X0303 4 2009-03-12 0 0001040570 GeoEye, Inc. GEOY 0001388178 Brender Mark 21700 ATLANTIC BOULEVARD DULLES VA 20166 0 1 0 0 VP, Corporate Communications Restricted Stock 2009-03-12 4 A 0 291 0.00 A 5401 D Restricted Stock Unit 0.00 2009-03-12 4 A 0 1394 0.00 A 2012-03-15 2012-03-15 Common Stock 1394 5865 D Stock Option 19.52 2009-03-12 4 A 0 2754 0.00 A 2010-03-12 2017-03-12 Common Stock 2754 19239 D Mr. Brender was granted 291 shares of restricted stock as the stock portion of his 2009 annual compensation. These shares will vest entirely on March 12, 2010 Mr. Brender was granted 1,394 restricted stock units under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") which will vest, if at all, based on the financial performance of the Company and will be converted into shares of common stock, on March 15, 2012. Mr. Brender was granted 2,754 options to purchase common stock under Company's Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP"), which will vest 25% each March 12 of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The option is exercisable as long as the employee is in service with the Company. Absent any separate severance agreement, once service terminates, the option will be exercisable for the following periods after such termination: three (3) months in the case of voluntary termination, six (6) months following an involuntary termination, or twelve (12) months in the case of death, Disability, retirement or voluntary or involuntary termination after a Change of Control. /s/ William L. Warren as Attorney-in-Fact for Mark Brender 2009-03-16