REG - Johnson Matthey PLC - Result of AGM

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23/07/2020 15:25

RNS Number : 9315T
  
Johnson Matthey PLC
  
23 July 2020
  
 

23rd July 2020
 
Johnson Matthey Plc
(the Company)
 
Result of Annual General Meeting
 
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


%*


Against


%*


Votes Total


% of Issued Share Capital


Votes Withheld**




1.    To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31st March 2020.


146,861,122


99.94


20,627


0.01


146,951,097


75.93


2,834,351




2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2020.


140,192,977


93.94


8,966,820


6.01


149,230,420


77.11


555,780




3.    To approve the directors' remuneration policy.


126,978,681


85.66


21,183,260


14.29


148,233,329


76.59


1,552,871




4.    To amend the company's Performance Share Plan Rules.


133,334,828


89.04


16,338,701


10.91


149,745,232


77.37


40,968




5.    To declare a final dividend of 31.125 pence per share on the ordinary shares.


149,051,027


99.52


656,005


0.44


149,773,406


77.39


12,795




6.    To elect Mr DR Webb as a director of the company.
 


148,402,128


99.10


1,279,577


0.85


149,756,189


77.38


30,012




7.    To re-elect Dr JV Griffiths as a director of the company.
 


149,470,518


99.81


212,941


0.14


149,756,811


77.38


29,390




8.    To re-elect Ms X Liu as a director of the company.
 


149,185,585


99.62


498,285


0.33


149,757,222


77.38


28,979




9.    To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the company.
 


147,462,003


98.47


2,223,569


1.48


149,760,056


77.38


26,145




10.  To re-elect Mrs AO Manz as a director of the company.
 


147,778,317


99.35


893,429


0.60


148,745,098


76.86


1,041,103




11.  To re-elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the company.
 


147,262,712


98.33


2,421,805


1.62


149,759,001


77.38


27,200




12.  To re-elect Mr J O'Higgins as a director of the company.
 


148,396,680


99.09


1,285,821


0.86


149,756,985


77.38


29,216




13.  To re-elect Mr P Thomas as a director of the company.
 


143,047,945


95.52


6,633,462


4.43


149,755,954


77.38


30,247




14.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.


147,813,670


98.70


1,877,069


1.25


149,764,398


77.38


21,803




15.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
 


147,829,845


98.71


1,864,127


1.24


149,767,298


77.39


18,903




16.  To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.
 


143,167,071


95.60


6,524,816


4.36


149,760,450


77.38


25,751




17.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.


129,641,193


86.56


20,066,157


13.40


149,777,113


77.39


9,086




18.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.***


148,010,693


99.63


470,514


0.32


148,553,693


76.76


1,232,487




19.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.***
 


144,831,943


97.49


3,655,012


2.46


148,556,458


76.76


1,229,742




20. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***
 


144,088,603


96.33


5,415,987


3.62


149,572,413


77.29


213,787




21. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***
 


134,896,366


90.07


14,801,902


9.88


149,770,561


77.39


15,640



 
*          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
***       Special Resolutions 
The total number of voting rights was 193,533,430 Ordinary Shares of 11049/53 pence.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. 
ENDS
 



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Investor Relations
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Louise Curran
Jane Crosby


 
Director of Investor Relations
Senior Investor Relations Manager
Investor Relations Manager


 
020 7269 8241
020 7269 8235
020 7269 8242




 
Media
Sally Jones
Simon Pilkington


 
 
Director of Corporate Relations
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020 7269 8407
020 7353 4200



 
 
Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)
Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774

Legal Entity Identifier number: 2138001AVBSD1HSC6Z10



 


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