeting.

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Directors Compensation for Fiscal 2018

For fiscal year 2018, Loral provided the compensation set forth in the table below to its directors.

2018 Director Compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All

 

 

 

 

Fees

 

Other

 

 

 

 

Earned

 

Compensation

 

 

Name

    

($)

    

($)

    

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.

 

$

84,000

 

 

— 

 

$

84,000 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael B. Targoff

 

$

75,000

 

$

1,440,000

(1)

$

1,515,000 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John D. Harkey, Jr.

 

$

150,500

 

 

— 

 

$

150,500 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur L. Simon

 

$

153,500

 

 

— 

 

$

153,500 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John P. Stenbit

 

$

151,750

(2)

 

— 

 

$

151,750 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janet T. Yeung

 

$

79,000

 

 

— 

 

$

79,000 


(1)

The amount set forth in the “All Other Compensation” column for Mr. Targoff includes consulting fees of $1,440,000 paid to him under his consulting agreement with the Company for the year ending December 31, 2018 (before deduction of $45,000 in certain net expenses for which he reimbursed the Company). See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions — Consulting Agreement” for a description of the Company’s consulting agreement with Mr. Targoff.

(2)

Includes $8,250 of fees paid to Mr. Stenbit in 2019 with respect to service in 2018 on a committee other than a standing committee.

Committees of the Board of Directors

The Company’s standing committees of the Board of Directors are the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Executive Committee and the Nominating Committee. The charters of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee are available on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of our website at www.loral.com. These documents are also available upon written request to: Investor Relations, Loral Space & Communications Inc.,  600 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10020. The Executive Committee does not have a charter. Information concerning these committees is set out below.

Audit Committee

Members:

Arthur L. Simon (Chairman), John D. Harkey, Jr., John P. Stenbit

Number of Meetings in 2018:

Eight meetings and one action by unanimous written consent

The Board of Directors has determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee meet the independence and experience requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Nasdaq Stock Market. Moreover, the Board has determined that one of the Committee’s members, Mr. Simon, qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC.

The Audit Committee is generally responsible for, among other things, (i) the appointment, termination and compensation of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and oversight of its services; (ii) approval of any non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm and related compensation; (iii) reviewing the scope of the audit proposed for the current year and its results; (iv) reviewing the adequacy of our disclosure and accounting and financial controls; (v) reviewing the annual and quarterly financial statements and related disclosures with management and the independent registered public accounting firm; (vi) monitoring the Company’s and the independent registered public accounting firm’s annual performance under the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 404; and (vii) reviewing the Company’s  internal

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audit function, which, after the SSL Sale, the Company has outsourced to a major certified public accounting firm, and findings from completed outsourced internal audits. The Audit Committee is also responsible for monitoring and overseeing the Company’s processes and procedures for risk assessment, risk management and compliance (see “Additional Information Concerning the Board of Directors of the Company – Board Role in Risk Oversight”).

In addition, the Audit Committee, with input from management, reviews the Company’s compensation policies and practices for all employees to determine whether such policies and practices encourage excessive or unnecessary risk-taking that could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Based on such review, the Audit Committee believes that such policies and practices are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Compensation Committee

Members:

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D. (Chairman), John D. Harkey, Jr.

Number of Meetings in 2018:

Two meetings and one action by unanimous written consent

Our Compensation Committee has primary responsibility for overseeing our executive compensation program, including compensation of our named executive officers described in the “Executive Compensation” section of this Proxy Statement. Our Compensation Committee is composed of independent directors, as determined by Nasdaq listing standards. The Compensation Committee’s responsibilities are set forth in its charter. In order to fulfill its responsibilities pertaining to executive and director compensation, the Compensation Committee:

·

reviews, approves and, when appropriate, recommends to the Board the compensation of officers and other senior executives of the Company;

·

proposes the adoption, amendment and termination of compensation plans and programs and oversees the administration of these plans and programs;

·

reviews, approves and, when appropriate, recommends to the Board the form and amount of all stock incentive awards provided to eligible executives pursuant to applicable stock incentive plans; and

·

reviews and recommends to the Board the form and amount of compensation paid to the Company’s directors.

Our Compensation Committee has the authority to retain a consulting firm to assist it in the evaluation of compensation for our officers and has the authority to approve the consultant’s fees and other retention terms. In 2018, the Compensation Committee did not retain any compensation consultants to assist in general or perform any other compensation analyses or reviews.

Telephonic

Meeting Fee

Annual

In-Person

(over

    

Fee(1)

    

Meeting Fee(2)

    

30 minutes)(3)

    

Board of Directors

$

75,000 

$

1,500 

$

1,000 

Executive Committee

No extra fees unless set on an ad hoc
basis by the Loral Board of Directors

Audit Committee

Chairman

$

70,000 

$

1,000 

$

500 

Member

$

60,000 

$

1,000 

$

500 

Compensation Committee

Chairman

$

5,000 

$

1,000 

$

500 

Member

$

2,000 

$

1,000 

$

500 

Nominating Committee

Chairman

$

5,000 

$

1,000 

$

500 

Member

$

2,000 

$

1,000 

$

500 


(1)Annual fees are payable to all directors, including Loral employees and consultants; fee is payable in three installments: on or about the date of Loral’s annual meeting of stockholders and four and eight months thereafter.
(2)In-person meeting fees are not paid to Loral employees or consultants.
(3)Telephonic meeting fees are not paid to Loral employees or consultants. For meetings of less than 30 minutes in duration, per-meeting fees may be paid if, in the discretion of the Chairman of the Board or Committee, as applicable, meaningful preparation was required in advance of the meeting.

Directors Compensation for Fiscal Year 2020

See “Directors Compensation for Fiscal Year 2020” contained in the Loral 2020 10-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

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Committees of the Board of Directors

Loral’s standing committees of the Loral Board are the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Executive Committee and the Nominating Committee. The charters of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee are available on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of Loral’s website at www.loral.com. These documents are also available upon written request to: Investor Relations, Loral Space & Communications Inc., 600 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10020. The Executive Committee does not have a charter. Information concerning these committees is set out below.

Audit Committee

Members:

Michael B. Targoff (Chairman), Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.

Number of Meetings in 2018:

   

Arthur L. Simon (Chairman), John D. Harkey, Jr., John P. Stenbit

Number of Meetings in 2019:

Eight meetings and one action by unanimous written consent

Number of Meetings in 2020:

Eight meetings

The Loral Board has determined that all of the members of the Audit Committee meet the independence and experience requirements of the SEC and Nasdaq. Moreover, the Loral Board has determined that one of the Committee’s members, Mr. Simon, qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the SEC.

The Audit Committee is generally responsible for, among other things, (i) the appointment, termination and compensation of Loral’s independent registered public accounting firm and oversight of its services; (ii) approval of any non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm and related compensation; (iii) reviewing the scope of the audit proposed for the current year and its results; (iv) reviewing the adequacy of Loral’s disclosure and accounting and financial controls; (v) reviewing the annual and quarterly financial statements and related disclosures with management and the independent registered public accounting firm; (vi) monitoring Loral’s and the independent registered public accounting firm’s annual performance under the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley Act Section 404; and (vii) reviewing Loral’s internal audit function, which, after the SSL Sale, Loral has outsourced to a major certified public accounting firm, and findings from completed outsourced internal audits. The Audit Committee is also responsible for monitoring and overseeing Loral’s processes and procedures for risk assessment, risk management and compliance.

In addition, the Audit Committee, with input from management, reviews Loral’s compensation policies and practices for all employees to determine whether such policies and practices encourage excessive or unnecessary risk-taking that could have a material adverse effect on Loral. Based on such review, the Audit Committee believes that such policies and practices are not likely to have a material adverse effect on Loral.

Compensation Committee

Members:

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D. (Chairman), John D. Harkey, Jr.

Number of Meetings in 2019:

Two meetings

Number of Meetings in 2020:

Four meetings and one action by unanimous written consent

Loral’s Compensation Committee has primary responsibility for overseeing Loral’s executive compensation program, including compensation of Loral’s named executive officers described in the “Executive Compensation of Loral’s Named Executive Officers” section of this proxy statement. Loral’s Compensation Committee is composed of independent directors, as determined by Nasdaq listing standards. The Compensation Committee’s responsibilities are set forth in its charter. In order to fulfill its responsibilities pertaining to executive and director compensation, the Compensation Committee:

reviews, approves and, when appropriate, recommends to the Loral Board the compensation of officers and other senior executives of Loral;
proposes the adoption, amendment and termination of compensation plans and programs and oversees the administration of these plans and programs;

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reviews, approves and, when appropriate, recommends to the Loral Board the form and amount of all stock incentive awards provided to eligible executives pursuant to applicable stock incentive plans; and
reviews and recommends to the Loral Board the form and amount of compensation paid to Loral’s directors.

Loral’s Compensation Committee has the authority to retain a consulting firm to assist it in the evaluation of compensation for Loral’s officers and has the authority to approve the consultant’s fees and other retention terms. In 2019 and 2020, the Compensation Committee did not retain any compensation consultants to assist in general or perform any other compensation analyses or reviews.

Executive Committee

Members:

Michael B. Targoff (Chairman), Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.

Number of Meetings in 2019:

None

The Executive Committee performs such duties as are from time to time determined and assigned to it by the BoardNumber of Directors.Meetings in 2020:

None

The Executive Committee performs such duties as are from time to time determined and assigned to it by the Loral Board.

