- Title:
Schedule One - Lords Group Trading PLC - Time:
08:00:01 - Date:
6 Jul 2021 - Category:
Capital structure - ID:
2230E
| ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES") |
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| COMPANY NAME: |
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| Lords Group Trading plc (the "Company" or "Group")
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| COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) : |
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| Second Floor, 12-15 Hanger Green, London, W5 3EL
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| COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: |
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| England and Wales
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| COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26: |
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| https://lordsgrouptrading.co.uk/
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| COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED: |
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| Lords Group Trading plc is a consolidator of specialist merchant businesses across the Southeast and Midlands, adding value to the supply of building materials through product expertise and next day delivery. The Company's principal activity is the distribution of building, plumbing and DIY goods to local tradesmen, large scale developers, medium construction companies and retail customers. The Company has grown to a business operating from 33 sites with a combined turnover more than £288m. The Group employs approximately 650 members of staff and is the ultimate holding company of the trading group. The Group operates through the following two divisions:
i. 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 24 locations.
ii. Heating and Plumbing: a specialist distributor in the UK of heating and plumbing products to a UK network of independent merchants, installers and the general public. The division offers its customers a market leading proposition through a multi-channel offering. The division operates over nine locations enabling nationwide next day delivery service.
The Company's main country of operation is the UK.
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| DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): |
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| 157,503,947 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each.
No ordinary shares are or will be held in treasury.
The ordinary shares will be freely transferable and have no restrictions as to transfer placed on them.
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| CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (AND/OR SECONDARY OFFERING) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION: |
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| Capital to be raised: £30.0 million to be raised for the Company through the placing of new ordinary shares. £22.0 million to be raised for selling shareholders through the placing of existing ordinary shares.
Anticipated market capitalisation on admission c.£150 million.
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| PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION: |
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| Approximately 65.5 per cent.
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| DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM SECURITIES (OR OTHER SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY) ARE OR WILL BE ADMITTED OR TRADED: |
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| N/A
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| FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): |
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| Shanker Bhupendra Patel - Chief Executive Officer Christopher Michael Day - Group Finance Director Gary O'Brien - Non-Executive Chairman Andrew Peter Harrison - Non-Executive Director Dawn Mary Moore - Non-Executive Director
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| FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): |
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| NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: |
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| ONE Advisory Limited, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Metyis UK Ltd, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Rebus Partners Limited. |
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| (i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE (ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information) (iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19: |
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(i) 31 December
(ii) 31 December 2020
(iii) 30 September 2021 (half year report for the six months ending 30 June 2021); 30 June 2022 (annual accounts for the year ending 31 December 2021); and 30 September 2022 (half year report for the six months ending 30 June 2022). |
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| EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: |
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| 20 July 2021
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| NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: |
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| Cenkos Securities plc 6.7.8. Tokenhouse Yard EC2R 7AS
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| NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: |
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| Cenkos Securities plc 6.7.8. Tokenhouse Yard EC2R 7AS
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| OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: |
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| https://lordsgrouptrading.co.uk/
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| THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO APPLY |
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| QCA Corporate Governance Code
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| DATE OF NOTIFICATION: |
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| 6 July 2021
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Schedule One - Lords Group Trading PLC08:00:016 Jul 2021Capital structure2230E