Last checked at 23 Jul 2020 15:25
23rd July 2020
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 2020. | 146,861,122 | 99.94 | 20,627 | 0.01 | 146,951,097 | 75.93 | 2,834,351 |
2. To approve the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 31st March 2020. | 140,192,977 | 93.94 | 8,966,820 | 6.01 | 149,230,420 | 77.11 | 555,780 |
3. To approve the directors' remuneration policy. | 126,978,681 | 85.66 | 21,183,260 | 14.29 | 148,233,329 | 76.59 | 1,552,871 |
4. To amend the company's Performance Share Plan Rules. | 133,334,828 | 89.04 | 16,338,701 | 10.91 | 149,745,232 | 77.37 | 40,968 |
5. To declare a final dividend of 31.125 pence per share on the ordinary shares. | 149,051,027 | 99.52 | 656,005 | 0.44 | 149,773,406 | 77.39 | 12,795 |
6. To elect Mr DR Webb as a director of the company.
| 148,402,128 | 99.10 | 1,279,577 | 0.85 | 149,756,189 | 77.38 | 30,012 |
7. To re-elect Dr JV Griffiths as a director of the company.
| 149,470,518 | 99.81 | 212,941 | 0.14 | 149,756,811 | 77.38 | 29,390 |
8. To re-elect Ms X Liu as a director of the company.
| 149,185,585 | 99.62 | 498,285 | 0.33 | 149,757,222 | 77.38 | 28,979 |
9. To re-elect Mr RJ MacLeod as a director of the company.
| 147,462,003 | 98.47 | 2,223,569 | 1.48 | 149,760,056 | 77.38 | 26,145 |
10. To re-elect Mrs AO Manz as a director of the company.
| 147,778,317 | 99.35 | 893,429 | 0.60 | 148,745,098 | 76.86 | 1,041,103 |
11. To re-elect Mr CJ Mottershead as a director of the company.
| 147,262,712 | 98.33 | 2,421,805 | 1.62 | 149,759,001 | 77.38 | 27,200 |
12. To re-elect Mr J O'Higgins as a director of the company.
| 148,396,680 | 99.09 | 1,285,821 | 0.86 | 149,756,985 | 77.38 | 29,216 |
13. To re-elect Mr P Thomas as a director of the company.
| 143,047,945 | 95.52 | 6,633,462 | 4.43 | 149,755,954 | 77.38 | 30,247 |
14. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor for the forthcoming year. | 147,813,670 | 98.70 | 1,877,069 | 1.25 | 149,764,398 | 77.38 | 21,803 |
15. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
| 147,829,845 | 98.71 | 1,864,127 | 1.24 | 149,767,298 | 77.39 | 18,903 |
16. To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure within certain limits.
| 143,167,071 | 95.60 | 6,524,816 | 4.36 | 149,760,450 | 77.38 | 25,751 |
17. To authorise the directors to allot shares. | 129,641,193 | 86.56 | 20,066,157 | 13.40 | 149,777,113 | 77.39 | 9,086 |
18. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares.*** | 148,010,693 | 99.63 | 470,514 | 0.32 | 148,553,693 | 76.76 | 1,232,487 |
19. To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights attaching to shares in connection with an acquisition or other capital investment.***
| 144,831,943 | 97.49 | 3,655,012 | 2.46 | 148,556,458 | 76.76 | 1,229,742 |
20. To authorise the company to make market purchases of its own shares.***
| 144,088,603 | 96.33 | 5,415,987 | 3.62 | 149,572,413 | 77.29 | 213,787 |
21. To authorise the Company to call general meetings other than annual general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice.***
| 134,896,366 | 90.07 | 14,801,902 | 9.88 | 149,770,561 | 77.39 | 15,640 |
* 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 Sally Jones Simon Pilkington |
Director of Corporate Relations 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