| ADDERALL XR® |
An extended release product used in the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADR |
American Depositary Receipt |
| AGM |
Annual general meeting |
| Alfa Aesar |
Brand name of Johnson Matthey's Research Chemicals business |
| AMOG |
Ammonia, Methanol, Oil and Gas |
| API |
Active pharmaceutical ingredient |
| CEC |
Chief Executive's Committee |
| CGU |
Cash-generating unit |
| CIA |
Chemical Industries Association |
| CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
| CSR |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
| DPF |
Diesel particulate filter |
| DMFC |
Direct methanol fuel cell |
| DRIP |
Dividend Reinvestment Plan |
| ECT |
Emission Control Technologies |
| EHS |
Environment, health and safety |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| EPS |
Earnings per share |
| ESOT |
Employee Share Ownership Trust |
| EU |
European Union |
| Fuel Cell |
Technology which converts hydrogen or other fuels (methanol, natural gas) into clean electricity |
| FURBS |
Funded Unapproved Retirement Benefit Scheme |
| FT, Fischer Tropsch |
Catalytic process used to convert syngas or gasified coal into sulphur free hydrocarbons, including diesel fuel |
| Gearing |
Net debt / equity |
| GTL |
Gas to liquids - multi stage catalytic process used to convert stranded natural gas into sulphur free hydrocarbons, including diesel fuel |
| HDD |
Heavy duty diesel |
| Hydromorphone |
A semi-synthetic opiate with a potent analgesic effect |
| IAS |
International Accounting Standard |
| IFRIC |
International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee |
| IFRS |
International Financial Reporting Standards |
| ISO 14000 |
Internationally recognised series of standards which specify the requirements for an environmental management system |
| ISO 9000 |
Internationally recognised series of standards which specify the requirements for a quality management system |
| JMEPS |
Johnson Matthey Employees Pension Scheme |
| JMTC |
Johnson Matthey Technology Centre |
| LTIP |
Long term incentive plan |
| MDRC |
Management Development and Remuneration Committee |
| MEA |
Membrane electrode assembly |
| NOx |
Nitrogen oxides |
| OEM |
Original equipment manufacturer |
| Oxycodone |
An opiate used to relieve medium to severe pain |
| PBT |
Underlying profit before tax |
| Pgm |
Platinum group metal |
| Prostaglandin |
Synthetic analogues of hormone-like substances |
| R&D |
Research and development |
| REACH |
Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals. EU chemical control legislation which came into force in June 2007 |
| ROIC |
Return on invested capital |
| RPI |
Retail price index |
| SIC |
Standing Interpretations Committee |
| SIP |
Share incentive plan |
| SO2 |
Sulphur dioxide |
| STEM |
Scanning transmission electron microscopy |
| Syngas |
A mixture of hydrogen and carbon oxides |
| TSR |
Total shareholder return |
| UK GAAP |
UK Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
