Hollywood Bowl Group plc (the "Company")
Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and their Closely Associated Persons
The Company announces the acquisition of ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company by the Directors/PDMRS, as set out in the table below, following the exercise of options received in 2018 pursuant to the Company's save as you earn scheme (SAYE).
The SAYE is an all-employee scheme approved by HM Revenue and Customs. The SAYE exercise price for the options granted in 2018 was £2.06 per share, and the options became exercisable at the end of the three-year saving plan, on 1 March 2021.
| PDMR | Position | Number of Shares Acquired | Shareholding following acquisition |
| Steve Burns | Chief Executive Officer | 2,621 | 3,175,049 |
| Laurence Keen | Chief Financial Officer | 2,621 | 1,368,348 |
| Melanie Dickinson | Chief People Officer | 2,621 | 589,591 |
| Mat Hart | Chief Marketing & Technology Officer | 4,368 | 943,164 |
| Darryl Lewis | Chief Operations Officer | 4,368 | 468,437 |
The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, provides further detail.
| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Name | Stephen Burns | |||||
| 2. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Position / status | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
| a) | Name | Hollywood Bowl Group plc | |||||
| b) | LEI | 213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97 | |||||
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; | ||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of ordinary shares on exercise of SAYE options
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price |
N/A - Single transaction | |||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2021-07-12
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue
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| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Name | Laurence Keen | |||||
| 2. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Position / status | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
| a) | Name | Hollywood Bowl Group plc | |||||
| b) | LEI | 213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97 | |||||
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; | ||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of ordinary shares on exercise of SAYE options
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price |
N/A - Single transaction | |||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2021-07-12
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue
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| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Name | Mat Hart | |||||
| 2. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Position / status | Chief Marketing & Technology Officer | |||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
| a) | Name | Hollywood Bowl Group plc | |||||
| b) | LEI | 213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97 | |||||
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; | ||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of ordinary shares on exercise of SAYE options
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price |
N/A - Single transaction | |||||
| e) | Date of the transaction | 2021-07-12
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue
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| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Name | Melanie Dickinson | |||||
| 2. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Position / status | Chief People Officer | |||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
| a) | Name | Hollywood Bowl Group plc | |||||
| b) | LEI | 213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97 | |||||
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; | ||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of ordinary shares on exercise of SAYE options
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price |
N/A - Single transaction
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 2021-07-12
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue
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| 1. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Name | Darryl Lewis | |||||
| 2. | Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA') | ||||||
| a) | Position / status | Chief Operations Officer | |||||
| b) | Initial notification / amendment | Initial notification | |||||
| 3. | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||||||
| a) | Name | Hollywood Bowl Group plc | |||||
| b) | LEI | 213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97 | |||||
| 4. | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; | ||||||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument | Ordinary shares of £0.01 each
ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62 | |||||
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Acquisition of ordinary shares on exercise of SAYE options
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| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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| d) | Aggregated information
Aggregated volume
Price |
N/A - Single transaction
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| e) | Date of the transaction | 2021-07-12
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| f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue
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