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RNS Number : 8004T

Johnson Matthey PLC

22 July 2015

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 22nd July 2015

Poll Results

Johnson Matthey Plc (the "Company") announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed on a poll. The result of the poll is set out below.

 
Resolution                       For      For (%)*   Against    Against  Votes Total   % of Issued    Votes Withheld** 
                                                                  (%)*                 Share Capital 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      1. To receive the 
       Company's 
       accounts for the 
       year 
       ended 31 March 2015   144,037,831   99.65     510,399     0.35    144,548,230      70.54%          341,668 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      2. To approve the 
       directors' 
       remuneration report, 
       other than the part 
       containing the 
       directors' 
       remuneration policy, 
       for the year ended 
       31 March 2015         139,533,499   96.54    5,006,046    3.46    144,539,545      70.54%          347,039 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      3. To declare a final 
       dividend of 49.5 
       pence 
       per share on the 
       ordinary 
       shares                144,561,558   100.00     3,123      0.00    144,564,681      70.55%          325,920 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      4. To elect Mr CJ 
       Mottershead 
       as a director of the 
       Company               144,072,090   99.67     470,549     0.33    144,542,639      70.54%          343,920 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      5. To re-elect Mr TEP 
       Stevenson as a 
       director 
       of the Company        142,500,744   98.58    2,048,327    1.42    144,549,071      70.54%          341,927 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      6. To re-elect Ms O 
       Desforges as a 
       director 
       of the Company        143,252,055   99.11    1,292,502    0.89    144,544,557      70.54%          340,997 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      7. To re-elect Mr AM 
       Ferguson as a 
       director 
       of the Company        143,096,727   99.00    1,452,241    1.00    144,548,968      70.54%          341,878 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      8. To re-elect Mr DG 
       Jones as a director 
       of the Company        142,204,254   98.38    2,342,546    1.62    144,546,800      70.54%          343,998 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      9. To re-elect Mr RJ 
       Macleod as a 
       director 
       of the Company        142,205,356   98.38    2,340,262    1.62    144,545,618      70.54%          345,428 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      10. To re-elect Mr 
       CS Matthews as a 
       director 
       of the Company        143,732,793   99.44     815,743     0.56    144,548,536      70.54%          342,310 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      11. To re-elect Mr 
       LC Pentz as a 
       director 
       of the Company        141,706,162   98.03    2,844,810    1.97    144,550,972      70.54%          339,874 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      12. To re-elect Mrs 
       DC Thompson as a 
       director 
       of the Company        141,966,307   99.31     985,771     0.69    142,952,078      69.76%         1,938,124 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      13. To re-elect Mr 
       JF Walker as a 
       director 
       of the Company        142,210,855   98.38    2,339,276    1.62    144,550,131      70.54%          340,715 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      14. To appoint KPMG 
       LLP as auditor of 
       the 
       Company for the 
       forthcoming 
       year                  139,077,240   96.21    5,480,276    3.79    144,557,516      70.54%          332,846 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      15. To authorise the 
       directors to 
       determine 
       the remuneration of 
       the auditor           142,464,513   98.55    2,093,797    1.45    144,558,310      70.54%          331,775 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      16. To authorise the 
       Company and its 
       subsidiaries 
       to make political 
       donations 
       and incur political 
       expenditure within 
       certain limits        142,748,150   98.82    1,704,482    1.18    144,452,632      70.49%          438,436 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      17. To authorise the 
       directors to allot 
       shares                132,669,525   92.06    11,437,055   7.94    144,106,580      70.32%          784,290 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      18. To disapply the 
       statutory 
       pre-emption 
       rights attaching to 
       shares                131,622,818   93.35    9,371,726    6.65    140,994,544      68.81%         3,896,263 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      19. To authorise the 
       Company to make 
       market 
       purchases of its own 
       shares                144,205,416   99.76     353,391     0.24    144,558,807      70.54%          332,024 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
      20. To authorise the 
       Company to call 
       general 
       meetings other than 
       annual general 
       meetings 
       on not less than 14 
       clear days' notice    132,971,270   91.98    11,589,898   8.02    144,561,168      70.55%          329,664 
---------------------------  -----------  --------  ----------  -------  -----------  --------------  ---------------- 
 
   *                 Figures shown are percentages of total votes cast excluding votes withheld. 

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions have been forward to the Financial Conduct Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website.

AM Purtill

Deputy Company Secretary

22nd July 2015

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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