RNS Number : 9670D
Gooch & Housego PLC
21 February 2024

21 February 2024

Gooch & Housego PLC

("G&H" or the "Company")

Result of AGM

Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer of photonic components & systems, held its Annual General Meeting earlier today and confirms all resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed.

For information, the proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions proposed at the AGM were as follows:

No.

Resolution

No. of Proxy Votes

FOR

AGAINST

WITHHELD*

1.

To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 September 2023 together with the Directors' Report and Auditors' Report thereon

15,395,130

537

736

2.

To receive and approve the Remuneration Committee Report set out on pages 110 to 117 (excluding pages 112 and 113) of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 September 2023

15,335,450

52,230

8,723

3

To declare a final dividend, as recommended by the Directors, of 8.2 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 30 September 2023

15,395,866

537

0

4.

To re-elect Gary Bullard as a Director

14,468,715

876,930

50,758

5.

To re-elect Charlie Peppiatt as a Director

15,392,862

2,783

758

6.

To re-elect Chris Jewell as a Director

15,394,179

1,466

758

7.

To re-elect Brian Phillipson as a Director

15,394,372

1,273

758

8.

To re-elect Louise Evans as a Director

15,394,222

1,423

758

9.

To re-elect Jim Haynes as a Director

15,394,222

1,423

758

10.

To elect Susan Searle as a Director

15,394,372

1,273

758

11.

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors to the Company

15,344,757

50,910

736

12.

To authorise the Directors to fix the Remuneration of the Auditors of the Company

15,395,130

1,273

0

13.

To authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006

12,886,370

2,510,033

0

14 (a)

Special resolution to authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006

15,114,594

281,809

0

14 (b)

Special Resolution to partially disapply statutory rights of pre-emption

15,114,594

281,809

0

15

Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006

12,333,939

50,937

3,011,527

* A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentages of votes cast for and against a resolution.

For further information please contact:

Charlie Peppiatt, Chief Executive Officer

Chris Jewell, Chief Financial Officer

Gooch & Housego PLC

+44 (0) 1460 256440



Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Abigail Gilchrist

G&H@buchanan.uk.com

Buchanan

+44 (0) 20 7466 5000



Christopher Baird / David Anderson

Investec Bank plc

+44 (0) 20 7597 5970

Notes to editors

1. Gooch & Housego is a photonics technology business headquartered in Ilminster, Somerset, UK with operations in the USA and Europe. A world leader in its field, the company researches, designs, engineers and manufactures advanced photonic systems, components and instrumentation for applications in the Aerospace & Defence, Industrial, Life Sciences and Scientific Research sectors. World leading design, development and manufacturing expertise is offered across a broad range of complementary technologies.

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