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Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Monday, 29 January 2024 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 2024, were as follows:
No | RESOLUTION | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES | % of ISC VOTED | VOTESWITHHELD |
1 | To receive the Directors' report and the accounts for the Company for the year ended 30 September 2023 | 141,342,034 | 99.54 | 658,929 | 0.46 | 142,000,963 | 82.70 | 58,079 |
2 | To declare a Final Dividend of 8.54 pence per share | 142,054,948 | 100.00 | 424 | 0.00 | 142,055,372 | 82.73 | 3,670 |
3 | To approve a Special Dividend of 2.73 pence per share | 142,055,618 | 100.00 | 424 | 0.00 | 142,056,042 | 82.73 | 3,000 |
4 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 118,517,947 | 83.43 | 23,534,503 | 16.57 | 142,052,450 | 82.73 | 6,592 |
5 | To elect Rachel Addison as a Director | 142,003,172 | 99.98 | 32,494 | 0.02 | 142,035,666 | 82.72 | 23,376 |
6 | To re-elect Peter Boddy as a Director | 135,729,499 | 96.24 | 5,306,776 | 3.76 | 141,036,275 | 82.14 | 1,022,767 |
7 | To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director | 142,002,968 | 99.96 | 50,408 | 0.04 | 142,053,376 | 82.73 | 5,666 |
8 | To re-elect Melanie Dickinson as a Director | 136,949,046 | 96.42 | 5,087,230 | 3.58 | 142,036,276 | 82.72 | 22,766 |
9 | To re-elect Laurence Keen as a Director | 141,988,399 | 99.95 | 64,977 | 0.05 | 142,053,376 | 82.73 | 5,666 |
10 | To re-elect Julia Porter as a Director | 128,244,003 | 90.29 | 13,792,272 | 9.71 | 142,036,275 | 82.72 | 22,767 |
11 | To re-elect Ivan Schofield as a Director | 139,139,132 | 97.96 | 2,897,143 | 2.04 | 142,036,275 | 82.72 | 22,767 |
12 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company | 140,355,897 | 98.80 | 1,697,877 | 1.20 | 142,053,774 | 82.73 | 5,268 |
13 | To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 142,012,576 | 99.97 | 40,948 | 0.03 | 142,053,524 | 82.73 | 5,518 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 129,190,820 | 90.95 | 12,862,163 | 9.05 | 142,052,983 | 82.73 | 6,059 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 10% of the Company's issued share capital | 125,963,055 | 88.67 | 16,088,464 | 11.33 | 142,051,519 | 82.73 | 7,523 |
16 | To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital | 125,552,055 | 88.38 | 16,499,464 | 11.62 | 142,051,519 | 82.73 | 7,523 |
17 | To authorise the Company to buy back shares | 141,373,349 | 99.53 | 662,028 | 0.47 | 142,035,377 | 82.72 | 23,665 |
18 | To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 141,758,087 | 99.79 | 297,184 | 0.21 | 142,055,271 | 82.73 | 3,771 |
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 2023 announcement released on 18 December 2023, Nick Backhouse did not offer himself 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 25 January 2024 was 171,712,357. 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 Teneo |
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Teneo Elizabeth Snow Laura Marshall | hollywoodbowl@teneo.com +44 020 7260 2700 |
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