Result of AGM

RNS Number : 4737M

Johnson Matthey PLC

28 July 2017

 

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Friday 28 July 2017

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 31st March 2017.	139,159,689	100.00	382	0.00	139,160,071	71.90%	90,397
2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31st March 2017.	136,587,858	98.13	2,602,048	1.87	139,189,906	71.92%	60,561
3.    To approve the directors' remuneration policy.	125,583,227	92.27	10,525,447	7.73	136,108,674	70.33%	3,139,449
4.    To declare a final dividend of 54.5 pence per share on the ordinary shares.	138,764,607	99.68	447,205	0.32	139,211,812	71.93%	38,656
5.    To elect Mrs AO Manz as a director of the Company.	138,058,482	99.33	925,863	0.67	138,984,345	71.81%	66,123
6.    To elect Dr JV Griffiths as a director of the Company.	138,219,222	99.38	856,052	0.62	139,075,274	71.86%	71,605
7.    To re-elect Mr TEP Stevenson as a director of the Company.	137,962,913	99.12	1,219,575	0.88	139,182,488	71.92%	67,980
8.    To re-elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company.	114,365,106	89.61	13,263,376	10.39	127,628,482	65.95%	11,422,172
9.    To re-elect Mr AM Ferguson as a director of the Company.	137,277,417	98.79	1,687,426	1.21	138,964,843	71.80%	84,911
10.  To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the Company	138,004,336	99.15	1,180,255	0.85	139,184,591	71.92%	66,064
11.  To re-elect Mr CS Matthews as a director of the Company.	134,532,996	96.66	4,647,532	3.34	139,180,528	71.92%	70,127
12.  To re-elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the Company.	138,092,250	99.22	1,088,299	0.78	139,180,549	71.92%	70,106
13.  To re-elect Mr JF Walker as a director of the Company.	137,829,166	99.17	1,153,523	0.83	138,982,689	71.81%	67,966
14.  To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.	133,263,110	97.58	3,311,165	2.42	136,574,275	70.57%	2,676,379
15.  To authorise the Audit Committee of the board to determine the remuneration of the auditor.	138,919,783	99.79	286,861	0.21	139,206,644	71.93%	44,011
16.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.	134,418,588	97.12	3,990,057	2.88	138,408,645	71.52%	842,010
17.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.	125,042,837	89.81	14,180,202	10.19	139,223,039	71.94%	27,616
18.  To approve the rules of the Johnson Matthey Performance Share Plan.	125,078,522	91.62	11,447,234	8.38	136,525,756	70.54%	2,724,861
19.  To approve the rules of the Johnson Matthey Restricted Share Plan.	125,759,842	90.34	13,445,951	9.66	139,205,793	71.93%	44,826
20.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.	137,847,070	99.40	831,829	0.60	138,678,899	71.66%	571,720
21.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.	127,074,356	91.37	12,004,050	8.63	139,078,406	71.86%	172,150
22.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	135,902,762	97.62	3,314,386	2.38	139,217,148	71.93%	33,470
23. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	127,118,568	91.74	11,438,423	8.26	138,556,991	71.59%	693,626

*          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.

S Farrant

Company Secretary

28 July 2017

 

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