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RNS Number : 9117M  Lords Group Trading PLC  02 May 2024

2 May 2024

 

 

Lords Group Trading plc

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

 

Extension of Group Lending Facilities

 

Lords, a leading distributor of building materials in the UK, is pleased to
announce an extension in relation to the Group's existing £95 million lending
facilities (the 'Facilities').

 

The terms of the Facilities, which consist of a £70 million revolving credit
facility (the 'RCF') and a £25 million receivables financing facility, were
announced by the Company on 6 April 2023 and, pursuant to the extension now
entered, the RCF has now been extended from its initial three year term by 12
months such that the RCF will now expire on 5 April 2027.

 

Shanker Patel, Chief Executive Officer of Lords, said:

 

"We are delighted to announce the extension of the Company's lending
facilities, which provide support for Lords' medium term growth ambitions,
particularly our M&A strategy, and demonstrate the confidence our lending
partners have in the prospects of the Group."

 

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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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