Holding in Company

Johnson,Matthey PLC
1 December 2000


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

AS IN 2 ABOVE

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

AS PER SCHEDULE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

N/A

6)   (N/A%) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

2,139,933

8)   (0.96%) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY £1 shares

10)  Date of transaction

not known

11)  Date company informed

1 December 2000

12)  Total holding following this notification

6,578,378
               
              
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

2.97%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

LYNNE COSSEY
0207 269 8461

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification 1 DECEMBER 2000.............................



Schedule A
                                                    Closing Amendment No 13
Security: Johnson Matthey PlC

                       SHARES  MANAGEMENT
                       HELD     COMPANY       NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)

                        1,000,000    FMRCO    Chase Nominees Limited
                           46,800    FMRC0    State Street Nominees Limited
                        1,151,460    FISL     Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)     
                                               Nominees Limited                 
                        703,810    FPM      Chase Nominees Ltd
                           30,800    FPM      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                           71,100    FPM      BT Globenet Nominees Lid
                           66,720    FPM      MSS Nominees Ltd
                           27,500    FPM      Gracechurch Nominees
                          237,800    FPM      RBS Trust Bank
                          503,825    FPM      Bankers Trust
                           39,830    FPM      Citibank
                           79,700    FIL      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                           71,790    FIL      Bankers Trust
                           88,800    FIL      BT Globener Nominees Ltd
                          341,000    FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                          101,200    FIL      Morgan Stanley
                          917,618    FIL      RBS Trust Bank
                           31,520    FIL      Citibank
                          800,205    FIL      MSS Nominees Lid
                          193,000    FIL      Northern Trust
                           73,900    FIL      Bank of New York Europe


Total Ordinary Shares           6,578,378
Current ownership percentage:       2.97%
Shares in Issue:             221,764,851
Change in holdings since
last filing:                  (2,139,933) ordinary shares