Result of Annual General Meeting

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20 June 2025   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 Cavendish at 1 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BL on 20 June 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (BST).   All 12 resolutions put to members were passed on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 10 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 11 and 12 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 2023 together with the Directors' reports and auditor's report on those accounts. 115,419,473 99.99% 10,420 0.01% 285 Resolution 2 (Ordinary) To declare a final dividend of 1.33 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 31 December 2023. 115,429,473 100.00% 0 0.00% 705 Resolution 3 (Ordinary) To re-elect Andrew Harrison as a director of the Company. 115,409,473 99.98% 20,420 0.02% 285 Resolution 4 (Ordinary) To elect Stuart Kilpatrick as a director of the Company. 115,409,473 99.98% 20,420 0.02% 285 Resolution 5 (Ordinary) To elect Sheena Mackay as a director of the Company. 115,409,473 99.98% 20,420 0.02% 285 Resolution 6 (Ordinary) To re-elect Gary O'Brien as a director of the Company. 115,409,473 99.98% 20,420 0.02% 285 Resolution 7 (Ordinary) To re-elect Shanker Patel as a director of the Company. 115,409,473 99.98% 20,420 0.02% 285 Resolution 8 (Ordinary) To re-appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as auditor of the Company. 115,314,216 99.91% 105,677 0.09% 10,285 Resolution 9 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to determine the fees payable to the auditor. 115,409,473 99.99% 10,420 0.01% 10,285 Resolution 10 (Ordinary) To authorise the Directors to allot Equity Securities. 108,530,880 94.02% 6,899,013 5.98% 285 Resolution 11 (Special) That, subject to Resolution 10, the Directors be authorised to allot Equity Securities for cash as if section 561 of the CA 2006 did not apply. 108,333,625 93.85% 7,096,268 6.15% 285 Resolution 12 (Special) That, subject to Resolution 10 and in addition to 11, the Directors be authorised to allot Equity Securities for cash as if section 561 of the  CA 2006 did not apply. 108,335,625 93.85% 7,094,268 6.15% 285   As at 20 June 2025, there were 166,207,885ordinary 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.   - Ends -   FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES:   Lords Group Trading plc Via Burson Buchanan Gary O'Brien, Non-Executive Chairman Shanker Patel, Chief Executive Officer Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000   Cavendish Capital Markets Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker   Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500 Ben Jeynes / Hamish Waller (Corporate Finance) Julian Morse / Matt Lewis / Henry Nichol (Sales and ECM)   Berenberg Joint Broker 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   [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 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.   Lords was established over 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.   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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