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Chase Carey

President and Chief Executive Officer

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

Mr. Carey is a Class III Director and has served as a Director and as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 2003. From 2004 until December 2007, Mr. Carey served as a Director of News Corporation and from 1996 until 2002 he served as an Executive Director and Co-Chief Operating Officer of News. He served as a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Sky Global Networks, Inc., a director and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. and was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Television. Mr. Carey is a Trustee Emeritus of Colgate University.

Neil R. Austrian

Private Investor

Mr. Austrian is a Class I Director and has served as a Director of the Company and as Chairman of the Nominating Committee since December 2003. He has been a member of the Compensation Committee since February 2008. Mr. Austrian is a private investor. He served as Interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Office Depot, Inc. from 2004 to 2005 where continues to serve as a Director. Mr. Austrian served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Football League and was a Managing Director of Dillon, Read & Co., Inc.

Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Holdings: 10,000 shares     View Transactions

Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 12, 2007	Option Execute	5,500	n/a
Jan 3, 2007	Option Execute	2,500	n/a
Jan 3, 2006	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	1,500	14.38

Ralph F. Boyd Jr.

Executive Vice President/Community Relations
Freddie Mac

Mr. Boyd is a Class II Director and has served as a Director and a member Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since December 2003. Currently, Mr. Boyd serves as the Executive Vice President/ Community Relations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Freddie Mac Foundation, and a Director of the Home Ownership Funding Corporation I and II, two real estate investment trust affiliates of Freddie Mac. Prior to that, Mr. Boyd was the General Counsel of Freddie Mac. He was a senior litigation partner in the law firm of Alston & Bird, LLP and an Assistant Attorney General of the United States for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Justice. He served a trial partner with the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP. Mr. Boyd also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Boston U.S. Attorney's Office. Previously, Mr. Boyd was the United States Member to the United Nations Human Rights Commission's Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination. He currently serves as a Trustee of the National Housing Partnership Foundation.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Holdings: 11,598 shares     View Transactions

Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Nov 24, 2008	Sell	1,000	20.96
May 22, 2008	Sell	4,370	27.39
Mar 14, 2008	Sell	992	24.63
Feb 15, 2008	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	3,930	n/a
Feb 12, 2007	Option Execute	5,500	n/a
Feb 9, 2007	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	4,030	24.82
Jan 3, 2007	Option Execute	2,500	n/a
Jan 3, 2006	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	1,500	14.38

Mark D. Carleton

Senior Vice President

Liberty Media Corporation

Mr. Carleton is a Class III Director and has served as a Director of the Company since June 2008. Mr. Carleton is the Senior Vice President of Liberty Media Corporation, with responsibilities including corporate development and oversight of Liberty's technology, telecom, satellite and sports interests. Previously, he was a member of the Board of Directors and a partner with KPMG LLP, with overall responsibilities for communication and media enterprises. He currently serves as a director of WildBlue Communications, Inc., True Position, Inc., Mobile Streams, Inc., Zoombak, Leisure Arts, Inc., Liberty Sports Group, Starz Media, LLC, Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc. and Volunteers of America – Colorado Branch.

James M. Cornelius

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Mr. Cornelius is a Class II Director, has served as a Director and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company since 2000 and has served as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee since 2003. Mr. Cornelius currently serves as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bristol-Meyers Squibb, where he has served as a director since 2005. Mr. Cornelius served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Guidant Corporation, where he served as a director since 1994. Previously, he served as Executive Chairman of Guidant Corporation. Mr. Cornelius serves on the Board of Directors of Given Imaging Ltd.

Chair of the Audit Committee

Holdings: 36,601 shares     View Transactions

Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
May 9, 2008	Disposition (Non Open Market)	135,751	n/a
Feb 15, 2008	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	3,930	n/a
Feb 12, 2007	Option Execute	5,500	n/a
Feb 9, 2007	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	4,030	24.82
Jan 3, 2007	Option Execute	2,500	n/a
Oct 26, 2006	Option Execute	5,000	16.54
Sep 1, 2006	Disposition (Non Open Market)	16,464	n/a
Jan 3, 2006	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	1,500	14.38

Charles R. Lee

Retired Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer

Verizon Communications, Inc.

