REG - Topps Tiles - Acquisition of CTD Tiles brand and certain assets

Topps TilesAnnouncement

19/08/2024 15:00

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RNS Number : 9731A  Topps Tiles PLC  19 August 2024

 

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19 August 2024

Topps Tiles Plc

 

Acquisition of the brand and certain assets of CTD Tiles

 

Portfolio of 30 CTD Tiles stores to form new business within Topps Group

 

 

Topps Tiles Plc ("Topps Group", or the "Group"), announces that it has
acquired the CTD Tiles brands, 30 stores, selected stock and all related
intellectual property from CTD Tiles Limited ("CTD"), acting by its
administrators, James Lumb and Will Wright of Interpath Limited, for a
consideration of £9 million (the "Acquisition").

 

Prior to entering administration on 19 August 2024, CTD supplied tiles to the
retail, trade and commercial markets through a collection of related brands
including CTD Tiles, CTD Trade and CTD Architectural Tiles, with total annual
revenue of c.£75 million. The CTD retail business operated 86 stores across
the UK, each with a separate trade and retail showroom, and had total store
revenue of c.£50 million in the year to June 2024.  In addition, CTD's
commercial business reported revenues of c. £16 million from the volume
housebuilder segment and c. £8 million of revenues from the Architect and
Designer ("A&D") segment in the same period.

 

The stores being acquired by Topps Group had total sales of c. £20 million in
the year to June 2024, and the Acquisition also includes all the CTD brands,
selected stock and customer data. As well as adding 30 new well-established
stand-alone stores to the Topps Group estate, the Acquisition will provide
Topps Group with the opportunity to make a meaningful entry into the
housebuilder segment and expand its existing share of the A&D segment.
 The remaining 56 CTD Tiles stores not being acquired will be disposed of
through the administration.

 

The CTD brand is complementary to the Group's existing businesses and the
acquired stores and other assets will continue to trade under the CTD brand
name.

 

Consideration for the Acquisition will be satisfied from the Group's existing
financial resources.  The Acquisition is expected to be accretive to Topps
Group earnings in the year ending 30 September 2025.

 

Rob Parker, Topps Group CEO said: "The CTD brand and assets are an excellent
fit with our existing business and the Acquisition creates a new and
complementary specialist tile business within the Topps Group.

 

"CTD operates a different model to our existing Topps Tiles retail stores,
with separate trade and retail offers within each unit and a number of
market-specific sub-brands which are differentiated from our existing offer.
"The acquisition of 30 high quality stores and selected supporting
infrastructure, together with the intellectual property and customer data
required to service CTD's existing commercial customers in the housebuilding
and A&D markets, provide us with an opportunity to make material progress
towards our Mission 365 sales goal.

 

"We are excited about the future of CTD within the Topps Group and look
forward to welcoming our new colleagues to the business."

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Topps Tiles Plc
 Rob Parker, CEO         0116 282 8000

 Stephen Hopson, CFO
 Citigate Dewe Rogerson
 Kevin Smith             020 7638 9571

 Ellen Wilton

 

The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on
behalf of Topps Tiles is Rob Parker, CEO.

 

 

Notes to Editors

 

Topps Group is the UK's largest specialist supplier of tiles and associated
products, targeting the UK domestic and commercial markets and serving
homeowners, trade customers, architects, designers and contractors from 303
nationwide Topps Tiles stores, a commercial showroom in London and eight
customer-facing websites: www.toppstiles.co.uk (http://www.toppstiles.co.uk) ,
www.parkside.co.uk (http://www.parkside.co.uk) , www.protilertools.co.uk
(http://www.protilertools.co.uk) , www.northantstools.co.uk
(http://www.northantstools.co.uk) , www.premiumtiletrim.co.uk
(http://www.premiumtiletrim.co.uk) , www.warmfloorstore.co.uk
(http://www.warmfloorstore.co.uk) www.flooringmaterials.co.uk
(http://www.flooringmaterials.co.uk) and www.tilewarehouse.co.uk
(http://www.tilewarehouse.co.uk) .

 

Since opening its first store in 1963, Topps has maintained a simple operating
philosophy ‐ inspiring customers with unrivalled product choice and
providing exceptional levels of customer service.  For further information on
the Group, please visit www.toppsgroup.com (http://www.toppsgroup.com)

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