Johnson Matthey PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Jul 20, 2016

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Johnson Matthey PLC

20 July 2016

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 20 July 2016

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 2016	128,851,569	98.24	2,311,268	1.76	131,162,837	67.77%	2,929,426
2.     To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2016	128,663,795	96.28	4,973,265	3.72	133,637,060	69.05%	455,202
3.     To declare a final dividend of 52.0 pence per share on the ordinary shares	134,064,828	99.99	9,511	0.01	134,074,339	69.28%	17,924
4.     To re-elect Mr TEP Stevenson as a director of the Company	132,937,502	99.16	1,126,098	0.84	134,063,600	69.27%	28,663
5.     To re-elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company	123,052,146	98.98	1,266,612	1.02	124,318,758	64.24%	9,633,031
6.     To re-elect Mr AM Ferguson as a director of the Company	132,883,760	99.12	1,179,296	0.88	134,063,056	69.27%	29,207
7.      To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the Company	133,575,570	99.64	485,476	0.36	134,061,046	69.27%	31,216
8.      To re-elect Mr CS Matthews as a director of the Company	133,811,546	99.89	149,484	0.11	133,961,030	69.22%	131,233
9.     To re-elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the Company	133,772,340	99.79	285,446	0.21	134,057,786	69.27%	33,638
10.    To re-elect Mr JF Walker as a director of the Company	132,663,306	98.96	1,400,561	1.04	134,063,867	69.27%	28,396
11.   To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company for the forthcoming year	128,172,745	95.60	5,894,383	4.40	134,067,128	69.27%	23,776
12.   To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor	131,175,769	97.84	2,890,033	2.16	134,065,802	69.27%	25,290
13.   To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits	130,267,181	97.84	2,871,022	2.16	133,138,203	68.79%	947,114
14.   To authorise the directors to allot shares	122,731,010	91.73	11,057,951	8.27	133,788,961	69.13%	299,677
15.   To authorise the directors to disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to the shares	132,557,457	98.91	1,456,261	1.09	134,013,718	69.25%	76,090
16.  To authorise the directors to disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or specified investment	122,862,079	91.68	11,145,497	8.32	134,007,576	69.24%	84,685
17.   To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	130,880,418	98.28	2,285,902	1.72	133,166,320	68.81%	925,943
18.  To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	122,045,462	91.65	11,123,524	8.35	133,168,986	68.81%	923,276

*                 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

20 July 2016

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