18th Jun 2026 16:39
18 June 2026
Lords Group Trading plc
('Lords', the Company' or the 'Group')
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Lords Group Trading plc was held at the offices of Burson Buchanan, Rose Court, 2 Southwark Bridge Road, London, England, SE1 9HS on Thursday, 18 June 2026 at 2:00pm (UK time)
All 14 resolutions put to members were duly passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 14 were passed as special resolutions.
The number of votes cast for and against each of the resolutions proposed, and the number of votes withheld were as follows:
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Votes withheld |
Resolution 1 (Ordinary) To receive the Annual Report and Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2025 together with the Directors' reports and auditor's report on those accounts. | 85,133,348 | 99.97% | 27,982 | 0.03% | 4,815 |
Resolution 2 (Ordinary) To declare a final dividend of 0.20 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 31 December 2025. | 85,161,330 | 100.00% | - | 0.00% | 4,815 |
Resolution 3 (Ordinary) To accept the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 December 2025 | 78,352,471 | 92.00% | 6,809,279 | 8.00% | 4,395 |
Resolution 4 (Ordinary) To re-elect Andrew Harrison as a director of the Company. | 85,132,597 | 99.97% | 29,153 | 0.03% | 4,395 |
Resolution 5 (Ordinary) To re-elect Stuart Kilpatrick as a director of the Company. | 85,132,597 | 99.97% | 29,153 | 0.03% | 4,395 |
Resolution 6 (Ordinary) To re-elect Sheena Mackay as a director of the Company. | 78,352,597 | 92.00% | 6,809,153 | 8.00% | 4,395 |
Resolution 7 (Ordinary) To re-elect Gary O'Brien as a director of the Company. | 85,132,597 | 99.97% | 29,153 | 0.03% | 4,395 |
Resolution 8 (Ordinary) To re-elect Shanker Patel as a director of the Company. | 85,132,597 | 99.97% | 29,153 | 0.03% | 4,395 |
Resolution 9 (Ordinary) To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as auditor of the Company. | 84,957,391 | 99.76% | 204,359 | 0.24% | 4,395 |
Resolution 10 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to determine the fees payable to the auditor. | 85,133,291 | 99.97% | 28,459 | 0.03% | 4,395 |
Resolution 11 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to allot equity securities. | 78,322,652 | 91.97% | 6,839,098 | 8.03% | 4,395 |
Resolution 12 (Special) That the Directors be authorised to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) did not apply. | 78,113,945 | 91.72% | 7,047,805 | 8.28% | 4,395 |
Resolution 13 (Special) That, in addition to Resolution 12, the Directors be authorised to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply. | 78,113,945 | 91.72% | 7,047,805 | 8.28% | 4,395 |
Resolution 14 (Special) That the Company be and is generally and unconditionally authorised to make one or more market purchases of its ordinary shares | 84,985,830 | 99.79% | 175,920 | 0.21% | 4,395 |
As at 18 June 2026, there were 166,238,267 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.
The full text of each resolution is available in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, published on our website.
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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 / Matt Lewis / Henry Nicol (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 / Abby Gilchrist |
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 33 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 in 1982 as a family business with its first retail unit in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Since then, the Group has grown to a business operating from 51 sites.
For additional information please visit www.lordsgrouptradingplc.co.uk
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