Regulatory News

Lords, a leading distributor of building materials in the UK, announces that application has been made to the London Stock Exchange plc for a block admission of 92,231 ordinary shares of £0.005 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM (the "New Block Admission").

The New Block Admission relates to Ordinary Shares which may be issued from time to time on the exercise(s) of existing nil cost options to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Group's 2022 Deferred Bonus Plan. The award of the 2022 Deferred Bonus Plan options was announced by the Company on 27 May 2022.

It is expected that the New Block Admission will become effective on 7 November 2025.

The New Block Admission is in addition to the Company's existing block admission in respect of the issue of New Ordinary Shares from time to time pursuant to the Group's 2021 Deferred Bonus Plan (the "Existing Block Admission"). At 4 November 2025, 223,128 Ordinary Shares remain subject to the Existing Block Admission.

Therefore, and on the New Block Admission becoming effective, the Company will have an aggregate of 315,459 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.19% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital, admitted under block admission arrangements.

Total Voting Rights

The Company's total issued ordinary share capital consists of 166,231,688 Ordinary Shares with voting rights.

The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 166,231,688 and this figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES:

Lords Group Trading plc	Via Burson Buchanan
Shanker Patel, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Stuart Kilpatrick, Chief Financial Officer
Cavendish (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)	Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 0500
Ben Jeynes / Seamus Fricker (Corporate Finance)
Julian Morse / Matt Lewis / Henry Nichol (Sales and ECM)
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Harry Nicholas / Detlir Elezi	Tel: +44 (0)20 3207 7800
Burson Buchanan	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Whitmore / Abby Gilchrist	LGT@buchanan.uk.com

Notes to editors:

Lords is a specialist distributor of building, plumbing, heating and DIY goods. The Group principally sells to local tradesmen, small to medium sized plumbing and heating merchants, construction companies and retails directly to the general public.

The Group operates through the following three divisions:

Merchanting: supplies building materials and DIY goods through its network of merchant businesses and online platform capabilities. It operates both in the 'light side' (Building Materials and Timber) and 'heavy side' (Civils and Landscaping), through 32 locations in the UK.

Plumbing and Heating: a specialist distributor in the UK of plumbing and heating products to a UK network of independent merchants, installers and the general public. The division offers its customers an attractive proposition through a multi-channel offering, operating in 16 locations enabling nationwide next-day delivery service.

Digital: CMO Superstores provides an online route to market from nine specialist websites for construction and plumbing & heating customers.

Lords was established over 40 years ago as a family business with its first retail unit in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.  Since then, the Group has grown into a business operating from 48 sites.