Result of AGM

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	[e-mail] [phone]

 

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