XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc – ‘8-K’ for 8/2/02 – EX-99.2

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                                                                    Exhibit 99.2

Press Release                                                                   

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. Board Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan           

Washington, DC - August 2, 2002--XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:      
"XMSR") announced today that its Board of Directors has adopted a Stockholder   
Rights Plan in which preferred stock purchase rights will be granted as a       
dividend at the rate of one right for each share of Common Stock held of record 
as of the close of business on August 15, 2002.                                 

The Rights Plan, which is similar to plans adopted by more than 2,300           
publicly-traded companies, is designed to deter coercive or unfair takeover     
tactics. The Rights Plan will assist the Company's Board of Directors in dealing
with any future actions taken by hostile entities that attempt to deprive the   
Company and its stockholders of the opportunity to obtain the most attractive   
price for their shares.                                                         

In implementing the Rights Plan, the Board has declared a dividend of one right 
for each outstanding share of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. Class A Common   
Stock, Series A Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock (on an as-converted
basis). Each right initially would entitle the holder thereof to purchase       
one-one thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock. One-one thousandth of a share 
of Preferred Stock is intended to be approximately the economic equivalent of   
one share of Common Stock. The rights will expire on August 2, 2012.            

Initially, the rights are represented by the Company's Class A Common Stock     
certificates and are not exercisable. The rights will be exercisable only if a  
person or group in the future becomes the beneficial owner of 15% or more of    
XM's Class A Common Stock or commences, or publicly announces an intention to   
commence, a tender or exchange offer which would result in its ownership of 15% 
or more of the Class A Common Stock. The Rights Plan grandfathers Hughes        
Electronics and General Motors, as such stockholders' existing ownership        
positions are each in excess of the 15% ownership threshold above. The exercise 
price is $50.00. Ten days after a public announcement that a person or group has
become the beneficial owner of 15% or more of the Class A Common Stock, all     
holders of rights, other than the acquiring person or group, would be entitled  
to purchase Class A Common Stock of the Company upon the payment of the exercise
price at one-half of the then-current market price. If the Company is acquired  
in a merger, or 50% or more of the Company's assets are sold in one or more     
related transactions, each right would entitle the holder thereof to purchase   
common stock of the acquiring company at half of the then-current market price  
of such common stock.                                                           

At any time after a person or group becomes the beneficial owner of 15% or more 
of the Class A Common Stock, XM's Board of Directors may exchange one share of  
Class A Common Stock for each right, other than rights held by the acquiring    
person or group. The Board generally may redeem the rights at any time until ten
days following the public announcement that a person or group has acquired      
beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding Class A Common Stock. The
redemption price is $0.005 per right.                                           

Details of the Rights Plan will be mailed to all stockholders of the Company.   

About XM                                                                        

XM (Nasdaq: XMSR) is transforming radio, an industry that has seen little       
technological change since FM, almost 40 years ago. XM's programming lineup     
features 100 coast-to-coast digital channels: 71 music channels, many of them   
commercial-free, from hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to      

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blues; and 29 channels of sports, talk, children's and entertainment. XM was    
named 2001 "Product of the Year" by Fortune, an "Invention of the Year" by Time 
and won Popular Science's 2001 "Best of What's New" Grand Award in the          
electronics category. XM won several awards at the 2001 CES, including "Best of 
CES" in the automotive category.                                                

XM radios are available at major electronics retailers nationwide. Leading      
manufacturers such as Sony, Alpine and Pioneer offer a broad array of XM radios 
that easily enable any existing car stereo system. General Motors recently began
factory-installing XM radio across 25 different 2003 models including household 
brand names such as: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Oldsmobile and Pontiac.   
Isuzu dealers now offer XM radios to buyers of their Axiom and Rodeo models. XM 
will be available as an option this coming fall on six Infiniti and Nissan 2003 
models as well a future Audi and Volkswagen models.                             

XM's strategic investors include America's leading car, radio and satellite TV  
companies -- General Motors, American Honda Motor Co. Inc., Clear Channel       
Communications and DIRECTV. For more information, please visit XM's web site:   
http://www.xmradio.com.                                                         

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the  
forward-looking statements in this press release include demand for the         
company's service, the company's dependence on third party vendors, its         
continuing need for additional financing, as well as other risks described in XM
Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.'s Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission on 6-21-2002. Copies of the filing are available upon request from XM
Radio's Investor Relations Department.                                          

XM Press Contacts                                                               
Greg Cole                                                                       
(202) 380-4396 Phone                                                            
greg.cole@xmradio.com                                                           

Gary Tiedemann                                                                  
(202) 380-4396 Phone                                                            
gary.tiedemann@xmradio.com                                                      

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