Holding(s) in Company

Gooch & Housego PLC
21 December 2007


For immediate release 21 December 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;



20 December



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



19 December 2007



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



Gareth CW Jones               25,000 Shares at a price of 412 pence per share

Ian W Bayer                   25,000 Shares at a price of 412 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]
Gareth CW Jones

Oriel Securities                                  Tel: [phone]
Scott Richardson Brown








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