Gooch & Housego PLC Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights (7217L)
December 28 2018 - 6:13AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 7217L
Gooch & Housego PLC
28 December 2018
For immediate release 28 December 2018
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of optical
components and systems, announces that Company has allotted 19,300
new ordinary shares of 20p each in the Company (the "Ordinary
Shares") pursuant to the exercise of share options by certain
employees under the Gooch & Housego Long Term Incentive Plan
2013.
Application has been made for these new Ordinary Shares to be
admitted to trading on AIM and it is expected that admission will
take place on 3 January 2019. The new Ordinary Shares will rank
pari passu with the existing shares of the Company.
Total Voting Rights
Following the issue of these new Ordinary Shares, the Company's
issued share capital comprises 24,959,886 ordinary shares, with one
voting right per share ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company does not
hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary
Shares and voting rights in the Company is therefore
24,959,886.
The figure of 24,959,886 may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if
they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their
interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
For further information please contact:
Gooch & Housego PLC
Mark Webster/ Andy Boteler Tel 01460 256440
Buchanan
Mark Court/Sophie Cowles Tel 0207 466 5000
Investec Bank plc, (NOMAD and Broker)
Patrick Robb / David Anderson Tel 0207 597 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.
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