29 Jul 2021 12:40
29th July 2021
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 | %* | Against | %* | Votes Total | % of Issued Share Capital | Votes Withheld** |
1. To receive the Company's accounts for the year ended 31st March 2021. | 150,522,767 | 99.76 | 360,118 | 0.24 | 150,882,885 | 77.96% | 2,210,520 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2021. | 141,933,387 | 92.94 | 10,777,379 | 7.06 | 152,710,766 | 78.91% | 382,639 |
3. To declare a final dividend of 50.00 pence per ordinary share. | 148,451,508 | 96.98 | 4,617,346 | 3.02 | 153,068,854 | 79.09% | 24,551 |
4. To elect Stephen Oxley as a director of the company. | 148,402,034 | 96.96 | 4,656,793 | 3.04 | 153,058,827 | 79.09% | 34,578 |
5. To re-elect Jane Griffiths as a director of the company. | 150,570,661 | 98.37 | 2,487,371 | 1.63 | 153,058,032 | 79.09% | 35,373 |
6. To re-elect Xiaozhi Liu as a director of the company. | 148,867,650 | 98.30 | 2,570,284 | 1.70 | 151,437,934 | 78.25% | 1,655,471 |
7. To re-elect Robert MacLeod as a director of the company. | 149,343,761 | 97.97 | 3,098,296 | 2.03 | 152,442,057 | 78.77% | 651,348 |
8. To re-elect Chris Mottershead as a director of the company. | 145,408,872 | 95.00 | 7,649,986 | 5.00 | 153,058,858 | 79.09% | 34,547 |
9. To re-elect John O'Higgins as a director of the company. | 145,947,054 | 95.35 | 7,113,328 | 4.65 | 153,060,382 | 79.09% | 33,023 |
10. To re-elect Patrick Thomas as a director of the company. | 134,279,916 | 88.81 | 16,922,082 | 11.19 | 151,201,998 | 78.13% | 1,891,406 |
11. To re-elect Doug Webb as a director of the company. | 145,413,196 | 95.00 | 7,647,914 | 5.00 | 153,061,110 | 79.09% | 32,295 |
12. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year. | 152,406,735 | 99.57 | 652,440 | 0.43 | 153,059,175 | 79.09% | 34,230 |
13. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor. | 153,036,758 | 99.98 | 26,857 | 0.02 | 153,063,615 | 79.09% | 29,790 |
14. To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits. | 147,223,447 | 96.19 | 5,835,863 | 3.81 | 153,059,310 | 79.09% | 34,095 |
15. To authorise the directors to allot shares. | 132,873,468 | 86.80 | 20,211,634 | 13.20 | 153,085,102 | 79.10% | 8,301 |
16. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.*** | 151,853,952 | 99.39 | 926,704 | 0.61 | 152,780,656 | 78.94% | 312,749 |
17. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisitionor other capital investment.*** | 143,499,959 | 93.92 | 9,284,577 | 6.08 | 152,784,536 | 78.94% | 308,869 |
18. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.*** | 148,102,069 | 97.37 | 3,993,115 | 2.63 | 152,095,184 | 78.59% | 998,221 |
19. To authorise the company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.*** | 131,182,728 | 85.70 | 21,883,995 | 14.30 | 153,066,723 | 79.09% | 26,682 |
* 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 193,533,430 Ordinary Shares of 11049/53 pence.
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
Enquiries: | ||
Investor Relations Martin Dunwoodie Louise Curran Jane Crosby |
Director of Investor Relations Senior Investor Relations Manager Investor Relations Manager |
020 7269 8241 020 7269 8235 020 7269 8242 |
Media Barney Wyld Simon Pilkington |
Group Corporate Affairs Director Tulchan Communications |
020 7269 8407 020 7353 4200 |
Johnson Matthey Plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (JMAT)
Registered in England & Wales number: 00033774Legal Entity Identifier number: 2138001AVBSD1HSC6Z10