Nominating Committee

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Nominating Committee

Members:

John D. Harkey, Jr. (Sole Member and Chairman)

Number of Meetings in 2018:

   

John D. Harkey, Jr. (Sole Member and Chairman)

Number of Meetings in 2019:

One meeting

The Nominating Committee assists the BoardNumber of DirectorsMeetings in (i) identifying individuals qualified to become members of the Board (consistent with criteria approved by the Board) and (ii) selecting, or recommending that the Board select, the director nominees for the next annual2020:

One meeting of stockholders. The Nominating Committee will consider candidates for nomination as a director recommended by stockholders, directors, officers, third party

The Nominating Committee assists the Loral Board in (i) identifying individuals qualified to become members of the Loral Board (consistent with criteria approved by the Loral Board) and (ii) selecting, or recommending that the Loral Board select, the director nominees for the next annual meeting of Loral stockholders. The Nominating Committee will consider candidates for nomination as a director recommended by Loral stockholders, directors, officers, third-party search firms and other sources. Under its charter, the Nominating Committee seeks director nominees who have demonstrated exceptional ability and judgment. Nominees will be chosen with the primary goal of ensuring that the entire Board collectively serves the interests of the stockholders. Due consideration will be given to assessing the qualifications of potential nominees and any potential conflicts with the Company’s interests. The Nominating Committee will also assess the contributions of the Company’s incumbent directors in connection with their potential re-nomination. In identifying and recommending director nominees, the Nominating Committee members may take into account such factors as they determine appropriate, including any recommendations made by the chief executive officer and stockholders of the Company. The Nominating Committee will review all candidates in the same manner, regardless of the source of the recommendation. Individuals recommended by stockholders for nomination as a director will be considered in accordance with the procedures described under “Other Matters – Stockholder Proposals for 2020 Annual Meeting.”

Neither the Nominating Committee nor the Board has a formal policy with regard to the consideration of diversity in identifying director candidates. As discussed above, however, the primary goal of the Nominating Committee is to identify candidates to ensure that the entire Loral Board collectively serves the interests of the Loral stockholders. Due consideration will be given to assessing the qualifications of potential nominees and any potential conflicts with Loral’s interests. The Nominating Committee will also assess the contributions of Loral’s incumbent directors in connection with their potential re-nomination. In identifying and recommending director nominees, the Nominating Committee members may take into account such factors as they determine appropriate, including any recommendations made by the Chief Executive Officer of Loral and Loral stockholders. The Nominating Committee will review all candidates in the same manner, regardless of the source of the recommendation. Individuals recommended by Loral stockholders for nomination as a director will be considered in accordance with the procedures described under “Other Matters — Stockholder Proposals for 2021 Annual Meeting.”

Neither the Nominating Committee nor the Loral Board has a formal policy with regard to the consideration of diversity in identifying director candidates. As discussed above, however, the primary goal of the Nominating Committee is to identify candidates to ensure that the entire Loral Board collectively serves the interests of the Loral stockholders. Thus, in striving to achieve this goal, the Nominating Committee believes it is appropriate to consider a broad range of factors, including, among others, age, experience, skill, judgment and diversity of ethnic and cultural background of candidates for director.

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PROPOSAL 2 — INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Recommendation of the Loral Board

THE LORAL BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT THE LORAL STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE LORAL DIRECTOR NOMINEES.

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PROPOSAL 2 — RATIFICATION OF LORAL’S
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Stockholders will act upon a proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company. If the stockholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares represented in person or by proxy at the Loral Stockholder Meeting and entitled to vote on this proposal, do not ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm will be reconsidered by the Audit Committee.

Overview

Loral stockholders will act upon a proposal to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Loral. If the Loral stockholders do not ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm will be reconsidered by Loral’s Audit Committee.

For information on fees and services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP, see Item 14 of the Loral 2020 10 K. Deloitte & Touche LLP will have a representative present at the Loral Stockholder Meeting who will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires and to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.

Required Vote

The Accounting Firm Proposal requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Loral Stockholder Meeting and entitled to vote on the Accounting Firm Proposal. Abstentions will have the effect of votes against the proposal. “Broker non-votes,” if any, will not have any effect on the adoption of the proposal.

Recommendation of the Loral Board

THE LORAL BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT THE LORAL STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE ACCOUNTING FIRM PROPOSAL.

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PROPOSAL 3 — ADVISORY VOTE ON COMPENSATION
PAID TO LORAL’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Overview

As required by Rule 14a-21(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), Loral is seeking an advisory vote on the compensation of Loral’s named executive officers as disclosed in the section of this proxy statement entitled “Executive Compensation of Loral’s Named Executive Officers,” including the summary compensation table and narrative discussion included in the associated Form 10-K.

Loral’s compensation program for its named executive officers is designed to (i) retain Loral’s named executive officers, who are critical to its long-term success; and (ii) motivate and reward them for achieving Loral’s short-term business and long-term strategic goals. Loral believes that in 2020 its executive compensation program was successful in implementing these objectives.

Stockholders are urged to read “Executive Compensation of Loral’s Named Executive Officers” of this proxy statement. The Loral Board believes that the compensation paid to Loral’s named executive officers is necessary, appropriate and properly aligned with its compensation philosophy and policies.

Stockholders are being asked to approve the following advisory resolution:

RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to Loral’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, which disclosure includes the summary compensation table and other executive compensation-related discussion, is hereby APPROVED.

Although the vote is non-binding, the Loral Board and Loral’s Compensation Committee will consider the voting results, along with other relevant factors, in connection with their ongoing evaluation of Loral’s compensation programs.

Required Vote

The affirmative vote of holders of at least a majority of the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Loral Stockholder Meeting and entitled to vote on the Say-On-Pay Proposal will be required to approve the Say-On-Pay Proposal. Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote “AGAINST” the Say-On-Pay Proposal.

Brokers, banks and other nominees do not have discretionary authority to vote on the Say-On-Pay Proposal and will not be able to vote thereon absent instructions from the beneficial owner of any shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held of record by them. As a result, broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of the vote on the Say-On-Pay Proposal.

Recommendation of the Loral Board

THE LORAL BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT THE LORAL STOCKHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE SAY-ON-PAY PROPOSAL.

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR 2019

The directors who serve on the Audit Committee are all “independent” for purposes of Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules and regulations. Among its functions, the Audit Committee reviews the financial reporting process of Loral on behalf of the Loral Board. Loral management has the primary responsibility for the consolidated financial statements and the financial reporting process. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing opinions on the conformity of Loral’s financial statements to accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and on the effectiveness, in all material respects, of internal control over financial reporting, based on criteria established in “Internal Control — An Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with Loral management Loral’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, originally filed with the SEC on March 12, 2020, and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 26, 2020 (the “Loral 2019 10-K”), which includes Loral’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, and Loral management’s assessment of, and the independent audit of, the effectiveness of Loral’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019.

For 2019, the Audit Committee operated under a written charter adopted by the Loral Board, which is available on Loral’s website at www.loral.com. All of the responsibilities enumerated in such charter, as in effect during 2019, were fulfilled for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with Loral management and the independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Loral’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, the matters required to be discussed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) Standard No. 16, Communication with Audit Committees, Rule 2-07, Communication with the Audit Committee, of Regulation S-X of the SEC and PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5, An Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting that is Integrated with an Audit of Financial Statements.

The Audit Committee has received and reviewed the written disclosures from Deloitte & Touche LLP, required by PCAOB Rule 3526, Communications with Audit Committees Concerning Independence, and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the firm’s independence.

Based on the activities referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Loral Board that the financial statements referred to above be included in the Loral 2019 10-K.

The Audit Committee

Arthur L. Simon, Chairman

John D. Harkey, Jr.

John P. Stenbit

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR 2020

The directors who serve on the Audit Committee are all “independent” for purposes of Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules and regulations. Among its functions, the Audit Committee reviews the financial reporting process of Loral on behalf of the Loral Board. Loral management has the primary responsibility for the consolidated financial statements and the financial reporting process. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing opinions on the conformity of Loral’s financial statements to accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and on the effectiveness, in all material respects, of internal control over financial reporting, based on criteria established in “Internal Control — An Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with Loral management the Loral 2020 10-K, which includes Loral’s audited consolidated financial statements for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020 and Loral management’s assessment of, and the independent audit of, the effectiveness of Loral’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020.

For 2020, the Audit Committee operated under a written charter adopted by the Loral Board, which is available on Loral’s website at www.loral.com. All of the responsibilities enumerated in such charter, as in effect during 2020, were fulfilled for the year ended December 31, 2020.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed with Loral management and the independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Loral’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020.

The Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, the matters required to be discussed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) Standard No. 16, Communication with Audit Committees, Rule 2-07, Communication with the Audit Committee, of Regulation S-X of the SEC and PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5, An Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting that is Integrated with an Audit of Financial Statements.

The Audit Committee has received and reviewed the written disclosures from Deloitte & Touche LLP, required by PCAOB Rule 3526, Communications with Audit Committees Concerning Independence, and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the firm’s independence.

Based on the activities referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Loral Board that the financial statements referred to above be included in the Loral 2020 10-K.

The Audit Committee

Arthur L. Simon, Chairman

John D. Harkey, Jr.

John P. Stenbit

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION OF
LORAL’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The Loral 2020 10-K contains information with respect to compensation awarded or paid to the Loral named executive officers for services rendered during Loral’s last two completed fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the outstanding equity awards of the Loral named executive officers as of December 31, 2020 and potential change in control and other post-employment payments to which the Loral named executive officers may be eligible, in each case, required by Section 402 of Regulation S-K. See Item 11 in the Loral 2020 10-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

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OWNERSHIP OF LORAL VOTING COMMON STOCK

Principal Holders of Loral Voting Common Stock

The table below lists Loral stockholders who, to the knowledge of Loral, beneficially own, control or direct, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of Loral Voting Common Stock. This information is based solely on Loral’s review of public filings as of the Record Date.

