REG - Johnson Matthey PLC - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 6908G  Johnson Matthey PLC  20 July 2023

20(th) July 2023

 

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          % For*  Against     % Against*  Votes Total  % of Issued Share Capital  Votes Withheld**
 1.    To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31(st)  March       130,535,960  100.00  2,566       0.00        130,538,526  71.16%                     297,884
 2023.
 2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended         122,723,247  94.96   6,511,519   5.04        129,234,766  70.45%                     1,601,644
 31(st)  March 2023.
 3.    To approve the directors' remuneration policy.                           115,069,890  89.08   14,109,737  10.92       129,179,627  70.42%                     1,656,783
 4.    To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share.           129,954,727  99.34   869,159     0.66        130,823,886  71.31%                     12,524
 5.    To elect Barbara Jeremiah as a director of the company.                  130,740,497  99.96   56,229      0.04        130,796,726  71.30%                     39,684
 6.    To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company.                    130,740,914  99.95   62,847      0.05        130,803,761  71.30%                     32,649
 7.    To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company.                     123,242,036  94.23   7,546,078   5.77        130,788,114  71.29%                     48,296
 8.    To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company.                 126,439,515  96.66   4,363,238   3.34        130,802,753  71.30%                     33,657
 9.    To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company.                    126,424,486  96.67   4,360,640   3.33        130,785,126  71.29%                     51,284
 10.  To re-elect Chris Mottershead as a director of the company.               126,438,912  96.67   4,362,106   3.33        130,801,018  71.30%                     35,392
 11.  To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company.                  126,433,258  96.66   4,366,429   3.34        130,799,687  71.30%                     36,723
 12.  To re-elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company.                   130,613,700  99.86   187,433     0.14        130,801,133  71.30%                     35,277
 13.  To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company.                  125,512,101  95.96   5,283,084   4.04        130,795,185  71.30%                     41,225
 14.  To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company.                       126,439,881  96.67   4,360,790   3.33        130,800,671  71.30%                     35,739
 15.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming   130,026,035  99.40   783,351     0.60        130,809,386  71.30%                     27,024
 year.
 16.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the     130,735,041  99.94   75,426      0.06        130,810,467  71.30%                     25,943
 auditor.
 17.  To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political           128,347,258  98.12   2,456,712   1.88        130,803,970  71.30%                     32,440
 donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.
 18.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.                               120,737,080  92.30   10,069,589  7.70        130,806,669  71.30%                     29,741
 19.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.***      124,322,944  95.15   6,334,417   4.85        130,657,361  71.22%                     179,049
 20.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in       118,641,643  90.71   12,144,879  9.29        130,786,522  71.29%                     49,888
 connection with an acquisition
 or other capital investment.***
 21.  To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***   129,145,154  98.73   1,657,965   1.27        130,803,119  71.30%                     33,291
 22.  To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual       118,995,749  91.21   11,471,450  8.79        130,467,199  71.12%                     369,211
 general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***

 

*      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 183,453,417 Ordinary Shares of
110(49/53) pence.

Copies of our announcements are available on our website:
https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory-news
(https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory-news)

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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

ENDS

 

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 Investor Relations
 Martin Dunwoodie    Director of Investor Relations          +44 20 7269 8241

 Louise Curran       Senior Investor Relations Manager       +44 20 7269 8235

 Carla Fabiano       Senior Investor Relations Manager       +44 20 7269 8004
 Media
 Barney Wyld         Group Corporate Affairs Director        +44 20 7269 8001

 

 

Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)

Registered Office: 5(th) Floor, 25 Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4AB

Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774
Legal Entity Identifier number: 2138001AVBSD1HSC6Z10

ISIN number: GB00BZ4BQC70

 

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