Director Shareholdings

Gooch & Housego PLC
10 August 2007


For immediate release                                           10 August 2007


                      Gooch & Housego PLC (the 'Company')


                               Holding in Company


Pursuant to rule 17, the Company has today been notified of the following
interest in the Company's Ordinary 20p shares ('Shares'):



Schedule Five


(a) the identity of the directors concerned;


Gareth CW Jones and Ian W Bayer


(b) the date on which the disclosure was made to it;


10 August 2007


(c) the date on which the deal or relevant change to the holding was effected;


10 August 2007


(d) the price, amount and class of the AIM securities concerned;

Gareth CW Jones       82,000 Shares at a price of 420 pence per share
Ian W Bayer           82,000 Shares at a price of 420 pence per share


(e) the nature of the transaction;


Exercise of options and sale of resulting shares


(f) the nature and extent of the director's interest in the transaction;


Holding following the transaction


GCW Jones 8,000 20p Ordinary Shares (0.04%)

IW Bayer 10,000 20p Ordinary Shares (0.05%)


(g) where a deal takes place when it is in any close period under rule 21, the
date upon which any previous binding commitment was notified or the date upon
which the Exchange granted permission to deal in order to mitigate severe
personal hardship; and


N/A


(h) where the notification concerns a related financial product, the detailed
nature of the exposure.


N/A


For further information, please contact:

Gooch & Housego PLC                 Tel: [phone]
Ian W Bayer

Oriel Securities                    Tel: [phone]
Scott Richardson Brown




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