Result of AGM

Johnson Matthey PLC
20 July 2023
 

20th July 2023

 

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

% For*

Against

% Against*

Votes Total

% of Issued Share Capital

Votes Withheld**

1.    To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31st  March 2023.

130,535,960

100.00

2,566

0.00

130,538,526

71.16%

297,884

2.    To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st  March 2023.

122,723,247

94.96

6,511,519

5.04

129,234,766

70.45%

1,601,644

3.    To approve the directors' remuneration policy.

115,069,890

89.08

14,109,737

10.92

129,179,627

70.42%

1,656,783

4.    To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share.

129,954,727

99.34

869,159

0.66

130,823,886

71.31%

12,524

5.    To elect Barbara Jeremiah as a director of the company.

130,740,497

99.96

56,229

0.04

130,796,726

71.30%

39,684

6.    To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company.

130,740,914

99.95

62,847

0.05

130,803,761

71.30%

32,649

7.    To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company.

123,242,036

94.23

7,546,078

5.77

130,788,114

71.29%

48,296

8.    To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company.

126,439,515

96.66

4,363,238

3.34

130,802,753

71.30%

33,657

9.    To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company.

126,424,486

96.67

4,360,640

3.33

130,785,126

71.29%

51,284

10.  To re-elect Chris Mottershead as a director of the company.

126,438,912

96.67

4,362,106

3.33

130,801,018

71.30%

35,392

11.  To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company.

126,433,258

96.66

4,366,429

3.34

130,799,687

71.30%

36,723

12.  To re-elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company.

130,613,700

99.86

187,433

0.14

130,801,133

71.30%

35,277

13.  To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company.

125,512,101

95.96

5,283,084

4.04

130,795,185

71.30%

41,225

14.  To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company.

126,439,881

96.67

4,360,790

3.33

130,800,671

71.30%

35,739

15.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year.

130,026,035

99.40

783,351

0.60

130,809,386

71.30%

27,024

16.  To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

130,735,041

99.94

75,426

0.06

130,810,467

71.30%

25,943

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

128,347,258

98.12

2,456,712

1.88

130,803,970

71.30%

32,440

18.  To authorise the directors to allot shares.

120,737,080

92.30

10,069,589

7.70

130,806,669

71.30%

29,741

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

124,322,944

95.15

6,334,417

4.85

130,657,361

71.22%

179,049

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

118,641,643

90.71

12,144,879

9.29

130,786,522

71.29%

49,888

21.  To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***

129,145,154

98.73

1,657,965

1.27

130,803,119

71.30%

33,291

22.  To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***

118,995,749

91.21

11,471,450

8.79

130,467,199

71.12%

369,211

 

*      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 183,453,417 Ordinary Shares of 11049/53 pence.

Copies of our announcements are available on our website: https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory-news

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

 




 

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

Registered Office: 5th Floor, 25 Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4AB

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

ISIN number: GB00BZ4BQC70

 

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