Delaware
|
35-2333914
|
|
(State or other jurisdiction of
|
(IRS Employer
|
|
incorporation)
|
Identification No.)
|
The folloiwng brief description of the 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The purpose of the 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan is to provide the Company's eligible employees, and those of any Company subsidiary designated by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee, which we refer to as a designated subsidiary, with opportunities to purchase shares of our common stock through accumulated payroll deductions or as may otherwise be permitted under the plan.
1. Stockholders elected each of the Company's six nominees for director, three elected by the holders of shares of our Series A common stock and Series B common stock voting together as a single class, and three elected by the holders of shares of our Series A convertible preferred stock voting separately as a class, as set forth below:
Director Nominees Elected by Holders of Shares of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock as Class II Directors
Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes
2. Stockholders approved the Company's 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as set forth below:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
3. Stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2011, as set forth below:
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
5. Stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, to recommend that the advisory vote on Named Executive Officer compensation be held every three years, as set forth below:
One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions
Discovery Communications, Inc.
|
||||||||
Date: May 19, 2011
|
By:
|
/s/ Bruce Campbell
|
||||||
Bruce Campbell
|
||||||||
Chief Development Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
|
||||||||
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
EX-99.1
|
2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
|