Johnson Matthey announces that it has today completed the sale of its Ceramics Division to the Endeka Ceramics group established by Pamplona Capital Partners I, LP, a private equity investment fund.

This completes the transaction which was first announced on 14th December 2006.

Enquiries:

Johnson Matthey

Ian Godwin
Director, IR and Corporate Communications
020 7269 8410

The HeadLand Consultancy

Howard Lee
020 7367 5225