Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7468Q

Gooch & Housego PLC

22 February 2023

 

For immediate release

22 February 2023

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 2022 together with the Directors' Report and Auditors' Report thereon	15,286,160	37	4,055
2.	To receive and approve the Remuneration Committee Report set out on pages 66 to 72 (excluding page 68) of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 September 2022	15,280,901	6,705	2,646
3	To declare a final dividend, as recommended by the Directors, of 7.9 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 30 September 2022	15,288,109	37	2,106
4.	To re-elect Gary Bullard as a Director	10,912,672	3,380,053	997,527
5.	To elect Charlie Peppiatt as a Director	13,254,004	2,034,197	2,051
6.	To re-elect Chris Jewell as a Director	15,284,833	3,368	2,051
7.	To re-elect Brian Phillipson as a Director	15,284,833	3,368	2,051
8.	To re-elect Louise Evans as a Director	15,284,833	3,368	2,051
9.	To re-elect Jim Haynes as a Director	15,284,833	3,368	2,051
10.	To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors to the Company	15,140,603	148,391	718
11.	To authorise the Directors to fix the Remuneration of the Auditors of the Company	15,285,340	2,861	2,051
12.	To authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	14,991,707	290,545	8,000
13 (a)	Special resolution to authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006	15,039,183	242,819	8,250
13 (b)	Special Resolution to partially disapply statutory rights of pre-emption	15,039,183	242,819	8,250
14	Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006	12,131,100	101,008	3,058,144

* 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 / George Cleary 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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