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, except resolution 2, were duly passed.

The Board notes that more than 50% of the votes cast on resolution 2, to receive and approve the Remuneration Committee Report, were against that resolution. The Company consulted with its largest institutional shareholders with regards to its remuneration proposals in advance of preparing the Remuneration Committee Report and their feedback as a whole was taken into account. Whilst Resolution 2 is an advisory vote, the Board takes shareholder views very seriously and will engage further with shareholders to solicit additional feedback from those who voted against the resolution to understand their reasoning. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, which the Company has chosen to adopt, the Company will publish the outcome of this engagement within six months.

The Board also notes that, for resolution 12, more than 20% of the votes cast were against that resolution. As part of the shareholder engagement described above, the Company will solicit further feedback on the resolution and publish the outcome within six months.

A breakdown of the proxy votes lodged prior to, and votes received at the meeting, for each resolution is set out below:

* 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.

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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.