Amount and Nature

Percent

of Beneficial

of

Name and Address

    

Ownership

    

Class(1)

 

Various funds affiliated with

MHR Fund Management LLC and Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.(2)

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1345 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor, New York, NY 10105

8,544,419

(3)

39.9 

%(3)

Mario J. Gabelli and various entities directly or indirectly controlled by him
or for which he serves as chief investment officer(4)

One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1435

2,169,674

10.1 

%

The Vanguard Group(5)

100 Vanguard Boulevard, Malvern, PA 19355

1,196,842

5.6 

%


(1)Percent of class refers to percentage of class beneficially owned as the independent registered public accounting firmterm beneficial ownership is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and is based upon the 21,427,078 shares of the Company. Loral Voting Common Stock outstanding as ofIf the stockholders, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled May 7, 2021.
(2)Information based on Amendment Number 29 to vote on this proposal, do not ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm will be reconsidered by the Audit Committee.

Background

The Audit Committee has selected Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. Deloitte & Touche LLP has advised the Company that it has no direct or indirect financial interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries and that it has had, during the last three years, no connection with the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than as our independent registered public accounting firm and certain other activities as described below.

In accordance with its charter, the Audit Committee has established pre-approval policies with respect to annual audit, other audit and audit-related services and certain permitted non-audit services to be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm and related fees. The Audit Committee has pre-approved detailed, specific services and fees. Fees related to the annual audits of our consolidated financial statements, including the Section 404 attestation, are specifically approved by the Audit Committee on an annual basis. All fees for pre-approved other audit and audit-related services are pre-approved annually or more frequently, if required, up to a maximum amount equal to 50% of the annual audit fee as reported in our most recentlySchedule 13D, filed proxy statement with the SEC. All fees for pre-approved permitted non-audit services are pre-approved annually or more frequently, if required, up to a maximum amount equal to 50% of the fees for audit and audit-related services as reported in our most recently filed proxy statement with the SEC. The Audit Committee also pre-approves any proposed engagement to provide permitted services not included in the approved list of audit and permitted non-audit services and for fees in excess of amounts previously pre-approved. The Audit Committee chairman or another designated committee member may approve these services and related fees and expenses on behalf of the Audit Committee, and the Company promptly reports such approval to the Audit Committee.

Financial Statements and Reports

The financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2018 and the reports of the independent registered public accounting firm will be presented at the Annual Meeting. Deloitte & Touche LLP will have a representative present at the meeting who will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires and to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.

Services

During 2017 and 2018, Deloitte & Touche LLP and its affiliates (collectively, “Deloitte”) provided services consisting of the audit of the annual consolidated financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting of the Company, review of the quarterly financial statements of the Company, accounting consultations and consents and other services related to SEC filings by the Company and its subsidiaries and other pertinent matters. Deloitte also provided other permitted services to the Company in 2017 and 2018 consisting primarily of tax compliance, consultation and related services.

Audit Fees

The aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed by Deloitte for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting for the fiscal years ended 2017 and 2018, for the reviews of the condensed consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10‑Q for the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years and for accounting research and consultation related to the audits and reviews totaled approximately $954,000 for 2017 and $939,000 for 2018. These fees were approved by the Audit Committee.

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Audit-Related Fees

The aggregate fees billed by Deloitte for audit-related services for the fiscal years ended 2017 and 2018 were $135,000 and $38,000, respectively. These fees were approved by the Audit Committee and related to research and consultation on various filings with the SEC and for 2017 also relatedon November 25, 2020, relating to an internal control evaluation in connection with an allegation of fraud involving management.

Tax Fees

The aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed by Deloitte for tax-related servicessecurities held for the fiscal years ended 2017 and 2018 were $432,000 and $348,000, respectively. These fees related to tax consultation, preparationaccounts of federal and state tax returns and related services and were approved by the Audit Committee.

All Other Fees

There were no fees billed by Deloitte for services rendered to the Company other than the services described above under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees” for the fiscal years ended 2017 and 2018.

In its approval of these non-audit services, the Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services is compatible with maintaining Deloitte’s independence.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE THEIR SHARES FOR THE PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE SELECTION OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM OF THE COMPANY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019.

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PROPOSAL 3 — ADVISORY VOTE ON

COMPENSATION PAID TO OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

As required by Rule 14a‑21(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Securities Exchange Act”), we are seeking an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the section of this Proxy Statement titled “Executive Compensation,” including the Summary Compensation Table and narrative discussion that follows the table.

Our compensation program for our named executive officers is designed to (i) retain our named executive officers, who are critical to our long-term success; and (ii) motivate and reward them for achieving our short-term business and long-term strategic goals. We believe that in 2018 our executive compensation program was successful in implementing these objectives.

Stockholders are urged to read the section titled “Executive Compensation” of this Proxy Statement. The Board believes that the compensation paid to our named executive officers is necessary, appropriate and properly aligned with our compensation philosophy and policies.

Stockholders are being asked to approve the following advisory resolution:

RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, which disclosure includes the Summary Compensation Table and other executive compensation related discussion, is hereby APPROVED.

Although the vote is non-binding, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee will consider the voting results, along with other relevant factors, in connection with their ongoing evaluation of the Company’s compensation programs.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE THEIR SHARES, ON A NON-BINDING, ADVISORY BASIS, FOR THE PROPOSAL TO APPROVE THE COMPANY’S COMPENSATION OF ITS NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Directors who serve on the Audit Committee are all “independent” for purposes of Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules and regulations. Among its functions, the Audit Committee reviews the financial reporting process of the Company on behalf of the Board of Directors. Management has the primary responsibility for the consolidated financial statements and the financial reporting process. The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for expressing opinions on the conformity of the Company’s financial statements to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and on the effectiveness, in all material respects, of internal control over financial reporting, based on criteria established in “Internal Control – An Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We have reviewed and discussed with management the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which includes the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, and management’s assessment of, and the independent audit of, the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018.

For 2018, the Audit Committee operated under a written charter adopted by the Board of Directors which is available on the Company’s website at www.loral.com. All of the responsibilities enumerated in such charter, as in effect during 2018, were fulfilled for the year ended December 31, 2018.

We have reviewed and discussed with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018.

We have discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, the matters required to be discussed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) Standard No. 16,  Communication with Audit Committees,  Rule 2‑07, Communication with the Audit Committee, of Regulation S-X of the SEC and PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5,  An Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting that is Integrated with an Audit of Financial Statements.

We have received and reviewed the written disclosures from Deloitte & Touche LLP, required by PCAOB Rule 3526, Communications with Audit Committees Concerning Independence, and have discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the firm’s independence.

Based on the activities referred to above, we recommended to the Board of Directors that the financial statements referred to above be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

The Audit Committee

Arthur L. Simon, Chairman

John D. Harkey, Jr.

John P. Stenbit

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth information with respect to compensation awarded or paid to the named executive officers of the Company for services rendered during the Company’s last two completed fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. No stock awards, long-term compensation, options or stock appreciation rights were granted to any of the named executive officers during the last two fiscal years.

Summary Compensation Table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Other

 

 

 

Name and Principal

 

 

 

Salary

 

Bonus(1)

 

Compensation(2)

 

Total

 

Position

 

Year

 

($)

 

($)

 

($)

 

($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avi Katz

 

2018

 

$

602,133 

 

$

470,386 

 

$

186,732 

 

$

1,259,251 

 

President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

2017

 

$

587,043 

 

$

460,260 

 

$

173,770 

 

$

1,221,073 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Capogrossi

 

2018

 

$

417,732 

 

$

271,943 

 

$

115,465 

 

$

805,140 

 

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

2017

 

$

407,263 

 

$

266,089 

 

$

107,476 

 

$

780,828 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ravinder S. Girgla

 

2018

 

$

306,129 

 

$

199,290 

 

$

51,413 

 

$

556,832 

 

Vice President and Controller

 

2017

 

$

265,999 

 

$

195,000 

 

$

27,555 

 

$

488,554 

 


(1)

Amounts in the “Bonus” column in the Summary Compensation Table above represent discretionary annual cash bonus incentives awarded under our Management Incentive Bonus program (described below in “Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table”).

(2)

The “All Other Compensation” column in the Summary Compensation Table above is, for 2018, comprised of the following components:  (i) for Mr. Katz:  $8,721 in life insurance premiums paid by the Company, $11,001 in Company 401(k) matching contributions and a $167,010 SERP Make-Whole Payment (defined below in “Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table”); (ii) for Mr. Capogrossi:  $3,315 in life insurance premiums paid by the Company, $11,001 in Company 401(k) matching contributions and a $101,149 SERP Make-Whole Payment; and (iii) for Mr. Girgla:  $2,589 in life insurance premiums paid by the Company, $11,001 in Company 401(k) matching contributions and a $37,823 SERP Make‑Whole Payment.

Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table

Annual Bonus

We provide a discretionary annual cash bonus incentive for our named executive officers under our Management Incentive Bonus or MIB program to motivate and reward our named executive officers for their efforts towards achieving our annual, short-term corporate goals, as well as our long-term strategic goals. Our Compensation Committee administers the MIB program, sets target bonus opportunities and determines the amounts payable under the MIB program each year, which may be more or less than the target opportunity. The table below sets forth the target bonus opportunity for 2018 for each named executive officer.

