Gooch & Housego PLC Result of AGM (5946X)

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RNS Number : 5946X

Gooch & Housego PLC

22 February 2017

 
 For immediate release   22 February 2017 
 
 
 
 

Gooch & Housego PLC

("Gooch & Housego" or the "Company")

Result of AGM

Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer of optical components & systems, is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held earlier today, all of the resolutions proposed at the meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.

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* 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To receive the Annual 
        Report and Financial 
        Statements for the 
        financial year ended 
        30 September 2016 
        together with the 
        Directors' Report 
        and Auditor's Report 
 1.     thereon                      9,870,315           0           0 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To receive and approve 
        the Remuneration Committee 
        Report set out on 
        pages 33 to 36 (excluding 
        page 34) of the Annual 
        Report and Financial 
        Statements for the 
        financial year ended 
 2.     30 September 2016            9,845,421      20,812       4,082 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To declare a final 
        dividend, as recommended 
        by the Directors, 
        of 5.7 pence per ordinary 
        share for the financial 
        year ended 30 September 
 3.     2016                         9,870,315           0           0 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Gareth 
 4.     Jones as a Director          5,386,896   2,313,730   2,169,689 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Mark Webster 
 5.     as a Director                9,869,214         600         501 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Alex Warnock 
 6.     as a Director                9,869,814           0         501 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Andrew 
 7.     Boteler as a Director        9,869,364           0         951 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Peter 
 8.     Bordui as a Director         7,417,007   2,452,807         501 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Brian 
 9.     Phillipson as a Director     9,867,814           0         501 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint Messrs 
        PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 10.    LLP as Auditors              9,849,443      20,771         101 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors 
        to fix the Remuneration 
 11.    of the Auditors              9,869,482         200         633 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors 
        to allot shares in 
 12.    the Company                  9,470,773     398,291       1,251 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors 
        to allot shares in 
        the Company as if 
        Section 561 of the 
        Companies Act 2006 
 13.    did not apply                7,599,512   2,281,532       1,251 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Company 
        to make market purchases 
 14.    of its own shares            9,846,272      23,403           0 
----  ----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 

* 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 
  contact: 
 Mark Webster / Andrew      Gooch & Housego 
  Boteler                    PLC                01460 256440 
 Mark Court / Sophie 
  Cowles                    Buchanan           020 7466 5000 
 Patrick Robb / David       Investec Bank 
  Anderson                   plc               020 7597 5970 
 

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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