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SCHEDULE Filed 2025-02-03 Event 2025-01-30 SEC 0000921895-25-000233 →

Hill Path Capital LP Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. PLAY

Stake: 18.50% Shares: 7,119,255 CUSIP: 238337109 Class: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following: On January 30, 2025, the Issuer, James Chambers, Scott I. Ross and Hill Path entered into a Letter Agreement (the "Letter Agreement"). Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Issuer agreed that the board of directors (the "Board") would appoint Scott I. Ross of Hill Path (the "Designee", and together with James Chambers, the "Designees") to the Board effective January 30, 2025, and to nominate the Designees for election to the Board at its 2025 annual stockholder meeting (the "2025 Annual Meeting"). Under the Letter Agreement, Hill Path agreed to vote its shares at the 2025 Annual Meeting (i) in favor of the Issuer's director nominees, (ii) in a manner consistent with the recommendations of the Board with respect to the approval of the Issuer's proposals regarding (a) the omnibus incentive plan, (b) executive compensation, and (c) the appointment of the Board's recommended independent auditor, and (iii) against any third-party nominations or proposals not recommended by the Board. In connection with the foregoing, until the end of the 2025 Annual Meeting, Hill Path agreed not to transfer any voting rights in respect of any of its shares unless and until it transfers beneficial ownership of such shares. The foregoing description of the Letter Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Letter Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Insider Activity (last 365d)
2 transactions
2 buys · 0 sales · 0 awards/exercises
Issuer Cluster
9 13D/G filings on this issuer
8 other filings besides this one
Filer Track Record
15 filings by this filer
14 other filings in the data moat
Short Interest · settle 2026-07-15
DTC 7.94
11,330,557 shares short · -1.9% vs prior

Institutional Consensus · 2025-12-31

Held by elite portfolio managers
1 holder · $5.83M
Point72 Asset Mgmt

Post-Filing Returns · since 2025-01-30 on PLAY

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Anchor price 10.73 on closest trading day on/after 2025-01-30. Source: Yahoo Finance daily adj_close (split + dividend adjusted).

Form 4 Insider Transactions · last 365d

DateInsiderRoleTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-04-24 Hill Path D Fund LP Award 11,278
2026-04-24 Hill Path Capital Partners LP director, 10%+ owner Award 11,278

Other 13D/G Filings on Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.

FiledFormFilerStakeShares
2026-07-02 SCHEDULE 13G/A EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP view →
2022-07-13 SC Hill Path Capital LP view →
2022-04-15 SC Hill Path Capital LP view →
2021-11-05 SC KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC view →
2020-09-22 SC Hill Path Capital LP view →
2020-09-22 SC KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC view →
2020-05-12 SC KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC view →
2020-03-04 SC KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC view →

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2022-03-02 SC SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. PRKS view →
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2020-09-22 SC Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. PLAY view →
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