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*

1.

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 thereon

9,870,315

0

0

2.

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 30 September 2016

9,845,421

20,812

4,082

3.

To declare a final dividend, as recommended by the Directors, of 5.7 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 30 September 2016

9,870,315

0

0

4.

To re-elect Gareth Jones as a Director

5,386,896

2,313,730

2,169,689

5.

To re-elect Mark Webster as a Director

9,869,214

600

501

6.

To re-elect Alex Warnock as a Director

9,869,814

0

501

7.

To re-elect Andrew Boteler as a Director

9,869,364

0

951

8.

To re-elect Peter Bordui as a Director

7,417,007

2,452,807

501

9.

To re-elect Brian Phillipson as a Director

9,867,814

0

501

10.

To re-appoint Messrs PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors

9,849,443

20,771

101

11.

To authorise the Directors to fix the Remuneration of the Auditors

9,869,482

200

633

12.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company

9,470,773

398,291

1,251

13.

To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company as if Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply

7,599,512

2,281,532

1,251

14.

To authorise the Company to make market purchases 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 Boteler

    Gooch & Housego PLC

    01460 256440

    Mark Court / Sophie Cowles

    Buchanan

    020 7466 5000

    Patrick Robb / David Anderson

    Investec Bank 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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