Result of AGM

Johnson Matthey PLC
25 July 2006

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

For information, the proxy votes received prior to the meeting were as follows:

No.   RESOLUTION                   FOR              CHAIRMAN'S          AGAINST       VOTES WITHHELD*
                                                    DISCRETION

1     Annual Report and Accounts   134,844,747      98,568              110,495       2,352,498

2     Directors' Remuneration      135,376,906      107,158             1,782,386     139,858
      Report

3     Final Dividend               137,241,024      98,418              26            66,840

4     Elect Sir John Banham        137,014,906      107,968             275,190       8,244

5     Re-elect Mr N A P Carson     137,022,692      109,927             265,575       8,114

6     Re-elect Dr P N Hawker       137,020,562      111,715             266,198       7,833

7     Re-elect Mr L C Pentz        137,024,338      109,278             265,099       7,593

8     Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc    136,995,631      108,579             294,680       7,418

9     Remuneration of Auditors     136,997,466      107,227             295,542       6,073

10    Authority to make political  136,458,611      111,846             502,901       332,950
      donations

11    Authority to allot shares    136,603,737      107,197             685,506       9,868

12    Disapply pre-emption rights  136,982,398      103,673             305,190       15,047

13    Purchase own shares          137,138,346      101,980             159,446       6,536


* 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.



Enquiries to:

Angela Purtill, Assistant Company Secretary, Johnson Matthey PLC, Telephone: 020
7269 8461



25 July 2006








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