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Gooch & Housego PLC
24 February 2025
 

 

24 February 2025

 

 

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.

A breakdown of the proxy votes lodged prior to, and votes received at the meeting for each resolution is set out below:

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 2024 together with the Directors' Report and Auditors' Report thereon

15,813,568

37

769

2.

To receive and approve the Remuneration Committee Report set out on pages 122 to 129 of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the financial year ended 30 September 2024

15,756,140

52,892

5,342

3

To declare a final dividend, as recommended by the Directors, of 8.3 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 30 September 2024

15,813,923

437

14

4.

To re-elect Gary Bullard as a Director

15,808,170

2,354

3,850

5.

To re-elect Charlie Peppiatt as a Director

15,808,570

1,954

3,850

6.

To re-elect Chris Jewell as a Director

15,808,580

2,344

3,450

7.

To re-elect Louise Evans as a Director

15,809,572

952

3,850

8.

To re-elect Jim Haynes as a Director

15,808,570

1,954

3,850

9.

To re-elect Susan Searle as a Director

15,809,982

942

3,450

10.

To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors to the Company

15,758,821

55,139

414

11.

To authorise the Directors to fix the Remuneration of the Auditors of the Company

15,809,221

4,384

769

12.

To authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006

12,483,828

3,330,481

65

13 (a)

Special resolution to authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006

15,469,263

345,046

65

13 (b)

Special Resolution to partially disapply statutory rights of pre-emption

15,469,263

345,046

65

14

Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006

13,014,234

51,937

2,748,203

* 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

+44 (0) 1460 256440


 


Mark Court / Sophie Wills/ Abigail Gilchrist

G&H@buchanan.uk.com

Burson Buchanan

+44 (0) 20 7466 5000


 


Christopher Baird / David Anderson   

Investec Bank plc

+44 (0) 20 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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