HOLLYWOOD BOWL GROUP PLC

AGM Information • Jan 30, 2023

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Hollywood Bowl Group plc

30 January 2023

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Monday, 30 January 2023 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 22 December 2022, 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 2022	149,896,998	100.00	5,581	0.00	149,902,579	87.63	5,700
2	To declare a Final Dividend of 8.53 pence per share	149,906,608	100.00	0	0.00	149,906,608	87.63	1,671
3	To approve a Special Dividend of 3.0 pence per share	149,888,338	100.00	0	0.00	149,888,338	87.62	19,941
4	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	135,194,674	90.19	14,709,844	9.81	149,904,518	87.63	3,761
5	To elect Julia Porter as a Director	149,888,235	99.99	16,842	0.01	149,905,077	87.63	3,202
6	To re-elect Nick Backhouse as a Director	148,242,833	98.89	1,661,008	1.11	149,903,841	87.63	4,438
7	To re-elect Peter Boddy as a Director	147,440,346	98.36	2,463,495	1.64	149,903,841	87.63	4,438
8	To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director	148,697,262	99.19	1,207,004	0.81	149,904,266	87.63	4,013
9	To re-elect Melanie Dickinson as a Director	146,528,980	97.75	3,373,539	2.25	149,902,519	87.63	5,760
10	To re-elect Laurence Keen as a Director	148,697,388	99.19	1,206,878	0.81	149,904,266	87.63	4,013
11	To re-elect Ivan Schofield as a Director	148,271,609	98.91	1,632,232	1.09	149,903,841	87.63	4,438
12	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	148,880,053	99.32	1,025,024	0.68	149,905,077	87.63	3,202
13	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors	149,880,053	99.98	25,024	0.02	149,905,077	87.63	3,202
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	138,812,841	92.60	11,088,856	7.40	149,901,697	87.63	6,582
15	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 10% of the Company's issued share capital	135,460,830	90.37	14,440,867	9.63	149,901,697	87.63	6,582
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital	130,119,444	86.80	19,782,253	13.20	149,901,697	87.63	6,582
17	To authorise the Company to buy back shares	149,902,744	100.00	0	0.00	149,902,744	87.63	5,535
18	To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	149,374,475	99.65	528,269	0.35	149,902,744	87.63	5,535

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 2022 announcement released on 16 December 2022, Claire Tiney did not offer herself 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 26 January 2023 was 171,070,790. 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 Tulchan Communications
Tulchan Communications Will Palfreyman James Macey White Laura Marshall	+44 (0) 207 353 4200

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