Annual Report and Notice of AGM

ANNUAL REPORT & NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

In accordance with Rule 9.6.1 of the Financial Services Authority's Listing
Rules, Johnson Matthey Plc (the "Company") has today submitted to the UK
Listing Authority two copies of each of the following documents:

  * Annual Report for the year ended 31st March 2010 (the "2010 Annual Report")
  * Circular to shareholders incorporating the Notice of the 2010 Annual
    General Meeting (the "AGM Circular")   
  * Form of Proxy for the 2010 Annual General Meeting ("Form of Proxy")   
  * Proposed new Articles of Association.
   
Copies of the above documents will shortly be available for inspection at the
UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

The 2010 Annual Report, AGM Circular and Form of Proxy are being posted to
shareholders today. The 2010 Annual Report and AGM Circular are also available
on Johnson Matthey Plc's website at www.matthey.com

The Annual General Meeting will be held at 11am on Wednesday 21st July 2010 at
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (The Lecture Theatre), 2 Savoy
Place, London WC2R 0BL.

The Notice of Annual General Meeting includes a resolution to adopt new
Articles of Association. A summary of the principal changes proposed to the
Company's current Articles of Association is given in the AGM Circular. A copy
of the proposed new Articles of Association can be viewed at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility. A copy is also available for inspection
at the Company's registered office (40-42 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EE)
during normal business hours and at The Institution of Engineering and
Technology (The Lecture Theatre), 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL from 10am on
Wednesday 21st July 2010 until the close of the Annual General Meeting meeting.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY RULES

Additional information, required to be made available by Johnson Matthey Plc
under Rule 6.3.5 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial
Services Authority, to the extent not already included in Johnson Matthey Plc's
announcement of results for the year ended 31st March 2010 issued on 3rd June
2010, is set out below.

Responsibility Statement of the Directors in Respect of the Annual Report and
Accounts

The 2010 Annual Report contains a responsibility statement in compliance with
Rule 4.1.12 of the Disclosure & Transparency Rules of the Financial Services
Authority. This states that each of the directors as at 2nd June 2009, the date
of approval of the 2010 Annual Report, confirms that to the best of their
knowledge:

• the group and parent company accounts, prepared in accordance with the
applicable set of accounting standards, give a true and fair view of the
assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company and
the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and

• the management report (which comprises the Report of the Directors) includes
a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the
position of the company and the undertakings included in the consolidation
taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and
uncertainties that they face.

The names and functions of the directors of Johnson Matthey Plc are as follows:
 

Sir John Banham              Chairman                                 
N A P Carson                 Chief Executive                                  
Sir Thomas Harris            Non-executive Director                            
R J MacLeod                  Group Finance Director                             
L C Pentz                    Executive Director, Environmental Technologies    
M J Roney                    Non-executive Director                             
W F Sandford                 Executive Director, Precious Metal Products       
D C Thompson                 Non-executive Director                            
A M Thomson                  Non-executive Director                              
R J W Walvis                 Non-executive Director                            

This responsibility statement was approved by the Board of Directors on 2nd
June 2010 and was signed on its behalf by Sir John Banham.


Simon Farrant
Company Secretary
15th June 2010