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
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

TOTAL VOTES

% of ISC VOTED

VOTES
WITHHELD

1

To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 30 September 2023

141,342,034

99.54

658,929

0.46

142,000,963

82.70

58,079

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 auditors

142,012,576

99.97

40,948

0.03

142,053,524

82.73

5,518

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 of 10% of the Company's issued share capital

125,963,055

88.67

16,088,464

11.33

142,051,519

82.73

7,523

16

To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital

125,552,055

88.38

16,499,464

11.62

142,051,519

82.73

7,523

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 general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice

141,758,087

99.79

297,184

0.21

142,055,271

82.73

3,771

Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website 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

Enquiries:

Hollywood Bowl Group

Steve Burns, Chief Executive Officer

Laurence Keen, Chief Financial Officer

Mat Hart, Chief Marketing & Technology Officer

via Teneo

Teneo

Elizabeth Snow

Laura Marshall

hollywoodbowl@teneo.com

+44 020 7260 2700

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