Last checked at 25 Feb 2010 11:00
Gooch & Housego plc
Results of Annual General Meeting
The board of directors of Gooch & Housego plc is pleased to announce that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on, 24 February 2010, all of the resolutions proposed at the meeting were duly passed on a show of hands.
The Directors withdrew Resolution 12, to amend and adopt new Articles of Association of the Company before the Annual General Meeting. The board has taken into account the views expressed on this resolution by certain institutional shareholders and has determined to withdraw the resolution so that the board has the opportunity to consider and discuss matters further, with a view to proposing another resolution to adopt new articles at the 2011 AGM.
For information, the proxy votes received in respect of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting were as follows:
| No. | Resolution | No. of Proxy Votes | ||
| FOR | AGAINST | DISCRETION | ||
| 1. | To receive and adopt the Directors' Report and Accounts | 4,761,292 | 412,282 | 4,509 |
| 2. | To re-elect Dr. Julian Blogh as a Director | 4,823,174 | 350,400 | 4,509 |
| 3. | To re-elect Eugene Arthurs as a Director | 4,005,291 | 353,500 | 8,886 |
| 4. | To re-elect Jan Melles as a Director | 4,008,391 | 350,400 | 8,886 |
| 5. | To re-elect Terry Scribbins as a Director | 4,820,074 | 353,500 | 4,509 |
| 6. | To re-elect Andrew Boteler as Director | 4,823,174 | 350,400 | 4,509 |
| 7. | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors | 5,169,197 | 4,377 | 4,509 |
| 8. | To authorise the Directors to fix the Remuneration of the Auditors | 5,173,574 | 0 | 4,509 |
| 9. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company | 5,165,038 | 5,540 | 4,872 |
| 10. | To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights on an allotment of shares in the Company* | 5,146,907 | 19,534 | 8,009 |
| 11. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares* | 5,167,934 | 5,640 | 4,509 |
| 12. | To amend and adopt new Articles of Association of the Company* | WITHDRAWN |
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* Special resolutions requiring a 75% majority of the votes cast.
Contact and telephone numbers for enquiries:
Gareth Jones, Chief Executive Officer: 01460 256 440 Andrew Boteler, Finance Director and Company Secretary: 01460 256 440