25th Jul 2006 15:47
Johnson Matthey PLC25 July 2006 RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Johnson Matthey PLC announces that at today's AGM all resolutions put toshareholders were passed on a show of hands. A copy of the resolutions has beensubmitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available forinspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which issituated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HS For information, the proxy votes received prior to the meeting were as follows: No. RESOLUTION FOR CHAIRMAN'S AGAINST VOTES WITHHELD* DISCRETION 1 Annual Report and Accounts 134,844,747 98,568 110,495 2,352,498 2 Directors' Remuneration 135,376,906 107,158 1,782,386 139,858 Report 3 Final Dividend 137,241,024 98,418 26 66,840 4 Elect Sir John Banham 137,014,906 107,968 275,190 8,244 5 Re-elect Mr N A P Carson 137,022,692 109,927 265,575 8,114 6 Re-elect Dr P N Hawker 137,020,562 111,715 266,198 7,833 7 Re-elect Mr L C Pentz 137,024,338 109,278 265,099 7,593 8 Re-appoint KPMG Audit Plc 136,995,631 108,579 294,680 7,418 9 Remuneration of Auditors 136,997,466 107,227 295,542 6,073 10 Authority to make political 136,458,611 111,846 502,901 332,950 donations 11 Authority to allot shares 136,603,737 107,197 685,506 9,868 12 Disapply pre-emption rights 136,982,398 103,673 305,190 15,047 13 Purchase own shares 137,138,346 101,980 159,446 6,536 * A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation ofthe proportion of votes for or against a resolution. Enquiries to: Angela Purtill, Assistant Company Secretary, Johnson Matthey PLC, Telephone: 0207269 8461 25 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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