21st Jul 2009 16:13
Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 21 July 2009 - Poll Results
Johnson Matthey plc announces that at today's Annual General Meeting all resolutions were passed on a poll.
The results of the poll are as follows:
RESOLUTION FOR FOR AGAINST AGAINST VOTES TOTAL VOTES (%)* (%)* WITHHELD** 1. To receive the 136,217,205 99.67 454,648 0.33 136,671,853 286,731Annual Report and Accounts 2. To receive and 129,193,240 95.63 5,905,078 4.37 135,098,318 1,860,542approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 3. To declare a 136,953,622 100.00 2,656 0.00 136,956,278 2,582final dividend 4. To elect Sir 136,329,633 99.76 332,725 0.24 136,662,358 296,293Thomas Harris 5. To elect Mr R J 136,142,349 99.62 517,972 0.38 136,660,321 296,007MacLeod 6. To re-elect Sir 134,780,411 98.42 2,163,244 1.58 136,943,655 15,205John Banham 7. To re-elect Mr N 136,152,278 99.62 514,390 0.38 136,666,668 292,192A P Carson 8. To re-elect Mr L 136,152,061 99.62 514,427 0.38 136,666,488 292,272C Pentz 9. To re-appoint 136,108,053 99.58 568,271 0.42 136,676,324 282,536KPMG Audit Plc as auditors 10. To authorise 136,212,459 99.66 461,973 0.34 136,674,432 283,728the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors 11. To authorise 133,920,822 99.27 991,433 0.73 134,912,255 2,046,605the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits 12. To increase the 136,061,899 99.74 350,403 0.26 136,412,302 546,558authorised share capital of the Company 13. To authorise 126,115,334 93.43 8,868,074 6.57 134,983,408 1,975,176the directors to allot shares 14. To disapply the 136,408,830 99.82 245,264 0.18 136,654,094 304,766pre-emption rights attaching to shares 15. To authorise 136,591,228 99.94 77,947 0.06 136,669,175 288,460the Company to make market purchases of its own shares 16. To call general 133,575,829 97.74 3,090,308 2.26 136,666,137 292,447meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice
* 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.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, two copies of all resolutions passed asspecial business have been submitted to the Financial Services Authority andwill be available for inspection at the UKLA's Document Viewing Facility whichis situated at:Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HS
For further information please contact Angela Purtill, Deputy Company Secretary on +44 (0)20 7269 8461.
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