Result of AGM
Updated : 12:18
Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")
Results of the Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the Company was held on Tuesday 30 January 2018 at 9.00am (London time). At the Meeting, the ordinary and special resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 2 January 2018 (the "Notice of AGM"), were proposed and passed by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 14 to 17 were passed as special resolutions.
Full details of the poll results are set out below and will also be available on the Company's website www.hollywoodbowlgroup.com.
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 2017 | 95,943,239 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
2 | To declare a final dividend of 3.95 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 30 September 2017 | 95,944,212 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 95,944,212 | 63.96 | 0 |
3 | To approve a special dividend of 3.33 pence per ordinary share | 95,944,212 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 95,944,212 | 63.96 | 0 |
4 | To approved the Directors' Remuneration Report | 90,651,943 | 94.48 | 5,292,269 | 5.52 | 95,944,212 | 63.96 | 0 |
5 | To elect Ivan Schofield as a Director | 95,942,239 | 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
6 | To re-elect Nick Backhouse as a Director | 95,942,239 | 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
7 | To re-elect Peter Boddy as a Director | 95,927,184 | 99.98 | 16,054 | 0.02 | 95,943,238 | 63.96 | 973 |
8 | To re-elect Stephen Burns as a Director | 95,942,239 | 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
9 | To re-elect Laurence Keen as a Director | 95,942,239 | 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
10 | To elect Claire Tiney as a Director | 95,943,239 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
11 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company | 95,890,073 | 99.94 | 54,138 | 0.06 | 95,944,211 | 63.96 | 0 |
12 | To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company to fix the remuneration of the auditors | 95,942,626 | 100.00 | 613 | 0.00 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
13 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 95,941,626 | 99.99 | 1,613 | 0.01 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of 5% of the Company's issued share capital | 94,316,626 | 98.30 | 1,626,613 | 1.70 | 95,943,239 | 63.96 | 973 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital | 94,264,498 | 98.25 | 1,678,740 | 1.75 | 95,943,238 | 63.96 | 973 |
16 | To authorise the Company to buy back shares | 95,890,861 | 99.94 | 53,350 | 0.06 | 95,944,211 | 63.96 | 0 |
17 | To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 95,655,675 | 99.70 | 288,537 | 0.30 | 95,944,212 | 63.96 | 0 |
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 6:00 p.m. on 26 January 2018 was 150,000,000 (the "Share Capital"). 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 National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
Enquiries:
Hollywood Bowl Group Steve Burns, Chief Executive Officer Laurence Keen, Chief Financial Officer Mat Hart, Commercial Director | via Tulchan Communications |
Tulchan Communications James Macey White Elizabeth Snow | +44 (0) 207 353 4200 |
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