Result of AGM

Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 21 July 2010 - Poll Results      

Johnson Matthey plc (the "Company") announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions 
were passed on a poll.

The results of the poll are as follows:

RESOLUTION                  For            For       Against    Against    Votes         Votes  
                                           (%)*                   (%)*     Total       Withheld 
                                                                                         **    
                                                                                   
1. To receive Company's     148,525,749    99.89      167,961    0.11   148,693,710     268,533
   accounts for the year                                                              
   ended 31 March 2010                                                                
                                                                                   
2. To receive and           135,194,067    95.30    6,669,299    4.70   141,863,366   7,077,744
   approve the Directors'                                                             
   Remuneration Report                                                                
                                                                                   
3. To declare a final       148,838,610   100.00        6,646    0.00   148,845,256     107,017
   dividend of 27.9p per                                                               
   share on the ordinary                                                              
   shares                                                                             
                                                                                   
4. To elect Mr W F          148,277,790    99.63      544,899    0.37   148,822,689     129,597
   Sandford                                                                           
                                                                                   
5. To re-elect Mr M J       148,318,271    99.66      502,632    0.34   148,820,903     130,961
   Roney                                                                              
                                                                                   
6. To re-elect Mrs D C      148,318,268    99.66      503,697    0.34   148,821,965     130,730
   Thompson                                                                           
                                                                                   
7. To re-elect Mr A M       148,308,410    99.66      512,277    0.34   148,820,687     131,586
   Thomson                                                                            
                                                                                   
8. To re-elect Mr R J W     148,304,284    99.66      512,763    0.34   148,817,047     134,117
   Walvis                                                                             
                                                                                   
9. To re-appoint KPMG       148,545,743    99.81      287,358    0.19   148,833,101     119,148
   Audit Plc as auditors                                                              
                                                                                   
10. To authorise the        148,677,558    99.90      155,371    0.10   148,832,929     129,090
    directors to determine                                                             
    the remuneration of the                                                            
    auditors                                                                           
                                                                                   
11. To authorise the        147,101,087    98.94    1,571,207    1.06   148,672,294     279,929
    Company to make                                                                    
    political donations and                                                            
    incur political                                                                    
    expenditure within                                                                 
    certain limits                                                                     
                                                                                   
12. To authorise the        141,895,403    95.99    5,934,690    4.01   147,830,093   1,122,180
    directors to allot                                                                 
    shares                                                                             
                                                                                   
13. To disapply the         148,265,722    99.63      552,813    0.37   148,818,535     133,714
    pre-emption rights                                                                 
    attaching to shares                                                                
                                                                                   
14. To authorise the        148,766,688    99.96       61,683    0.04   148,828,371     123,902
    Company to make market                                                             
    purchases of its own                                                               
    shares                                                                             
                                                                                   
15. To call general         141,284,439    94.93    7,546,182    5.07   148,830,621     121,628
    meetings other than                                                                
    annual general meetings                                                            
    on not less than 14                                                                
    clear days' notice                                                                 
                                                                                   
16. To adopt new            148,747,452    99.98       30,456    0.02   148,777,908     134,492
    Articles of Association                                                             


* 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, two copies of all resolutions passed as special business have 
been submitted to the Financial Services Authority and will be available for inspection at the 
UKLA's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

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

For further information please contact Angela Purtill, Deputy Company Secretary
on [phone].