Gooch & Housego PLC Result of AGM
21 February 2024 - 11:31PM
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Gooch & Housego PLC
21 February 2024
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 ended 30 September 2023
together with the Directors' Report and Auditors' Report
thereon
|
15,395,130
|
537
|
736
|
|
2.
|
To receive and approve the
Remuneration Committee Report set out on pages 110 to 117
(excluding pages 112 and 113) of the Annual Report and Financial
Statements for the financial year ended 30 September
2023
|
15,335,450
|
52,230
|
8,723
|
|
3
|
To declare a final dividend, as
recommended by the Directors, of 8.2 pence per ordinary share for
the financial year ended 30 September 2023
|
15,395,866
|
537
|
0
|
|
4.
|
To re-elect Gary Bullard as a
Director
|
14,468,715
|
876,930
|
50,758
|
|
5.
|
To re-elect Charlie Peppiatt as a
Director
|
15,392,862
|
2,783
|
758
|
|
6.
|
To re-elect Chris Jewell as a
Director
|
15,394,179
|
1,466
|
758
|
|
7.
|
To re-elect Brian Phillipson as a
Director
|
15,394,372
|
1,273
|
758
|
|
8.
|
To re-elect Louise Evans as a
Director
|
15,394,222
|
1,423
|
758
|
|
9.
|
To re-elect Jim Haynes as a
Director
|
15,394,222
|
1,423
|
758
|
|
10.
|
To elect Susan Searle as a
Director
|
15,394,372
|
1,273
|
758
|
|
11.
|
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as Auditors to the Company
|
15,344,757
|
50,910
|
736
|
|
12.
|
To authorise the Directors to fix
the Remuneration of the Auditors of the Company
|
15,395,130
|
1,273
|
0
|
|
13.
|
To authorise the Directors' to allot
shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006
|
12,886,370
|
2,510,033
|
0
|
|
14
(a)
|
Special resolution to authorise the
Directors' to allot shares pursuant to section 570 of the Companies
Act 2006
|
15,114,594
|
281,809
|
0
|
|
14
(b)
|
Special Resolution to partially
disapply statutory rights of pre-emption
|
15,114,594
|
281,809
|
0
|
|
15
|
Special Resolution to authorise the
Company to purchase its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the
Companies Act 2006
|
12,333,939
|
50,937
|
3,011,527
|
*
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
|
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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