Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9202V

Johnson Matthey PLC

26 July 2018

 

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 26 July 2018

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 2018.	141,449,820	99.69	437,743	0.31	141,887,563	73.31%	149,481
2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31st March 2018.	134,247,743	94.60	7,663,482	5.40	141,911,225	73.33%	130,436
3.    To declare a final dividend of 58.25 pence per share on the ordinary shares.	142,002,128	100.00	3,827	0.00	142,005,955	73.38%	35,706
4.    To elect Mr J O'Higgins as a director of the Company.	138,999,926	99.15	1,192,782	0.85	140,192,708	72.44%	1,848,952
5.    To elect Mr P Thomas as a director of the Company.	140,898,970	99.23	1,097,013	0.77	141,995,983	73.37%	45,678
6.    To re-elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company.	116,560,399	90.09	12,816,585	9.91	129,376,984	66.85%	12,666,176
7.    To re-elect AM Ferguson as a director of the Company.	140,222,789	98.75	1,773,078	1.25	141,995,867	73.37%	45,794
8.    To re-elect Dr JV Griffiths as a director of the Company.	140,639,240	99.04	1,358,347	0.96	141,997,587	73.37%	44,074
9.    To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the Company	140,944,794	99.26	1,053,470	0.74	141,998,264	73.37%	43,400
10.  To re-elect Mrs AO Manz as a director of the Company.	140,834,382	99.18	1,163,259	0.82	141,997,641	73.37%	44,020
11.  To re-elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the Company.	140,222,608	98.75	1,768,683	1.25	141,991,291	73.37%	50,370
12.  To re-elect Mr JF Walker as a director of the Company.	140,823,425	99.17	1,176,336	0.83	141,999,761	73.37%	43,400
13.  To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.	141,718,635	99.80	281,797	0.20	142,000,432	73.37%	41,229
14.  To authorise the Audit Committee of the board to determine the remuneration of the auditor.	141,770,749	99.84	232,663	0.16	142,003,412	73.37%	38,249
15.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.	137,963,178	97.65	3,320,547	2.35	141,283,725	73.00%	757,936
16.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.	125,083,706	88.07	16,944,831	11.93	142,028,537	73.39%	14,624
17.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.	141,751,831	99.85	218,228	0.15	141,970,059	73.36%	73,102
18.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.	133,754,223	94.22	8,208,469	5.78	141,962,692	73.35%	80,468
19.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	139,830,187	98.51	2,115,920	1.49	141,946,107	73.34%	97,053
20. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	130,822,602	92.54	10,545,281	7.46	141,367,883	73.05%	675,278

*          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

26 July 2018

 

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