Johnson, Matthey

At the annual general meeting Johnson Matthey shareholders voted in favour of all six resolutions, including a special dividend of 476.5 pence per existing ordinary share (99.97% approval) and a share consolidation in which four existing ordinary shares will be converted into one intermediate share and then divided into three new ordinary shares (99.88% approval). Other resolutions concerned authority to allot shares, disapplication of pre-emption rights and a buyback of own shares. The company applied for the admission of a total of 132,965,322 new ordinary shares of 147 pence each to the official listing and corrected a section of its original announcement; otherwise the details remained unchanged. » More on de.investing.com

Shareholders of Johnson Matthey approved a special dividend of 476.5 pence per share and approved a share consolidation in which four existing ordinary shares will be combined into one intermediate ordinary share and then split into three new ordinary shares. The special dividend was approved by 99.97% of votes cast, the consolidation by 99.88%. Other resolutions include authority to allot shares, a buyback mandate for treasury shares and the disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights for certain issuances; the company also applied for the new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange main market. » More on de.investing.com

After selling its Catalyst Technologies business to Honeywell, Johnson Matthey plans a capital return of around £1 billion consisting of a special dividend of about £800 million (476.5 pence per ordinary share) and a share buyback programme of around £200 million. A general meeting to vote on the special dividend, a 3-for-4 share consolidation and the renewal of authorities is scheduled for 11 August; the record date for the dividend is 14 August. Subject to approval, the special dividend is expected to be paid to shareholders on 28 August and to ADR holders from 8 September. » More on de.investing.com