---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-029239"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLAY"
cik: "0001525769"
company_name: "Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T02:49:49.394969+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dave & Buster's shareholders elect all 8 directors, ratify KPMG, approve executive compensation at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected: James Chambers, Hamish Dodds, Michael Griffith, Gail Mandel, Chris Morris, Atish Shah, Kevin Sheehan, Jennifer Storms.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2023: 35.6M for, 1.2M against, no abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 32.1M for, 1.6M against (excluding 3.2M broker non-votes).
- Broker non-votes of 3.15M shares on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-029239
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLAY
- cik: 0001525769
- company_name: Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1525769/000162828024029239/0001628280-24-029239-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525769/000162828024029239/play-20240621.htm

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