Johnson Matthey PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 22, 2015

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Johnson Matthey PLC

22 July 2015

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 22nd July 2015

Poll Results

Johnson Matthey Plc (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 31 March 2015	144,037,831	99.65	510,399	0.35	144,548,230	70.54%	341,668
2.     To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2015	139,533,499	96.54	5,006,046	3.46	144,539,545	70.54%	347,039
3.     To declare a final dividend of 49.5 pence per share on the ordinary shares	144,561,558	100.00	3,123	0.00	144,564,681	70.55%	325,920
4.     To elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the Company	144,072,090	99.67	470,549	0.33	144,542,639	70.54%	343,920
5.     To re-elect Mr TEP Stevenson as a director of the Company	142,500,744	98.58	2,048,327	1.42	144,549,071	70.54%	341,927
6.     To re-elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company	143,252,055	99.11	1,292,502	0.89	144,544,557	70.54%	340,997
7.     To re-elect Mr AM Ferguson as a director of the Company	143,096,727	99.00	1,452,241	1.00	144,548,968	70.54%	341,878
8.     To re-elect Mr DG Jones as a director of the Company	142,204,254	98.38	2,342,546	1.62	144,546,800	70.54%	343,998
9.     To re-elect Mr RJ Macleod as a director of the Company	142,205,356	98.38	2,340,262	1.62	144,545,618	70.54%	345,428
10.  To re-elect Mr CS Matthews as a director of the Company	143,732,793	99.44	815,743	0.56	144,548,536	70.54%	342,310
11.  To re-elect Mr LC Pentz as a director of the Company	141,706,162	98.03	2,844,810	1.97	144,550,972	70.54%	339,874
12.  To re-elect Mrs DC Thompson as a director of the Company	141,966,307	99.31	985,771	0.69	142,952,078	69.76%	1,938,124
13.  To re-elect Mr JF Walker as a director of the Company	142,210,855	98.38	2,339,276	1.62	144,550,131	70.54%	340,715
14.  To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company for the forthcoming year	139,077,240	96.21	5,480,276	3.79	144,557,516	70.54%	332,846
15.  To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor	142,464,513	98.55	2,093,797	1.45	144,558,310	70.54%	331,775
16.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits	142,748,150	98.82	1,704,482	1.18	144,452,632	70.49%	438,436
17.  To authorise the directors to allot shares	132,669,525	92.06	11,437,055	7.94	144,106,580	70.32%	784,290
18.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares	131,622,818	93.35	9,371,726	6.65	140,994,544	68.81%	3,896,263
19.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	144,205,416	99.76	353,391	0.24	144,558,807	70.54%	332,024
20.  To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	132,971,270	91.98	11,589,898	8.02	144,561,168	70.55%	329,664

*                 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, copies of the resolutions have been forward to the Financial Conduct Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website.

AM Purtill

Deputy Company Secretary

22nd July 2015

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