Result of AGM

Johnson Matthey PLC
19 July 2005


RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Johnson Matthey PLC announces that at today's AGM all resolutions put to
shareholders were passed on a show of hands. A copy of the resolutions has been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

The following table shows the level of proxy votes received 48 hours prior to
the meeting:


No.   RESOLUTION                      FOR              CHAIRMAN'S          AGAINST       VOTES
                                                       DISCRETION                        WITHHELD

1     Annual Report and Accounts      128,532,730      134,102             163,711       255,245

2     Directors' Remuneration Report  126,147,591      141,004             2,777,639     19,554

3     Final Dividend                  128,951,991      131,360             779           1,658

4     Re-elect Mr D W Morgan          127,603,381      144,012             56,057        1,282,338

5     Re-elect Mr A M Thomson         128,249,749      141,426             59,125        635,488

6     Re-elect Mr R J W Walvis        128,241,868      141,637             63,995        638,288

7     Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc       127,249,734      145,322             564,594       1,126,138

8     Authority to make political     126,639,003      138,667             1,651,918     656,200
      donations

9     Authority to allot shares       128,786,993      142,210             137,137       19,448

10    Disapply pre-emption rights     128,857,139      156,755             41,606        30,288

11    Purchase own shares             128,919,392      140,899             16,315        9,182

12    Amend Articles of Association   128,238,505      158,895             31,299        657,089


Total votes cast on each resolution - 129,085,788. The total number of shares in
issue as at 17 July 2005 was 219,610,532 ordinary shares of £1 each.


Enquiries to:

Angela Purtill
Assistant Company Secretary
Johnson Matthey PLC
Telephone: [phone]


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