Result of AGM

Johnson Matthey PLC
18 July 2024
 

18th July 2024

 

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

% For*

Against

% Against*

Votes Total

% of Issued Share Capital

Votes Withheld**

1.    To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31st  March 2024.

120,729,875

99.99

7,616

0.01

120,737,491

65.91%

192,218

2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st  March 2024.

115,078,573

95.20

5,807,529

4.80

120,886,102

65.99%

43,607

3.    To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share.

118,973,668

98.39

1,940,985

1.61

120,914,653

66.01%

15,056

4.    To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company.

120,781,812

99.94

75,286

0.06

120,857,098

65.98%

72,611

5.    To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company.

117,099,547

96.86

3,797,568

3.14

120,897,115

66.00%

32,594

6.    To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company.

115,726,079

95.72

5,171,267

4.28

120,897,346

66.00%

32,363

7.    To re-elect Barbara Jeremiah as a director of the company.

117,108,057

96.87

3,789,468

3.13

120,897,525

66.00%

32,184

8.    To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company.

117,071,456

96.84

3,821,411

3.16

120,892,867

66.00%

36,842

9.    To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company.

117,020,391

96.84

3,816,340

3.16

120,836,731

65.97%

92,978

10.  To re-elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company.

120,017,211

99.31

830,792

0.69

120,848,003

65.97%

81,706

11.  To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company.

116,797,803

96.65

4,043,297

3.35

120,841,100

65.97%

88,609

12.  To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company.

117,038,440

96.86

3,800,314

3.14

120,838,754

65.97%

90,955

13.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.

119,701,694

99.01

1,198,339

0.99

120,900,033

66.00%

29,676

14.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

120,871,116

99.97

32,764

0.03

120,903,880

66.00%

25,829

15.  To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.

120,318,403

99.51

589,665

0.49

120,908,068

66.01%

21,641

16.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.

115,197,911

95.28

5,710,866

4.72

120,908,777

66.01%

20,932

17.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.***

114,480,482

94.72

6,387,464

5.28

120,867,946

65.98%

61,763

18.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition
or other capital investment.***

110,171,100

91.14

10,707,603

8.86

120,878,703

65.99%

51,006

19.  To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***

119,392,235

98.76

1,493,665

1.24

120,885,900

65.99%

43,809

20.  To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***

115,500,026

95.53

5,410,352

4.47

120,910,378

66.01%

19,331

 

*      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 183,175,912 Ordinary Shares of 11049/53 pence.

Copies of our announcements are available on our website: https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory-news

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.

ENDS

 




 

Enquiries: 



Investor Relations



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Louise Curran

Director of Investor Relations

Senior Investor Relations Manage

+44 20 7269 8241

+44 20 7269 8235

Media



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Group Corporate Affairs Director

+44 20 7269 8218

 

 

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

Registered Office: 5th Floor, 25 Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4AB

Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774
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ISIN number: GB00BZ4BQC70

 

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