REG - Gooch & Housego PLC - Result of AGM

Gooch & HousegoAnnouncement

22/02/2023 14:00

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20230222:nRSV7468Qa&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 7468Q  Gooch & Housego PLC  22 February 2023

 For immediate release  22 February 2023

 

 

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.

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*
 1.      To receive the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the financial year    15,286,160  37         4,055
         ended 30 September 2022 together with the Directors' Report and Auditors'
         Report thereon
 2.      To receive and approve the Remuneration Committee Report set out on pages 66    15,280,901  6,705      2,646
         to 72 (excluding page 68) of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for
         the financial year ended 30 September 2022
 3       To declare a final dividend, as recommended by the Directors, of 7.9 pence per  15,288,109  37         2,106
         ordinary share for the financial year ended 30 September 2022
 4.      To re-elect Gary Bullard as a Director                                          10,912,672  3,380,053  997,527
 5.      To elect Charlie Peppiatt as a Director                                         13,254,004  2,034,197  2,051
 6.      To re-elect Chris Jewell as a Director                                          15,284,833  3,368      2,051
 7.      To re-elect Brian Phillipson as a Director                                      15,284,833  3,368      2,051
 8.      To re-elect Louise Evans as a Director                                          15,284,833  3,368      2,051
 9.      To re-elect Jim Haynes as a Director                                            15,284,833  3,368      2,051
 10.     To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors to the Company             15,140,603  148,391    718
 11.     To authorise the Directors to fix the Remuneration of the Auditors of the       15,285,340  2,861      2,051
         Company
 12.     To authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the      14,991,707  290,545    8,000
         Companies Act 2006
 13 (a)  Special resolution to authorise the Directors' to allot shares pursuant to      15,039,183  242,819    8,250
         section 570 of the Companies Act 2006
 13 (b)  Special Resolution to partially disapply statutory rights of pre-emption        15,039,183  242,819    8,250
 14      Special Resolution to authorise the Company to purchase its own shares          12,131,100  101,008    3,058,144
         pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006

* 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                  Gooch & Housego PLC      +44 (0) 1460 256440

 Chris Jewell, Chief Financial Officer

 Mark Court / George Cleary                                 Buchanan                 +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 G&H@buchanan.uk.com (mailto:G&H@buchanan.uk.com)

 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.

 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  RAGSEUFDEEDSELE