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RNS Number : 3615F  Lords Group Trading PLC  22 May 2026

22 May 2026

 

Lords Group Trading plc

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

 

Block Admission Update

 

Lords (LORD.L), a leading distributor of building materials in the UK,
provides an update in relation to the Company's block admission arrangements
('Block Admission') in respect of new ordinary shares of £0.005 each
('Ordinary Shares') which may be issued as a result of exercises of existing
options to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Company's 2022
Deferred Bonus Plan.

 

Block Admission Interim Review

 

Pursuant to Rule 29 of, and Schedule Six to, the AIM Rules for Companies, the
Company provides the following notification regarding its Block Admission.

 

 Name of applicant:                                                                  Lords Group Trading plc

 Name of scheme:                                                                     Nil-cost options granted under the Company's 2022 Deferred Bonus Plan

 Period of return:                         From:                                     7 November 2025           To:                       7 May 2026

 Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return:              92,231 Ordinary Shares

 Plus:  The amount by which the block scheme(s) has been increased since the         Nil
 date of the last return (if any increase has been applied for):

 Less:  Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period:          58,251 Ordinary Shares

 Equals:  Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period:          33,980 Ordinary Shares

 Number and class of securities originally admitted and the date of admission:       92,231 Ordinary Shares admitted on 7 November 2025

 Name of Contact                                                                     Stuart Kilpatrick

 Telephone Number of Contact                                                         +44 (0) 20 7583 8304

 

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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 / Seamus Fricker (Corporate Finance)

 Julian Morse / Henry Nicol / Matt Lewis (Sales and ECM)

 Berenberg                                                 Tel: +44 (0)20 3207 7800

 (Joint Broker)

 Matthew Armitt / Harry Nicholas / Detlir Elezi

 Burson Buchanan                                           Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Whitmore / Abby Gilchrist   LGT@buchanan.co.uk (mailto:LGT@buchanan.co.uk)

 

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 33 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.

 

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

 

Lords was established 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 50 sites.

 

For additional information please visit www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk
(http://www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk)

 

 

 

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