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This excerpt taken from the SIRI DEF 14A filed Apr 30, 2009.
What vote is required to approve each item?
 
Assuming the presence of a quorum, the twelve Common Stock Directors who receive the most votes from the holders of shares of our common stock and our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for their election will be elected, i.e., the affirmative vote of the holders of a plurality of the shares of common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock voting at the annual meeting is required for the election of the Common Stock Directors, voting together as a single class.
 
Approval of an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock from 8,000,000,000 to 9,000,000,000 shares requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of our common stock, our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and our Series B-1 Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, and a majority of holders of our common stock, voting as a separate class. As a result, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as negative votes.
 
Approval of an amendment to our certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of our outstanding common stock at a ratio of not less than one-for-ten and not more than one-for-fifty, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range to be determined by our board of directors, together with the reduction in the number of authorized shares of our common stock as set forth in Item 3 below, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of our common stock, our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and our Series B-1 Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, and a majority of holders of our common stock, voting as a separate class. As a result, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as negative votes.
 
The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of our common stock, our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and our Series B-1 Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the annual meeting is required to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accountants, to approve the Sirius XM Radio Inc. 2009 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan and to act upon any other matter that may properly come before the meeting.


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What vote is required to approve each item?
 
The affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting is required for the election of directors. A properly executed proxy marked “Withhold Authority” with respect to the election of one or more directors will not be voted with respect to the director or directors indicated, although it will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum.
 
Approval to amend our certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock from 4,500,000,000 to 8,000,000,000 shares requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock. As a result, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as negative votes.
 
Approval to amend our certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of our outstanding common stock at a ratio of not less than one-for-ten and not more than one-for-fifty, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range to be determined by our board of directors, together with the reduction in the number of authorized shares of our common stock as set forth in Item 3 below, requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock. As a result, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as negative votes.


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An affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes cast is needed to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accountants.
 
What vote is required to approve each item?
 
The affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting is required for the election of directors. A properly executed proxy marked “Withhold Authority” with respect to the election of one or more directors will not be voted with respect to the director or directors indicated, although it will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum. An affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes cast is needed to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accountants.
 

What vote is required to approve each item?

      The affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting is required for the election of directors. A properly executed proxy marked “Withhold Authority” with respect to the election of one or more directors will not be voted with respect to the director or directors indicated, although it will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum.

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