REG - Johnson Matthey PLC - Result of AGM

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29/07/2021 12:45

RNS Number : 9439G
  
Johnson Matthey PLC
  
29 July 2021
  
 

29th July 2021
 
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 2021.


150,522,767


99.76


360,118


0.24


150,882,885


77.96%


2,210,520




2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2021.


141,933,387


92.94


10,777,379


7.06


152,710,766


78.91%


382,639




3.    To declare a final dividend of 50.00 pence per ordinary share.


148,451,508


96.98


4,617,346


3.02


153,068,854


79.09%


24,551




4.    To elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company.


148,402,034


96.96


4,656,793


3.04


153,058,827


79.09%


34,578




5.    To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company.


150,570,661


98.37


2,487,371


1.63


153,058,032


79.09%


35,373




6.    To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company.


148,867,650


98.30


2,570,284


1.70


151,437,934


78.25%


1,655,471




7.    To re-elect Robert MacLeod as a director of the company.


149,343,761


97.97


3,098,296


2.03


152,442,057


78.77%


651,348




8.    To re-elect Chris Mottershead as a director of the company.


145,408,872


95.00


7,649,986


5.00


153,058,858


79.09%


34,547




9.    To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company.


145,947,054


95.35


7,113,328


4.65


153,060,382


79.09%


33,023




10.  To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company.


134,279,916


88.81


16,922,082


11.19


151,201,998


78.13%


1,891,406




11.  To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company.


145,413,196


95.00


7,647,914


5.00


153,061,110


79.09%


32,295




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


152,406,735


99.57


652,440


0.43


153,059,175


79.09%


34,230




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


153,036,758


99.98


26,857


0.02


153,063,615


79.09%


29,790




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


147,223,447


96.19


5,835,863


3.81


153,059,310


79.09%


34,095




15.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.


132,873,468


86.80


20,211,634


13.20


153,085,102


79.10%


8,301




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


151,853,952


99.39


926,704


0.61


152,780,656


78.94%


312,749




17.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition

or other capital investment.***


143,499,959


93.92


9,284,577


6.08


152,784,536


78.94%


308,869




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


148,102,069


97.37


3,993,115


2.63


152,095,184


78.59%


998,221




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


131,182,728


85.70


21,883,995


14.30


153,066,723


79.09%


26,682



 
*          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
 



Enquiries:












Investor Relations
Martin Dunwoodie
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
Barney Wyld
Simon Pilkington


 
 
Group Corporate Affairs Director 
Tulchan Communications


 
 
020 7269 8407
020 7353 4200

















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

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