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SKY NETWORK TELEVISION LIMITED. AGM Information 2012

Sep 19, 2012

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AGM Information

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June 2012 Annual Report

SKY NETWORK TELEVISION LIMITED

Notice of Meetin g

Notice is hereby given that the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of SKY Network Television Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Stamford Plaza Auckland Hotel (Stamford Ballroom), 22-26 Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand on Thursday 18 October 2012, commencing at 2pm.

AGENDA

Ordinary Business

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following ordinary resolutions:

Appointment of Auditors

  1. To record the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditors of the Company and to authorise the directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration.

Election of Directors

2. To re-elect Peter Macourt as a director.

  • Mr Macourt retires by rotation and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election. See explanatory notes for biographical details.
  1. To re-elect John Hart ONZM as a director.

    • Mr Hart retires by rotation and, being eligible, offers himself for re-election. See explanatory notes for biographical details.

By order of the board

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Jason Hollingworth Company Secretary

ExplANAtory NotEs

Agenda item 2 and 3

Election and Rotation of Directors

The NZX Listing Rules and ASX Listing Rules require any director appointed by the board during the year to retire at the next annual meeting on the basis that they may seek re-election if they wish. In addition, the NZX Listing Rules require that one-third of the remaining directors retire by rotation at each annual meeting (also on the basis that they may seek re-election if they wish).

PETER MACOURT

Peter Macourt retires by rotation and offers himself for re-election.

Mr Macourt was appointed as chairman of the board of SKY in August 2002 (being the appointment date for the previous SKY company prior to the 2005 merger with Independent Newspapers Limited (INL)). He is a former director and chief operating officer of News Limited. Previously Mr Macourt has served as a director of Premier Media, Foxtel, INL and a number of subsidiaries and associated companies of News Corporation Limited. He holds a degree in commerce from the University of New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

JOHN HART ONZM

John Hart retires by rotation and offers himself for re-election.

Mr Hart was appointed a director of SKY in October 1997 (being the appointment date for the previous SKY company prior to the 2005 merger with Independent Newspapers Limited (INL)). He had a distinguished career in sports administration including being All Blacks Coach between 1996 and 1999. Mr Hart was employed by Fletcher Challenge Limited from 1966 to 1995, in a variety of positions, including for the last ten years, in the role of Employee Relations Director. He currently manages his own consultancy business. Mr Hart’s other directorships include Bayley Corporation Limited, Global Rugby Enterprises, the NZPGA and NZPGA PRO-AM Championship Limited. In addition, he has served in a number of government-appointed roles, including chairing the NZ2011 office charged with leveraging the Rugby World Cup in 2011. He is currently chair of the nominations committee for the board of Sport New Zealand.

He was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in 1997 for his services to rugby and sport.