Director/PDMR Transaction & Holding(s) in Company
Lords Group Trading plc announced that Chief Executive Officer Shanker Patel purchased 1,400,000 ordinary shares at 21.02 pence per share on November 17, 2025. Additionally, Nilesh Patel and Rajen Patel acquired 445,993 and 94,562 ordinary shares respectively on November 14, 2025. Following these transactions, Shanker Patel now holds 33.22% of the company's issued share capital, and the Lords concert party collectively controls 52.02%.
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Lords, a leading distributor of building materials in the UK, announces that it was notified yesterday that Shanker Patel, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, had purchased an aggregate of 1,400,000 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 21.02 pence per ordinary share on that same day.
The notification below, made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation, provides further details.
The Company also announces that it was notified on 17 November 2025 that on 14 November 2025 Nilesh Patel and Rajen Patel purchased 445,993 ordinary shares and 94,562 ordinary shares respectively.
As a result, Shanker Patel is now interested, together with his children and related entities and trusts, in an aggregate of 55,221,386 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 33.22 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. In addition, the members of the Lord's concert party now collectively hold an aggregate of 86,476,282 ordinary shares, representing 52.02 per cent. of the Company's current issued ordinary share capital.
The following notifications are intended to satisfy the Company's obligations under Article 19(3) of the Market Abuse Regulation.
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | |
| a) | Name | Shanker Patel |
| 2 | Reason for notification | |
| a) | Position/Status | Chief Executive Officer |
| b) | Initial notification/amendment | Initial notification |
| a) | Name | Lords Group Trading plc |
| b) | LEI | 9845009A4D87F1CE5145 |
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code | Ordinary shares ISIN: GB00BM9CLS53 |
| b) | Nature of transaction | Purchase of Ordinary shares |
| c) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) Volume(s) a) 21.02 pence a) 1,400,000 |
| d) | Aggregated information | As above |
| e) | Date of transaction | 17 November 2025 |
| f) | Place of transaction | AIM |
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