26th Sep 2008 12:15
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
AGM - shareholders approve all resolutions
26 September 2008
BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC
(the "Company")
Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at The Cumberland Hotel, Great Cumberland Place, London W1H 7DL at 10.00 a.m., all resolutions were duly passed on a poll. The poll voting results are as follows:
1. To receive the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2008, together with the report of the Directors and Auditors thereon.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,407,720,494 |
99.95 |
684,706 |
0.05 |
34,934 |
2. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2008.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,408,182,999 |
99.99 |
153,254 |
0.01 |
103,881 |
3. To reappoint Andrew Griffith as a Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,404,177,310 |
99.70 |
4,246,675 |
0.30 |
16,149 |
4. To reappoint Daniel Rimer as a Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,405,493,795 |
99.79 |
2,927,297 |
0.21 |
19,042 |
5. To reappoint David Evans as a Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,399,013,545 |
99.33 |
9,404,319 |
0.67 |
20,216 |
6. To reappoint Allan Leighton as a Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,398,410,805 |
99.29 |
10,011,636 |
0.71 |
15,639 |
7. To reappoint James Murdoch as a Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,225,266,629 |
93.98 |
78,513,312 |
6.02 |
104,660,192 |
8. To reappoint Lord Wilson of Dinton as a Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,405,470,457 |
99.79 |
2,944,887 |
0.21 |
24,790 |
9. To reappoint David F. DeVoe as a Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,394,922,971 |
99.04 |
13,496,397 |
0.96 |
20,341 |
10. To reappoint Arthur Siskind as a Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,390,053,548 |
98.70 |
18,366,728 |
1.30 |
19,076 |
11. To reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP as Auditors of the Company and to authorise the Directors to agree their remuneration.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,381,252,743 |
99.73 |
3,681,693 |
0.27 |
23,505,697 |
12. To approve the report on Directors' remuneration for the year ended 30 June 2008.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,351,236,642 |
96.00 |
56,295,166 |
4.00 |
908,325 |
13. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,385,959,031 |
98.89 |
15,526,852 |
1.11 |
6,976,940 |
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares under section 80 Companies Act 1985.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,406,895,603 |
99.89 |
1,507,016 |
0.11 |
37,514 |
15. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights (Special Resolution).
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,404,766,570 |
99.74 |
3,626,044 |
0.26 |
45,566 |
16. To increase the maximum aggregate fees permitted to be paid to Non-Executive Directors for their services in the office of Director.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,405,043,105 |
99.82 |
2,548,429 |
0.18 |
848,599 |
17. To adopt new Articles of Association (Special Resolution).
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,404,124,595 |
99.71 |
4,137,224 |
0.29 |
178,314 |
18. To approve the 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Votes withheld |
|
1,306,172,819 |
94.87 |
70,579,632 |
5.13 |
31,687,682 |
Notes:
(i) The votes "for" include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
(ii) A "vote withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.
Dave Gormley
Company Secretary
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