17th July 2025
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 2025. |
125,474,164 |
100.00 |
3,573 |
0.00 |
125,477,737 |
74.76 |
299,337 |
| 2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2025. |
124,682,730 |
99.46 |
675,327 |
0.54 |
125,358,057 |
74.69 |
419,017 |
| 3. To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share. |
125,717,427 |
99.98 |
22,304 |
0.02 |
125,739,731 |
74.92 |
37,343 |
| 4. To elect Sinead Lynch as a director of the company. |
125,634,299 |
99.94 |
79,717 |
0.06 |
125,714,016 |
74.90 |
63,058 |
| 5. To elect Richard Pike as a director of the company. |
125,144,636 |
99.55 |
567,319 |
0.45 |
125,711,955 |
74.90 |
65,119 |
| 6. To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company. |
125,664,213 |
99.96 |
51,658 |
0.04 |
125,715,871 |
74.90 |
61,203 |
| 7. To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company. |
121,948,589 |
97.00 |
3,767,419 |
3.00 |
125,716,008 |
74.90 |
61,066 |
| 8. To re-elect Barbara Jeremiah as a director of the company. |
121,941,913 |
97.00 |
3,771,603 |
3.00 |
125,713,516 |
74.90 |
63,558 |
| 9. To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company. |
121,889,457 |
96.96 |
3,822,189 |
3.04 |
125,711,646 |
74.90 |
65,428 |
| 10. To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company. |
121,851,667 |
96.92 |
3,868,298 |
3.08 |
125,719,965 |
74.91 |
57,109 |
| 11. To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company. |
121,893,706 |
96.96 |
3,817,302 |
3.04 |
125,711,008 |
74.90 |
66,066 |
| 12. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year. |
125,373,304 |
99.98 |
24,237 |
0.02 |
125,397,541 |
74.71 |
379,533 |
| 13. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor. |
125,732,779 |
99.98 |
24,926 |
0.02 |
125,757,705 |
74.93 |
19,369 |
| 14. To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits. |
124,684,913 |
99.15 |
1,065,207 |
0.85 |
125,750,120 |
74.92 |
26,954 |
| 15. To authorise the directors to allot shares. |
123,841,042 |
98.48 |
1,909,401 |
1.52 |
125,750,443 |
74.92 |
26,631 |
| 16. To renew the JM Share Incentive Plan |
125,665,377 |
99.95 |
64,810 |
0.05 |
125,730,187 |
74.91 |
46,887 |
| 17. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.*** |
121,168,659 |
96.37 |
4,570,518 |
3.63 |
125,739,177 |
74.92 |
37,897 |
| 18. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition |
119,467,352 |
95.01 |
6,276,618 |
4.99 |
125,743,970 |
74.92 |
33,104 |
| 19. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.*** |
123,298,268 |
98.12 |
2,357,219 |
1.88 |
125,655,487 |
74.87 |
121,587 |
| 20. To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*** |
123,336,160 |
98.07 |
2,422,257 |
1.93 |
125,758,417 |
74.93 |
18,657 |
* 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 167,838,789 Ordinary Shares of 11049/53 pence.
Copies of our announcements are available on our website: https://matthey.com/investors/regulatory-news
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, 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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| Martin Dunwoodie Louise Curran |
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| Sinead Keller |
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Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)
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