CORRECTION: VESTING OF DBP
SHARES AND ISSUE OF EQUITY
The following amendments have been made to the "Vesting of DBP
Shares and Issue of Equity" announcement released on 30 January
2024 at 07:00 under RNS No 2658B (the
"Announcement").
The Announcement incorrectly stated that 410,973 2021 Awards
had been exercised and that application had been made for 410,973
new ordinary shares in the Company to be admitted to trading on AIM
on 1 February 2024.
Whilst 410,973 2021 Awards have vested, only 22,369 2021
Awards have been exercised and application has been made for a
lower 22,369 new ordinary shares in the Company to be admitted to
trading on AIM on 1 February 2024.
Accordingly, on admission the Company will have 165,555,218
ordinary shares in issue on admission and not 165,943,822 and the
Company has today made block admission of a balancing number of
388,604 new ordinary shares which may be issued from time to time
on exercise of remaining 2021 Awards to be admitted to trading on
AIM on 5 February 2024.
The full text of the amended announcement is set out
below.
All other details remain unchanged.
30 January 2024
Lords Group Trading
plc
('Lords',
the 'Company' or the 'Group')
Vesting of DBP Shares and
Issue of Equity
Block
Admission
Lords, a leading distributor of
building materials in the UK, announces the vesting of an aggregate
of 410,973 of nil cost options (the "2021 Awards") over new
ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares") pursuant to the Group's 2021 Deferred Bonus Plan ("DBP").
The granting of the 2021 Awards was announced by the Company on 29
November 2023.
The Company announces that 22,369 of
the 2021 Awards have been exercised and accordingly application has
been made for the 22,369 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to
trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange
("Admission"), and it is expected that Admission will occur at 8.00
a.m. on 1 February 2024.
The new Ordinary Shares will rank
pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares in issue. Following
Admission of the new Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued ordinary
share capital will comprise 165,555,218 Ordinary Shares, none
of which are held in treasury.
Therefore, following Admission of
the new Ordinary Shares, the total number of Ordinary Shares with
voting rights in the Company will be 165,555,218, which may be
used by Shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under
the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
Following the initial exercise
described above, a total of 388,604 2021 Awards remain
capable of exercise.
As a result, the Company also
announces that it has today made application for a block admission
of 388,604 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM (the
"Block Admission") in respect of new Ordinary Shares which may be
issued from time to time on the exercise of the remaining 2021
Awards.
New Ordinary Shares issued under the
block admission will rank pari passu in all respects with Ordinary
Shares and it is expected that Block Admission will become
effective at 8.00 a.m. on 5 February 2024.
There is no change to the Group's
issued share capital as a result of this block admission and, on
Block Admission becoming effective, the Group will continue to have
165,555,218 Ordinary Shares in issue.
The Group will notify on a monthly
basis when there are changes to the issued share capital of the
Group, and these monthly figures may be used by shareholders as the
denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if
they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their
interest in, the share capital of the Group, under the FCA's
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
- Ends -
FOR
FURTHER ENQUIRIES:
Lords Group Trading plc
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Via
Buchanan
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Shanker Patel, Chief Executive
Officer
Chris Day, Chief Financial Officer
and Chief Operating Officer
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Tel: +44
(0) 20 7466 5000
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Cavendish Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint
Broker)
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Tel: +44
(0)20 7220 0500
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Ben Jeynes Dan Hodkinson (Corporate
Finance)
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Julian Morse / Henry Nicol / Charlie
Combe (Sales and ECM)
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Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Matthew Armitt / Richard Bootle /
Detlir Elezi
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Tel: +44
(0)20 3207 7800
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Buchanan Communications
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Tel: +44
(0) 20 7466 5000
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Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph
Whitmore / Abby Gilchrist
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LGT@buchanan.uk.com
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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 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 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.