2014-19207. Application for Final Commitment for a Long-Term Loan or Financial Guarantee in Excess of $100 Million: AP088346XX

AGENCY:

Export-Import Bank of the United States.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This Notice is to inform the public, in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (“Ex-Im Bank”), that Ex-Im Bank has received an application for final commitment for a long-term loan or financial guarantee in excess of $100 million (as calculated in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of the Charter). Comments received within the comment period specified below will be presented to the Ex-Im Bank Board of Directors prior to final action on this Transaction. Comments received will be made available to the public.

DATES:

Comments must be received on or before September 8, 2014 to be assured of consideration before final consideration of the transaction by the Board of Directors of Ex-Im Bank.

ADDRESSES:

Comments may be submitted through Regulations.gov at WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV. To submit a comment, enter EIB-2014-0039 under the heading “Enter Keyword or ID” and select Search. Follow the instructions provided at the Submit a Comment screen. Please include your name, company name (if any) and EIB-2014-0039 on any attached document.

Reference: AP088346XX

Purpose and Use:

Brief description of the purpose of the transaction:

A loan guarantee or direct loan to a United Kingdom-based company to support the procurement of one U.S. manufactured satellite, U.S. supplied launch services and U.S. brokered launch insurance.

Brief non-proprietary description of the anticipated use of the items being exported:

The loan will enable the United Kingdom-based company to finance the construction of one U.S. manufactured satellite, the procurement of U.S. supplied launch services and U.S. brokered launch insurance. The satellite is expected to provide the company capacity to deliver retail and wholesale broadband internet service offerings to customers in North America, Central America, portions of South America, the Caribbean, and North Atlantic aviation and maritime routes.

To the extent that Ex-Im Bank is reasonably aware, the item(s) being exported are not expected to produce exports or provide services in competition with the exportation of goods or provision of services by a United States industry.

Parties:

Principal Supplier: Boeing Satellite Systems International.

Obligor: ViaSat Technologies Ltd.

Guarantor(s): ViaSat Inc.

Description Of Items Being Exported: Satellite and related equipment, launch services and launch insurance.

Information On Decision: Information on the final decision for this transaction will be available in the “Summary Minutes of Meetings of Board of Directors” on http://exim.gov/​newsandevents/​boardmeetings/​board/​

Confidential Information: Please note that this notice does not include confidential or proprietary business information; information which, if disclosed, would violate the Trade Secrets Act; or information which would jeopardize jobs in the United States by supplying information that competitors could use to compete with companies in the United States.

Lloyd Ellis,

Program Specialist, Office of the General Counsel.