Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8817F

Johnson Matthey PLC

17 July 2019

 

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 17 July 2019

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 2019.	149,824,905	99.99	20,984	0.01	149,845,889	77.43%	908,282
2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31st March 2019.	147,872,019	98.99	1,508,764	1.01	149,380,783	77.19%	1,370,852
3.    To declare a final dividend of 62.25 pence per share on the ordinary shares.	150,723,755	100.00	156	0.00	150,723,911	77.88%	28,399
4.    To elect Ms X Liu as a director of the Company.	149,720,215	99.35	986,162	0.65	150,706,377	77.87%	47,817
5.    To re-elect Mr AM Ferguson as a director of the Company.	148,363,542	98.44	2,344,706	1.56	150,708,248	77.87%	45,946
6.    To re-elect Dr JV Griffiths as a director of the Company.	150,123,384	99.61	586,676	0.39	150,710,060	77.87%	44,134
7.    To re-elect RJ MacLeod as a director of the Company.	149,542,321	99.23	1,164,852	0.77	150,707,173	77.87%	47,021
8.    To re-elect Mrs AO Manz as a director of the Company.	149,461,620	99.17	1,245,105	0.83	150,706,725	77.87%	47,469
9.    To re-elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the Company	149,352,576	99.10	1,356,877	0.90	150,709,453	77.87%	44,741
10.  To re-elect Mr J O'Higgins as a director of the Company.	149,317,108	99.08	1,392,102	0.92	150,709,210	77.87%	44,984
11.  To re-elect Mr P Thomas as a director of the Company.	149,384,962	99.12	1,324,281	0.88	150,709,243	77.87%	44,951
12.  To re-elect Mr JF Walker as a director of the Company.	149,483,404	99.19	1,226,176	0.81	150,709,580	77.87%	44,614
13.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.	150,418,847	99.81	291,561	0.19	150,710,408	77.87%	42,286
14.  To authorise the Audit Committee of the board to determine the remuneration of the auditor.	150,462,494	99.83	253,176	0.17	150,715,670	77.88%	38,524
15.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.	146,677,610	97.71	3,432,493	2.29	150,110,103	77.56%	644,091
16.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.	133,604,023	88.63	17,138,114	11.37	150,742,137	77.89%	12,057
17.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.	149,073,475	99.72	418,307	0.28	149,491,782	77.24%	1,262,412
18.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.	141,034,850	94.34	8,456,555	5.66	149,491,405	77.24%	1,262,788
19.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.	148,720,812	98.85	1,729,148	1.15	150,449,960	77.74%	304,233
20. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	140,242,765	93.43	9,869,515	6.57	150,112,280	77.56%	641,914
21. To adopt new Articles of Association of the Company.	150,081,041	99.99	21,659	0.01	150,102,700	77.56%	651,494

*          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

17 July 2019

 

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