Name

Target Bonus Opportunity
(as a % of salary)

Avi Katz

60%

John Capogrossi

50%

Ravinder S. Girgla

50%

In March 2019, the Compensation Committee reviewed, on a subjective basis, the individual performance of the participants in the MIB program during 2018, including the named executive officers, and specifically noted their excellent performance in their areas of responsibility, and approved payment of discretionary bonuses to the named executive officers at the same level as in 2017 (with the only adjustments relating to the ordinary course cost of living increase to base salaries). These 2018 bonus awards resulted in a bonus payment to each of Messrs. Katz, CapogrossiMHR Capital Partners Master Account II Holdings LLC (“Master Account II Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, MHR Capital Partners (100) LP (“Capital Partners (100)”), MHR Institutional Partners LP (“Institutional Partners”), MHRA LP (“MHRA”), MHRM LP (“MHRM”), MHR Institutional Partners II LP (“Institutional Partners II”), MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP (“Institutional Partners IIA”) and Girgla at an aggregate of 130% of their target bonus opportunities. These bonus amounts are included in the “Bonus” column of the Summary Compensation Table.

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Retirement Benefits

The Company maintains two types of qualified retirement plans covering its executive officers:MHR Institutional Partners III LP (“Institutional Partners III”), each (other than Master Account II Holdings) a defined benefit pension plan and a defined contribution savings plan.

As of December 31, 2018, the qualified defined benefit pension plan covered all of our named executive officers. In 2006, the Company changed this plan, which previously had been administered on a non-contributory basis, to require certain contributions by participants which had the effect of sharing the cost of providing qualified pension benefits with the named executive officers.

As of December 31, 2018, the defined contribution savings plan benefited all named executive officers. Named executive officers who make contributions to this plan receive matching contributions from the Company of up to 6% of a participant’s eligible base salary at a rate of 66⅔%.

As discussed below, named executive officers are also provided with annual SERP Make-Whole Payments, which are included in the “All Other Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table.

SERP Make-Whole Payments

Our qualified defined benefit pension plan is subject to the Internal Revenue Code’s limits on covered compensation and benefits payable. Prior to 2014, pension benefits were also provided through a “non-qualified” plan. The non-qualified plan, also known as the Supplemental Executive Retirement PlanDelaware limited partnership. MHR Capital Partners Master Account II LP (“SERP”), was designed to “restore” the benefit levels that IRS regulations limited in qualified plans. Under the SERP, each participant was entitled to receive the difference, if any, between the full amount of retirement income due under the pension plan formula without application of the IRS limitations and the amount of retirement income payable to the participant under the pension plan formula when applicable Internal Revenue Code limitations are applied. Our Board approved termination of the SERP in December 2012, and final lump sum payouts were made to participants in December 2013.

In January 2014, the Board approved annual make-whole payments (the “SERP Make-Whole Payments”) to employees, including Loral’s named executive officers, who would have earned SERP benefits had the SERP not been terminated. Specifically, with respect to periods after the final lump sum payouts to participants in December 2013, each employee who would have qualified for a SERP accrual for that period receives a cash payment equal to such employee’s annual accrued benefit at age 65 that would have been calculated for that period under the SERP (had it not been terminated) multiplied by a present value factor reflecting the employee’s life expectancy and current age and the discount rate used by the Company in its financial statements at the beginning of the year. The SERP Make‑Whole Payment is paid at the end of the year the benefit is earned, early the following year or upon termination of employment if earlier. Messrs. Katz, Capogrossi and Girgla received SERP Make-Whole Payments in January 2019 with respect to the 2018 fiscal year.

Master Account IIPotential Change in Control and other Post Employment Payments

None of our named executive officers has an employment or other agreement with the Company that provides for potential severance or other post-termination payments.

Loral Severance Policy for Corporate Officers

Severance payments for our named executive officers, as of December 31, 2018, were governed by the Loral Space & Communications Inc. Severance Policy for Corporate Officers (amended and restated as of August 4, 2011). This policy provides for potential severance benefits for the named executive officers following the termination of an eligible officer’s employment by the Company without cause, including termination without cause in connection with or in contemplation of a Corporate Event (defined to include, among other things, a change of control of Loral or the closing or cessation or reduction in the scope of operations, in whole or in part, of Loral’s corporate headquarters), in each case, subject to the execution of a release of claims in favor of the Company.

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Pursuant to this policy, in the event of termination without cause,  Messrs. Katz and Capogrossi will be entitled to cash severance payments aggregating to the sum of (x) twelve months’ pay (defined as base salary plus average annual incentive bonus compensation paid over the last two years of employment) and (y) twelve months’ base salary. If such termination is in connection with a Corporate Event, the entire payment will be made in a lump sum within twenty days of termination and will not be subject to mitigation for subsequent employment. To the extent that such termination is not in connection with a Corporate Event, payment will be made in installments as follows. The terminated officer will receive an initial lump sum payment within twenty days of termination, not subject to mitigation, equal to the greater of (A) six months’ pay and (B) the sum of three months’ pay plus two weeks’ base salary for every year of service with the Company plus one twelfth of two weeks’ base salary for every month of service with the Company in excess of his full years of service with the Company. If the officer is unemployed after six months (or if the officer is employed at a rate of pay that is less than his rate of pay immediately prior to termination), the remainder of his cash severance (the “Remainder”) will be paid in biweekly installments over eighteen months beginning on the six-month anniversary of termination, the first thirteen payments, if any, aggregating to the lesser of six months’ pay and such Remainder, and the next twenty-six payments, if any, aggregating to the lesser of one year’s base salary and the excess of the Remainder over six months’ pay. For terminations not in connection with a Corporate Event, the Remainder is subject to reduction by any amount of compensation then being received by the officer from other employment (including self-employment).

Pursuant to this policy, in the event of termination without cause in connection with or in contemplation of a Corporate Event,  Mr. Girgla will be entitled to cash severance payments aggregating to the sum of six months’ pay plus two weeks’ pay for every year of service with the Company plus one twelfth of two weeks’ pay for every month of service with the Company in excess of his full years of service with the Company, and the entire payment will be made in a lump sum within twenty days of termination and will not be subject to mitigation for subsequent employment. If such termination is not in connection with a Corporate Event, Mr. Girgla will be entitled to cash severance payments aggregating to the sum of six months’ pay plus two weeks’ base salary for every year of service with the Company plus one twelfth of two weeks’ base salary for every month of service with the Company in excess of his full years of service with the Company, and payment will be made in installments as follows. Mr. Girgla will receive an initial lump sum payment within twenty days of termination, not subject to mitigation, equal to the sum of three months’ pay plus two weeks’ base salary for every year of service with the Company plus one twelfth of two weeks’ base salary for every month of service with the Company in excess of the officer’s full years of service with the Company. If he is unemployed after three months (or if he is employed at a rate of pay that is less than his rate of pay immediately prior to termination), the remainder of his cash severance will be paid in biweekly installments over twelve weeks beginning on the three-month anniversary of the termination, subject to reduction by any amount of compensation then being received by him from other employment (including self-employment).

Under this policy, a terminated officer will also be entitled to continued participation in the Company’s medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance coverage. The Company offers medical coverage to retirees who are not yet eligible for Medicare, and a terminated officer may, if eligible, elect to participate in the Company’s Retiree Medical Plan by electing to receive benefits from the Loral pension plan. Alternatively, the officer may elect COBRA continuation coverage, and, during the “severance period, the Company will pay the officer each month an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the full monthly COBRA premiums for such coverage under the Company’s benefit plans under which such medical and dental coverage is provided, as in effect from time to time, over the amount of the portion of such premiums the officer would pay if the officer were an active employee (the “COBRA Reimbursement”).  The term “severance period” during which Messrs. Katz and Capogrossi are entitled to the COBRA Reimbursement means the period ending on the earlier of the date that is 24 months following termination and the date such officer becomes eligible for coverage under the plans offered by a subsequent employer. The term “severance period” during which Mr. Girgla is entitled to the COBRA Reimbursement means the period ending on the earlier of the date that is either (x) 14 months following termination without cause not in connection with a Corporate Event or (y) 18 months following termination without cause in connection with a Corporate Event, and the date he becomes eligible for coverage under the plans offered by a subsequent employer. During the “severance period,” the officer will also be entitled to continued company-provided executive life insurance benefits, to the extent the officer was receiving such benefits prior to his termination.

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Other Potential Post-Termination Payments

Our named executive officers are eligible to receive a bonus under our MIB program if they are terminated without cause after six months of service during a bonus year, pro-rated for the period during which they served prior to their termination. In addition, they are entitled to receive any accrued but unpaid SERP Make-Whole Payments with respect to the period during which they served prior to their termination for any reason. The MIB payments and SERP Make-Whole Payments to which Messrs. Katz, Capogrossi and Girgla were entitled as of December 31, 2018  were paid to them in 2019 and are set forth above in the “Bonus” column and in the “All Other Compensation” column, respectively, of the Summary Compensation Table.

No executive officer is entitled to a tax gross-up payment in the event that he becomes subject to any parachute payment excise taxes under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code.

