REG - Gooch & Housego PLC - Block Listing Application

Gooch & HousegoAnnouncement

28/12/2018 11:15

RNS Number : 7222L
Gooch & Housego PLC
28 December 2018
 





For immediate release


28 December 2018



 
 

Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Company")
 
Block Listing Application
 
Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems, announces that an application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for a block listing application of 97,658 ordinary shares of 20p each in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the Gooch & Housego Long Term Incentive Plan 2013.
 
Upon exercise, the Ordinary Shares will be issued credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing ordinary shares in issue.  
It is expected that admission will become effective on 3 January 2019.
 
For further information please contact:
 
Gooch & Housego PLC
Mark Webster/ Andy Boteler                               Tel 01460 256440
 
Buchanan
Mark Court/Sophie Cowles                                  Tel 0207 466 5000
 
Investec Bank plc, (NOMAD and Broker)
Patrick Robb / David Anderson                            Tel 0207 597 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.
2.     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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