Result of AGM

Johnson Matthey PLC

18 July 2024

 

18^th 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 110^49/53 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
Martin Dunwoodie Louise Curran	Director of Investor Relations Senior Investor Relations Manage		[phone] [phone]
Media
Sinead Keller	Group Corporate Affairs Director		[phone]

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

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

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

ISIN number: GB00BZ4BQC70

 

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