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OWNERSHIP OF VOTING COMMON STOCK

Principal Holders of Voting Common Stock

The following table shows, based upon filings made with the Company, certain information as of March 28, 2019 concerning persons who may be deemed beneficial owners of 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Voting Common Stock because they possessed or shared voting or investment power with respect to the shares of Voting Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount and Nature

 

Percent

 

 

 

of Beneficial

 

of

 

Name and Address

    

Ownership

    

Class(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Various funds affiliated with

 

 

 

 

 

MHR Fund Management LLC and Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.(2)

 

 

 

 

 

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor, New York, NY 10105

 

8,544,419

(3)

39.9 

%(3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Various entities affiliated with Highland Capital Management, L.P. and
James D. Dondero
(4)

 

 

 

 

 

300 Crescent Court, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75201

 

2,065,258

 

9.6 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mario J. Gabelli and various entities directly or indirectly controlled by him
or for which he serves as chief investment officer
(5)

 

 

 

 

 

One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580‑1435

 

1,753,118

 

8.2 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solus Alternative Asset Management LP., Solus GP LLC and
Christopher Pucillo
(6)

 

 

 

 

 

410 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022

 

1,535,202

 

7.2 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Vanguard Group(7)

 

 

 

 

 

100 Vanguard Boulevard, Malvern, PA 19355

 

1,134,480

 

5.3 

%


(1)

Percent of class refers to percentage of class beneficially owned as the term beneficial ownership is defined in Rule 13d‑3 under the Securities Exchange Act and is based upon the 21,427,078  shares of Voting Common Stock outstanding as of March 28, 2019.

(2)

Information based on Amendment Number 27 to Schedule 13D, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2016, relating to securities held for the accounts of each of MHR Capital Partners Master Account II Holdings LLC (“Master Account II Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, MHR Capital Partners (100) LP (“Capital Partners (100)”), MHR Institutional Partners LP (“Institutional Partners”), MHRA LP (“MHRA”), MHRM LP (“MHRM”), MHR Institutional Partners II LP (“Institutional Partners II”), MHR Institutional Partners IIA LP (“Institutional Partners IIA”) and MHR Institutional Partners III LP (“Institutional Partners III”), each (other than Master Account II Holdings) a Delaware limited partnership. MHR Capital Partners Master Account II LP (“Master Account II”), a limited partnership organized in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is the sole member of Master Account II Holdings, and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Voting Common Stock held for the account of Master Account II Holdings. MHR Advisors LLC (“Advisors”) is the general partner of each of Master Account II and Capital Partners (100), and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Master Account II Holdings and Capital Partners (100). MHR Institutional Advisors LLC (“Institutional Advisors”) is the general partner of each of MHR Institutional Partners LP (“Institutional Partners”), MHRA and MHRM, and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Institutional Partners, MHRA and MHRM. MHR Institutional Advisors II LLC (“Institutional Advisors II”) is the general partner of each of Institutional Partners II and Institutional Partners IIA, and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Institutional Partners II and Institutional Partners IIA. MHR Institutional Advisors III LLC (“Institutional Advisors III”) is the general partner of Institutional Partners III, and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Voting Common Stock held for the account of Institutional Partners III. MHR is a Delaware limited liability company that is an affiliate of and has an investment management agreement with Master Account II, Capital Partners (100), Institutional Partners, MHRA, MHRM, Institutional Partners II, Institutional Partners IIA and Institutional Partners III, and other affiliated entities, pursuant to which it has the power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of the shares of Voting Common Stock reported herein and, accordingly, MHR may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Voting Common Stock reported herein which are held for the account of each of Master Account II Holdings, Capital Partners (100), Institutional Partners, MHRA, MHRM, Institutional Partners II, Institutional Partners IIA and Institutional Partners III. MHR Holdings LLC (“MHR Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, is the managing member of MHR and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own any shares of Voting Common Stock that are deemed to be beneficially owned by MHR.

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MHRC LLC (“MHRC”) is the managing member of Advisors and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the account of Master Account II Holdings. MHR Advisors LLC (“Advisors”) is the general partner of each of Master Account II and Capital Partners (100), and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Master Account II Holdings and Capital Partners (100). MHRC IMHR Institutional Advisors LLC (“MHRC I”Institutional Advisors) is the managing membergeneral partner of each of Institutional AdvisorsPartners, MHRA and MHRM, and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Institutional Partners, MHRA and MHRM. MHRCMHR Institutional Advisors II LLC (“MHRC II”Institutional Advisors II) is the managing membergeneral partner of each of Institutional AdvisorsPartners II and Institutional Partners IIA, and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Institutional Partners II and Institutional Partners IIA.

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D. MHR Institutional Advisors III LLC (“Dr. Rachesky”Institutional Advisors III”) is the managing membergeneral partner of MHRCInstitutional Partners III, and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accountsaccount of Institutional Partners III. MHR is a Delaware limited liability company that is an affiliate of and has an investment management agreement with Master Account II, Capital Partners (100), Institutional Partners, MHRA, MHRM, Institutional Partners II, Institutional Partners IIA and Institutional Partners III, and other affiliated entities, pursuant to which it has the power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose or to direct the disposition of the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock reported herein and, accordingly, MHR may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock reported herein which are held for the account of each of Master Account II Holdings, and Capital Partners (100). Dr. Rachesky, Institutional Partners, MHRA, MHRM, Institutional Partners II, Institutional Partners IIA and Institutional Partners III. MHR Holdings LLC (“MHR Holdings”), a Delaware limited liability company, is the managing member of MHRC IIMHR and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own theany shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Institutional Partners II and Institutional Partners IIA. Dr. Rachesky is the managerthat are deemed to be beneficially owned by MHR.

MHRC LLC (“MHRC”) is the managing member of Advisors and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Master Account II Holdings and Capital Partners (100). MHRC I LLC (“MHRC I”) is the managing member of Institutional Advisors and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of Institutional Partners, MHRA and MHRM. MHRC II LLC (“MHRC II”) is the managing member of Institutional Advisors II and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Institutional Partners II and Institutional Partners IIA.

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D. (“Dr. Rachesky”) is the managing member of MHRC and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Master Account II Holdings and Capital Partners (100). Dr. Rachesky is the managing member of MHRC II and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Institutional Partners II and Institutional Partners IIA. Dr. Rachesky is the manager of

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MHRC I and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Institutional Partners, MHRA and MHRM. Dr. Rachesky is the managing member of Institutional Advisors III and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the account of Institutional Partners III. Dr. Rachesky is the managing member of MHR Holdings, and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held for the accounts of each of Master Account II Holdings, Capital Partners (100), Institutional Partners, MHRA, MHRM, Institutional Partners II, Institutional Partners IIA and Institutional Partners III.

(3)

(3)Includes 8,529,419 shares of Voting Common Stock held by funds affiliated with MHR and 15,000 shares of Voting Common Stock held directly by Dr. Rachesky. Various funds affiliated with MHR also own 9,505,673 shares of Non-Voting Common Stock, which, when taken together with the shares of Voting Common Stock owned by all funds affiliated with MHR, represent approximately 58.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock of Loral as of March 28, 2019. Does not include 35,102 restricted stock units awarded to Dr. Rachesky that are payable, in the sole discretion of the Company, in cash or in stock.

(4)

Information based solely on a Schedule 13G/A (Amendment No. 7), filed with the SEC on February 14, 2019, by Highland Global Allocation Fund, Highland Capital Management Fund Advisors, L.P., Strand Advisors XVI, Inc., NexPoint Strategic Opportunities Fund (formerly NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund), NexPoint Advisors, L.P., NexPoint Advisors GP, LLC, Highland Capital Management, L.P., Strand Advisors, Inc. and James D. Dondero (collectively, the “Highland Reporting Persons”). According to the Schedule 13G/A, Mr. Dondero may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of, and he has shared power to vote and dispose of, the aggregate 2,065,258 shares of Voting Common Stock held by the Highland Reporting Persons.

(5)

Information based solely on Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on August 9, 2018 by Mario J. Gabelli and various entities which he directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer (collectively, the “Gabelli Reporting Persons”). According to Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D, the Gabelli Reporting Persons beneficially own shares of Voting Common Stock as follows:  GAMCO Asset Management Inc. (“GAMCO”) beneficially owns 845,598 shares of Voting Common Stock; Gabelli Funds, LLC (“Gabelli Funds”) beneficially owns 722,052 shares of Voting Common Stock; Gabelli & Company Investment Advisors, Inc. beneficially owns 150,668 shares of Voting Common Stock; Mr. Gabelli owns 400 shares of Voting Common Stock; GAMCO Investors, Inc. (“GBL”) beneficially owns 2,500 shares of Voting Common Stock; Gabelli Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation”) beneficially owns 2,000 shares of Voting Common Stock; MJG Associates, Inc. (“MJG Associates”) beneficially owns 29,300 shares of Voting Common Stock; and Associated Capital Group, Inc. (“AC”) beneficially owns 600 shares of Voting Common Stock. Mr. Gabelli is deemed to be the beneficial owner of all of the shares of Voting Common Stock owned beneficially by each of the foregoing Gabelli Reporting Persons. Each of the Gabelli Reporting Persons has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the shares of Voting Common Stock reported for it, either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that (i) GAMCO does not have the authority to vote 66,700 of the reported shares, (ii) Gabelli Funds has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to the shares of Voting Common Stock held by certain funds for which it provides advisory services (the “Funds”) so long as the aggregate voting interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting interest in Loral and, in that event, the proxy voting committee of each Fund shall respectively vote that Fund’s shares, (iii) at any time, the proxy voting committee of each such Fund may take and exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power with respect to the shares held by such Fund under special circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and (iv) the power of Mr. Gabelli, AC, GBL and GGCP, Inc. is indirect with respect to shares of Voting Common Stock beneficially owned directly by other Gabelli Reporting Persons.

(6)

Information based solely on a Schedule 13G/A (Amendment No. 11), filed with the SEC on February 14, 2019, by Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, Solus GP LLC and Christopher Pucillo (the “Solus Reporting Persons”) relating to securities held, as of December 31, 2018, by certain investment funds and/or accounts managed on a discretionary basis. According to the Schedule 13G/A, the Solus Reporting Persons have shared voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held, and one such account, SOLA LTD, had the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends or the proceeds from the sale of more than 5% of the Voting Common Stock.

