Director Shareholding

Johnson,Matthey PLC
05 August 2002



JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC

DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS



1.             Name of Company          Johnson Matthey plc

2.             Name of Director         C R N Clark
                                        N A P Carson
                                        D W Morgan
                                        J N Sheldrick
                                        D G Titcombe



3.             Person with Holding(s)   as in 2 above



4.             Registered Holder(s)     n/a



5.             Connected Person(s)      n/a



6.             Nature & Extent of transaction  Vesting of 1999 allocation of 
                                               shares under the Johnson Matthey 
                                               Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)
                                               and sale for tax purposes.



7.             Number of Shares vested         C R N Clark                74,830
                                               N A P Carson               27,211
                                               D W Morgan                 26,361
                                               J N Sheldrick              41,531
                                               D G Titcombe               43,418

8.             Percentage of Issued Class      0.1%

9.             Number of Shares/Amount of      C R N Clark                29,932
               Stock Disposed                  N A P Carson               10,884
                                               D W Morgan                 10,544
                                               J N Sheldrick              16,612
                                               D G Titcombe               17,367

10.          Percentage of Issued Class        0.04%

11.          Class of Security                 Ordinary £1 shares

12.          LTIP Award Price                  C R N Clark      74,830 @ 588.00p
                                               N A P Carson     27,211 @ 588.00p
                                               D W Morgan       26,361 @ 588.00p
                                               J N Sheldrick    41,531 @ 588.00p
                                               D G Titcombe     43,418 @ 588.00p

             LTIP Sale Price                   C R N Clark      29,932 @ 871.75p
                                               N A P Carson     10,884 @ 871.75p
                                               D W Morgan       10,544 @ 871.75p
                                               J N Sheldrick    16,612 @ 871.75p
                                               D G Titcombe     17,367 @ 871.75p

13.          Date of Transaction               2 August 2002

14.          Date Company Informed             2 August 2002

15.          Total Interest following this notification:

                                           Shares              LTIP allocations

                C R N Clark                65,407                      188,617
                N A P Carson               36,374                       65,819
                D W Morgan                 32,552                       60,399
                J N Sheldrick              91,444                       85,804
                D G Titcombe               57,367                       60,006

16.          Total Percentage interest of Issued
             Class following this Notification                      0.1%



Contact and telephone number for queries
Lynne Cossey  020 7269 8461



Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

Lynne Cossey  020 7269 8461



Date of Notification:  5 August 2002






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