Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Johnson,Matthey PLC
1 August 2000

                       DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS


1)  NAME OF COMPANY

    Johnson Matthey plc

2)  NAME OF DIRECTOR

    C R N Clark
    N A P Carson
    D W M Morgan
    J N Sheldrick
    D G Titcombe

3)  PERSON WITH HOLDING(S)

    As in 2 above

4)  REGISTERED HOLDER(S)

    n/a

5)  CONNECTED PERSONS(S)

    n/a

6)  NATURE & EXTENT OF TRANSACTION

    Allocation of shares under the Johnson Matthey Long Term Incentive Plan
(LTIP)

7)  NUMBER OF SHARES ALLOCATED

    C R N Clark           55,556
    N A P Carson          21,296
    D W Morgan            20,139
    J N Sheldrick         29,677
    D G Titcombe          31,366

8)   PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED CLASS     (0.07% )
    
9)  NUMBER OF SHARES/AMOUNT OF STOCK DISPOSED    n/a

10)  PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED CLASS     (n/a% )
 
11) CLASS OF SECURITY    Ordinary £1 shares

12) PRICE PER SHARE    £8.64

13) DATE OF TRANSACTION    1 August 2000

14) DATE COMPANY INFORMED
    1 August 2000

15) TOTAL INTEREST FOLLOWING THIS NOTIFICATION
                            Shares        Options        LTIP allocations

C R N Clark                 23,658        139,539        200,072
N A P Carson                17,187         71,831         57,340
D W Morgan                  15,882        120,301         55,261
J N Sheldrick               30,937        160,331        109,844
D G Titcombe                36,677         83,124        113,460


16) TOTAL PERCENTAGE INTEREST OF ISSUED CLASS FOLLOWING THIS NOTIFICATION
       0.56%