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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

x			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED August 6, 2024

OR

¨			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                   TO           

Commission File No. 001-35664

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware			35-2382255
(State of Incorporation)			(I.R.S. Employer ID)
1221 S. Beltline Rd., Suite 500, Coppell, Texas, 75019			(214) 357-9588
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)			(Registrant’s telephone number)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock $0.01 par value

PLAY

NASDAQ Global Select Market

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

x

Accelerated filer

¨

Non-accelerated filer

¨

Smaller reporting company

¨

Emerging Growth Company

¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

As of September 6, 2024, the registrant had 39,301,287 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended August 6, 2024, originally filed on September 10, 2024 (the “Original Filing”), is being filed solely to correct a scrivener’s error in the signature block on Exhibit 32.2. The correct signature block should have noted Darin Harper as Chief Financial Officer of the Company as the signatory as has been updated in Exhibit 32.2 to this Form 10-Q/A.

Pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Form 10Q/A also contains new certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which are attached hereto. Because no financial statements have been included in this Form 10-Q/A and this Form 10Q/A does not contain or amend any disclosure with respect to Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K (and such disclosure is not otherwise required to be amended given the nature of the reasons for this Form 10-Q/A), paragraphs 3, 4, and 5 of the certifications in Exhibit 31.1 and 31.2 have been omitted.

Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing, and this Form 10-Q/A does not modify, amend or update in any way any of the financial or other information contained in the Original Filing. This Form 10-Q/A does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the filing date of the Original Filing.

Exhibits

Exhibit Number						Description
31.1*						Certification of Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a) or 17 CFR 240.15d-14(a).
31.2*						Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a) or 17 CFR 240.15d-14(a).
32.2**						Certification of Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS						Inline XBRL Inline Instance Document—the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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*     Filed herewith

**    Furnished herewith

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

			DAVE & BUSTER’S ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation
Date: November 12, 2024			By:			/s/ Christopher Morris
						Christopher Morris
						Chief Executive Officer
Date: November 12, 2024			By:			/s/ Darin Harper
						Darin Harper
						Chief Financial Officer

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