Director Shareholdings

Gooch & Housego PLC
22 August 2007


Immediate Release                                                22 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;

22 August 2007

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

22 August 2007

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

Gareth CW Jones 25,200 Shares at a price of 420 pence per share
Ian W Bayer     25,200 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]
I W Bayer at

Oriel Securities
Scott Richardson Brown Tel: [phone]



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