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Johnson Matthey PLC
23 July 2014 
 
Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 23rd July 2014 
 
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 Share Capital  Votes Withheld**  
 1.     To receive the Company's accounts for the  year ended 31 March 2014                                                                                 142,564,137  99.88     176,810     0.12          142,740,947  69.66%                     507,213           
 2.     To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2014  139,540,322  99.07     1,313,749   0.93          140,854,071  68.74%                     2,389,696         
 3.     To approve the directors' remuneration policy                                                                                                       139,293,726  97.60     3,423,398   2.40          142,717,124  69.65%                     524,316           
 4.     To declare a final dividend of 45.5 pence per share on the ordinary shares                                                                          142,742,830  100.00    3,144       0.00          142,745,974  69.66%                     497,749           
 5.     To elect Mr JF Walker as a director of the Company                                                                                                  139,357,020  97.63     3,376,081   2.37          142,733,101  69.65%                     510,238           
 6.     To elect DG Jones as a director of the Company                                                                                                      139,505,128  97.74     3,226,493   2.26          142,731,621  69.65%                     515,829           
 7.     To re-elect Mr TEP Stevenson as a director of the Company                                                                                           139,548,956  97.77     3,180,180   2.23          142,729,136  69.65%                     513,245           
 8.     To re-elect Mr NAP Carson as a director of the Company                                                                                              139,145,027  97.63     3,384,753   2.37          142,529,780  69.55%                     712,634           
 9.     To re-elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company                                                                                             141,572,296  99.19     1,156,251   0.81          142,728,547  69.65%                     514,121           
 10.  To re-elect Mr AM Ferguson as a director of the Company                                                                                               141,572,517  99.19     1,155,213   0.81          142,727,730  69.65%                     515,609           
 11.  To re-elect Mr RJ Macleod as a director of the Company                                                                                                139,505,575  97.74     3,225,938   2.26          142,731,513  69.65%                     511,910           
 12.  To re-elect Mr CS Matthews as a director of the Company                                                                                               141,969,551  99.47     757,974     0.53          142,727,525  69.65%                     515,945           
 13.  To re-elect Mr LC Pentz as a director of the Company                                                                                                  139,343,711  97.63     3,385,287   2.37          142,728,998  69.65%                     514,472           
 14.  To re-elect Mrs DC Thompson as a director of the Company                                                                                              141,969,146  99.47     759,906     0.53          142,729,052  69.65%                     514,418           
 15.  To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company for the forthcoming year                                                                                138,440,278  99.31     960,004     0.69          139,400,282  68.03%                     3,840,584         
 16.  To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor                                                                               139,011,783  99.62     533,548     0.38          139,545,331  68.10%                     3,697,610         
 17.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits                       140,819,534  98.66     1,910,604   1.34          142,730,138  69.65%                     512,827           
 18.  To authorise the directors to allot shares                                                                                                            132,077,306  92.68     10,426,117  7.32          142,503,423  69.54%                     739,801           
 19.  To disapply the pre-emption rights attaching to shares                                                                                                140,393,038  99.74     360,126     0.26          140,753,164  68.69%                     2,495,448         
 20.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares                                                                                   142,545,033  99.86     203,918     0.14          142,748,951  69.66%                     499,661           
 21.  To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice                           132,127,254  92.56     10,617,873  7.44          142,745,127  69.66%                     503,727           
 
 
*                 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 
 
23rd July 2014 
 
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