Result of AGM

Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 21 July 2009 - Poll Results       

Johnson Matthey plc announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all
resolutions were passed on a poll.

The results of the poll are as follows:

RESOLUTION            FOR             FOR          AGAINST      AGAINST   VOTES TOTAL     VOTES    
                                      (%)*                        (%)*                    WITHHELD**        
                                                                                
1. To receive the     136,217,205      99.67       454,648       0.33    136,671,853         286,731
Annual Report and                                                               
Accounts                                                                        
                                                                                
2. To receive and     129,193,240      95.63     5,905,078       4.37    135,098,318       1,860,542
approve the                                                                     
Directors'                                                                      
Remuneration Report                                                             
                                                                                
3. To declare a       136,953,622     100.00        2,656        0.00    136,956,278           2,582
final dividend                                                                  
                                                                                
4. To elect Sir       136,329,633      99.76       332,725       0.24    136,662,358         296,293
Thomas Harris                                                                   
                                                                                
5. To elect Mr R J    136,142,349      99.62       517,972       0.38    136,660,321         296,007
MacLeod                                                                         
                                                                                
6. To re-elect Sir    134,780,411      98.42     2,163,244       1.58    136,943,655          15,205
John Banham                                                                     
                                                                                
7. To re-elect Mr N   136,152,278      99.62       514,390       0.38    136,666,668         292,192
A P Carson                                                                      
                                                                                 
8. To re-elect Mr L   136,152,061      99.62       514,427       0.38    136,666,488         292,272
C Pentz                                                                         
                                                                                
9. To re-appoint      136,108,053      99.58       568,271       0.42    136,676,324         282,536
KPMG Audit Plc as                                                               
auditors                                                                        
                                                                                
10. To authorise      136,212,459      99.66       461,973       0.34    136,674,432         283,728
the directors to                                                                 
determine the                                                                   
remuneration of the                                                             
auditors                                                                        
                                                                                
11. To authorise      133,920,822      99.27       991,433       0.73    134,912,255       2,046,605
the Company to make                                                             
political donations                                                             
and incur political                                                             
expenditure within                                                              
certain limits                                                                  
                                                                                
12. To increase the   136,061,899      99.74       350,403       0.26    136,412,302         546,558
authorised share                                                                 
capital of the                                                                  
Company                                                                         
                                                                                
13. To authorise      126,115,334      93.43     8,868,074       6.57    134,983,408       1,975,176
the directors to                                                                
allot shares                                                                    
                                                                                
14. To disapply the   136,408,830      99.82       245,264       0.18    136,654,094         304,766
pre-emption rights                                                              
attaching to shares                                                             
                                                                                
15. To authorise      136,591,228      99.94        77,947       0.06    136,669,175         288,460
the Company to make                                                             
market purchases of                                                             
its own shares                                                                  
                                                                                
16. To call general   133,575,829      97.74     3,090,308       2.26    136,666,137         292,447
meetings other than                                                             
annual general                                                                  
meetings on not                                                                 
less than 14 clear                                                              
days' notice                                                                    

* 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, two copies of all resolutions passed as
special business have been submitted to the Financial Services Authority and
will be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility which
is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS

For further information please contact Angela Purtill, Deputy Company Secretary
on [phone].