Result of AGM

Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 22 July 2008 - Poll Results

Johnson Matthey plc announces that at today’s Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed on a poll.
The results of the poll are as follows:

No.  RESOLUTION              FOR           FOR      AGAINST    AGAINST  VOTES WITHHELD**     
                                           (%)*                (%)*     
                                                                               
1    To receive the Annual   140,036,040   99.92    111,214    0.08     47,614     
     Report and Accounts                                                       
                                                                               
2    To receive and approve  137,768,877   99.77    321,461    0.23     2,104,530  
     the Directors'                                                            
     Remuneration Report                                                       
                                                                               
3    To declare a final      140,185,173   100.00   0          0.00     9,695      
     dividend                                                                  
                                                                               
4    To elect Mrs D C        139,542,266   99.55    631,678    0.45     20,924     
     Thompson                                                                  
                                                                               
5    To re-elect Mr D W      138,881,249   99.16    1,180,865  0.84     132,754    
     Morgan                                                                    
                                                                               
6    To re-elect Mr A M      139,541,752   99.55    630,177    0.45     22,663     
     Thomson                                                                   
                                                                               
7    To re-elect Mr R J W    139,537,730   99.55    631,289    0.45     23,317     
     Walvis                                                                    
                                                                               
8    To re-appoint KPMG      139,808,422   99.81    259,242    0.19     127,204    
     Audit Plc as auditors                                                     
                                                                               
9    To authorise the        140,061,073   99.92    113,805    0.08     19,990     
     directors to determine                                                    
     the remuneration of the                                                   
     auditors                                                                  
                                                                               
10   To authorise the        139,172,771   99.41    821,558    0.59     200,539    
     Company to make                                                           
     political donations and                                                   
     incur political                                                           
     expenditure within                                                        
     certain limits                                                            
                                                                               
11   To authorise the        139,164,293   99.29    1,001,269  0.71     29,306     
     directors to allot                                                        
     shares                                                                    
                                                                               
12   To disapply the         139,592,504   99.67    464,905    0.33     137,459    
     pre-emption rights                                                        
     attaching to shares                                                       
                                                                               
13   To authorise the        140,145,139   99.98    33,499     0.02     16,230     
     Company to make market                                                    
     purchases of its own                                                      
     shares                                                                    
                                                                               
14   To adopt new Articles   137,328,774   97.98    2,832,805  2.02     33,289     
     of Association                                                            

* 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, two copies of all resolutions passed as
special business have been submitted to the Financial Services Authority and
will be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility which
is situated at:

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

Enquiries to: Angela Purtill, Assistant Company Secretary, Johnson Matthey plc
Telephone: [phone]

22 July 2008