Result of AGM

Johnson Matthey PLC

20 July 2023

 

20^th July 2023

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 2023.	130,535,960	100.00	2,566	0.00	130,538,526	71.16%	297,884
2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st  March 2023.	122,723,247	94.96	6,511,519	5.04	129,234,766	70.45%	1,601,644
3.    To approve the directors' remuneration policy.	115,069,890	89.08	14,109,737	10.92	129,179,627	70.42%	1,656,783
4.    To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share.	129,954,727	99.34	869,159	0.66	130,823,886	71.31%	12,524
5.    To elect Barbara Jeremiah as a director of the company.	130,740,497	99.96	56,229	0.04	130,796,726	71.30%	39,684
6.    To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company.	130,740,914	99.95	62,847	0.05	130,803,761	71.30%	32,649
7.    To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company.	123,242,036	94.23	7,546,078	5.77	130,788,114	71.29%	48,296
8.    To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company.	126,439,515	96.66	4,363,238	3.34	130,802,753	71.30%	33,657
9.    To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company.	126,424,486	96.67	4,360,640	3.33	130,785,126	71.29%	51,284
10.  To re-elect Chris Mottershead as a director of the company.	126,438,912	96.67	4,362,106	3.33	130,801,018	71.30%	35,392
11.  To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company.	126,433,258	96.66	4,366,429	3.34	130,799,687	71.30%	36,723
12.  To re-elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company.	130,613,700	99.86	187,433	0.14	130,801,133	71.30%	35,277
13.  To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company.	125,512,101	95.96	5,283,084	4.04	130,795,185	71.30%	41,225
14.  To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company.	126,439,881	96.67	4,360,790	3.33	130,800,671	71.30%	35,739
15.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.	130,026,035	99.40	783,351	0.60	130,809,386	71.30%	27,024
16.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.	130,735,041	99.94	75,426	0.06	130,810,467	71.30%	25,943
17.  To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.	128,347,258	98.12	2,456,712	1.88	130,803,970	71.30%	32,440
18.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.	120,737,080	92.30	10,069,589	7.70	130,806,669	71.30%	29,741
19.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.***	124,322,944	95.15	6,334,417	4.85	130,657,361	71.22%	179,049
20.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.***	118,641,643	90.71	12,144,879	9.29	130,786,522	71.29%	49,888
21.  To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***	129,145,154	98.73	1,657,965	1.27	130,803,119	71.30%	33,291
22.  To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***	118,995,749	91.21	11,471,450	8.79	130,467,199	71.12%	369,211

*      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 183,453,417 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

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Media
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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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