(7)

Information based solely on a Schedule 13G, filed with the SEC on February 11, 2019, by The Vanguard Group (the “Vanguard Group”) relating to securities held, as of December 31, 2018. According to the Schedule 13G, the Vanguard Group has sole voting power with respect to 29,951 shares held, shared voting power with respect to 5,600 shares held, sole dispositive power with respect to 1,103,563 shares held and shared dispositive power with respect to 30,917 shares held. According the Schedule 13G, Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Vanguard Group, is the beneficial owner of 25,317 shares as a result of its serving as investment manager of collective trust accounts, and Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Vanguard Group, is the beneficial owners of 10,234 shares as a result of its serving as investment manager of Australian investment offerings.

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Voting Common Stock Ownershipheld by Directorsfunds affiliated with MHR and Executive Officers

The following table presents15,000 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held directly by Dr. Rachesky. Various funds affiliated with MHR also own 9,505,673 shares of Non-Voting Common Stock of Loral, $0.01 par value per share (the “Loral Non-Voting Common Stock”), which, when taken together with the numbershares of Loral Voting Common Stock owned by all funds affiliated with MHR, represent approximately 58.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Loral Voting Common Stock and Loral Non-Voting Common Stock as of the Record Date. Does not include 46,136 restricted stock units awarded to Dr. Rachesky that are payable, in the sole discretion of Loral, in cash or in stock.

(4)Information based solely on Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on October 6, 2020 by Mario J. Gabelli and various entities which he directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer (collectively, the “Gabelli Reporting Persons”). According to Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D, the Gabelli Reporting Persons beneficially own shares of Loral Voting Common Stock as follows: GAMCO Asset Management Inc. (“GAMCO”) beneficially owns 1,085,858 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock; Gabelli Funds, LLC (“Gabelli Funds”) beneficially owns 929,668 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock; Gabelli & Company Investment Advisors, Inc. beneficially owns 113,498 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock; Gabelli Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation”) beneficially owns 7,500 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock; MJG Associates, Inc. beneficially owns 29,400 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock; and Associated Capital Group, Inc. (“AC”) beneficially owns 3,750 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock. Mr. Gabelli is deemed to be the beneficial owner of all of the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock owned beneficially by each of the foregoing Gabelli Reporting Persons. Each of the Gabelli Reporting Persons has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock reported for it, either for its own benefit or for the benefit of its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be, except that (i) GAMCO does not have the authority to vote 81,500 of the reported shares, (ii) Gabelli Funds has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to the shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held by certain funds for which it provides advisory services (the “Funds”) so long as the aggregate voting interest of all joint filers does not exceed 25% of their total voting interest in Loral and, in that event, the proxy voting committee of each Fund shall respectively vote that Fund’s shares, (iii) at any time, the proxy voting committee of each such Fund may take and exercise in its sole discretion the entire voting power with respect to the shares held by such Fund under special circumstances such as regulatory considerations, and (iv) the powers of Mr. Gabelli, AC, GBL and GGCP, Inc. are indirect with respect to shares of Loral Voting Common Stock beneficially owned directly by other Gabelli Reporting Persons.
(5)Information based solely on a Schedule 13G/A (Amendment No. 2), filed with the directors, the nominees for director, the named executive officers and all directors, nominees for director and named executive officers as a groupSEC on February 10, 2021, by The Vanguard Group (the “Vanguard Group”) relating to securities held, as of March 28, 2019. Individuals haveDecember 31, 2020. According to the Schedule 13G/A, the Vanguard Group has sole voting andpower with respect to no shares held, has shared voting power with respect to 16,783 shares held, sole dispositive power over the stock unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount and Nature

 

 

 

 

 

of Beneficial

 

Percent of

 

Name of Individual

    

Ownership

    

Class(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Capogrossi

 

7,803

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ravinder S. Girgla

 

0

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John D. Harkey, Jr.

 

6,000

(2)

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avi Katz

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.

 

8,544,419

(3)

39.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur L. Simon

 

0  

(4)

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John P. Stenbit

 

6,000  

(5)

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael B. Targoff

 

124,766

(6)

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janet T. Yeung

 

13,885

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All directors, named executive officers and other executive officers as a group (9 persons)

 

8,702,873

(7)

40.6

%

with respect to 1,171,247 shares held and shared dispositive power with respect to 25,595 shares held.

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Loral Voting Common Stock Ownership by Loral Directors and Executive Officers

The following table presents the number of shares of Loral Voting Common Stock beneficially owned by the Loral directors, nominees for director and named executive officers and all Loral directors, nominees for director and named executive officers as a group as of May 7, 2021. Individuals have sole voting and dispositive power over the respective shares of Loral Voting Common Stock unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes.

Amount and Nature

 

of Beneficial

Percent of

Name of Individual

    

Ownership

    

Class(1)

John Capogrossi

7,803

*

Ravinder S. Girgla

0

*

John D. Harkey, Jr.

6,000

(2)

*

Avi Katz

*

Mark H. Rachesky, M.D.

8,544,419

(3)

39.9

%

Arthur L. Simon

0

(4)

*

John P. Stenbit

6,000

(5)

*

Michael B. Targoff

124,766

(6)

*

Janet T. Yeung

13,885

*

All Loral directors, named executive officers and other executive officers as a group (9 persons)

8,702,873

(7)

40.6

%


*

Represents holdings of less than one percent.

(1)

Percent of class refers to percentage of class beneficially owned as the term beneficial ownership is defined in Rule 13d‑3 under the Securities Exchange Act and is based upon the 21,427,078 shares of Voting Common Stock outstanding as of March 28, 2019.

(2)

Does not include 14,040 vested restricted stock units, payable, in the sole discretion of the Company, in cash or in stock.

(1)Percent of class refers to percentage of class beneficially owned as the term beneficial ownership is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and is based upon the 21,427,078 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock outstanding as of as of May 7, 2021.

(3)

Includes 8,529,419 shares of Voting Common Stock held by funds affiliated with MHR and 15,000 shares of Voting Common Stock held directly by Dr. Rachesky. Does not include 35,102 vested restricted stock units held directly by Dr. Rachesky,
(2)Does not include 18,452 vested Loral RSUs, payable, in the sole discretion of the Company, in cash or in stock. Does not include 9,505,673 shares of Non-Voting Common Stock held by funds affiliated with MHR. Dr. Rachesky is deemed to be the beneficial owner of Voting Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock held by the funds affiliated with MHR by virtue of his status as the managing member of MHRC, MHRC II, Institutional Advisors III and MHR Holdings and as manager of MHRC I. See “Ownership of Voting Common Stock – Principal Holders of Voting Common Stock” above.

(4)

Does not include 12,080 vested restricted stock units, payable, in the sole discretion of the Company, in cash or in stock.

(5)

Includes 6,000 shares of Voting Common Stock owned by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Stenbit’s wife of which Mr. Stenbit disclaims beneficial ownership. Does not include 14,040 vested restricted stock units, payable, in the sole discretion of the Company, in cash or in stock.

(6)

Includes 81,872 shares owned directly, 17,000 shares owned by a trust of which Mr. Targoff is a trustee and of which Mr. Targoff disclaims beneficial ownership and 25,894 shares owned by a charitable foundation of which Mr. Targoff is president and of which Mr. Targoff disclaims beneficial ownership.

(7)

Does not include 75,262 vested restricted stock units, payable, in the sole discretion of the Company, in cash or in stock.

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

MHR Fund Management LLC

In connection with the transaction in which Loral acquired its interest in Telesat, on October 31, 2007, Loral and certain of its subsidiaries, Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“PSP”) and one of its subsidiaries, two third-party investors, Telesat and MHR entered into a Shareholders Agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”). Under the Shareholders Agreement, subject to certain exceptions, in the event that either (i) ownershipsole discretion of Loral, in cash or control,in stock.

(3)Includes 8,529,419 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held by funds affiliated with MHR and 15,000 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock held directly or indirectly,by Dr. Rachesky. Does not include 46,136 vested Loral RSUs held directly by Dr. Rachesky, payable, in the sole discretion of Loral’s votingLoral, in cash or in stock. Does not include 9,505,673 shares of Loral Non-Voting Common Stock held by funds affiliated with MHR. Dr. Rachesky is deemed to be the beneficial owner of Loral Voting Common Stock and Loral Non-Voting Common Stock held by the funds affiliated with MHR by virtue of his status as the managing member of MHRC, MHRC II, Institutional Advisors III and MHR Holdings and as manager of MHRC I. See “Ownership of Loral Voting Common Stock – Principal Holders of Loral Voting Common Stock” above.
(4)Does not include 15,877 vested Loral RSUs, payable, in the sole discretion of Loral, in cash or in stock. In addition, upon settlement of his restricted stock falls below certain levels other thanunits, Mr. Simon is entitled to a payment of $81,600, which payment may be made, in connection with certain specified circumstances, including an acquisitionthe sole discretion of Loral, in cash or in stock.
(5)Includes 6,000 shares of Loral Voting Common Stock owned by a Strategic Competitor (as definedtrust for the benefit of Mr. Stenbit’s wife of which Mr. Stenbit disclaims beneficial ownership. Does not include 18,452 vested Loral RSUs, payable, in the Shareholders Agreement)sole discretion of Loral, in cash or (ii) therein stock.
(6)Includes 81,872 shares owned directly, 17,000 shares owned by a trust of which Mr. Targoff is a changetrustee and of which Mr. Targoff disclaims beneficial ownership and 25,894 shares owned by a charitable foundation of which Mr. Targoff is president and of which Mr. Targoff disclaims beneficial ownership.
(7)Does not include 98,917 vested Loral RSUs, payable, in the compositionsole discretion of Loral, in cash or in stock. Also does not include a majoritypayment of $81,600 to Mr. Simon upon settlement of his Loral RSUs, which payment may be made, in the memberssole discretion of Loral, in cash or instock.

