Result of EGM

SMG plc announces that the resolutions to approve the Tender Offer, Share Consolidation and Change of Name proposed at the General Meeting held at 10:30am today were duly passed on a show of hands. Two copies of the resolutions relating to the special business of the Meeting have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:- The Financial Services Authority 25 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 5HS Tel: (020) 7066 1000 Details of proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the Meetings, are set out below:- General Meeting Resolution For Discretion Against Withheld 1. THAT, the Company be and 714,885,032 126,607 543,816 16,289 is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 166 of the Companies Act 1985 to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985) of ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the capital of the Company, pursuant to a tender offer for ordinary shares on the terms set out or referred to in the circular to the Company's shareholders dated 5 September 2008 (the "Circular"), (a copy of which is produced to the meeting and signed for identification purposes by the chairman of the meeting), provided that: (a) the aggregate nominal value of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be acquired shall not exceed £8,333,333; (b) the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is 9 pence, exclusive of all expenses; (c) the maximum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is 15 pence, exclusive of all expenses; and (d) this authority expires on 31 December 2008, save that the Company may before the expiry of such authority make a contract to purchase which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority and the Company may make a purchase of such shares after such expiry pursuant to such contract and all shares so purchased in pursuance of this authority shall be cancelled immediately upon completion of the purchase and the amount of the Company's issued share capital (but not its authorised share capital) shall be reduced by the nominal amount of the shares so purchased. 2. THAT conditional upon the 714,963,855 149,639 432,393 25,857 passing of Resolutions 1 and 4, the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, in substitution for any existing authority (save for the authority conferred by Resolution 1 above, which shall be in addition to the authority hereby conferred) in accordance with Section 166 of the Companies Act 1985 (within the meaning of Section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985) of ordinary shares of 50p each in the capital of the Company and the directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase such shares, provided that: (a) the aggregate nominal value of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be acquired shall not exceed £1,545,850; (b) the minimum price which may be paid by the Company for a share purchased pursuant to this authority shall be 50 pence; (c) the maximum price which may be paid by the Company for a share purchased pursuant to this authority shall not be more than the higher of (i) 5% above the average of the middle market quotations for a share derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such share is purchased and (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the highest current bid for an ordinary share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading System; and (d) unless renewed, the authority conferred by this resolution shall expire on the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution and the expiry of 12 months from the date of the passing of this resolution, save that the Company may before the expiry of such authority make a contract to purchase which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority and the Company may make a purchase of such shares after such expiry pursuant to such contract and all shares so purchased in pursuance of this authority shall be cancelled immediately upon completion of the purchase and the amount of the Company's issued share capital (but not its authorised share capital) shall be reduced by the nominal amount of the shares so purchased. 3. THAT the name of the 715,149,310 148,757 255,580 18,097 Company be changed from SMG Plc to stv group plc with effect from 1 October 2008, and that the Company's Memorandum of Association be amended accordingly. 4. THAT subject to and with 714,930,828 172,321 447,294 21,301 effect from the amendment of the Official List of the Financial Services Authority to reflect the consolidation of the Company's ordinary share capital provided for in this resolution and the admission of the new ordinary shares to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities becoming effective by 31 October 2008 (or such later date as the Directors of the Company may decide): (a) every 20 existing ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the capital of the Company which are authorised but unissued be consolidated into one new ordinary share of 50 pence each in the capital of the Company provided that any fraction of a share which arises from such consolidation shall be cancelled; (b) in respect of each holding of issued ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each on the register of members of the Company at 5.00 p.m. on 30 September 2008, every 20 existing ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each be consolidated into one new ordinary share of 50 pence each in the capital of the Company on terms that the fractional entitlements to such new ordinary shares shall be aggregated and consolidated into new ordinary shares and the Directors of the Company be authorised in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association to sell such new ordinary shares arising from the consolidation of fractional entitlements. (c) the Company's memorandum of association be amended by the deletion of the existing paragraph 6 and its substitution by the following new paragraph 6 , with effect from the conclusion of this meeting: "6. The authorised share capital of the company is £31,692,512 divided into 63,385,024 Ordinary Shares of 50 pence each." Resolutions 1-3 were proposed as special resolutions and resolution 4 was proposed as an ordinary resolution. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution The total number of ordinary shares of 2.5p in issue as at 23 September 2008 is 951,151,887. Jane E A Tames Company Secretary 23 September 2008 ---END OF MESSAGE---

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