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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 2021, together with the Notice of Annual General Meeting, are now available from the Company's website at www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk.  Hard copies of the 2021 Annual Report and Financial Statements and Notice of Annual General Meeting have also been posted to shareholders today.

The Annual General Meeting (‘AGM’) will be held at 1.00pm on Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at the offices of Cenkos Securities plc, 6-8 Tokenhouse Yard, London, EC2R 7AS.

To facilitate shareholder engagement, the proceedings of this year’s 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: https://www.investormeetcompany.com/lords-group-trading-plc-1/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 wishing to vote at the AGM are strongly encouraged to do so by completing a form of proxy or form of direction as appropriate. Shareholders will not be able to vote at the AGM over the online platform.  Shareholders will not receive a hard copy form of proxy for the 2022 AGM in the post. Instead, they will be able to vote electronically using the link www.signalshares.com or via a shareholder app: LinkVote+ available to download on the Apple App Store and Google Play. Voting by proxy prior to the AGM does not affect your right to attend the AGM and vote in person should you so wish.  Proxy votes must be received no later than 1:00 p.m. on 27 June 2022.  You may request a hard copy form of proxy directly from the registrars, Link Group, at 10th Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL.  Alternatively, copies of the form of proxy may be downloaded from our website: https://www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information.

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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 30 locations in the UK.

 

• Heating and Plumbing: a specialist distributor in the UK of heating and plumbing 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 15 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 45 sites.  Lords aims to become a £500 million turnover building materials distributor group by 2024 as it grows its national presence.

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