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Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-34652
LORAL SPACE AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 10, 2000
The Selling Holders table on pages 47 - 48 of the Prospectus is hereby
amended to add the following selling holder.
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Number of Shares Number of Shares
of Preferred of Conversion
Selling Holders Stock Shares
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BNP Arbitrage SNC 182,000 458,893
Morgan Stanley & Co. 117,468 296,183
Deephaven Domestic Convertible Trading Ltd. 100,000 252,130
Lehman Brothers Inc. 90,450 174,231
Goldman Sachs & Company 17,000 42,862
Coastal Convertibles Ltd. 15,000 37,820
Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Limited 14,000 35,298
Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. *12,500 *31,517
Worldwide Transactions, Ltd. 5,680 14,321
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* Additional shares only; does not include shares already listed in the Prospectus.
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