Gooch & Housego PLC Result of AGM (0616Q)
February 24 2016 - 12:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0616Q
Gooch & Housego PLC
24 February 2016
For immediate release 24 February 2016
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" 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
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FOR AGAINST WITHHELD
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To receive and adopt
the Annual Report
and Accounts for the
financial year ended
1. 30 September 2015 13,581,146 - 63,000
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To receive and approve
the Remuneration Committee
Report set out on
pages 32 to 36 (excluding
page 33) of the Annual
Report and Accounts
for the year ended
2. 30 September 2015 13,576,503 3,666 63,977
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To declare a final
dividend of 5.2 pence
3. per ordinary share 13,581,146 - 63,000
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To re-elect Gareth
4. Jones as a Director 12,636,203 742,406 265,537
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Mark Webster
5. as a Director 13,578,396 2,600 63,150
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To re-elect Alex Warnock
6. as a Director 13,578,996 2,000 63,150
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Andrew
7. Boteler as a Director 13,578,996 2,000 63,150
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Paul Heal
8. as a Director 13,578,996 2,000 63,150
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To re-elect Peter
9. Bordui as a Director 12,819,150 761,846 63,150
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Brian
10. Phillipson as a Director 13,578,996 2,000 63,150
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To re-appoint Mssrs
PricewaterhouseCoopers
11. LLP as Auditors 13,574,135 6,861 63,150
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To authorise the Directors
to fix the Remuneration
12. of the Auditors 13,575,620 5,376 63,150
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To authorise the Directors
to allot shares in
13. the Company 13,427,520 152,949 63,677
---- ---------------------------- ----------- ---------- ----------
To authorise the Directors
to allot shares in
the Company as if
Section 561 of the
Companies Act 2006
14. did not apply 11,442,217 2,082,883 131,026
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To authorise the Company
to make market purchases
15. of its own shares 10,584,495 149,533 2,909,701
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For further information
contact:
Mark Webster / Andrew Gooch & Housego
Boteler PLC 01460 256440
Mark Court Buchanan 020 7466 5000
Patrick Robb / David Investec Bank
Anderson 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.
2. All financial information included in this announcement is
sourced from unaudited management accounts and excludes any
specific items. This announcement contains certain forward-looking
statements that are based on management's current expectations or
beliefs as well as assumptions about future events. These are
subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the
economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in
the countries and sectors in which G&H operates. It is believed
that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable
but they may be affected by a wide range of variables which could
cause actual results, and G&H's plans and objectives, to differ
materially from those currently anticipated or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue
reliance on any such statements. Nothing in this announcement
should be construed as a profit forecast.
This information is provided by RNS
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