Welcome to the two weeks 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 19 December
Interims: Collagen Solutions, Goodwin
AGMs: Management Resource Solutions, Proactis, World Careers Network
EGM: Alternative Networks
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: Aquila Services (0.24p), Fidelity Special Values (1.09p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investments (3.45p), Lok'nStore (6.33p), Sanditon Investment Trust (1.1p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042), St Ives (5.45p), Utilitywise (4.3p), VPC Speciality Lending Investments (1.5p)
Tuesday 20 December
AGMs: Applied Graphene Materials, Artilium, dotdigital, Gfinity
EGM: Tritax Big Box REIT
Economics: CBI retailing reported sales
Companies paying dividends: Creston (1.42p), e2v Technologies (1.7p)
Wednesday 21 December
AGMs: Blue Star Capital, SyQic, Uranium Resources
EGMs: Charles Stanley, Empiric Student Property
Economics: Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: Investec (10p), JPM Elect plc Managed Growth (2.9p), JPM Elect plc Managed Income (0.85p), JPMorgan Global Convertibles Income (1.125p), Smart (J) Contractors (2.15p), UIL (1.875p)
Thursday 22 December
AGMs: Reconstruction Capital, Uvenco
EGM: Avocet Mining
Economics: GfK consumer confidence
Companies paying dividends: Establishment Investment Trust (2.5p), John Laing Environmental (1.53p), Liontrust Asset Management (4p), Pan African Resources (0.8782p), Regional REIT (1.75p)
Friday 23 December
AGMs: Frontier IP Group
EGM: LiDCO
Economics: GDP (Q3 final), Current account balance, Index of services
Companies paying dividends: B&M European Value Retail (1.9p), CMC Markets (2.98p), Keystone Investment Trust (35p), Keystone Investment Trust (special) (5.3p), Majestic Wines (1.5p), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust (2.6p), MS International (1.5p), Northern Venture Trust (3p), Pacific Industrial & Logistics (3p), Record (0.825p), The SME Loan Fund (0.6p), Trans-Siberian Gold (special) (0.7p)
Monday 26 December
UK Bank holiday - nothing scheduled
Tuesday 27 December
UK Bank holiday - nothing scheduled
Wednesday 28 December
AGM: Lombard Capital
Companies paying dividends: DFS Furniture (7.5p), JPM Japanese Investment Trust (3.65p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3p), Phaunos Timber Fund (0.24p)
Thursday 29 December
AGM: Altona Energy
Friday 30 December
AGMs: K&C REIT, Red Rock Resources
Companies paying dividends: Albion Venture Capital Trust (2.5p), Alliance Trust (3.85p), Clipper Logistics (2.4p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4583p), F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust (3.25p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), F&C UK Real Estate Investments (1.25p), First Property Group (0.4p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.54p), Ground Rents Income (1.024p), Helical (2.4p), Henderson Diversified Income (1.35p), HICL Infrastructure (1.91p), Imperial Brands (54.1p), Invesco Income Growth Trust (2.2p), Kainos Group (1.9p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.5775p), OM Asset Management (6.3p), Palace Capital (9p), Premier Energy & Water (1.9p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (8.09p), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.5625p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 22 December
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Acal Ord 5p | 2.45 | 13 Jan |
Alliance Pharma Ord 1p | 0.403 | 12 Jan |
Burberry Group Ord 0.05p | 10.5 | 27 Jan |
Solid State Ord 5p | 4 | 20 Jan |
Standard Life Euro Pvt Eq Trust | 3.6 | 27 Jan |
Stobart Group Ord 10p | 3 | 20 Jan |
Vertu Motors Ord 10p | 0.5 | 29 Jan |
Shares going ex-dividend on 29 December
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Anglo Pacific Group Ord 10p | 3 | 8 Feb |
BT Group Ord 5p | 4.85 | 6 Feb |
Cambria Automobiles Ord 10p | 0.7 | 20 Jan |
Diverse Income Trust | 0.7 | 28 Feb |
Experian PLC | 10.4 | 27 Jan |
Fulcrum Utility Servs | 0.6 | 27 Jan |
Game Digital | 1.75 | 10 Feb |
Grainger Ord 5p | 3.05 | 10 Feb |
Halma Ord 10p | 5.33 | 8 Feb |
Inland Homes | 0.9 | 27 Jan |
ITE Group Ord 1p | 3 | 5 Feb |
KCOM Group Ord 10p | 2 | 1 Feb |
NewRiver REIT | 5 | 7 Jan |
Octopus Aim Vct 1p | 2.5 | 20 Jan |
Polar Capital Holdings Ord 2.5p | 5.5 | 1 Mar |
Proactis Holdings Ord 10p | 1.3 | 23 Jan |
Real Good Food | 0.04 | 25 Jan |
RPC Group Ord 5p | 6.5 | 27 Jan |
Value & Income Trust Ord 10p | 2.6 | 27 Jan |
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.