Director Shareholding

Johnson,Matthey PLC
05 August 2002

JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC


DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS



1.             Name of Company     Johnson Matthey plc



2.             Name of Director    C R N Clark

                                   N A P Carson

                                   D W M Morgan

                                   J N Sheldrick




3.             Person with Holding(s)    as in 2 above



4.             Registered Holder(s)      n/a



5.             Connected Person(s)       n/a



6.             Nature & Extent of transaction         Allocation of shares under 
                                                      the Johnson Matthey Long
                                                      Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)



7.             Number of Shares allocated        C R N Clark           69,175


                                                 N A P Carson          24,272


                                                 D W Morgan            21,359


                                                 J N Sheldrick         29,126



8.             Percentage of Issued Class                               0.07%



9.             Number of Shares/Amount of

                Stock Disposed                                           n/a



10.          Percentage of Issued Class                                  n/a
                                                                      


11.          Class of Security                            Ordinary £1 shares



12.          Price per Share                                          £10.30



13.          Date of Transaction                               1 August 2002



14.          Date Company Informed                             2 August 2002



15.          Total Interest following this notification:


                        Shares             LTIP allocations

    C R N Clark         20,509                      263,447

    N A P Carson        20,047                       93,030

    D W Morgan          18,733                       86,760

    J N Sheldrick       66,525                      127,335



16.          Total Percentage interest of Issued
             Class following this Notification                          0.04%



Contact and telephone number for queries

Lynne Cossey  020 7269 8461



Name of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

Lynne Cossey  020 7269 8461



Date of Notification:  5 August 2002






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