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 26 September
Interims: CitiFibre Infrastructure Holdings, Ergomed, Zoltav Resources
Finals: Allergy Therapeutics, Gemfields, Goldplat, MJ Gleeson
AGMs: Acorn Minerals, BATM Advanced Communications, Octagonal, Pinewood Group
EGM: Vela Technologies
Economics: BBA house purchase loans, CBI total distribution reported sales
Companies paying dividends: British Smaller Companies VCT 2 (2p), Mincon Group (0.83p)
Tuesday 27 September
Interims: A.G. Barr, boohoo.com, Card Factory, Circassia Pharmaceuticals, MaxCyte, NetScientific, Premier Technical Services, S&U, Toumaz, XLMedia
Finals: Close Brothers, Netcall, Wolseley
Trading statements: IHS Markit, Thomas Cook, United Utilities
AGMs: AorTech International, Arcontech, ASA Resource Group, United Carpets, Versarien
Economics: CBI retailing reported sales
Companies paying dividends: Foxtons (1.67p), Hostelworld Group (4.8p)
Wednesday 28 September
Interims: AA, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Moss Bros, Petropavlovsk, REA Holdings, RedT Energy, Venn Life Sciences
Finals: Clinigen, MySale Group, Smiths Group
Trading statements: J Sainsbury, TUI Travel
AGMs: Anglesey Mining, Coral Products, Fulcrum Utility Services, PZ Cussons, Sepura, Zoo Digital
EGM: SABMiller
Economics: Nationwide house prices
Companies paying dividends: British American Tobacco (51.3p), Gateley Holdings (3.764p), Hargreaves Lansdown (16.3p), Hargreaves Lansdown (special) (9.9p), HSBC (7.6p), Lloyds Banking Group (0.85p), UIL (1.875p), WYG (1p)
Thursday 29 September
Interims: Active Energy, Air Partner, Harvey Nash, Northbridge Industrial Services
Final: Vernalis
Trading statements: Atkins (WS), CMC Markets, Daily Mail and General Trust, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Imperial Brands, Merlin Entertainments, RPC
AGMs: Aurum Mining, Castleton Technology, Filtronic, Galileo Resources, Ilika, New World Oil & Gas, NWF Group
EGMs: Auto Trader, Lookers, Oxford BioMedica
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: Acorn Income Fund (3.5p), CMC Markets (5.36p), Prudential (12.93p), Reckitt Benckiser (58.2p)
Friday 30 September
Interims: LoopUp Group, Metal Tiger, Speedy Hire
Final: Range Resources
Trading statement: Trinity Mirror
AGMs: 1pm, Accrol Group, Associated British Engineering, City of London Group, Entertainment One, Provexis, World Trade Systems
Economics: GfK consumer confidence, GDP (Q2 final), Current account balance, Index of services, Total business investment
Companies paying dividends: Acacia Mining (1.53p), Acencia Debt Strategies (2.1p), AEW UK Reit (2p), Aggreko (9.38p), Alliance Trust (2.825p), Antofagasta (3.1p), Arbuthnot Banking (13p), Atrium European Real Esate (5.7p), Auto Trader (1p), Capital & Counties Properties (0.5p), Concurrent Technologies (0.8p), Custodian Reit (1.5875p), Downing Four VCT (2p), Ediston Investment Property Company (0.4583p), Elementis (2.0537p), F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust (2.35p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), F&C UK Real Estate Investments (1.25p), First Property Group (1.115p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.54p), Ground Rents Income (1.0232p), Henderson Diversified Income (1.25p), Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust (11p), HICL Infrastructure (1.91p), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (8.3p), Honeycomb Investment Trust (19.66p), Imperial Brands (23.5p), Jupiter Green Investment Trust (0.65p), Juridica (32p), Keller (9.25p), MedicX Fund (1.4875p), Meggitt (4.8p), Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (2.08p), NCC (3.15p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.5775p), Octopus Second AIM VCT (2p), OM Asset Management (6.1p), Paddy Power Betfair (40p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3p), PHSC (1.5p), Premier Energy & Water (1.9p), Real Estate Credit Investments (2.7p), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (10p), Segro (5.2p), St James's Place Capital (12.33p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (8.09p), The Gym Group (0.25p), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.5625p), Xaar (3.3p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 29 September
Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
---|---|---|
Advanced Medical Solutions Grp Ord 10p | 0.3 | 28 Oct |
Avation | 3.25 | 13 Oct |
Capital & Regional Properties Ord 10p | 1.62 | 27 Oct |
D S Smith Ord 10p | 8.8 | 1 Nov |
Diverse Income Trust | 0.75 | 30 Nov |
Essentra | 6.3 | 31 Oct |
Fairpoint Group | 2.45 | 21 Oct |
Flowtech FluidPower Ord 50p | 1.84 | 25 Oct |
Forterra | 2 | 19 Oct |
Fulcrum Utility Servs | 0.6 | 28 Oct |
Funding Circle SME Income Fund | 1.625p | 31 Oct |
Huntsworth Ord 10p | 0.5 | 4 Nov |
IG Group Holdings Ord 0.005p | 22.95 | 28 Oct |
Intertek Group Ord 1p | 19.4 | 14 Oct |
John Laing Group | 1.85 | 28 Oct |
Kainos Group | 4.2 | 21 Oct |
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets Ord 10p | 1.58 | 7 Nov |
Murray Income Trust Ord 25p | 11.25 | 3 Nov |
Norish Units €0.25 | 1.1068 | 21 Oct |
Pembroke VCT | 2 | 31 oct |
Puma VCT VII | 25 | 3 Oct |
SafeCharge International Group | 5.26 | 14 Oct |
Safestyle UK | 3.75 | 31 Oct |
Servelec Group Ord 18p | 1.65 | 28 Oct |
Smurfit Kappa Group Ord €0.001 | 18.48 | 28 Oct |
Somero Enterprises | 1.9 | 19 Oct |
STM Group Ord 0.1p | 0.5 | 3 Nov |
United Carpets Group Ord 5p | 0.265 | 14 Oct |
Value & Income Trust Ord 10p | 2.6 | 28 Oct |
Wynnstay Group Ord 25p | 4 | 31 Oct |
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.