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RNS Number : 9193Q  Hollywood Bowl Group plc  29 January 2026

 

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday
29 January 2026 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
5 January 2026, 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  146,868,137  99.99  2,217       0.00   146,870,354  88.02           112,421
       ended 30 September 2025
 2     To declare a Final Dividend of 9.18 pence per share                             146,977,805  99.99  1,279       0.00   146,979,084  88.09           3,691
 3     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                   136,132,828  92.63  10,819,215  7.36   146,952,043  88.07           30,732
 4     To elect Asheeka Hyde                                                           146,840,749  99.92  103,192     0.07   146,943,941  88.07           38,834
 5     To re-elect Darren Shapland as a Director                                       146,005,362  99.35  944,038     0.64   146,949,400  88.07           33,375
 6     To re-elect Rachel Addison as a Director                                        145,550,647  99.04  1,398,748   0.95   146,949,395  88.07           33,380
 7     To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director                                         146,867,836  99.93  99,459      0.07   146,967,295  88.08           15,480
 8     To re-elect Melanie Dickinson as a Director                                     146,850,180  99.93  99,615      0.07   146,949,795  88.07           32,980
 9     To re-elect Julia Porter as a Director                                          135,304,881  92.07  11,644,514  7.92   146,949,395  88.07           33,380
 10    To re-elect Ivan Schofield as a Director                                        146,031,588  99.39  888,981     0.61   146,920,569  88.05           62,206
 11    To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company                               146,559,201  99.72  406,810     0.28   146,966,011  88.08           16,764
 12    To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the  146,714,134  99.82  256,458     0.17   146,970,592  88.08           12,183
       auditors
 13    To approve amendments to the Long-Term Incentive Plan                           138,649,655  94.34  8,312,070   5.66   146,961,725  88.08           21,050
 14    To approve amendments to the Save As You Earn Plan                              146,802,912  99.89  161,300     0.11   146,964,212  88.08           18,563
 15    To authorise the Directors to allot shares                                      137,676,235  93.68  9,286,764   6.32   146,962,999  88.08           19,776
 16    To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect  132,670,478  90.28  14,292,087  9.72   146,962,565  88.08           20,210
       of 10% of the Company's issued share capital
 17    To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect  131,951,414  89.79  15,011,551  10.21  146,962,965  88.08           19,810
       of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital
 18    To authorise the Company to buy back shares                                     146,911,589  99.96  61,837      0.04   146,973,426  88.09           9,349
 19    To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual       145,900,127  99.27  1,078,362   0.73   146,978,489  88.09           4,286
       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, Laurence Keen 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 27 January 2026
was 166,851,906. 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 plc - Via Headland

Stephen Burns, Chief Executive Officer

Laurence Keen, Chief Financial Officer

Mat Hart, Chief Sustainability and Communications Officer
 

 

Headland

Rosh Field / Antonia Pollock

hollywoodbowl@headlandconsultancy.com
(mailto:hollywoodbowl@headlandconsultancy.com)

+44 (0)20 3805 4822

 

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