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This excerpt taken from the DIS DEF 14A filed Jan 6, 2005.

What vote is required to approve each item?

 

Election of Directors.    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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Other Items.    For each other item, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote on the item will be required for approval. A properly executed proxy marked “Abstain” with respect to any such matter will not be voted, although it will be counted for purposes of determining whether there is a quorum. Accordingly, an abstention will have the effect of a negative vote.

 

If you hold your shares in “street name” through a broker or other nominee, your broker or nominee may not be permitted to exercise voting discretion with respect to some of the matters to be acted upon. Thus, if you do not give your broker or nominee specific instructions, your shares may not be voted on those matters and will not be counted in determining the number of shares necessary for approval. Shares represented by such “broker non-votes” will, however, be counted in determining whether there is a quorum.

 

If you are a beneficial shareholder and your broker holds your shares in its name, the broker is permitted to vote your shares on the election of Directors and the approval of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our registered public accountants even if the broker does not receive voting instructions from you. Under New York Stock Exchange rules, your broker may not vote your shares on the proposal relating to the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, or on any of the shareholder proposals absent instructions from you. Without your voting instructions on these items a broker non-vote will occur.

 

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