Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7113O

Hollywood Bowl Group plc

31 January 2019

 

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday 31 January 2019 at 9.30am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated  2 January 2019 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 14 to 17 were passed as special resolutions.

Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.hollywoodbowlgroup.com.  

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 2018	121,875,197	100.00	0	0.00	121,875,197	81.25	23,715
2	To declare a final dividend of  4.23 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 30 September 2018	121,898,912	100.00	0	0.00	121,898,912	81.27	0
3	To approve a special dividend of 4.33 pence per ordinary share	121,898,912	100.00	0	0.00	121,898,912	81.27	0
4	To approved the Directors' Remuneration Report	97,726,198	80.50	23,679,775	19.50	121,405,973	80.94	492,938
5	To re-elect Nick Backhouse as a Director	121,560,380	99.72	338,531	0.28	121,898,911	81.27	0
6	To re-elect Peter Boddy as a Director	120,475,505	98.83	1,423,406	1.17	121,898,911	81.27	0
7	To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director	121,107,086	99.35	791,825	0.65	121,898,911	81.27	0
8	To re-elect Laurence Keen as a Director	121,106,825	99.35	792,086	0.65	121,898,911	81.27	0
9	To elect Ivan Schofield as a Director	121,771,443	99.90	127,468	0.10	121,898,911	81.27	0
10	To elect Claire Tiney as a Director	121,789,925	99.91	108,987	0.09	121,898,912	81.27	0
11	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	121,879,644	99.98	18,742	0.02	121,898,386	81.27	525
12	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors	121,860,899	99.97	37,488	0.03	121,898,387	81.27	525
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	117,159,934	96.11	4,738,978	3.89	121,898,912	81.27	0
14	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 5% of the Company's issued share capital	120,243,651	98.67	1,625,261	1.33	121,868,912	81.25	30,000
15	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital	120,224,644	98.65	1,643,742	1.35	121,868,386	81.25	30,525
16	To authorise the Company to buy back shares	121,812,942	99.98	18,481	0.02	121,831,423	81.22	67,488
17	To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	116,422,241	95.51	5,476,671	4.49	121,898,912	81.27	0

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 6:00 p.m. on 29 January 2019 was 150,000,000.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 National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

Enquiries:

Hollywood Bowl Group Steve Burns, Chief Executive Officer Laurence Keen, Chief Financial Officer Mat Hart, Chief Marketing & Technology Officer	via Tulchan Communications
Tulchan Communications James Macey White Elizabeth Snow	[phone]

 

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