Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9315T

Johnson Matthey PLC

23 July 2020

 

23^rd July 2020

Johnson Matthey Plc

(the Company)

Result of Annual General Meeting

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	%*	Against	%*	Votes Total	% of Issued Share Capital	Votes Withheld**
1.  To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31st March 2020.	146,861,122	99.94	20,627	0.01	146,951,097	75.93	2,834,351
2.  To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2020.	140,192,977	93.94	8,966,820	6.01	149,230,420	77.11	555,780
3.  To approve the directors' remuneration policy.	126,978,681	85.66	21,183,260	14.29	148,233,329	76.59	1,552,871
4.  To amend the company's Performance Share Plan Rules.	133,334,828	89.04	16,338,701	10.91	149,745,232	77.37	40,968
5.  To declare a final dividend of 31.125 pence per share on the ordinary shares.	149,051,027	99.52	656,005	0.44	149,773,406	77.39	12,795
6.  To elect Mr DR Webb as a director of the company.	148,402,128	99.10	1,279,577	0.85	149,756,189	77.38	30,012
7.  To re-elect Dr JV Griffiths as a director of the company.	149,470,518	99.81	212,941	0.14	149,756,811	77.38	29,390
8.  To re-elect Ms X Liu as a director of the company.	149,185,585	99.62	498,285	0.33	149,757,222	77.38	28,979
9.  To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the company.	147,462,003	98.47	2,223,569	1.48	149,760,056	77.38	26,145
10.  To re-elect Mrs AO Manz as a director of the company.	147,778,317	99.35	893,429	0.60	148,745,098	76.86	1,041,103
11.  To re-elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the company.	147,262,712	98.33	2,421,805	1.62	149,759,001	77.38	27,200
12.  To re-elect Mr J O'Higgins as a director of the company.	148,396,680	99.09	1,285,821	0.86	149,756,985	77.38	29,216
13.  To re-elect Mr P Thomas as a director of the company.	143,047,945	95.52	6,633,462	4.43	149,755,954	77.38	30,247
14.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.	147,813,670	98.70	1,877,069	1.25	149,764,398	77.38	21,803
15.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.	147,829,845	98.71	1,864,127	1.24	149,767,298	77.39	18,903
16.  To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.	143,167,071	95.60	6,524,816	4.36	149,760,450	77.38	25,751
17.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.	129,641,193	86.56	20,066,157	13.40	149,777,113	77.39	9,086
18.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.***	148,010,693	99.63	470,514	0.32	148,553,693	76.76	1,232,487
19.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.***	144,831,943	97.49	3,655,012	2.46	148,556,458	76.76	1,229,742
20. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***	144,088,603	96.33	5,415,987	3.62	149,572,413	77.29	213,787
21. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***	134,896,366	90.07	14,801,902	9.88	149,770,561	77.39	15,640

*  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

***  Special Resolutions

The total number of voting rights was 193,533,430 Ordinary Shares of 110^49/53 pence.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

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Enquiries:
Investor Relations Martin Dunwoodie Louise Curran Jane Crosby	Director of Investor Relations Senior Investor Relations Manager Investor Relations Manager	020 7269 8241 020 7269 8235 020 7269 8242
Media Sally Jones Simon Pilkington	Director of Corporate Relations Tulchan Communications	020 7269 8407 020 7353 4200

Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)

Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774
Legal Entity Identifier number: 2138001AVBSD1HSC6Z10

 

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