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RNS Number : 3293V  Hollywood Bowl Group plc  30 January 2025

 

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday
30 January 2025 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 2025, 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  143,826,125  100.00  1,403       0.00   143,827,528  83.58           98,100
       ended 30 September 2023
 2     To declare a Final Dividend of 8.08 pence per share                             143,923,153  99.99   2,177       0.01   143,925,330  83.64           298
 3     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                   135,612,639  94.23   8,297,119   5.77   143,909,758  83.63           15,870
 4     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                   133,973,334  93.10   9,928,671   6.90   143,902,005  83.62           23,623
 5     To elect Darren Shapland as a Director                                          143,739,055  99.88   174,922     0.12   143,913,977  83.63           11,651
 6     To elect Rachel Addison as a Director                                           141,283,068  98.17   2,635,830   1.83   143,918,898  83.63           6,730
 7     To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director                                         143,602,296  99.78   316,602     0.22   143,918,898  83.63           6,730
 8     To re-elect Melanie Dickinson as a Director                                     143,589,044  99.77   329,854     0.23   143,918,898  83.63           6,730
 9     To re-elect Laurence Keen as a Director                                         142,327,458  99.59   587,440     0.41   142,914,898  83.05           1,010,730
 10    To re-elect Julia Porter as a Director                                          133,349,295  92.66   10,565,603  7.34   143,914,898  83.63           10,730
 11    To re-elect Ivan Schofield as a Director                                        140,318,555  97.50   3,600,343   2.50   143,918,898  83.63           6,730
 12    To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company                               143,509,403  99.72   404,972     0.28   143,914,375  83.63           11,253
 13    To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the  143,527,075  99.72   396,904     0.28   143,923,979  83.64           1,649
       auditors
 14    To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      134,510,966  93.47   9,403,965   6.53   143,914,931  83.63           10,697
 15    To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect  129,652,586  90.09   14,261,979  9.91   143,914,565  83.63           11,063
       of 10% of the Company's issued share capital
 16    To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect  128,975,104  89.78   14,684,309  10.22  143,659,413  83.48           266,215
       of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital
 17    To authorise the Company to buy back shares                                     143,891,565  99.99   16,797      0.01   143,908,362  83.63           17,266
 18    To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual       142,637,941  99.11   1,284,789   0.89   143,922,730  83.64           2,898
       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 previously announced, Peter Boddy did not offer himself for re-election at
the Meeting and has stepped down from the Board with effect from today.

 

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 28 January 2025
was 172,083,853. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury.

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 Sustainability and Communications Officer

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

 Elizabeth Snow                                                  +44 020 7260 2700

 Laura Marshall

 

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