Result of General Meeting

RNS Number : 2895J

Johnson Matthey PLC

16 December 2015

 

Johnson Matthey Plc General Meeting held on Wednesday 16th December 2015

Poll Results

Johnson Matthey Plc (the "Company") announces that at today's General Meeting, all resolutions set out in the Notice of General Meeting dated 24th November 2015 (the "Circular") were passed by shareholders 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 declare a special dividend of 150 pence per ordinary share and to approve a 17 for 18 consolidation of the Company's ordinary share capital	144,925,788	99.93	103,282	0.07	145,029,070	70.77%	20,239
2.     To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	144,946,976	99.95	69,923	0.05	145,016,899	70.77%	27,348

*                 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.

As a result of the approval of the Share Consolidation, applications will be made to the UK Listing Authority for admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that admission of the New Ordinary Shares will become effective and dealings for normal settlement will commence at 8.00 am on Monday 11th January 2016 (the "Effective Date"). As of the Effective Date, the Company's total issued share capital will comprise 198,940,606 New Ordinary Shares (including treasury shares) of 110⁴⁹/₅₃ pence each

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the above resolutions have been forwarded to the Financial Conduct Authority for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website.

Defined terms used in this announcement have the meanings given in the Circular.

AM Purtill

Deputy Company Secretary

16th December 2015

 

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