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Hollywood Bowl Group plc held its Annual General Meeting on 29 January 2026, where shareholders passed all 19 ordinary and special resolutions with approximately 88% of the issued share capital voting on most items. Among the approvals, shareholders declared a Final Dividend of 9.18 pence per share (99.99% For) and elected Asheeka Hyde as a Director (99.92% For). Additionally, Laurence Keen stepped down from the Board, effective from the meeting date.
| Date | 29 Jan 2026 |
| Time | 10:14:25 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 9193Q |
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 |
% |
VOTES |
% |
TOTAL VOTES |
% of ISC VOTED |
VOTES |
|
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
hollywoodbowl@headlandconsultancy.com
+44 (0)20 3805 4822