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The Loral 2020 10-K contains information with respect to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans required by Section 201(d) of Regulation S-K. See Note 9 to the Loral consolidated financial statements in the Loral 2020 10-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

For a description of certain relationships and related transactions between Loral, on the one hand, and MHR and Mr. Targoff, respectively, on the other hand, and director independence, see Item 13 of the Loral 2020 10-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

OTHER MATTERS

Solicitation of Proxies

Loral has engaged D.F. King to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Loral Stockholder Meeting and for the special meeting of Loral stockholders to be convened to consider approval of the Transaction and obtain the Transaction Stockholder Vote. Loral estimates it will pay D.F. King a fee of approximately $25,000 plus certain charges for specified solicitation services and reimbursement of a reasonable amount of out-of-pocket expenses.

Stockholder Proposals for 2021 Annual Meeting

If the Transaction is consummated, Loral will not have public stockholders and there will be no public participation in any future meeting of Loral stockholders. Loral currently expects to complete the Transaction in the third quarter of 2021 (provided that, if all conditions to closing are satisfied or waived, then PSP Investments and Loral each have the right to extend the closing for up to 120 days). If the Transaction Agreement is approved by the Transaction Stockholder Vote and the Transaction is consummated, Loral will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat Partnership and, consequently, will not hold subsequent annual meetings of Loral stockholders. After the consummation of the Transaction, Loral stockholders will be entitled to participate, either directly as stockholders of Telesat Corporation or indirectly (by virtue of a trust voting agreement) as holders of Telesat Partnership units, in the annual meetings of the stockholders of Telesat Corporation.

If, however, the Transaction is not completed, Loral expects to hold an annual meeting of its stockholders later this year for 2021. If you intend for your proposal to be included in Loral’s 2021 proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act, you must send it to Loral’s Corporate Secretary within a reasonable amount of time following announcement of that meeting. Submitting a stockholder proposal does not guarantee that Loral will include it in its proxy statement if it does not satisfy the standards set forth in the rules of the SEC.

In addition, Loral’s amended and restated bylaws establish an advance notice procedure with regard to certain matters, including stockholder proposals not included in Loral’s proxy statement, to be brought before an annual meeting of Loral stockholders. Under Loral’s amended and restated bylaws, if a Loral stockholder desires to bring a matter before the annual meeting of stockholders or if a Loral stockholder wants to nominate a person for election to the Loral Board, such stockholder must follow the procedures outlined in Loral’s amended and restated bylaws. A copy of Loral’s amended and restated bylaws is available without charge to stockholders of record upon written request to Loral’s Corporate Secretary. Loral’s bylaw procedures are separate from the SEC’s requirements that a stockholder must meet in order to have a stockholder proposal included in Loral’s proxy statement.

Loral’s amended and restated bylaws require timely notice in writing of any business a Loral stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting of Loral stockholders and/or the nomination any Loral stockholder proposes to make at the annual meeting of Loral stockholders. Notice of business proposed to be brought before the

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Loral Stockholder Meeting and/or director nominations proposed to be made at the 2021 annual meeting of Loral stockholders must be received by Loral’s Corporate Secretary not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by Loral.

Communications with the Loral Board of Directors

Loral stockholders and other interested parties wishing to communicate with the Loral Board, the non- management directors or an individual Loral Board member concerning Loral may do so by writing to the Loral Board, to the nonmanagement directors or to the particular Loral Board member and mailing the correspondence to Loral Space & Communications Inc., 600 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Attention: President, General Counsel and Secretary. If from a Loral stockholder, the envelope should indicate that it contains a stockholder communication. All such communication will be forwarded to the director or directors to whom the communications are addressed.

Householding

The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” potentially means extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies.

Only one copy of this proxy statement is being delivered to multiple Loral stockholders sharing an address unless Loral has received contrary instructions from one or more of Loral stockholders. If a Loral stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of this proxy statement was delivered wishes to receive a separate copy of this proxy statement, he, she or it should direct such stockholder’s written request to Loral Space & Communications Inc., Attention: Corporate Secretary, 600 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10020 or contact Loral at (212) 697-1105. The Loral stockholder will be delivered, without charge, a separate copy of this proxy statement promptly upon request. If Loral stockholders at a shared address currently receiving multiple copies of this proxy statement wish to receive only a single copy of this document, they should contact Loral’s Corporate Secretary in the manner provided above.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

Loral files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any documents Loral files at the SEC public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Loral’s SEC filings also are available to the public at the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Also, you may obtain free copies of the documents Loral files with the SEC, including this proxy statement, by going to the Investor Relations page of Loral’s corporate website at www.loral.com. Loral’s website address is provided as inactive textual references only. The information provided on Loral’s website, other than copies of the documents listed below that have been filed with the SEC, are not part of this proxy statement and, therefore, are not incorporated herein by reference.

Statements contained in this proxy statement, or in any document incorporated by reference in this proxy statement regarding the contents of any contract or other document, are not necessarily complete and each such statement is qualified in its entirety by reference to that contract or other document filed as an exhibit with the SEC. The SEC allows Loral to “incorporate by reference” into this proxy statement documents Loral files with the SEC. This means that Loral may disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this proxy statement, and later information that Loral files with the SEC will update and supersede that information. Loral incorporates by reference the documents listed below and any documents subsequently filed by it pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and before the date of the Loral Stockholder Meeting.

Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (filed with the SEC on March 9, 2021); and
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 26, 2021.

Any person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this proxy statement is delivered may request copies of proxy statements and any of the documents incorporated by reference in this document or other information concerning Loral, without charge, by written or telephonic request directed to Loral Space & Communications Inc., Attention: Corporate Secretary, 600 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Telephone (212) 697-1105; or D.F. King, Loral’s proxy solicitor, by calling toll-free at (800) 821-8781 or collect at (212) 269-5550; or from the SEC through the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Documents incorporated by reference are available without charge, excluding any exhibits to those documents unless the exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into those documents.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished by Loral on any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, that, pursuant to and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC, is not deemed “filed” for purposes of the Exchange Act will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this proxy statement.

THIS PROXY STATEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE SOLICITATION OF A PROXY IN ANY JURISDICTION TO OR FROM ANY PERSON TO WHOM OR FROM WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH PROXY SOLICITATION IN THAT JURISDICTION. YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT TO VOTE YOUR SHARES OF LORAL VOTING COMMON STOCK AT THE LORAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING. LORAL HAS NOT AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT. THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS DATED MAY 20, 2021. YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT IS ACCURATE AS OF ANY DATE OTHER THAN THAT DATE, AND THE MAILING OF THIS PROXY STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS DOES NOT CREATE ANY IMPLICATION TO THE CONTRARY.

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Loral Space & Communications Inc. Your vote matters – here’s how to vote! You may vote online or by phone instead of mailing this card. Online Go to www.investorvote.com/LORL or scan the QR code — login details are located in the shaded bar below. Phone Call toll free 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) within the USA, US territories and Canada Save paper, time and money! Sign up for electronic delivery at Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. www.investorvote.com/LORL Please do not write outside the designated areas. q IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q + 1. Electing to the Loral Board overMr. John D. Harkey, Jr. and Mr. Michael B. Targoff, who have been nominated by the Loral Board to continue to serve as Class II directors and whose current terms will expire at the Loral Stockholder Meeting (the “Director Election Proposal”). For Withhold For Withhold 01 - John D. Harkey, Jr. 02 - Michael B. Targoff For Against Abstain For Against Abstain 2. Acting upon a consecutive two-year period withoutproposal to ratify the approvalappointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Loral’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2020 (the “Accounting Firm Proposal”). 3. Acting upon a proposal to approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation of Loral’s named executive officers as described in the proxy statement/prospectus (the “Say-On-Pay Proposal”). Please sign exactly as name or names appear hereon. When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give your full title as such; if by a corporation, by an authorized officer; if by a partnership, in partnership name by an authorized person. For joint owners, all co-owners must sign. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box. + 1 U P X 03DT0E B Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Date and Sign Below A Proposals — The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all the nominees listed and FOR Proposals 2 and 3. Virtual Annual Meeting Proxy Card


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The 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Loral Space & Communications Inc. will be held on June 17, 2021 at 10:30 A.M. Eastern time, virtually via the internet at www.meetingcenter.io/277547950. To access the virtual meeting, you must have the information that is printed in the shaded bar located on the reverse side of this form. The password for this meeting is — LORL2021. q IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, D ACH AND R URN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q + Notice of 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders Revocable Proxy Solicited by Board of Directors for Annual Meeting — June 17, 2021 Avi Katz and John Capogrossi, and each of them, are hereby appointed the proxies of the incumbent directors, Loral will lose its veto rights relatingundersigned, with full power of substitution on behalf of the undersigned to certain extraordinary actions by Telesat. In addition, after eithervote, as designated below, all the shares of these events, PSP will have certain rightsthe undersigned at the Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders of LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS INC. (“Loral”), to enable it to exit from its investmentbe held exclusively online via live webcast at www.meetingcenter.io/277547950, at 10:30 A.M. Eastern time on June 17, 2021 and at all adjournments or postponements thereof, in Telesat, including a right to cause Telesat to conduct an initial public offering in which PSP’s shares would be the first shares offered or, if no such offering has occurred within one year due to a lack of cooperation from Loral or Telesat, to cause the sale of Telesatmanner provided below and to drag along the other shareholders in such sale, subjectperson’s or persons’ sole discretion upon any other matter that may properly come before such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, including to Loral’s right to call PSP’s shares at fair market value.

