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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:
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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.