Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hollywood Bowl

02/02/2026 09:23

RNS Number : 2953R

Hollywood Bowl Group plc

02 February 2026

 

Hollywood Bowl Group plc

 

LTIP Share Awards

 

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LSE: BOWL the "Company") announces that on 30 January 2026 its Executive Directors and PDMRs were granted the following share awards as nil-cost options over ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Shares") under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").

 

Director
Position
Number of Share Awards Granted
Stephen Burns
Chief Executive Officer
268,568
Melanie Dickinson
Chief People Officer
69,475
Laurence Keen
CEO, Canada
76,894
Darryl Lewis
UK Managing Director
73,233
Mat Hart
Business Development Director
36,616
Rob Dermitges
Chief Marketing Officer
31,746

 

These awards are subject to the following performance targets:

 

Measure
Description
Weighting
Threshold
Target
Max
Pre-IFRS 16 Adjusted EPS1
Pre-IFRS 16 Adjusted EPS for the final year of the performance period - FY2028
70%
25.21p
(25% payout)
26.54p
(62.5% payout)
27.87p
(100% payout)
Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
Percentage change in share price plus the value of dividends invested on the ex-dividend date over the performance period compared with the constituents of the FTSE 250 (excluding investment trusts)
10%
Ranked at median based on TSR performance (25% payout)
N/A
Ranked at or above upper quartile based on TSR performance
(100% payout)
Return on centre invested capital
Return on all centre invested capital (refurbs and new centres), excluding maintenance
10%
18% return
(25% payout)
20% return
(62.5% payout)
22% return
(100% payout)
UK Emissions ratio for Scope 1 and Scope 2
Intensity Ratio (IR)
10%
IR at 51
(25% payout)
IR under 48
(62.5% payout)
IR under 45
(100% payout)

1 Pre-IFRS 16 Adjusted EPS is defined as stated in the Group's accounts and is subject to such adjustments as the Board, in its discretion, determines are fair and reasonable.

Vesting for each measure will be calculated on a straight-line basis between threshold and target, and target and max performance.

Subject to performance against the targets above, the awards will vest three years after grant and will be subject to a further two-year holding period. Further details relating to the operation of the LTIP can be found within the 2025 Annual report and accounts which are available on the Company's website.

 

The Company also announces the 30% reduction to LTIP Awards granted to Laurence Keen in 2024 and 2025 (the "LTIP Awards") in connection with his change of role from CFO to CEO, Canada, and as highlighted in the Directors' Remuneration Report included in the Company's 2025 Annual Report, as follows:

 

Award Date
Shares over which nil-cost options originally granted
Shares surrendered
Shares over which the nil-cost options subsist post-surrender
30 January 2024
156,220
46,866
109,354
31 January 2025
166,765
50,029
116,736

 

All other terms of the LTIP Awards remain unchanged.

The notifications below, made in accordance with Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

 

Enquiries:

Hollywood Bowl Group plc - Via Headland

Stephen Burns, Chief Executive Officer

Mat Hart, Business Development Director     

 

Headland

Rosh Field / Antonia Pollock

hollywoodbowl@headlandconsultancy.com

+44 (0)20 3805 4822

 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)
Name
Stephen Burns
2.
Reason for the notification
a)
Position / status
Chief Executive Officer
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)
LEI
213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
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 instrument, type of instrument and identification code
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
£nil
268,568
d)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated volume
Price
Volume: 268,568
Price: £nil
e)
Date of the
transaction
30 January 2026
f)
Place of the
transaction
Outside a trading venue

 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)
Name
Melanie Dickinson
2.
Reason for the notification
a)
Position / status
Chief People Officer
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)
LEI
213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
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 instrument, type of instrument and identification code
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
£nil
69,475
d)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated volume
Price
Volume: 69,475
Price: £nil
e)
Date of the
transaction
30 January 2026
f)
Place of the
transaction
Outside a trading venue

 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)
Name
Laurence Keen
2.
Reason for the notification
a)
Position / status
CEO, Canada
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)
LEI
213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
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 instrument, type of instrument and identification code
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
£nil
76,894
d)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated volume
Price
Volume: 76,894
Price: £nil
e)
Date of the
transaction
30 January 2026
f)
Place of the
transaction
Outside a trading venue

 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Name
Laurence Keen
2.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)
Position / status
CEO, Canada
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)
LEI
213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
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 instrument
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)
Nature of the transaction
Surrender of options granted under the Hollywood Bowl Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan in 2024 and 2025
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price: Nil
Volume: 96,895 (being 46,866 in respect of the 2024 grant and 50,029 in respect of the 2025 grant)
d)
Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price
N/A - Single Transaction
e)
Date of the transaction
30 January 2026
f)
Place of the transaction
Outside a trading venue


 

 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)
Name
Darryl Lewis
2.
Reason for the notification
a)
Position / status
UK Managing Director
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)
LEI
213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
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 instrument, type of instrument and identification code
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
£nil
73,233
d)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated volume
Price
Volume: 73,233
Price: £nil
e)
Date of the
transaction
30 January 2026
f)
Place of the
transaction
Outside a trading venue

 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)
Name
Mat Hart
2.
Reason for the notification
a)
Position / status
Business Development Director
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)
LEI
213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
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 instrument, type of instrument and identification code
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
£nil
36,616
d)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated volume
Price
Volume: 36,616
Price: £nil
e)
Date of the
transaction
30 January 2026
f)
Place of the
transaction
Outside a trading venue

 

 

1.
Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)
Name
Rob Dermitges
2.
Reason for the notification
a)
Position / status
Chief Marketing Officer
b)
Initial notification / amendment
Initial notification
3.
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)
LEI
213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
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 instrument, type of instrument and identification code
Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)
Nature of the transaction
Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)
Price(s) and volume(s)
Price(s)
Volume(s)
£nil
31,746
d)
Aggregated
information
Aggregated volume
Price
Volume: 31,746
Price: £nil
e)
Date of the
transaction
30 January 2026
f)
Place of the
transaction
Outside a trading venue

 

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