Gooch & Housego : 6 Mar 20 – Director shareholding change – Gary Bullard

For immediate release

5 March 2020

Gooch & Housego PLC

("G&H" or the "Company")

Director Share Purchase

Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM:GHH), the specialist manufacturer of photonic components and systems, announces that the Company was notified on 5 March 2020 that, on the same date, the Chairman and persons closely associated to the Chairman acquired ordinary shares of 20p each in the capital of the company ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to their participation in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP"). These purchases were in relation to dividends paid on shares held in the individuals' names.

Gary Bullard, Chairman, purchased 17 Ordinary Shares at a price of £12.30 per Ordinary Share.

Elaine Sullivan, a person closely associated to Gary Bullard, purchased 25 Ordinary Shares at a price of £12.07 per Ordinary Share.

Following this purchase, Gary Bullard has an interest in 7,066 Ordinary Shares in the Company, representing 0.03% of the Company's total issued share capital.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
	associated
a)	Name	Gary Bullard
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	Chairman
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
	auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Gooch & Housego Plc
b)	LEI	213800DO3D00KYOPA952

4		Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument;
		(ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions
		have been conducted
a)		Description of the financial	Ordinary shares of 20 pence each
		instrument, type of instrument.
		Identification code	GB0002259116
b)		Nature of transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
c)		Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
			£12.30		17
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
	-	Aggregated volume
	-	Price
e)	Date of the transaction	5 March 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
1		Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely
		associated
a)		Name	Elaine Sullivan
2		Reason for the notification
a)		Position/status	Person Closely Associated to the Chairman Gary
			Bullard
b)		Initial notification/Amendment	Initial Notification
3		Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform,
		auctioneer or auction monitor
a)		Name	Gooch & Housego Plc
b)		LEI	213800DO3D00KYOPA952

4		Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument;
		(ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions
		have been conducted
a)		Description of the financial	Ordinary shares of 20 pence each
		instrument, type of instrument.
		Identification code	GB0002259116
b)		Nature of transaction	Purchase of ordinary shares
c)		Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s)		Volume(s)
			£12.07		25
d)	Aggregated information	N/A
	-	Aggregated volume
	-	Price
e)	Date of the transaction	5 March 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange
For further information please contact:
Gooch & Housego PLC
Mark Webster/ Chris Jewell	Tel [phone]
Buchanan
Mark Court/Charlotte Slater	Tel [phone]
Investec Bank plc, (NOMAD and Broker)
Chris Baird / Patrick Robb / David Anderson	Tel [phone]