Holding(s) in Company

Gooch & Housego PLC
10 May 2007


                     Gooch and Housego Plc (the 'Company')

                    Notification of major interest in shares


Gooch & Housego PLC hereby confirm that they were notified on 8 May 2007 that
Active Capital Trust did, on 4 May 2007, sell 125,000 shares in the Company at
432.5 pence, reducing its shareholding to 996,960 (nine hundred and ninety six
thousand nine hundred and sixty) Ordinary Shares of 20p each, representing 5.33%
of the total issued share capital of the Company.


For further information please contact;

Ian Bayer at Gooch & Housego PLC

Telephone [phone]

10 May 2007



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