Mr. Lee is a Class I Director and has served as a Director and a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee since December 2003 and as Chairman of the Compensation Committee since February 2006. Mr. Lee served as the non-executive Chairman of Verizon Communications, Inc and previously, as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Verizon. Previously, Mr. Lee served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GTE Corporation. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company, United Technologies Corporation, United States Steel Corporation and Marathon Oil Corporation. He is Trustee Emeritus and Presidential Councilor of Cornell University and serves on the Board of Overseers for the Weill Cornell Medical College.

Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Chair of the Compensation Committee

Holdings: 50,000 shares     View Transactions

Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 12, 2007	Option Execute	5,500	n/a
Jan 3, 2007	Option Execute	2,500	n/a
Jan 3, 2006	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	1,500	14.38

Peter A. Lund

Private Investor and Former President and Chief Executive Officer

CBS, Inc.

Mr. Lund is a Class III Director, has served as a Director of the Company and a member of the Compensation Committee and Audit Committee since 2000. Mr. Lund is a private investor and media consultant. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer – CBS, Inc., and President and Chief Executive Officer – CBS Television and Cable. In a career spanning 20 years at CBS, Mr. Lund held numerous positions including President – CBS Broadcasting Group, President – CBS Sports, President – CBS Television Stations and President – CBS Television Network. Mr. Lund serves as a director of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Emmis Communications Corporation.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Holdings: 17,960 shares     View Transactions

Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 15, 2008	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	3,930	n/a
Feb 12, 2007	Option Execute	5,500	n/a
Feb 9, 2007	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	4,030	24.82
Jan 3, 2007	Option Execute	2,500	n/a
Jan 3, 2006	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	1,500	14.38

Greg Maffei

President and CEO

Liberty Media Corporation

Gregory B. Maffei is a Class I Director and has served as a Director of the Company since February 2008. Mr. Maffei is President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Media Corporation. Previously, Mr. Maffei served as President of Oracle Corporation in 2005. Previously, he served as Chairman and CEO of 360networks Corporation, Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Corporation, and chairman of Expedia, Inc. He currently serves as a director of Electronic Arts, Inc.

John Malone

Chairman

Liberty Media Corporation/Liberty Global, Inc.

John C. Malone is a Class II Director and Chairman of the Company since February 2008. Mr. Malone serves as Chairman of the Board of Liberty Media Corporation Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tele-Communications, Inc., or TCI until it merged with AT&T Corp. Prior to this role, Mr. Malone served as President of TCI from 1973 to 1996. He currently serves as Chairman of Liberty Global, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Holding Company, a Director of Bank of New York, IAC/InterActiveCorp and Expedia, Inc.

Nancy S. Newcomb

Retired Senior Corporate Officer

Citigroup Inc.

Ms. Newcomb is a Class II Director and has served as a Director of the Company and as a member of the Company's Audit Committee since February 2006. She has been a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since February 2008. Ms. Newcomb served as a senior corporate officer, risk management, of Citigroup. Prior to that, she served as a customer group executive, a division executive, Latin America, and as the principal financial officer responsible for liquidity, funding and capital management of Citicorp (the predecessor corporation). She is a member of the Board of Directors of Moody's Corporation and Sysco Corporation. Ms. Newcomb is also a member of the Governing Council of the Van Leer Group Foundation, the Netherlands.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee

Holdings: 17,960 shares     View Transactions

Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 15, 2008	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	3,930	n/a
Feb 12, 2007	Option Execute	3,000	n/a
Feb 9, 2007	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	4,030	24.82
Jan 3, 2007	Option Execute	1,000	n/a
Feb 22, 2006	Buy	6,000	15.73

Haim Saban

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Saban Capital Group, Inc.

Haim Saban is a Class III Director and has served as a Director of the Company a member of the Compensation Committee since 2004. Mr. Saban is the chairman and chief executive officer of Saban Capital Group, Inc. Previously, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Saban Music Group, Inc. Mr. Saban is a member of the board of directors of the French broadcaster Television Francaise 1, Chairman of the Board of Univision and Chairman of the Board of Broadcast Media Partners, Inc., which owns a controlling interest in Univision. Previously, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Fox Family Worldwide.

Member of the Compensation Committee

Holdings: 4,000 shares     View Transactions

Date	Type	Shares Traded	Price Range
Feb 12, 2007	Option Execute	2,000	n/a
Jan 3, 2007	Option Execute	1,000	n/a
Jan 3, 2006	Acquisition (Non Open Market)	1,000	14.38