Mitchells & Butlers sells Hollywood Bowl for £39m

09 August 2010 by
Mitchells & Butlers sells Hollywood Bowl for £39m

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has sold tenpin bowling chain Hollywood Bowl for a total of £39m.

AMF Bowling will buy the company, which was founded 15 years ago and has 24 bowling centres throughout the country.

M&B has sold all the operations and leasehold interests of Hollywood Bowl to AMF Bowling for £27m. The transaction is expected to complete on 13 August 2010.

The company will sell the remaining freehold property interests in four of the sites for at least £12m in due course.

Commenting on the transaction, Adam Fowle, chief executive, said: "This further disposal of non-core assets is another important step towards focusing the business on our market-leading growth brands."

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