Result of AGM

Hollywood Bowl Group plc

29 January 2026

 

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Thursday 29 January 2026 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 5 January 2026, 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 2025	146,868,137	99.99	2,217	0.00	146,870,354	88.02	112,421
2	To declare a Final Dividend of 9.18 pence per share	146,977,805	99.99	1,279	0.00	146,979,084	88.09	3,691
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	136,132,828	92.63	10,819,215	7.36	146,952,043	88.07	30,732
4	To elect Asheeka Hyde	146,840,749	99.92	103,192	0.07	146,943,941	88.07	38,834
5	To re-elect Darren Shapland as a Director	146,005,362	99.35	944,038	0.64	146,949,400	88.07	33,375
6	To re-elect Rachel Addison as a Director	145,550,647	99.04	1,398,748	0.95	146,949,395	88.07	33,380
7	To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director	146,867,836	99.93	99,459	0.07	146,967,295	88.08	15,480
8	To re-elect Melanie Dickinson as a Director	146,850,180	99.93	99,615	0.07	146,949,795	88.07	32,980
9	To re-elect Julia Porter as a Director	135,304,881	92.07	11,644,514	7.92	146,949,395	88.07	33,380
10	To re-elect Ivan Schofield as a Director	146,031,588	99.39	888,981	0.61	146,920,569	88.05	62,206
11	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company	146,559,201	99.72	406,810	0.28	146,966,011	88.08	16,764
12	To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors	146,714,134	99.82	256,458	0.17	146,970,592	88.08	12,183
13	To approve amendments to the Long-Term Incentive Plan	138,649,655	94.34	8,312,070	5.66	146,961,725	88.08	21,050
14	To approve amendments to the Save As You Earn Plan	146,802,912	99.89	161,300	0.11	146,964,212	88.08	18,563
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares	137,676,235	93.68	9,286,764	6.32	146,962,999	88.08	19,776
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 10% of the Company's issued share capital	132,670,478	90.28	14,292,087	9.72	146,962,565	88.08	20,210
17	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital	131,951,414	89.79	15,011,551	10.21	146,962,965	88.08	19,810
18	To authorise the Company to buy back shares	146,911,589	99.96	61,837	0.04	146,973,426	88.09	9,349
19	To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice	145,900,127	99.27	1,078,362	0.73	146,978,489	88.09	4,286

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

As previously announced, Laurence Keen 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 27 January 2026 was 166,851,906. 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 plc - Via Headland

Stephen Burns, Chief Executive Officer

Laurence Keen, Chief Financial Officer

Mat Hart, Chief Sustainability and Communications Officer                       

Headland

Rosh Field / Antonia Pollock

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