Gooch & Housego PLC Results of Annual General Meeting (0077G)

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RNS Number : 0077G

Gooch & Housego PLC

26 February 2015

Gooch & Housego PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting

The board of directors of Gooch & Housego plc is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 26 February 2015, 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 Annual General Meeting were as follows:

 
 No.   Resolution                            No. of Proxy Votes 
----  ----------------------------  ----------------------------------- 
                                        FOR        AGAINST    WITHHELD 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To receive and adopt 
        the Annual Report 
        and Accounts for the 
        financial year ended 
 1.     30 September 2015            13,053,154           -         450 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To receive and approve 
        the Remuneration Committee 
        Report set out on 
        pages 32 to 36 (Excluding 
        page 33) of the Annual 
        Report and Accounts 
        for the year ended 
 2.     30 September 2015            12,778,956       2,290     272,358 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To declare a final 
        dividend of 4.6 pence 
 3.     per ordinary share           13,053,604           -           - 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Gareth 
 4.     Jones as a Director          11,304,176     428,227   1,321,201 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Mark Webster 
 5.     as a Director                13,053,454           -         150 
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       To re-elect Alex Warnock 
 6.     as a Director                13,053,454           -         150 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-elect Andrew 
 7.     Boteler as a Director        13,053,454           -         150 
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       To re-elect Paul Heal 
 8.     as a Director                13,053,454           -         150 
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       To re-elect Peter 
 9.     Bordui as a Director         11,304,176   1,749,278         150 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To re-appoint Mssrs 
        PricewaterhouseCoopers 
 10.    LLP as Auditors              13,048,154       5,300         150 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors 
        to fix the Remuneration 
 11.    of the Auditors              13,047,546       3,376       2,682 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors 
        to allot shares in 
 12.    the Company                  12,208,439     843,006       2,159 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Directors 
        to allot shares in 
        the Company as if 
        Section 561 of the 
        Companies Act 2006 
 13.    did not apply                11,296,274       4,979   1,752,351 
----  ----------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------- 
       To authorise the Company 
        to make market purchases 
 14.    of its own shares            11,042,807   2,010,797           - 
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Contact and telephone numbers for enquiries:

Mark Webster, Chief Executive Officer: 01460 256 440

Andrew Boteler, Chief Financial Officer: 01460 256 440

Gareth Crowe, Company Secretary: 01460 256 440

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