Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1818K

Johnson Matthey PLC

25 July 2013

 



Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 25 July 2013

Poll Results

Johnson Matthey Plc (the "Company") announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed on a poll. The result of the poll is set out below.

Resolution	For	For (%)*	Against	Against (%)*	Votes Total	% of Issued Share Capital	Votes Withheld**
1.     To receive the Company's accounts for the  year ended 31 March 2013	140,949,419	100.00	2,795	0.00	140,952,214	68.78%	266,921
2.     To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	138,356,500	98.99	1,410,102	1.01	139,766,602	68.21%	1,454,070
3.     To declare a final dividend of 41.5 pence per share on the ordinary shares	140,955,327	100.00	1,069	0.00	140,956,396	68.79%	264,427
4.     To elect Mr CS Matthews as a director of the Company	140,264,828	99.52	676,335	0.48	140,941,163	68.78%	279,550
5.     To elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company	140,181,815	99.47	752,231	0.53	140,934,046	68.78%	285,126
6.     To re-elect Mr TEP Stevenson as a director of the Company	139,495,468	98.97	1,448,410	1.03	140,943,878	68.78%	275,293
7.     To re-elect Mr NAP Carson as a director of the Company	140,058,918	99.37	884,772	0.63	140,943,690	68.78%	275,482
8.     To re-elect Mr AM Ferguson as a director of the Company	139,457,339	99.06	1,316,755	0.94	140,774,094	68.70%	445,078
9.     To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the Company	140,054,150	99.37	888,035	0.63	140,942,185	68.78%	276,987
10.  To re-elect Mr LC Pentz as a director of the Company	140,054,215	99.37	887,029	0.63	140,941,244	68.78%	277,913
11.  To re-elect Mr MJ Roney as a director of the Company	140,157,419	99.45	780,766	0.55	140,938,185	68.78%	280,986
12.  To re-elect Mr WF Sandford as a director of the Company	140,055,206	99.37	886,613	0.63	140,941,819	68.78%	277,353
13.  To re-elect Mrs DC Thompson as a director of the Company	140,164,102	99.45	777,751	0.55	140,941,853	68.78%	277,318
14.  To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company for the forthcoming year	139,949,086	99.65	495,250	0.35	140,444,336	68.54%	776,337
15.  To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor	140,258,089	99.87	187,082	0.13	140,445,171	68.54%	775,503
16.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits	139,927,929	99.28	1,019,587	0.72	140,947,516	68.78%	273,196
17.  To authorise the directors to allot shares	132,909,703	94.31	8,016,693	5.69	140,926,396	68.77%	294,279
18.  To disapply the pre-emption rights attaching to shares	140,771,759	99.96	51,833	0.04	140,823,592	68.72%	397,136
19.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	140,434,897	99.63	517,663	0.37	140,952,560	68.78%	268,233
20.  To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	128,480,191	91.15	12,471,161	8.85	140,951,352	68.78%	269,439

*                 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, copies of the resolutions have been forward to the Financial Conduct Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website. 

For further information please contact Angela Purtill, Deputy Company Secretary on [phone]. 

AM Purtill

Deputy Company Secretary

 

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