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Johnson Matthey Plc announced that all six resolutions were passed on a poll at its General Meeting held on 11 August 2026. Shareholders approved a special dividend of 476.5 pence per Existing Ordinary Share (99.97% for) and a share consolidation of 4 Existing Ordinary Shares into one Intermediate, then into 3 New Ordinary Shares (99.88% for). An application has been made for 126,126,498 New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Official List and trade on the London Stock Exchange.
| Date | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Time | 11:09:45 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 2088Q |
11 August 2026
Johnson Matthey Plc
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Result of General Meeting on 11 August 2026 |
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Johnson Matthey Plc announces that at today's General Meeting all resolutions were passed on a poll. The result of the poll is set out below.
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Resolution |
For |
% For* |
Against |
% Against* |
Votes Total |
% of |
Votes Withheld** |
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1. To declare a special dividend of 476.5 pence per Existing Ordinary Share. |
123,622,764 |
99.97% |
42,218 |
0.03% |
123,664,982 |
73.54% |
21,967 |
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2. To approve the share consolidation of 4 Existing Ordinary Shares into one Intermediate Ordinary Shares, to be subsequently divided into 3 New Ordinary Shares. |
123,467,110 |
99.88% |
151,266 |
0.12% |
123,618,376 |
73.51% |
60,473 |
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3. To authorise the directors to allot shares. |
119,049,782 |
96.33% |
4,540,419 |
3.67% |
123,590,201 |
73.49% |
88,648 |
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4. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.*** |
115,521,585 |
93.49% |
8,046,174 |
6.51% |
123,567,759 |
73.48% |
111,090 |
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5. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition |
113,410,260 |
91.78% |
10,160,168 |
8.22% |
123,570,428 |
73.48% |
108,421 |
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6. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.*** |
121,048,018 |
98.12% |
2,315,953 |
1.88% |
123,363,971 |
73.36% |
322,878 |
* 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 168,168,664 Ordinary Shares of 110 
pence.
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory‐news
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, 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.
Full text of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of General Meeting which forms part of the Circular dated 27 July 2026. Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement have the same meaning given to them in the Circular dated 27 July 2026.
Listing and Trading Application
Application has been made to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trade on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities for a total of 126,126,498 New Ordinary Shares 147 
pence each to be admitted.
ENDS
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Enquiries: |
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Investor Relations |
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Louise Curran |
Head of Investor Relations |
+44 20 7269 8235 |
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Media |
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Gill Corish |
Head of External Communications (Interim) |
+44 20 7269 8001 |
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Guy Bates |
Kekst CNC |
+44 7581 056 415 |
Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)
Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774
Legal Entity Identifier number: 2138001AVBSD1HSC6Z10