---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-072330"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:36:29.289385+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

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

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected with majority support; James P. Chambers received 35.4M for, 680K against.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2023 passed with 40.1M for, 289.7K against (99.2% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 32.7M for, 3.4M against (90.6% of votes cast, excluding broker non-votes).
- Broker non-votes of 4.3M shares on director elections and say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-072330
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465923072330/0001104659-23-072330-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465923072330/tm2318962d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-072330.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: At the Annual Meeting on June 15, 2023, the following matters were submitted to the vote of the shareholders, with the results of voting on each such matter as set forth below (vote totals are rounded to the nearest full share). Proposal 1 Each of the Registrant’s nominees was elected a director to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465923072330/0001104659-23-072330-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal 2 The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the fiscal year 2023 was approved. The results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 40,080,262 289,695 18,429 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465923072330/0001104659-23-072330-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: Proposal 3 The proposal on the Registrant’s executive compensation was approved. The results were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 32,666,319 3,370,606 28,506 4,322,955
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000110465923072330/0001104659-23-072330-index.htm

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