Lords Group Trading plc

("Lords" or the "Company")

Director/PDMR Transaction

Lords, a leading distributor of building materials in the UK, announces that it has today been notified by Shanker Patel, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, that on 7 September 2022 children of and therefore two persons closely associated ("PCA") with Shanker Patel, purchased an aggregate of 17,791 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 73 pence per ordinary share.

As a result, Shanker Patel is now interested, together with his children and related entities and trusts, in a maximum of an aggregate of 53,282,925* ordinary shares in the Company, representing 32.8 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. The members of the Lords concert party collectively hold 83,997,266 ordinary shares, representing 51.7 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital.

The notifications below, which are made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation, provide further details.

*including a potential interest in a conditional gift of 6,296,250 ordinary shares to Shanker Patel from a member of the concert party. Subject to the satisfaction of conditions to the gift, the gift may become unconditional on 24 June 2023.

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FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES:

The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation.