Regulatory News

Block Admission Update

05 February 2026

Lords, 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 pence 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 2021 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 awarded to employees of the Company to subscribe for new Ordinary Shares in the Company in respect of the Company's 2021 Deferred Bonus Plan.

Period of return:

From:

05.08.2025

To:

 05.02.2026

Balance of unallotted securities under scheme(s) from previous return:

285,409 Ordinary Shares

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

Nil

Less:  Number of securities issued/allotted under scheme(s) during period (see LR3.5.7G):

10,965 Ordinary Shares

Equals:  Balance under scheme(s) not yet issued/allotted at end of period:

274,444 Ordinary Shares

Number and class of securities originally admitted and the date of admission:

388,604 Ordinary Shares - 5 February 2024

Name of Contact

Stuart Kilpatrick

Telephone Number of Contact

+44 (0)20 7583 8304

 

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
(Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 0500

Ben Jeynes / Seamus Fricker (Corporate Finance)

 

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

 

 

   

Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Matthew Armitt / Harry Nicholas / Detlir Elezi

Tel: +44 (0)20 3207 7800

   

 Burson Buchanan

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Whitmore / Abby Gilchrist

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 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 32 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