Regulatory News
Notice of HY-2024 Results
28 August 2024
Lords, a leading distributor of building materials in the UK, announces that it will be publishing its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2024 on Tuesday, 10 September 2024.
There will be an in-person presentation for analysts at 09.00hrs (BST) on the day of the announcement, hosted by Shanker Patel (CEO) and Stuart Kilpatrick (CFO), at Buchanan’s offices at 107, Cheapside, London EC2V 6DN. Please contact Buchanan for further details.
For retail investors, the Group will also be presenting its HY-2024 results via the Investor Meet Company platform and the Group will separately provide details of this meeting later today.
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES:
| Lords Group Trading plc | Via Buchanan |
| Shanker Patel, Chief Executive Officer | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
| Stuart Kilpatrick, Chief Financial Officer | |
| Cavendish Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 0500 |
| Ben Jeynes / Dan Hodkinson (Corporate Finance) | |
| Julian Morse / Henry Nicol / Charlie Combe (Sales and ECM) | |
| Berenberg (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 (0)20 3207 7800 |
| Matthew Armitt / Richard Bootle / Detlir Elezi | |
| Burson Buchanan | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
| Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Whitmore / Abby Gilchrist | [email protected] |
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.