Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9439G

Johnson Matthey PLC

29 July 2021

 

29^th July 2021

Johnson Matthey Plc

(the Company)

Result of Annual General Meeting

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	%*	Against	%*	Votes Total	% of Issued Share Capital	Votes Withheld**
1.  To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31st March 2021.	150,522,767	99.76	360,118	0.24	150,882,885	77.96%	2,210,520
2.  To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2021.	141,933,387	92.94	10,777,379	7.06	152,710,766	78.91%	382,639
3.  To declare a final dividend of 50.00 pence per ordinary share.	148,451,508	96.98	4,617,346	3.02	153,068,854	79.09%	24,551
4.  To elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company.	148,402,034	96.96	4,656,793	3.04	153,058,827	79.09%	34,578
5.  To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company.	150,570,661	98.37	2,487,371	1.63	153,058,032	79.09%	35,373
6.  To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company.	148,867,650	98.30	2,570,284	1.70	151,437,934	78.25%	1,655,471
7.  To re-elect Robert MacLeod as a director of the company.	149,343,761	97.97	3,098,296	2.03	152,442,057	78.77%	651,348
8.  To re-elect Chris Mottershead as a director of the company.	145,408,872	95.00	7,649,986	5.00	153,058,858	79.09%	34,547
9.  To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company.	145,947,054	95.35	7,113,328	4.65	153,060,382	79.09%	33,023
10.  To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company.	134,279,916	88.81	16,922,082	11.19	151,201,998	78.13%	1,891,406
11.  To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company.	145,413,196	95.00	7,647,914	5.00	153,061,110	79.09%	32,295
12.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.	152,406,735	99.57	652,440	0.43	153,059,175	79.09%	34,230
13.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.	153,036,758	99.98	26,857	0.02	153,063,615	79.09%	29,790
14.  To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.	147,223,447	96.19	5,835,863	3.81	153,059,310	79.09%	34,095
15.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.	132,873,468	86.80	20,211,634	13.20	153,085,102	79.10%	8,301
16.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.***	151,853,952	99.39	926,704	0.61	152,780,656	78.94%	312,749
17.  To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.***	143,499,959	93.92	9,284,577	6.08	152,784,536	78.94%	308,869
18.  To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***	148,102,069	97.37	3,993,115	2.63	152,095,184	78.59%	998,221
19.  To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***	131,182,728	85.70	21,883,995	14.30	153,066,723	79.09%	26,682

*  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 193,533,430 Ordinary Shares of 110^49/53 pence.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, 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 .

ENDS

Enquiries:
Investor Relations Martin Dunwoodie Louise Curran Jane Crosby	Director of Investor Relations Senior Investor Relations Manager Investor Relations Manager	020 7269 8241 020 7269 8235 020 7269 8242
Media Barney Wyld Simon Pilkington	Group Corporate Affairs Director Tulchan Communications	020 7269 8407 020 7353 4200

Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)

Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774
Legal Entity Identifier number: 2138001AVBSD1HSC6Z10

 

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