18th July 2024
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 2024. | 120,729,875 | 99.99 | 7,616 | 0.01 | 120,737,491 | 65.91% | 192,218 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2024. | 115,078,573 | 95.20 | 5,807,529 | 4.80 | 120,886,102 | 65.99% | 43,607 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 55.00 pence per ordinary share. | 118,973,668 | 98.39 | 1,940,985 | 1.61 | 120,914,653 | 66.01% | 15,056 |
4. To re-elect Liam Condon as a director of the company. | 120,781,812 | 99.94 | 75,286 | 0.06 | 120,857,098 | 65.98% | 72,611 |
5. To re-elect Rita Forst as a director of the company. | 117,099,547 | 96.86 | 3,797,568 | 3.14 | 120,897,115 | 66.00% | 32,594 |
6. To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company. | 115,726,079 | 95.72 | 5,171,267 | 4.28 | 120,897,346 | 66.00% | 32,363 |
7. To re-elect Barbara Jeremiah as a director of the company. | 117,108,057 | 96.87 | 3,789,468 | 3.13 | 120,897,525 | 66.00% | 32,184 |
8. To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company. | 117,071,456 | 96.84 | 3,821,411 | 3.16 | 120,892,867 | 66.00% | 36,842 |
9. To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company. | 117,020,391 | 96.84 | 3,816,340 | 3.16 | 120,836,731 | 65.97% | 92,978 |
10. To re-elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company. | 120,017,211 | 99.31 | 830,792 | 0.69 | 120,848,003 | 65.97% | 81,706 |
11. To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company. | 116,797,803 | 96.65 | 4,043,297 | 3.35 | 120,841,100 | 65.97% | 88,609 |
12. To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company. | 117,038,440 | 96.86 | 3,800,314 | 3.14 | 120,838,754 | 65.97% | 90,955 |
13. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year. | 119,701,694 | 99.01 | 1,198,339 | 0.99 | 120,900,033 | 66.00% | 29,676 |
14. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor. | 120,871,116 | 99.97 | 32,764 | 0.03 | 120,903,880 | 66.00% | 25,829 |
15. To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits. | 120,318,403 | 99.51 | 589,665 | 0.49 | 120,908,068 | 66.01% | 21,641 |
16. To authorise the directors to allot shares. | 115,197,911 | 95.28 | 5,710,866 | 4.72 | 120,908,777 | 66.01% | 20,932 |
17. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.*** | 114,480,482 | 94.72 | 6,387,464 | 5.28 | 120,867,946 | 65.98% | 61,763 |
18. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition | 110,171,100 | 91.14 | 10,707,603 | 8.86 | 120,878,703 | 65.99% | 51,006 |
19. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.*** | 119,392,235 | 98.76 | 1,493,665 | 1.24 | 120,885,900 | 65.99% | 43,809 |
20. To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*** | 115,500,026 | 95.53 | 5,410,352 | 4.47 | 120,910,378 | 66.01% | 19,331 |
* 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 183,175,912 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
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