---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-071936"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T01:15:03.908006+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster's shareholders elect directors, ratify KPMG, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All seven nominees elected: Chambers, Dodds, Griffith, Mandel, Shah, Sheehan, Storms; each received over 35M for votes.
- KPMG ratified as auditor for FY2023: 40,867,561 for, 91,640 against, 1,420,792 abstain.
- Executive compensation (say-on-pay) approved: 34,439,313 for, 1,649,882 against.
- Frequency of future advisory votes set at one year: 34,912,566 for one year, 104,788 for two, 1,072,400 for three.
- Broker non-votes totaled 4,862,406 for director election, say-on-pay, and frequency proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-071936
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465922071936/0001104659-22-071936-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465922071936/tm2218681d1_8k.htm

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