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Week Ahead: 3-7 August

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
July 30, 2015

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 at http://announce.ft.com and our daily online news summaries record all key company announcements and business press headlines.

 

Monday 3 August

Interims: Coats Group, Fidessa, HSBC, Intertek Group, Keller, Telit Communications, Trinity Mirror, Ultra Electronics

AGMs: Camco Clean Energy, Dods Group, Vedanta Resources

Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing

Companies paying dividends: Aveva (25p), CML Microsystems (6.9p), De La Rue (16.7p), Dee Valley Group (42p), Dee Valley Group (non-voting) (42p), Electronic Data Processing (2p), Establishment Investment Trust (3p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.3p), Homeserve (7.87p), JD Sports Fashion (5.9p), Next (100p), Next (special) (60p), TalkTalk (9.2p), United Utilities (25.14p)

 

Tuesday 4 August

Interims: Clarke (T), Direct Line Insurance, Fresnillo, Just Eat, LSL Property Services, Meggitt, Morgan Sindall, Rotork, SDL, Standard Life, Travelport Worldwide, Travis Perkins, Zotefoams

Final: NWF Group

Trading statements: Immunodiagnostic Systems, Oxford Immunotec Global

AGM: Immunodiagnostic Systems

Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI

Companies paying dividends: Bonmarche Holdings (4.5p), e2v Technologies (3.6p), Empiric Student Property (1p), Johnson Matthey (49.5p), KCom (3.58p), Mitie (6.5p), TR Property Investment Trust (4.75p)

 

Wednesday 5 August

Interims: BBA Aviation, Devro, IP Group, Ferrexpo, Legal & General, London Stock Exchange, Novae, Soco International, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Standard Chartered, Unite

Trading statements: International Consolidated Airlines

AGMs: Schroder UK Growth Fund

Economics: BRC shop price index, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services PMI, composite PMI, Halifax house prices

Companies paying dividends: Charles Stanley (2p), National Grid (28.16p), Vodafone (7.62p)

 

Thursday 6 August

Interims: Aggreko, Aviva, Cobham, Genel Energy, Hill & Smith Holdings, Inmarsat, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, Mondi, Old Mutual, Rio Tinto, RSA Insurance, Spirent Communications, Vitec

Trading statements: easyJet, Enterprise Inns, SABMiller

AGMs: Investec, Majestic Wine, Mytrah Energy, Sirius Petroleum

EGM: SPARK Ventures

Economics: New car registrations, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Bank of England interest rate announcement, asset purchase target, inflation report, NIESR GDP estimate (July)

Companies paying dividends: Caledonia Investments (36.8p), Dairy Crest (15.7p), ITE (2.5p), Smith (WH) (12.1p), Tristel (special) (3p)

 

Friday 7 August

Interim: William Hill

Trading statement: Bellway

EGM: Jubilee Platinum

Economics: Trade figures

Companies paying dividends: Anglo Pacific (4p), B&M European Value Retail (2.5p), British Land (6.92p), Cable & Wireless Communications (1.73p), Cropper (James) (6.3p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities EUR (0.25p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities GBP (2.5p), Driver Group (0.6p), Energy Technique (2.25p), Ensor Holdings (1.3p), Heavitree Brewery (3.675p), Heavytree Brewery 'A' Limited Voting (3.675p), Impellam Group (7.75p), Infinis Energy (12.2p), Investors Capital Trust A shares (1.14p), Investors Capital Trust B Shares (1.14p), Jupiter Green Investment Trust (0.55p), Martin Currie Pacific Trust (5p), Monks Investment Trust (3.45p), Next Fifteen Communications (2.5p), Octopus Aim VCT (2.8p), Octopus Aim VCT (special) (4p), Oxford Technology VCT 4 (10p), P2P Global Investments (10.5p), Pressure Technologies (2.8p), Quantum Pharma (0.25p), Vp (11.5p), Walker Crips (1.17p), Walker Greenbank (1.96p), Workspace (8.15p)

 

Shares going ex-dividend on 6 July

CompanyDividend(p)Payment
Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust2.84 Sep
Albion Enterprise VCT2.528 Aug
Avon Rubber Ord £12.434 Sep
Cayenne Tst Ord 25p3.821 Aug
Creston Ord 10p2.8511 Sep
Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p2.57528 Aug
Halfords Group Ord 1p1128 Aug
Hargreave Hale Aim VCT 2428 Aug
Henderson Far East Income4.928 Aug
Henderson International Income Trust1.1528 Aug
Independent Investment Trust228 Aug
Latham (James) Ord 25p8.828 Aug
Microgen Ord 5p1.428 Aug
Northern Bear Ord 1p1.528 Aug
Pennon Group Ord 40.7p21.822 Oct
Plastics Capital Ord 1p2.6728 Aug
QINETIQ Group Ord 1p3.64 Sep
RELX7.428 Aug
RPC Group Ord 5p114 Sep
SABMiller Ord 10c5514 Aug
St Modwen Properties Ord 10p1.93 Sep
Unilever Ord 3  1/9p21.19 Sep

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 Thursday. The record date is usually one day after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.