HOLLYWOOD BOWL GROUP PLC — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2017

Jan 4, 2017

hollywood bowl group plc

Attendance Card

Annual General Meeting to be held on:

Thursday, 23 February 2017 at 10.00am at Investec Bank plc, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP

How to find us

Investec Bank plc, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP

Directions to AGM venue:

By underground

St Paul's (central line)

Leave the station via exit one and walk straight towards the Museum of London (along St Martin's Le Grand) and take the first street on your right.

Mansion House (District or Circle line)

Leave the station via exit four. Turn left into Cheapside and walk towards St Paul's Cathedral. Turn right into St Martin's Le Grand and walk straight towards the Museum of London (along St Martin's Le Grand) and take the first street on your right.

Barbican (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City lines)

Turn right out of the exit onto Aldersgate Street and follow signs to St Paul's Cathedral. Go past the Museum of London and London Wall. Gresham Street is the next street on your left off St Martin's Le Grand (see map).

By bus

The closest bus stop is at St Paul's tube station (Stop SW).

Parking

The closest car park is London Wall Car Park. Visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/transport-and-streets/parking/where-to-park/car-parks for more details.

Signature of person attending

Barcode:

Investor Code:

I/We, being a member of the Company, hereby appoint the Chairman (see note 1 overleaf) or:

NAME OF PROXY

NO. OF SHARES PROXY APPOINTED OVER

assure the Directors of the Company to be held at 10.00am on Thursday 23 February 2017 and at any adjournment thereof. I have indicated with an 'X' how I/we wish my/our votes to be cast on the following Resolutions.

If you wish to appoint multiple proxies, please see note 1 overleaf. ☐ Please also tick here if you are appointing more than one proxy

Resolutions	For	Against	Vote Withheld	Resolutions	For	Against	Vote Withheld
Please mark 'X' to indicate how you wish to vote	☐	☐	☐	Please mark 'X' to indicate how you wish to vote	☐	☐	☐
1 To receive and adopt the Directors' report and accounts for the year ended 30 September 2016	☐	☐	☐	10 To elect Claire Tiney as a Director	☐	☐	☐
2 To declare and approve a final dividend of 0.19 pence per Ordinary Share	☐	☐	☐	11 To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	☐	☐	☐
3 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	☐	☐	☐	12 To authorise the Audit Committee to fix the auditor's remuneration	☐	☐	☐
4 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	☐	☐	☐	13 To authorise the Directors to allot shares	☐	☐	☐
5 To elect Nick Backhouse as a Director	☐	☐	☐	14 Authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	☐	☐	☐
6 To elect Peter Boddy as a Director	☐	☐	☐	15 Additional authority to disapply statutory pre-emption rights	☐	☐	☐
7 To elect Stephen Burns as a Director	☐	☐	☐	16 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares	☐	☐	☐
8 To elect Laurence Keen as a Director	☐	☐	☐	17 Authority to call a general meeting (other than an AGM) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	☐	☐	☐
9 To elect Bill Priestley as a Director	☐	☐	☐		☐	☐	☐

Signature

Date

Please place an 'X' in this box if signing on behalf of the shareholder as Power of Attorney, Receiver, or Third Party. ☐

To be valid this Proxy Form must be received by the Company's Registrars, Capita Asset Services, at the address printed overleaf by not later than 10.00am on Tuesday 21 February 2017.

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hollywood bowl group plc

Guidance Notes

1. Every holder has the right to appoint some other person(s) of their choice, who need not be a shareholder, as his proxy to exercise all or any of his rights to attend, speak and vote on their behalf at the Meeting. If you wish to appoint a person other than the Chairman, please insert the name of your chosen proxy holder in the space provided (see overleaf). If the proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your full voting entitlement, please enter the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. If left blank your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement (or if this Proxy Form has been issued in respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full voting entitlement for that designated account).

2. To appoint more than one proxy you may photocopy this form. Please indicate the proxy holder's name and the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy (which, in aggregate, should not exceed the number of shares held by you). Please also indicate if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All forms must be signed and should be returned together in the same envelope.

3. The right to appoint a proxy does not apply to persons whose shares are held on their behalf by another person and who have been nominated to receive communication from the Company in accordance with Section 146 of the Companies Act 2006 ('nominated persons'). Nominated persons may have a right under an agreement with the registered shareholder who holds shares on their behalf to be appointed (or to have someone else appointed) as a proxy. Alternatively, if nominated persons do not have such a right, or do not wish to exercise it, they may have a right under such an agreement to give instructions to the person holding the shares as to the exercise of voting rights.

4. In the case of a member which is a company, this Proxy Form must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the company or an attorney for the company. Any power of attorney or any other authority under which this Proxy Form is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the Proxy Form.

5. The 'Vote withheld' option is provided to enable you to abstain on any particular resolution. However, it should be noted that a 'Vote withheld' is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

6. Entitlement to attend and vote at the Meeting and the number of votes which may be cast thereat will be determined by reference to the Register of Members of the Company at close of business on 21 February 2017. Changes to entries on the Register of Members after that time shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote at the Meeting.

7. Shares held in uncertificated form (i.e. in CREST) may be voted through the CREST Proxy Voting Service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST Manual. Shareholders wishing to vote online should visit www.capitashareportal.com and follow the instructions.

8. The completion and return of this Proxy Form will not preclude a member from attending the Meeting and voting in person. If you attend the Meeting in person, your proxy appointment will automatically be terminated.

9. The Proxy Form may be returned by post using the pre-paid envelope or by hand to Capita Asset Services, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TU. It must be received during usual business hours accompanied by any power of attorney under which it is executed (if applicable) no later than 10.00am on Tuesday 21 February 2017.

10. For details of how to change your proxy instructions or revoke your proxy appointment see the notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting.

11. You may not use any electronic address provided in this Proxy Form to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.

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