SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January, 2012
Shaw Communications Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Suite 900, 630 – 3rd Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 4L4 (403) 750-4500
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ¨ Form 40-F x
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Yes ¨ No x
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant, Shaw Communications Inc., has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: January 12, 2012
Shaw Communications Inc.
| By: | /s/ Steve Wilson | |
| Steve Wilson Sr. V.P., Chief Financial Officer Shaw Communications Inc. | ||
SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of
Shaw Communications Inc.
January 12, 2012
REPORT OF VOTING RESULTS
In accordance with Section 11.3 of National Instrument 51-102 “Continuous Disclosure Obligations”, the following sets out the matters voted on at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Shaw Communications Inc. (the “Corporation”) held on Thursday, January 12, 2012. Each of the matters was voted on by a show of hands and is described in greater detail in the Corporation’s Notice of Meeting and Management Information Circular dated November 22, 2011.
| Business |
Outcome of Vote | |||
| 1. The election of the following sixteen nominees as directors of the Corporation: |
Carried | |||
| Peter J. Bissonnette |
Jeffrey C. Royer | |||
| Adrian I. Burns |
Bradley S. Shaw | |||
| George F. Galbraith |
Jim Shaw | |||
| Dr. Richard R. Green |
JR Shaw | |||
| Dr. Lynda Haverstock |
JC Sparkman | |||
| Gregg Keating |
Carl E. Vogel | |||
| Michael W. O’Brien |
Sheila C. Weatherill | |||
| Paul K. Pew |
Willard H. Yuill | |||
| Votes For |
Votes Withheld | |||||
| # |
% |
# |
% | |||
| 18,768,339 | >99% | 35 | — | |||
| 2. The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the auditors of the Corporation for the ensuing year |
Carried | |||
| Votes For |
Votes Withheld | |||||
| # |
% |
# |
% | |||
| 18,768,374 |
100% | nil | — | |||