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RNS Number : 9081P  Lords Group Trading PLC  24 May 2024

24 May 2024

 

Lords Group Trading plc

('Lords', the 'Group' or the 'Company')

 

Annual Report and Notice of AGM

 

Lords, a leading distributor of building materials in the UK, announces that
electronic copies of its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year
ended 31 December 2023, together with the 2024 Notice of Annual General
Meeting, are now available from the Company's website at:

www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk/financials/annual-interim-reports
(http://www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk/financials/annual-interim-reports) and
www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information
(http://www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information) ,
respectively.

 

Hard copies of the 2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements and 2024 Notice
of Annual General Meeting have also been posted to shareholders today.

 

The Annual General Meeting ('AGM') will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, 20
June 2024 at the offices of Cavendish, 1 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL.

 

To facilitate shareholder engagement, the proceedings of the AGM will be
broadcast via the Investor Meet Company platform.  Shareholders will be able
to follow the proceedings of the AGM online over the Investor Meet Company
platform by registering in advance via the following link:
www.investormeetcompany.com/lords-group-trading-plc/register-investor
(http://www.investormeetcompany.com/lords-group-trading-plc/register-investor)
.

 

Shareholders are invited to submit any questions in respect of the business of
the AGM for the Board to consider. Questions may be submitted in advance via
the Investor Meet Company dashboard, or at any time during the AGM over the
Investor Meet Company platform following registration, and the Board will aim
to respond to any such questions relevant to the business of the AGM.

 

Shareholders are encouraged to vote on the resolutions to be put to the AGM by
proxy whether or not they intend to attend. Voting by proxy prior to the AGM
does not affect shareholders' right to attend the AGM and vote in person
should they so wish.

 

Shareholders will not receive a hard copy form of proxy for the 2024 AGM in
the post. Instead, they will be able to vote electronically using the link
www.signalshares.com (http://www.signalshares.com) or via a shareholder app:
LinkVote+ available to download on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Institutional investors may also be able to appoint a proxy electronically via
the Proxymity platform. Proxies may also be appointed via a CREST proxy
instruction. Proxy votes must be received no later than 1:00 p.m. on 18 June
2024. Please refer to the "Notes" section of the Notice of AGM for further
details on how to vote by proxy.

 

Shareholders may request a hard copy form of proxy directly from the Company's
registrars, Link Group, by email at shareholderenquiries@linkgroup.co.uk or on
0371 664 0300.

 

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FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES:

 

 Lords Group Trading plc                                      Via Buchanan
 Gary O'Brien, Non-Executive Chairman                         Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 Shanker Patel, Chief Executive Officer

 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited                            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

 Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
 Ben Jeynes / Dan Hodkinson (Corporate Finance)

 Julian Morse / Henry Nicol / Charlie Combe (Sales and ECM)

 

 Berenberg                                                Tel: +44 (0) 20 3207 7800

 Joint Broker

 Matthew Armitt / Richard Bootle / Detlir Elezi

 Buchanan Communications                                  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
 Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Whitmore / Abby Gilchrist  LGT@buchanan.uk.com (mailto: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 two 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 31 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.  The division operates over 17
locations enabling nationwide next day delivery service.

 

Lords was established over 35 years ago as a family business with its first
retail unit in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire.  Since then, the Group has
grown to a business operating from 48 sites.

 

Lords was admitted to trading on AIM in July 2021 with the ticker LORD.L.
For additional information please visit www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk
(http://www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk/) .

 

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