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20/07/2016 16:20

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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 Total
% of Issued Share Capital
Votes Withheld**
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

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