Murdoch jnr picks up £1.2m bonus from BSkyB

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BSKYB chief executive James Murdoch was awarded a £1.2 million bonus for his first full year at the pay TV giant - just shy of the maximum possible pay-out of £1.5m.

The 32-year-old, the youngest leader of a FTSE 100 company, pocketed a total of £2.22m for the year - including salary, bonuses and pension contributions. His basic salary was £750,000, with an added bonus of between £1m and £1.5m to be awarded if "performance targets are met".

The total sum was 32 per cent higher than the £1.48m he earned the previous year, although that was for just seven months work. On a monthly basis, he made more in 2003-4 than in the last financial year - £211,000 compared with £185,000.

Murdoch is the son of BSkyB chairman Rupert - the media mogul and founder of Newscorp. He was tipped as the most likely successor to the overall empire - which includes the Sun and 20th Century Fox - following the resignation of elder brother Lachlan earlier in the year.

He was appointed to the top job at Sky amid allegations of nepotism in November 2003. The group has since seen a sharp rise in subscribers, but the shares have fallen from 775p in February 2004 to last night's close of 540.5p - around 30 per cent.

Details of Murdoch's pay are revealed in BSkyB's annual report, published on the group's website yesterday. Rupert - a multi-billionaire - saw his wage fall from £48,000 to £45,000.

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Marts said:
What does nepotism mean ?

Sorry mate, would tell you, but want to keep it in the family. :D
 

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Hermes, one of Britain's most influential fund managers, has written to BSkyB saying that it will vote against the company's request for a controversial exemption from takeover rules, writes the Sunday Telegraph.

The exemption would allow Sky to buy its own shares without triggering a bid for the company by News Corporation, the media giant which owns about 37%of Sky and is controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

The fund manager says that it is taking a stand against Sky because it no longer trusts Rupert Murdoch, who chairs the TV company, the paper says.

Source: ShareCast

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BSkyB has warned shareholders they will miss out on a £490m windfall if they carry out their threat to vote against the company's resolutions at its annual meeting next month.

Some of the satellite broadcaster's largest shareholders want to take revenge on the company, run by James Murdoch, because of the actions taken by his father, Rupert, at News Corporation where they also own shares. News Corp in turn owns a 37.14 per cent stake in BSkyB.

On Friday it emerged that furious News Corp shareholders are to sue the company after Mr Murdoch Snr decided in August to extend a "poison pill" takeover defence for another two years without consulting investors. This was despite promising last year to improve shareholders' rights at the company in return for backing its relocation from Australia to the United States.

Source: The Independent
 
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