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RNS Number : 7829E

Johnson Matthey PLC

20 July 2016

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 20 July 2016

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       % of       Votes 
                                                   (%)*                (%)*      Total      Issued    Withheld** 
                                                                                             Share 
                                                                                            Capital 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
      1. To receive 
       the Company's 
       accounts for the 
       year ended 31 
       March 2016                    128,851,569  98.24  2,311,268    1.76    131,162,837   67.77%    2,929,426 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
2. To approve 
 the directors' 
 remuneration report, 
 other than the 
 part containing 
 the directors' 
 remuneration policy, 
 for the year ended 
 31 March 2016                       128,663,795  96.28  4,973,265    3.72    133,637,060   69.05%     455,202 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
3. To declare 
 a final dividend 
 of 52.0 pence 
 per share on the 
 ordinary shares                     134,064,828  99.99    9,511      0.01    134,074,339   69.28%     17,924 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
4. To re-elect 
 Mr TEP Stevenson 
 as a director 
 of the Company                      132,937,502  99.16  1,126,098    0.84    134,063,600   69.27%     28,663 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
5. To re-elect 
 Ms O Desforges 
 as a director 
 of the Company                      123,052,146  98.98  1,266,612    1.02    124,318,758   64.24%    9,633,031 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
6. To re-elect 
 Mr AM Ferguson 
 as a director 
 of the Company                      132,883,760  99.12  1,179,296    0.88    134,063,056   69.27%     29,207 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
7. To re-elect 
 Mr RJ MacLeod 
 as a director 
 of the Company                      133,575,570  99.64   485,476     0.36    134,061,046   69.27%     31,216 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
8. To re-elect 
 Mr CS Matthews 
 as a director 
 of the Company                      133,811,546  99.89   149,484     0.11    133,961,030   69.22%     131,233 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
9. To re-elect 
 Mr CJ Mottershead 
 as a director 
 of the Company                      133,772,340  99.79   285,446     0.21    134,057,786   69.27%     33,638 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
10. To re-elect 
 Mr JF Walker as 
 a director of 
 the Company                         132,663,306  98.96  1,400,561    1.04    134,063,867   69.27%     28,396 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
11. To re-appoint 
 KPMG LLP as auditor 
 of the Company 
 for the forthcoming 
 year                                128,172,745  95.60  5,894,383    4.40    134,067,128   69.27%     23,776 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
12. To authorise 
 the Audit Committee 
 to determine the 
 remuneration of 
 the auditor                         131,175,769  97.84  2,890,033    2.16    134,065,802   69.27%     25,290 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
13. To authorise 
 the Company and 
 its subsidiaries 
 to make political 
 donations and 
 incur political 
 expenditure within 
 certain limits                      130,267,181  97.84  2,871,022    2.16    133,138,203   68.79%     947,114 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
            14. To authorise 
             the directors 
             to allot shares         122,731,010  91.73  11,057,951   8.27    133,788,961   69.13%     299,677 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
15. To authorise 
 the directors 
 to disapply the 
 statutory pre-emption 
 rights attaching 
 to the shares                       132,557,457  98.91  1,456,261    1.09    134,013,718   69.25%     76,090 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
16. To authorise 
 the directors 
 to disapply the 
 statutory pre-emption 
 rights attaching 
 to shares in connection 
 with an acquisition 
 or specified investment             122,862,079  91.68  11,145,497   8.32    134,007,576   69.24%     84,685 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
            17. To authorise 
             the Company to 
             make market purchases 
             of its own shares       130,880,418  98.28  2,285,902    1.72    133,166,320   68.81%     925,943 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
      18. To authorise 
       the Company to 
       call general meetings 
       other than annual 
       general meetings 
       on not less than 
       14 clear days' 
       notice                        122,045,462  91.65  11,123,524   8.35    133,168,986   68.81%     923,276 
-----------------------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  -----------  --------  ----------- 
 
   *                 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

20 July 2016

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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