Trading Update

Gooch & Housego PLC

30 July 2026

 

30 July 2026

Gooch & Housego PLC

Trading Update

Gooch & Housego PLC ("G&H" or the "Group") today provides a brief update on current trading, alongside the publication of the scheme document relating to the recommended cash acquisition of G&H by Greenlight Bidco Limited (the "Acquisition").

As disclosed in the announcement of the Acquisition on 16 July 2026, the Group's trading performance for the financial year ending 30 September 2026 ("FY26") is expected to be more heavily weighted towards Q4 than previously anticipated, reflecting the impact of supply-chain constraints on the timing of order book conversion and programme deliveries, and global uncertainties remain a risk to the near-term execution of G&H's strategy. The Board's expectations for FY26 currently remain unchanged.

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For further information, please contact:

Gooch & Housego PLC
Charlie Peppiatt, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
James Corte, Chief Financial Officer	www.gandh.com
Burson Buchanan (Financial Communications)
Henry Harrison-Topham, Sophie Wills and Abigail Gilchrist	Tel: [phone] G&[e-mail]
Investec Bank plc (NOMAD and Broker)
Christopher Baird, Carlton Nelson and Charles Craven	Tel: [phone]

Notes to editors

Gooch & Housego is a photonics technology business 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 and Defence, Industrial and Telecom, and Life Sciences sectors. World-leading design, development and manufacturing expertise is offered across a broad range of complementary technologies. It is headquartered in Ilminster, Somerset, UK. For more information please visit www.gandh.com. For more information, please visit www.gandh.com.

All financial information included in this announcement is sourced from unaudited management accounts and excludes any specific items. This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements that are based on management's current expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions about future events.  These are subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in the countries and sectors in which G&H operates.  It is believed that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable but they may be affected by a wide range of variables which could cause actual results, and G&H's plans and objectives, to differ materially from those currently anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.  Investors should not place undue reliance on any such statements. Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a profit forecast.

 

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