XM Satellite Radio ended 3Q05 with 5,034,642 subscribers, doubling the 2,516,023 subscribers for last year’s third quarter. The growth was driven by third quarter net subscriber additions of 617,152, a 48% increase over the same period last year (415,671 new net subscribers). Given its performance for this year, XM reaffirmed its guidance of exceeding 6 million subscribers by the end of 2005.