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AGM Poll Voting Results

21st Nov 2014 16:24

RNS Number : 7371X
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
21 November 2014
 



 

BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC

(the 'Company')

 

Annual General Meeting

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE at 2pm, all resolutions were passed on a poll. The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

 

Resolutions

FOR

%

AGAINST

%

WITHHELD

1.

To receive the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2014

1,422,000,620

99.80

2,788,307

0.20

1,881,502

2.

To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2014

1,424,967,165

99.99

206,341

0.01

1,496,923

3.

To approve the Directors' remuneration policy contained in the Directors' remuneration report

1,313,682,688

92.97

99,341,288

7.03

13,646,452

4.

To approve the Directors' remuneration report (excluding the Directors' remuneration policy)

996,564,957

86.23

159,084,662

13.77

271,020,809

5.

To reappoint Nick Ferguson as a Director

1,411,278,975

99.05

13,591,250

0.95

1,800,204

6.

To reappoint Jeremy Darroch as a Director

1,421,783,138

99.76

3,361,092

0.24

1,526,199

7.

To reappoint Andrew Griffith as a Director

1,419,934,710

99.63

5,206,813

0.37

1,528,906

8.

To reappoint Tracy Clarke as a Director

1,411,546,226

99.05

13,593,829

0.95

1,530,374

9.

To reappoint Martin Gilbert as a Director

1,410,348,565

98.96

14,791,741

1.04

1,530,123

10.

To reappoint Adine Grate as a Director

1,421,335,619

99.73

3,802,962

0.27

1,531,848

11.

To reappoint Dave Lewis as a Director

1,421,982,111

99.78

3,160,024

0.22

1,528,294

12.

To reappoint Matthieu Pigasse as a Director

1,412,317,545

99.56

6,187,708

0.44

8,165,174

13.

To reappoint Danny Rimer as a Director

1,415,484,679

99.73

3,765,129

0.27

7,420,619

14.

To reappoint Andy Sukawaty as a Director

1,415,334,409

99.72

3,915,494

0.28

7,420,524

15.

To reappoint Chase Carey as a Director

1,420,242,161

99.66

4,900,147

0.34

1,528,121

16.

To reappoint David F. DeVoe as a Director

1,402,454,803

98.41

22,685,351

1.59

1,530,275

17.

To reappoint James Murdoch as a Director

1,363,089,007

95.65

62,054,551

4.35

1,526,870

18.

To reappoint Arthur Siskind as a Director

1,348,752,607

94.64

76,388,646

5.36

1,529,176

19.

To reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company

1,406,186,084

99.17

11,809,222

0.83

8,675,122

20.

To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations

1,400,186,362

98.69

18,609,790

1.31

7,874,275

21.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006

1,405,815,370

98.69

18,702,722

1.31

2,152,337

22.

To disapply statutory pre-emption rights*

1,409,777,023

98.92

15,351,453

1.08

1,541,953

23.

To approve the change of the Company name to Sky plc*

1,425,104,406

100.00

42,588

0.00

1,523,435

24.

To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days' notice*

1,297,030,064

91.01

128,121,425

8.99

1,518,939

*Special Resolution

 

VOTES OF INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE

RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Resolutions

FOR

%

AGAINST

%

WITHHELD

8.

To reappoint Tracy Clarke as a Director

772,243,719

98.27

13,593,829

1.73

1,530,374

9.

To reappoint Martin Gilbert as a Director

771,046,058

98.12

14,791,741

1.88

1,530,123

10.

To reappoint Adine Grate as a Director

782,033,112

99.52

3,802,962

0.48

1,531,848

11.

To reappoint Dave Lewis as a Director

782,679,604

99.60

3,160,024

0.40

1,528,294

12.

To reappoint Matthieu Pigasse as a Director

773,015,038

99.21

6,187,708

0.79

8,165,174

13.

To reappoint Danny Rimer as a Director

776,182,172

99.52

3,765,129

0.48

7,420,619

14.

To reappoint Andy Sukawaty as a Director

776,031,902

99.50

3,915,494

0.50

7,420,524

 

 

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the special resolutions passed at the meeting have been submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism, and will shortly be available to view at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

 

Notes:

(a) The votes "for" include those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

(b) A "vote withheld" is not counted towards the votes cast "for" or "against" a resolution.

(c) The total number of shares in issue on 21 November 2014 was 1,719,017,230; 82.90% of the voting capital was instructed.

 

As indicated in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, the Company confirms that Andy Higginson has stepped down today after ten years as a Director of the Company, the last two of which he was the Company's Senior Independent Director. The Board is pleased to announce that Martin Gilbert will succeed Mr Higginson as the Company's Senior Independent Director with immediate effect.

 

Chris Taylor

Company Secretary

 

21 November 2014

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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