TIDMBSY
RNS Number : 3059B
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
23 October 2009
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British Sky Broadcasting Group plc
AGM - shareholders approve all resolutions
23 October 2009
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 11.00 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 2009,
together with the report of the
Directors and Auditors thereon.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,418,089,614 | 99.89 | 1,529,151 | 0.11 | 80.99% | 2,490,147 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
2. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2009.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,421,580,926 | 99.96 | 520,294 | 0.04 | 81.13% | 7,892 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
3. To reappoint Tom Mockridge as a Director.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,403,177,316 | 99.22 | 10,983,461 | 0.78 | 80.68% | 7,947,635 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
4. To reappoint Nicholas Ferguson as a Director.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,420,275,634 | 99.87 | 1,800,307 | 0.13 | 81.13% | 32,471 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
5. To reappoint Andrew Higginson as a Director.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,365,919,567 | 96.63 | 47,580,164 | 3.37 | 80.64% | 8,608,681 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
6. To reappoint Jacques Nasser as a Director.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,419,604,531 | 99.83 | 2,469,665 | 0.17 | 81.13% | 34,216 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
7. To reappoint Dame Gail Rebuck as a Director.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,419,630,266 | 99.83 | 2,444,909 | 0.17 | 81.13% | 33,237 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
8. To reappoint David F. DeVoe as a Director.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,398,412,700 | 98.89 | 15,744,721 | 1.11 | 80.68% | 7,950,991 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
9. To reappoint Allan Leighton as a Director.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,409,485,227 | 99.20 | 11,371,812 | 0.80 | 81.06% | 1,250,020 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
10. To reappoint Arthur Siskind as a Director.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,394,027,683 | 98.58 | 20,131,334 | 1.42 | 80.68% | 7,949,522 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
11. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as Auditors of the Company and to authorise the
Directors to agree their
remuneration.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,418,443,346 | 99.79 | 3,047,506 | 0.21 | 81.10% | 618,060 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
12. To approve the report on Directors' remuneration for the year ended 30 June
2009.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,275,394,053 | 95.10 | 65,682,774 | 4.90 | 76.51% | 81,032,090 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
13. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations
and incur political
expenditure.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,408,774,867 | 99.60 | 5,646,239 | 0.40 | 80.69% | 7,687,806 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
14. To authorise the Directors to allot shares under Section 551 of the
Companies Act 2006.
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,419,890,704 | 99.85 | 2,170,080 | 0.15 | 81.13% | 48,328 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
15. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights (Special Resolution).
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,417,091,878 | 99.65 | 4,945,307 | 0.35 | 81.13% | 71,727 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
16. To adopt new articles of association (Special Resolution).
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,421,693,623 | 99.99 | 83,162 | 0.01 | 81.11% | 332,127 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
17. To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 days'
notice (Special
Resolution).
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| Votes for | % | Votes | % | Total votes | Votes |
| | | against | | cast (%) | withheld |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
| 1,391,763,354 | 97.87 | 30,295,515 | 2.13 | 81.13% | 50,043 |
+---------------+-------+--------------+------+----------------+---------------+
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.
(iii) The total number of shares in issue at 6pm on 22 October 2009 was
1,752,842,599. 81.13% of the
voting capital was instructed.
Dave Gormley
Company Secretary
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