The Shareholders Agreement provides for a board of directors of Telesat consisting of 10 directors, three nominated by Loral, three nominated by PSP and four independent directors to be selected by a nominating committee comprised of one PSP nominee, one nominee of Loral and one of the independent directors then in office. Each party to the Shareholders Agreement is obligated to vote all of its Telesat shares for the election of a substitute nominee for director as such person or persons may select in the directorsevent a nominee becomes unable to serve. This Proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned stockholder. If no direction is indicated, this PROXY will be voted FOR the election of nominees listed hereon and FOR Proposals 2 and 3. The Board of Directors recommends that stockholders vote their shares in favor of the election of the Class II Directors who have been nominated by the nominating committee. PursuantBoard and in favor of Proposals 2 and 3. The stockholder(s) signed on the reverse side of this Proxy acknowledge(s) receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement. (Items to actionbe voted appear on reverse side.) Change of Address — Please print new address below. + C Non-Voting Items Proxy — Loral Space & Communications Inc. ET ET Small steps make an impact. Help the environment by consenting to receive electronic delivery, sign up at www.investorvote.com/LORL


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Loral Space & Communications Inc. Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. q IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q + 1. Electing to the Loral Board Mr. John D. Harkey, Jr. and Mr. Michael B. Targoff, who have been nominated by the boardLoral Board to continue to serve as Class II directors and whose current terms will expire at the Loral Stockholder Meeting (the “Director Election Proposal”). For Withhold For Withhold 01 - John D. Harkey, Jr. 02 - Michael B. Targoff For Against Abstain For Against Abstain 2. Acting upon a proposal to ratify the appointment of directors taken on OctoberDeloitte & Touche LLP as Loral’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2007, Dr. Rachesky, who is non-executive Chairman2020 (the “Accounting Firm Proposal”). 3. Acting upon a proposal to approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, the compensation of Loral’s named executive officers as described in the Board of Loral, was appointed non-executive Chairman ofproxy statement/prospectus (the “Say-On-Pay Proposal”). Please sign exactly as name or names appear hereon. When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give your full title as such; if by a corporation, by an authorized officer; if by a partnership, in partnership name by an authorized person. For joint owners, all co-owners must sign. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box. + 1 U P X 03DT1E B Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Date and Sign Below A Proposals — The Board of Directors of Telesat. In addition, Mr. Targoff, Loral’s Vice Chairman, serves onrecommends a vote FOR all the board of directors of Telesat.

Dr. Rachesky, President of MHR,nominees listed and Ms. Yeung, a principalFOR Proposals 2 and General Counsel of MHR, are directors of Loral and, in that capacity, received compensation from Loral. See “Director Compensation” above.

Consulting Agreement

On December 14, 2012, Loral entered into a consulting agreement with Michael B. Targoff, Vice Chairman of the Company and former Chief Executive Officer and President. Pursuant to this agreement, Mr. Targoff is engaged as a part-time consultant to the Board to assist the Board with respect to the oversight of strategic matters relating to Telesat and XTAR. Under the consulting agreement, Mr. Targoff receives consulting fees of $120,000 per month before deduction of certain net expenses for which he reimburses the Company. For the year ended December 31, 2018,  Mr. Targoff earned $1,440,000 (before his expense reimbursement to Loral of $45,000).

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OTHER MATTERS

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act requires our executive officers, directors and persons who own more than 10% of our Voting Common Stock to file reports with the SEC. Based solely on a review of the copies of reports furnished to us and written representations that no other reports were required, Loral believes that, during 2018, all filing requirements were met on a timely basis.

Solicitation of Proxies

The Company pays all of the costs of soliciting proxies. We will ask banks, brokers and other nominees and fiduciaries to forward the proxy materials to the beneficial owners of our Voting Common Stock and to obtain the authority of executed proxies. We will reimburse them for their reasonable expenses. We did not retain a proxy solicitor in connection with the 2019 Annual Meeting.

Stockholder Proposals for 20203. Virtual Annual Meeting Proxy Card


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q IF VOTING BY MAIL, SIGN, D ACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q Notice of 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders pursuant to Rule 14a‑8 underRevocable Proxy Solicited by Board of Directors for Annual Meeting — June 17, 2021 Avi Katz and John Capogrossi, and each of them, are hereby appointed the Securities Exchange Act must deliver the proposal to the Corporate Secretaryproxies of the Companyundersigned, with full power of substitution on behalf of the undersigned to vote, as designated below, all the shares of the undersigned at our principal executive offices, locatedthe Virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders of LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS INC. (“Loral”), to be held exclusively online via live webcast at www.meetingcenter.io/277547950, at 10:30 A.M. Eastern time on June 17, 2021 and at all adjournments or postponements thereof, in the manner provided below and in such person’s or persons’ sole discretion upon any other matter that may properly come before such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, including to vote for the election of a substitute nominee for director as such person or persons may select in the event a nominee becomes unable to serve. This Proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned stockholder. If no direction is indicated, this PROXY will be voted FOR the election of nominees listed hereon and FOR Proposals 2 and 3. The Board of Directors recommends that stockholders vote their shares in favor of the election of the Class II Directors who have been nominated by the Board and in favor of Proposals 2 and 3. The stockholder(s) signed on the reverse side of this Proxy acknowledge(s) receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement. (Items to be voted appear on reverse side.) Proxy — Loral Space & Communications Inc.,  600 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10020, not later than December 13, 2019. The notice and the proposal must satisfy the requirements specified in Rule 14a‑8.

Any stockholder who intends to nominate a candidate for director election at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or who intends to submit a proposal pursuant to our Bylaws without including such proposal in our proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a‑8 must deliver timely notice of the nomination or the proposal to the Corporate Secretary of the Company at our principal executive offices, located at Loral Space & Communications Inc.,  600 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10020,  in the form provided in, and by the date required by, our Bylaws. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day (February 16, 2020), nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day (January 17, 2020), prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Company. The written notice must include certain information and satisfy the requirements set forth in our Bylaws, a copy of which will be sent to any stockholder upon written request to the Corporate Secretary of the Company.

Communications with the Board ET

Stockholders and other interested parties wishing to communicate with the Board of Directors, the non‑management directors or with an individual Board member concerning the Company may do so by writing to the Board, to the non-management directors or to the particular Board member and mailing the correspondence to Loral Space & Communications Inc.,  600 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10020, Attention: President, General Counsel and Secretary. If from a stockholder, the envelope should indicate that it contains a stockholder communication. All such communication will be forwarded to the director or directors to whom the communications are addressed.

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Code of Ethics

Loral has adopted a Code of Conduct for all of its employees, including all of its executive officers. This Code of Conduct is available on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of our web site at www.loral.com. Any amendments or waivers to this Code of Conduct with respect to Loral’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller (or persons performing similar functions) will be posted on such web site. One may also obtain, without charge, a copy of this Code of Conduct by contacting our Investor Relations Department at (212) 697‑1105.

Householding

Under SEC rules, a single set of proxy statements and annual reports may be sent to any household at which two or more stockholders reside if they appear to be members of the same family. Each stockholder continues to receive a separate proxy card. This procedure, referred to as “householding,” reduces the volume of duplicate information stockholders receive and reduces mailing and printing expenses. At the present time, we do not “household” for any of our stockholders of record. If a stockholder holds shares in street name, however, such beneficial holder’s bank, broker or other nominee may be delivering only one copy of our Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10‑K to multiple stockholders of the same household who share the same address, and may continue to do so, unless such stockholder’s bank, broker or other nominee has received contrary instructions from one or more of the affected stockholders in the household. We will deliver promptly, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of this Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10‑K to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the documents was delivered. A beneficial holder who wishes to receive a separate copy of our Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10‑K, now or in the future, should submit this request by writing to Loral Space & Communications Inc.,  600 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10020, Attention: Investor Relations Department, or by calling our Investor Relations Department at (212) 697‑1105. Beneficial holders sharing an address who are receiving multiple copies of proxy materials and annual reports and who wish to receive a single copy of such materials in the future should contact their bank, broker or other nominee directly to request that only a single copy of each document be mailed to all stockholders at the shared address in the future. Stockholders of record receiving multiple copies of our Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10‑K may request householding by contacting our Investor Relations Department either in writing or by telephone at the above address or phone number.

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PLEASE FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. Proxy - Loral Space & Communications Inc. Notice of 2019. Annual Meeting of Stockholders Revocable Proxy Solicited by Board of Directors for Annual Meeting - May 16, 2019 Avi Katz and John Capogrossi, and each of them, are hereby appointed the proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution on behalf of the undersigned to vote, as designated below, all the shares of the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS INC. (the "Company"), to be held at the offices of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York, at 10:30 A.M., on Thursday, May 16, 2019 and at all adjournments or postponements thereof, in the manner provided below and in such person's or persons' sole discretion upon any other matter that may properly come before such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, including to vote for the election of a substitute nominee for director as such person or persons may select in the event a nominee becomes unable to serve. This Proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned stockholder. If no direction is indicated, this PROXY will be voted FOR the election of nominees listed hereon and FOR Proposals 2 and 3. The Board of Directors recommends that stockholders vote their shares in favor of the election of the Class I Directors that have been nominated by the Board and in favor of Proposals 2 and 3. The stockholder(s) signed on the reverse side of this proxy acknowledge(s) receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement. (Items to be voted appear on reverse side.