Result of AGM

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Johnson Matthey PLC

23 July 2014

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 23rd July 2014

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 2014	142,564,137	99.88	176,810	0.12	142,740,947	69.66%	507,213
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 March 2014	139,540,322	99.07	1,313,749	0.93	140,854,071	68.74%	2,389,696
3. To approve the directors' remuneration policy	139,293,726	97.60	3,423,398	2.40	142,717,124	69.65%	524,316
4. To declare a final dividend of 45.5 pence per share on the ordinary shares	142,742,830	100.00	3,144	0.00	142,745,974	69.66%	497,749
5. To elect Mr JF Walker as a director of the Company	139,357,020	97.63	3,376,081	2.37	142,733,101	69.65%	510,238
6. To elect DG Jones as a director of the Company	139,505,128	97.74	3,226,493	2.26	142,731,621	69.65%	515,829
7. To re-elect Mr TEP Stevenson as a director of the Company	139,548,956	97.77	3,180,180	2.23	142,729,136	69.65%	513,245
8. To re-elect Mr NAP Carson as a director of the Company	139,145,027	97.63	3,384,753	2.37	142,529,780	69.55%	712,634
9. To re-elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company	141,572,296	99.19	1,156,251	0.81	142,728,547	69.65%	514,121
10. To re-elect Mr AM Ferguson as a director of the Company	141,572,517	99.19	1,155,213	0.81	142,727,730	69.65%	515,609
11. To re-elect Mr RJ Macleod as a director of the Company	139,505,575	97.74	3,225,938	2.26	142,731,513	69.65%	511,910
12. To re-elect Mr CS Matthews as a director of the Company	141,969,551	99.47	757,974	0.53	142,727,525	69.65%	515,945
13. To re-elect Mr LC Pentz as a director of the Company	139,343,711	97.63	3,385,287	2.37	142,728,998	69.65%	514,472
14. To re-elect Mrs DC Thompson as a director of the Company	141,969,146	99.47	759,906	0.53	142,729,052	69.65%	514,418
15. To appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company for the forthcoming year	138,440,278	99.31	960,004	0.69	139,400,282	68.03%	3,840,584
16. To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor	139,011,783	99.62	533,548	0.38	139,545,331	68.10%	3,697,610
17. To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits	140,819,534	98.66	1,910,604	1.34	142,730,138	69.65%	512,827
18. To authorise the directors to allot shares	132,077,306	92.68	10,426,117	7.32	142,503,423	69.54%	739,801
19. To disapply the pre-emption rights attaching to shares	140,393,038	99.74	360,126	0.26	140,753,164	68.69%	2,495,448
20. To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	142,545,033	99.86	203,918	0.14	142,748,951	69.66%	499,661
21. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice	132,127,254	92.56	10,617,873	7.44	142,745,127	69.66%	503,727

* 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

23rd July 2014

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Title: Result of AGM
Time: 16:50:49
Date: 23 Jul 2014
Category: AGMs and other meetings
ID: 1491N