HOLLYWOOD BOWL GROUP PLC

AGM Information • Jan 30, 2025

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Hollywood Bowl Group plc

30 January 2025

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday 30 January 2025 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 2025, 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	143,826,125	100.00	1,403	0.00	143,827,528	83.58	98,100
2	To declare a Final Dividend of 8.08 pence per share	143,923,153	99.99	2,177	0.01	143,925,330	83.64	298
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	135,612,639	94.23	8,297,119	5.77	143,909,758	83.63	15,870
4	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	133,973,334	93.10	9,928,671	6.90	143,902,005	83.62	23,623
5	To elect Darren Shapland as a Director	143,739,055	99.88	174,922	0.12	143,913,977	83.63	11,651
6	To elect Rachel Addison as a Director	141,283,068	98.17	2,635,830	1.83	143,918,898	83.63	6,730
7	To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director	143,602,296	99.78	316,602	0.22	143,918,898	83.63	6,730
8	To re-elect Melanie Dickinson as a Director	143,589,044	99.77	329,854	0.23	143,918,898	83.63	6,730
9	To re-elect Laurence Keen as a Director	142,327,458	99.59	587,440	0.41	142,914,898	83.05	1,010,730
10	To re-elect Julia Porter as a Director	133,349,295	92.66	10,565,603	7.34	143,914,898	83.63	10,730
11	To re-elect Ivan Schofield as a Director	140,318,555	97.50	3,600,343	2.50	143,918,898	83.63	6,730
12	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	143,509,403	99.72	404,972	0.28	143,914,375	83.63	11,253
13	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors	143,527,075	99.72	396,904	0.28	143,923,979	83.64	1,649
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	134,510,966	93.47	9,403,965	6.53	143,914,931	83.63	10,697
15	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 10% of the Company's issued share capital	129,652,586	90.09	14,261,979	9.91	143,914,565	83.63	11,063
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital	128,975,104	89.78	14,684,309	10.22	143,659,413	83.48	266,215
1 7	To authorise the Company to buy back shares	143,891,565	99.99	16,797	0.01	143,908,362	83.63	17,266
1 8	To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	142,637,941	99.11	1,284,789	0.89	143,922,730	83.64	2,898

Full details of the poll results will also be available on the Company's website www.hollywoodbowlgroup.com shortly .  

As previously announced, Peter Boddy 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 28 January 2025 was 172,083,853. 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

Enquiries:

Hollywood Bowl Group Steve Burns, Chief Executive Officer Laurence Keen, Chief Financial Officer Mat Hart, Chief Sustainability and Communications Officer	via Teneo
Teneo Elizabeth Snow Laura Marshall	hollywoodbowl@teneo.com +44 020 7260 2700

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