Notification of Shares

Gooch & Housego PLC
02 August 2006


For Immediate Release                                             2 August 2006



                              GOOCH & HOUSEGO PLC


                             Notifiction of Shares



Gooch & Housego PLC hereby confirm that they have been notified today, 02 August
2006, that HBOS plc, including its subsidiaries, has increased its shareholding
to 1,804,690 ordinary shares of 20p each. This represents 10.03% of the total
issued share capital of Gooch & Housego PLC.





For further information please contact:


Ian Bayer at Gooch & Housego PLC
Telephone [phone]






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