Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9202V
Johnson Matthey PLC
26 July 2018
 

Johnson Matthey Plc Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 26 July 2018

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 31st March 2018.

 

141,449,820

99.69

437,743

0.31

141,887,563

73.31%

149,481

2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31st March 2018.

 

134,247,743

94.60

7,663,482

5.40

141,911,225

73.33%

130,436

3.    To declare a final dividend of 58.25 pence per share on the ordinary shares.

 

142,002,128

100.00

3,827

0.00

142,005,955

73.38%

35,706

4.    To elect Mr J O'Higgins as a director of the Company.

 

138,999,926

99.15

1,192,782

0.85

140,192,708

72.44%

1,848,952

5.    To elect Mr P Thomas as a director of the Company.

 

140,898,970

99.23

1,097,013

0.77

141,995,983

73.37%

45,678

6.    To re-elect Ms O Desforges as a director of the Company.

 

116,560,399

90.09

12,816,585

9.91

129,376,984

66.85%

12,666,176

7.    To re-elect AM Ferguson as a director of the Company.

 

140,222,789

98.75

1,773,078

1.25

141,995,867

73.37%

45,794

8.    To re-elect Dr JV Griffiths as a director of the Company.

 

140,639,240

99.04

1,358,347

0.96

141,997,587

73.37%

44,074

9.    To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the Company

 

140,944,794

99.26

1,053,470

0.74

141,998,264

73.37%

43,400

10.  To re-elect Mrs AO Manz as a director of the Company.

 

140,834,382

99.18

1,163,259

0.82

141,997,641

73.37%

44,020

11.  To re-elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the Company.

 

140,222,608

98.75

1,768,683

1.25

141,991,291

73.37%

50,370

12.  To re-elect Mr JF Walker as a director of the Company.

 

140,823,425

99.17

1,176,336

0.83

141,999,761

73.37%

43,400

13.  To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.

 

141,718,635

99.80

281,797

0.20

142,000,432

73.37%

41,229

14.  To authorise the Audit Committee of the board to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

 

141,770,749

99.84

232,663

0.16

142,003,412

73.37%

38,249

15.  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.

 

137,963,178

97.65

3,320,547

2.35

141,283,725

73.00%

757,936

16.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.

 

125,083,706

88.07

16,944,831

11.93

142,028,537

73.39%

14,624

17.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.

 

141,751,831

99.85

218,228

0.15

141,970,059

73.36%

73,102

18.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.

 

133,754,223

94.22

8,208,469

5.78

141,962,692

73.35%

80,468

19.  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares.

139,830,187

98.51

2,115,920

1.49

141,946,107

73.34%

97,053

20. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

 

130,822,602

92.54

10,545,281

7.46

141,367,883

73.05%

675,278

 

*          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.

 

S Farrant

Company Secretary

26 July 2018

 

 


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