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RNS Number : 2461B  Hollywood Bowl Group plc  29 January 2024

 

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Monday,
29 January 2024 at 9.30am (London time).

 

The results of the voting by way of a poll on the ordinary and special
resolutions put to the Meeting, and set out in the Notice of the Meeting dated
3 January 2024, were as follows:

 

 No    RESOLUTION                                                                      VOTES        %       VOTES       %      TOTAL VOTES  % of ISC VOTED  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
WITHHELD
 1     To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year  141,342,034  99.54   658,929     0.46   142,000,963  82.70           58,079
       ended 30 September 2023
 2     To declare a Final Dividend of 8.54 pence per share                             142,054,948  100.00  424         0.00   142,055,372  82.73           3,670
 3     To approve a Special Dividend of 2.73 pence per share                           142,055,618  100.00  424         0.00   142,056,042  82.73           3,000
 4     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                   118,517,947  83.43   23,534,503  16.57  142,052,450  82.73           6,592
 5     To elect Rachel Addison as a Director                                           142,003,172  99.98   32,494      0.02   142,035,666  82.72           23,376
 6     To re-elect Peter Boddy as a Director                                           135,729,499  96.24   5,306,776   3.76   141,036,275  82.14           1,022,767
 7     To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director                                         142,002,968  99.96   50,408      0.04   142,053,376  82.73           5,666
 8     To re-elect Melanie Dickinson as a Director                                     136,949,046  96.42   5,087,230   3.58   142,036,276  82.72           22,766
 9     To re-elect Laurence Keen as a Director                                         141,988,399  99.95   64,977      0.05   142,053,376  82.73           5,666
 10    To re-elect Julia Porter as a Director                                          128,244,003  90.29   13,792,272  9.71   142,036,275  82.72           22,767
 11    To re-elect Ivan Schofield as a Director                                        139,139,132  97.96   2,897,143   2.04   142,036,275  82.72           22,767
 12    To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company                               140,355,897  98.80   1,697,877   1.20   142,053,774  82.73           5,268
 13    To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the  142,012,576  99.97   40,948      0.03   142,053,524  82.73           5,518
       auditors
 14    To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      129,190,820  90.95   12,862,163  9.05   142,052,983  82.73           6,059
 15    To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect  125,963,055  88.67   16,088,464  11.33  142,051,519  82.73           7,523
       of 10% of the Company's issued share capital
 16    To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect  125,552,055  88.38   16,499,464  11.62  142,051,519  82.73           7,523
       of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital
 17    To authorise the Company to buy back shares                                     141,373,349  99.53   662,028     0.47   142,035,377  82.72           23,665
 18    To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual       141,758,087  99.79   297,184     0.21   142,055,271  82.73           3,771
       general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

 

Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's
website www.hollywoodbowlgroup.com (http://www.hollywoodbowlgroup.com)
shortly.

 

As stated in our Final Results for the year-ended 30 September 2023
announcement released on 18 December 2023, Nick Backhouse did not offer
himself for re-election at today's Meeting and has stepped down from the board
with immediate effect.

 

Notes:

1.    Any proxy arrangement which gave discretion to the Chairman has been
included in the "for" totals.

2.    A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the percentage of shares voted "For" or "Against" any
resolution.

3.    The number of shares in issue at close of business on 25 January 2024
was 171,712,357. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions passed at the
Meeting concerning items other than ordinary business will shortly be
available for inspection on the FCA National Storage Mechanism which can be
accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

Enquiries:

 

 Hollywood Bowl Group                                     via Teneo

 Steve Burns, Chief Executive Officer

 Laurence Keen, Chief Financial Officer

 Mat Hart, Chief Marketing & Technology Officer

 Teneo                                                    hollywoodbowl@teneo.com (mailto:hollywoodbowl@teneo.com)

 Elizabeth Snow                                           +44 020 7260 2700

 Laura Marshall

 

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