/EINPresswire.com/ -- CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/14/16 -- 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.

Contacts:
Shaw Communications Inc.
Investor Relations
investor.relations@sjrb.ca
www.shaw.ca

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