Company calendar
Welcome to the week ahead, our summary of the forthcoming key company announcements. Companies are no longer obliged to notify the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of results and trading updates, so this list does not claim to be comprehensive. You can read company announcements on at http://announce.ft.com and our daily online news summaries record all key company announcements and business press headlines.
Monday 23 April
Interims: Egdon Resources, Imperial Innovations, Lok'n Store
Final: Alexander David Securities
AGM: Baobab Resources
EGM: Clinical Computing
Tuesday 24 April
Interims: Associated British Foods, Carrs Milling Industries, Next Fifteen Communications, Smiths News
Finals: Aseana Properties, Lidco, Netplay TV, Surgical Innovations
Trading statements: ARM, Carpetright, Filtrona, ICON, Reed Elsevier
AGMs: Bank of Ireland, BBA Aviation, Central Rand Gold, Dialog Semiconductor, EMIS, Eruma, Fidessa, Filtrona, Law Debenture, Microgen, Modern Water, Shire
EGMs: African Eagle Resources, Eros, Misys, South African Property Opportunities
Economics: Public sector borrowing
Wednesday 25 April
Interims: Avacta, Fenner
Finals: Johnston Press, Orchid Developments, Polymetal
Trading statements: GlaxoSmithKline, International Ferro Metals, Petropavlovsk, Premier Foods, Smith (DS), Stagecoach, Sports Direct International, Standard Life, Talvivaara Mining, Virgin Media
AGMs: Aggreko, Agriterra, Biome Technologies, Bodycote, Capital Shopping Centres, Motive Television, Reed Elsevier, Sable Mining Africa, SocialGO, Willis
EGM: Ten Alps
Economics: First-quarter GDP, CBI trends – total orders, selling prices, business optimism – April
Thursday 26 April
Finals: Camellia, Fortune Oil, Vectura, Whitbread
Trading statements: Admiral, ASOS, AstraZeneca, Barclays, Berendsen, British American Tobacco, Cobham, Colt, Elementis, Go-Ahead, Howden Joinery, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Kazakhmys, McBride, Mecom, Meggitt, Oil & Gas Development Co, Royal Dutch Shell, Segro, Senior, Shire, SVG Capital, Taylor Wimpey, Unilever
AGMs: Admiral, AstraZeneca, Berendsen, British American Tobacco, Cobham, Colt, Croda, DP Poland, Elementis, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Meggitt, Molins, Office2office, Segro, SpaceandPeople, Talvivaara Mining, Taylor Wimpey, TomCo Energy, Ubisense, Wolfson Microelectronics, Xcounter
EGMs: Hardy Underwriting, JJB Sports
Economics: BBA house purchase loans, CBI reported sales, Nationwide house prices
Friday 27 April
Interim: DCD Media
Trading statements: Aegis, Ultra Electronic, WPP
AGMs: Alliance Trust, Argo, Barclays, Kibo Mining, Pearson, Senior, Symphony Environmental Technology, Ultra Electronics
EGM: Providence Resources
Economics: GfK consumer confidence
Shares going ex-dividend on 25 April
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Autoclenz | 1 | 1 Jun |
| Balfour Beatty | 8.5 | 6 Jul |
| Brady | 1.5 | 22 May |
| Centrica | 11.11 | 13 Jun |
| Churchill China | 9.2 | 24 May |
| Drax | 11.8 | 11 May |
| Fiberweb | 2 | 25 May |
| Fidessa | 24.5 | 28 May |
| Fidessa (special payment) | 45 | 28 May |
| Fresnillo | 25.24 | 23 May |
| GKN | 4 | 21 May |
| Greggs | 13.5 | 25 May |
| HR Owen | 0.7 | 25 May |
| Hansteen | 2.4 | 23 May |
| Impax Environmental Markets | 0.9 | 24 May |
| Informa | 11.8 | 21 May |
| Kentz | 4.63 | 25 May |
| Kingspan | 5.55 | 17 May |
| Lookers | 1.38 | 31 May |
| Lupus Capital | 3.5 | 1 Jun |
| Man | 4.38 | 17 May |
| Morgan Sindall | 30 | 18 May |
| National Express | 6.5 | 18 May |
| North Midland Construction | 3 | 25 May |
| Portmeirion | 15.7 | 23 May |
| Rathbone Brothers | 29 | 17 May |
| Reed Elsevier | 15.9 | 21 May |
| Regus | 2 | 25 May |
| Rolls-Royce | 10.6 | 4 Jul |
| Total Produce | 1.35 | 24 May |
| Tullett Prebon | 11.25 | 17 May |
| Ultimate Finance | 0.4 | 23 May |
| Wetherspoon (JD) | 4 | 23 May |
| Zotefoams | 3.3 | 23 May |
The ex-dividend date is the first day on which it is no longer possible to buy the shares and qualify for the dividend. Ex-days are almost always a Wednesday. The record date is usually two days after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.
IC ONLINE
The data in the table above is a small selection of what's available on our website. Just go to www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares and click on the dividend calendar box. You can download a full table of ex-dividend dates as an Excel spreadsheet. The dividend calendar is updated every Friday.
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