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RNS Number : 9510J  Lords Group Trading PLC  23 May 2025

23 May 2025

 

Lords Group Trading plc

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

 

Annual Report and Notice of AGM

 

Lords (AIM:LORD), 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 2024, together with the 2025 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 2024 Annual Report and Financial Statements and 2025 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 Friday, 20
June 2025 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)
.  Investors who already follow the Company on Investor Meet Company will be
automatically invited.

 

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 AGM in the
post. Instead, they will be able to vote electronically using the link
www.signalshares.com or via a shareholder app: VOTE+ 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 2025. 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
Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets, by email at
shareholderenquiries@cm.mpms.mufg.com
(mailto:shareholderenquiries@cm.mpms.mufg.com) , by post MUFG Corporate
Markets, PXS 1, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL, or by
calling MUFG Corporate Markets on 0371 664 0300.

 

- Ends -

 

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

 (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
 Ben Jeynes / Dan Hodkinson (Corporate Finance)
 Julian Morse / Henry Nicol / Matt Lewis (Sales and ECM)

 

 Berenberg (Joint Broker)                                     Tel: +44 (0)20 3207 7800

 Matthew Armitt / Harry Nicholas / Detlir Elezi

 Burson Buchanan                                              Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
 Henry Harrison-Topham / Stephanie 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 16 locations
enabling nationwide next day delivery service.

 

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 to a business operating from 47 sites.

 

 

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