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Gooch & Housego — Shareholder Meeting (February 2026)
15 slides from Gooch & Housego's shareholder meeting presentation, Feb 27, 2026
Slide 1: AGM Proxy Voting
AGM PROXY VOTING 27th February 2026 3rd December 2024
Slide 2: Summary of Proxy Votes
SUMMARY OF PROXY VOTES CEO AGM PRESENTATION – 27 FEB 2026 PAGE 2
Slide 3: CEO AGM Update
CEO AGM UPDATE 27th February 2026 3rd December 2024
Slide 4: Agenda
AGENDA • Business Overview • Strategy Update • Acquisitions Integration Update • Outlook & Summary Charlie Peppiatt - CEO CEO AGM PRESENTATION – 27 FEB 2026 PAGE 4
Slide 5: FY25 Highlights
FY25 HIGHLIGHTS • Strong progress delivering strategic changes to support the Group’s margin growth plans • Full year revenue up 10.7% to £150.5m (FY2024: £136.0m) • A&D revenues up 52.1%, Industrial down 5.3% and Life Sciences broadly flat • Adjusted profit before tax increased by 46.8% to £11.9m (
Slide 6: Overview Gooch & Housego ("G&H")
OVERVIEW GOOCH & HOUSEGO (“G&H”) • G&H has spent over seven decades building a reputation for supplying products that are hard to make, high quality, and have a long in-service lifetime • G&H’s focus is on 3 key areas of Photonics: Precision optics and systems Precision Vision Lens systems optics sy
Slide 7: G&H: A Photonics Specialist
G&H: A PHOTONICS SPECIALIST FY2025 Revenue: £150.5M (FY2024: £136M) Industrial Aerospace Life & Telecom & Defence Sciences £64.3m FY25A £52.4m FY25A £33.7m FY25A £67.9m FY24A £34.5m FY24A £33.6m FY24A 43% 35% 22% • Laser manufacturing • Navigation • Medical imaging • Photolithography • Targeting & I
Slide 8: CEO AGM PRESENTATION – 27 FEB 2026 PAGE 8
CEO AGM PRESENTATION – 27 FEB 2026 PAGE 8
Slide 9: Strategy – Sustainable Growth
STRATEGY – SUSTAINABLE GROWTH Our strategy is focused upon us becoming an ‘innovative customer focused technology company’ making a ‘better world with photonics’ and the ‘first choice’ for all our stakeholders Offering differentiated performance through 4 key strategic priorities: 1 2 3 4 Establish
Slide 10: Value Creation from Technology Focus
VALUE CREATION FROM TECHNOLOGY FOCUS • FY25 R&D spend £7.3m (FY24: £7.8m) • 25% increase in revenues from new products up to £31.7m (FY24: £25.3m) • Last time buy for Pockels cells into medical lasers underway due to lower cost Asian competition • Technology roadmap focus reduced to 6 ‘vital few’ ar
Slide 11: Successful Integration of Acquisitions
SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF ACQUISITIONS Phoenix Optical (October 2024) • Revenue synergies through combined commercial pipeline • Scalable sovereign Germanium fabrication capability • Order book growth >100% under G&H ownership • Capability and know-how enhancement through combination Global Photonic
Slide 12: Outlook
OUTLOOK • YTD FY2026 Order intake continues to increase • YTD order book has grown strongly, up to £168.3m • Semiconductor market recovery now underway • Strong A&D business growth in Europe & US • Germanium supply variable with H2 weighting • Full cover for full year revenues • Outlook remains in l
Slide 13: Summary
SUMMARY • G&H’s technologies and capabilities realigned to mega trends with positive outlook • Record order intake continues across the Group, with demand in Defence and Semi growing strongly • ‘Value creation’ synergies from Phoenix Optical underway and Global Photonics enhances US offering • Opera
Slide 14: Cautionary Statement
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ▪ For the purposes of the following disclaimers, references to this ‘document’ shall be deemed to include references to the presenters’ speeches, the question and answer session and any other related verbal or written communications. ▪ This document contains forward-looking stat
Slide 15: CEO AGM PRESENTATION – 27 FEB 2026 PAGE 15
CEO AGM PRESENTATION – 27 FEB 2026 PAGE 15
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