Gooch & Housego PLC Result of AGM (5946X)
February 22 2017 - 11:35AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5946X
Gooch & Housego PLC
22 February 2017
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*
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
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
1. thereon 9,870,315 0 0
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
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
2. 30 September 2016 9,845,421 20,812 4,082
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To declare a final
dividend, as recommended
by the Directors,
of 5.7 pence per ordinary
share for the financial
year ended 30 September
3. 2016 9,870,315 0 0
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Gareth
4. Jones as a Director 5,386,896 2,313,730 2,169,689
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Mark Webster
5. as a Director 9,869,214 600 501
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Alex Warnock
6. as a Director 9,869,814 0 501
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Andrew
7. Boteler as a Director 9,869,364 0 951
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Peter
8. Bordui as a Director 7,417,007 2,452,807 501
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To re-elect Brian
9. Phillipson as a Director 9,867,814 0 501
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To re-appoint Messrs
PricewaterhouseCoopers
10. LLP as Auditors 9,849,443 20,771 101
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To authorise the Directors
to fix the Remuneration
11. of the Auditors 9,869,482 200 633
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To authorise the Directors
to allot shares in
12. the Company 9,470,773 398,291 1,251
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To authorise the Directors
to allot shares in
the Company as if
Section 561 of the
Companies Act 2006
13. did not apply 7,599,512 2,281,532 1,251
---- ---------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
To authorise the Company
to make market purchases
14. 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 Gooch & Housego
Boteler PLC 01460 256440
Mark Court / Sophie
Cowles 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.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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