SES Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Authorizes Significant Share Buyback for Subsequent Cancellation



    Shareholders of SES (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), at an Extraordinary
    General Meeting held today at the company's headquarters in Betzdorf
    (Luxembourg), approved a resolution to authorize the Board of
    Directors of SES to buy back and cancel via a capital reduction the
    stake held by GE (General Electric) in the company.

    The significant share buyback and cancellation will take place
    following the completion of the EUR 1.2 bn split-off transaction with
    GE that SES announced in a separate press release issued on February
    14th, 2007. In the framework of this transaction which remains subject
    to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, SES will contribute
    certain assets and cash to a new company and exchange shares of that
    new company for GE's entire holding of 103,149,900 shares in SES.

    About SES

    SES (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) wholly owns three market-leading
    satellite operators, SES ASTRA in Europe, SES AMERICOM in North
    America, and SES NEW SKIES, which provide global coverage and
    connectivity. The Company also holds strategic participations in SES
    Sirius in Europe, Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. Americom
    Government Services provides network solutions and bandwidth to the US
    government and its contractors. SES provides outstanding satellite
    communications solutions via a fleet of 43 satellites in 33 orbital
    positions around the globe. Additional information on SES is available
    at: www.ses.com