RNS Number : 3368D
Lords Group Trading PLC
20 June 2023
 

For immediate release

20 June 2023

 

Lords Group Trading plc

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

 

Result of AGM

 

Lords, a leading distributor of building materials in the UK, announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held at 1.00pm today at the offices of Cenkos Securities at 6 7 8 Tokenhouse Yard, London EC2R 7AS, all 11 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll.  Resolutions 1 to 9 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 10 and 11 were passed as special resolutions.

 

The results of the poll (including proxy votes) were as follows:

 

Resolution

Votes for

%

Votes against

%

Votes withheld

Resolution 1 (Ordinary)

To receive the reports of the Directors and the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

116,664,000

100

0

0.00

0

Resolution 2 (Ordinary)

To re-elect Shanker Patel as a Director.

116,663,580

99.99

420

0.01

0

Resolution 3 (Ordinary)

To re-elect Christopher Day as a Director.

116,661,417

99.99

2,583

0.01

0

Resolution 4 (Ordinary)

To re-elect Gary O'Brien as a Director.

116,661,417

99.99

2,583

0.01

0

Resolution 5 (Ordinary)

To re-elect Andrew Harrison as a Director.

116,661,417

99.99

2,583

0.01

0

Resolution 6 (Ordinary)

To declare a final dividend for the 12 months ended 31 December 2022 and to ratify the payment of the dividend for the 12 months ended 31 December 2021.

116,664,000

100

0

0.00

0

Resolution 7 (Ordinary)

To re-appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as auditor of the Company.

116,664,000

100

0

0.00

0

Resolution 8 (Ordinary)

To authorise the Directors to determine the fees payable to the auditor.

116,664,000

100

0

0.00

0



 

Resolution 9 (Ordinary)

To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities.

109,608,580 

93.95

7,055,420

6.05

0

Resolution 10 (Special)

That, subject to Resolution 9, the Directors be authorised to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply.

109,608,580 

93.95

7,055,420

6.05

0

Resolution 11 (Special)

That, subject to Resolution 9 and in addition to 10, the Directors be authorised to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561 did not apply.

109,608,580 

93.95

7,055,420

6.05

0

 

As at 20 June 2023, there were 165,532,849 ordinary shares in issue.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

 

- Ends -

 

FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES:

 

Lords Group Trading plc

Via Buchanan

Shanker Patel, Chief Executive Officer

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Chris Day, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer




 

Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8900

Ben Jeynes / Max Gould / Dan Hodkinson (Corporate Finance)


Alex Pollen (Sales)




 

Berenberg (Joint Broker)

Matthew Armitt / Richard Bootle / Detlir Elezi

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3207 7800

 

Buchanan Communications

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper/ 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 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 26 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 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 42 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.

 

 

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