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Johnson Matthey Appoints Yarbrough Southwest as Sales Representative For It's Line of PureGuardTM Gas Purifiers

WEST CHESTER, PA, January 5, 2005 - Johnson Matthey Gas Purification Technology (GPT) group today announced the appointment of Yarbrough Southwest, headquartered in Dallas, Texas as a sales representative for its line of PureGuard™ gas purification equipment. Yarbrough will represent Johnson Matthey in Texas, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

Stuart Bestrom, National Sales Manager of Gas Purification for GPT, said, "Yarbrough is a perfect fit for Johnson Matthey because of their 30 plus years of industry experience and vast knowledge of the semiconductor market. This in tandem with their excellent reputation for customer support and field service gives us a winning combination for success."

Yarbrough Southwest serves the semiconductor industry and a number of other industries, providing sales, service, support and marketing insight. Yarbrough has been offering best in class solutions to thousands of satisfied customers since 1973.

Tom Jacobs, President of Yarbrough Southwest, said, "We're excited about representing Johnson Matthey's PureGuard™ gas purification product line. Our goal is to offer customers the industry's premier products...the line of PureGuard products keep us focused in that direction."

In addition to their Dallas, TX, headquarters, Yarbrough Southwest maintains full service sales offices in Albuquerque, NM; Phoenix, AZ; and Austin, TX. You can visit their web site at www.yarbroughsw.com

About Johnson Matthey

Traded on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: JMAT), Johnson Matthey is a specialty chemicals company focused on its core skills in catalysts, precious metals and specialty chemicals. The $7.0 billion company is 187 years old, employs around 7500 people in 34 countries and has over 40 years of experience in gas purification. Backed by a reputation for superior reliability, customer service and technological expertise - and having installed over 5,000 gas purification units around the world - the company is a global leader in the design, engineering, manufacture and distribution of state-of-the-art purification systems for all pure, inert and specialty gases used in the semiconductor industry. The Johnson Matthey GPT group maintains locations in North America, England, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong.

Contact Information

For further information, please contact Wilson Chu, Marketing and New Business Manager, Johnson Matthey Gas Purification Technology, 1397 King Road, West Chester, PA 19380;
tel: (610) 232-1987, (800) 624-2204; fax: (610) 232-1934;
E-mail: chuw@jmusa.com; Web site: http://www.pureguard.net