CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Jan. 14, 2016) - Shaw Communications Inc. ("Shaw") (TSX:SJR.B)(NYSE:SJR) announced that, at its annual general meeting held earlier today, the resolutions proposed in Shaw's proxy circular were carried.
The detailed results from the annual general meeting are as follows.
| 1. Election of each of the following sixteen nominees as directors of the Corporation (by ballot): | ||||
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | |||
| # | % | # | % | |
| Peter J. Bissonnette | 20,920,030 | 99.95 | 10,050 | 0.05 |
| Adrian I. Burns | 20,920,080 | 99.95 | 10,000 | 0.05 |
| George F. Galbraith | 20,920,030 | 99.95 | 10,050 | 0.05 |
| Richard R. Green | 20,920,080 | 99.95 | 10,000 | 0.05 |
| Lynda Haverstock | 20,920,080 | 99.95 | 10,000 | 0.05 |
| Gregg Keating | 20,920,040 | 99.95 | 10,040 | 0.05 |
| Michael W. O'Brien | 20,920,070 | 99.95 | 10,010 | 0.05 |
| Paul K. Pew | 20,920,070 | 99.95 | 10,010 | 0.05 |
| Jeffrey C. Royer | 20,920,070 | 99.95 | 10,010 | 0.05 |
| Bradley S. Shaw | 20,920,070 | 99.95 | 10,010 | 0.05 |
| Jim Shaw | 20,920,070 | 99.95 | 10,010 | 0.05 |
| JR Shaw | 20,930,030 | 100.00 | 50 | - |
| JC Sparkman | 20,916,770 | 99.94 | 13,310 | 0.06 |
| Carl E. Vogel | 20,920,040 | 99.95 | 10,040 | 0.05 |
| Sheila C. Weatherill | 20,920,040 | 99.95 | 10,040 | 0.05 |
| Willard H. Yuill | 20,916,780 | 99.94 | 13,300 | 0.06 |
| 2. Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of the Corporation (by show of hands - proxy result shown): | ||||
| Votes For | Votes Withheld | |||
| # | % | # | % | |
| 20,918,980 | 100 | - | - | |
About Shaw Communications Inc.
Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified communications and media company, serving 3.2 million customers through a reliable and extensive fibre network. Shaw serves consumers with broadband Internet, WiFi, Digital Phone and Video products and services. Shaw Business Network Services provides business customers Internet, data, WiFi, telephony, Video and fleet tracking services. Shaw Business Infrastructure Services offers North American enterprises colocation, cloud and managed services through ViaWest. Shaw Media provides Canadians with engaging programming content through one of Canada's largest conventional television networks, Global Television, and 19 specialty networks including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, HISTORY® and Showcase. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (TSX:SJR.B)(NYSE:SJR). For more information, please visit www.shaw.ca.
Contact Information:
Investor Relations
investor.relations@sjrb.ca
www.shaw.ca