Director Shareholding

Johnson,Matthey PLC
02 July 2004

DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE




Name of Company                                Johnson Matthey PLC



Name of Director                               L C Pentz



Person with Holding(s)                         L C Pentz




Registered Holder(s)                           T Rowe Price Trust as the Trustee
                                               of the Johnson Matthey Salaried 
                                               Employees Savings Investment 
                                               Plan (US)



Connected Person(s)                            n/a



Nature & Extent of transaction            Regular purchase of shares by the
                                          Trustee of the US Employee Savings 
                                          Investment Plan.



Number of Shares/Amount of
stock acquired                                      56



Percentage of Issued Class                   less than 0.01%



Number of Shares/Amount of                   n/a

Stock Disposed



Percentage of Issued Class                   n/a



Class of Security                            Ordinary £1 shares




Price Per Share                             £9.27



Date of Transaction                        30/06/2004



Date Company Informed                      02/07/2004



Total Holding following this          Shares       Options      LTIP allocations
notification                           9,851        86,230          47,795



Total Percentage Holding of                  Less than 0.01%

Issued Class following this

Notification



Contact and telephone number for queries:

Lynne Sanderson 020 7269 8461



Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

Lynne Sanderson  020 7269 8461



Date of Notification:     2 July 2004












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