Result of AGM

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	[phone]
Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Abigail Gilchrist G&[e-mail]	Buchanan	[phone]
Christopher Baird / David Anderson	Investec Bank plc	[phone]

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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