Larry D. HUNTER

HUNTER, GRAY, BARKER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 6/10/2010 at 19:31:01

LARRY D. HUNTER

Larry D. HUNTER was the son of Doyle and Dorothy (GRAY) HUNTER of Mount Ayr. He was born in Leon, their third child. Larry was the salutatorian of his 1968 class at Mount Ayr High School. He attended the University of Michigan and earned dual degrees in 1975: a masters degree in economics and a law degree.

In 1971, Larry married the girl he had met at a church play and who was his high school sweetheart, Rita BARKER. They were the parents of two children, Nathan and Allison.

After receiving his degrees, the HUNTERS moved to Richmond, Virginia, where Larry accepted a position with the law firm McGUIRE, WOOD and BATTLE. Two years later, the HUNTERS left Richmond when Larry accepted a position as a staff attorney with Clark Equipment Company, the world's largest manufacturer of lift trucks. The company also manufactures logging equipment, construction machinery, and Bobcat End Loaders. In this capacity, Larry has traveled the globe.

In 1980, Larry was promoted to group council for the material-handling group. He was also the head international attorney at the time of this promotion.

In the late 1980's Larry accepted with the Detroit-based firm of Honanman, Miller, Cohn and Sewartz. Rita returned to college and took up anthropolgy. She later served on the Crow Canyon Archeological Institute Board in Durango, Colorado.

In the latter part of 1992, Rita collapsed at their home while Larry was on a business trip in California. Rita was diagnosed with a severe heart infection which required emergency to repair one of the valves in her heart. Although she was given only a 10% chance of survival, Rita beat the odds and returned home after six weeks of hospitalization.

This crisis gave the HUNTERS an opportunity to assess their lives. Larry, Rita and son Nathan moved to California and Larry became working for Hughes Electronics Crop in August of 1993 as an assistant general counsel. Mike ARMSTRONG, CEO of the Hughes Company, was also involved with a new company, DirecTV. In 1995, Larry accepted a position as general council of DirecTV International. He was promoted as executive vice-president, legal and human resourses, and general council in early 2004. Larry also serves as the secretary with the board of directors.

Larry and Rita reside in Redondo Beach and maintain a summer home in Mount Ayr.

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BusinessWeek
Fiscal Year 2009

LARRY D. HUNTER

BACKGROUND
Larry D. HUNTER has been an Executive Vice President of Legal, Human Resources & Administration of DIRECTV Group Inc. since 2007 and serves as its Secretary. Mr. Hunter serves as Corporate Vice President of Hughes Electronics. He has been General Counsel of DirecTV Group Inc. (formerly Hughes Electronics Corp.) since December 2002. He serves as an Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of DIRECTV Holdings LLC and DirecTV Financing Co. Inc. He served as Secretary of DirecTV Group Inc. since January 2004.

Mr. HUNTER was assigned responsibility for overseeing the Human Resources and Corporate Communications departments in 2007, and the Administration department in 2008.

Mr. HUNTER served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV Inc. and its parent, DirecTV Group Inc. since July 1, 2009. He served as an Executive Vice President of DIRECTV Group Inc. since January 2004. He specialized in securities, commercial finance and corporate law, representing a number of public and private companies.

Mr. HUNTER served as an Executive Vice President of Legal & Human Resources of DirecTV Group Inc. since February 3, 2004 and also served as its Executive Vice President of Administration. He served as President of DirecTV Japan Management Inc. from August 1998 to November 2000. He served as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and General Counsel of DirecTV, Inc., and DirecTV International, Inc. from April 1997 to August 1998.

Mr. HUNTER served as an Assistant General Counsel of DirecTV Group from 1993 to 1997 and also served as its Corporate Senior Vice President since December 2002 and Senior Vice President from June 2001 to January 2004. He joined DirecTV Group in 1993, and assisted in various acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and commercial transactions. He was Senior Partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP from 1982 to 1993. He served as an Associate General Counsel of DirecTV Group since June 2001 and served as its Corporate Vice President since August 1998. He was responsible for the legal affairs of the global DIRECTV business.

Mr. HUNTER began his career in 1975 as an Associate at McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, a Richmond, Virginia-based law firm, where he served as a Corporate/Banking and Legal Aid Lawyer. In 1977, he joined Clark Equipment Company as a Staff Counsel. At Clark, he served as an International Attorney and assisted in various joint ventures, international financing transactions and commercial transactions. He served as Clark Group Counsel for Material Handling Group, where he was responsible for litigation and other legal affairs for that business segment.

Mr. HUNTER served as an Associate Editor of The Michigan Law Review. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DirecTV Japan Management Inc. from August 1998 to March 2001. He serves as a Director of DIRECTV Holdings LLC and DirecTV Financing Co. Inc. He served as a Director of Intelsat Holding Corporation (also known as Panamsat Holding Corporation)since October 2001. He served as a Director of Intelsat Corporation since October 2001. He serves as a Member of the Order of The Coif.

Mr. HUNTER graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, magna cum laude in 1974 and received a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Michigan. He received a Bachelors of Science with high honors in Economics from the University of Iowa in 1971.

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Forbes
November, 2009

LARRY D. HUNTER

On June 3, 2009, the Board of Directors has appointed Larry D. HUNTER as Interim Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2009 in addition to his current responsibilities of Executive Vice President of Legal, Human Resources and Administration, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. On November 18, 2009, The DIRECTV Group, Inc., announced that Larry D. HUNTER will continue to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer until January 1, 2010.

SOURCE: FETTY, Jack. Rings of Gold Pp. 37-47. Palindrome Pub. Co. Iowa. 2001.

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