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Week Ahead: 31 Aug - 4 Sep

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
August 26, 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 31 August

Bank Holiday - no events scheduled  

Tuesday 1 September

Interims: Snoozebox, STM

Trading statement: McColl's Retail

AGM: Energy Assets, Guscio, Redcentric

EGM: Max Petroleum

Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, Money supply, Markit PMI, manufacturing

Company paying dividends: Iomart (2.5p), JPM Claverhouse Investment Trust (5p)

  

Wednesday 2 September

Interims: Biome Technologies, Concurrent Technologies, Fishing Republic, Johnson Service Group, Vislink

Trading statement: Ashtead, Diploma

AGM: Ashtead, Quindell, Severfield

Economics: Market/CIPS construction PMI

Companies paying dividends: 1pm (0.35p), Man Group (3.47p), Utilico Emerging Markets Utilities (1.525p)

  

Thursday 3 September

Interims: Empresaria, Fairpoint, Total Produce

Final: Alumasc, CPL Resources, Go-Ahead

Trading Statement: Empresaria, International Consolidated Airlines, Safestore Holdings

AGM: Carclo, Consort Medical, Daejan Holdings, Dart Group, Hardy Oil & Gas

Economics: Official reserves, Markit/CIPS services, composite PMI

Companies paying dividends: Melrose (2.8p), St. Modwen Properties (1.9p), Tyman (2.66p), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (0.9p)

  

Friday 4 September

Interims: EMIS

Trading statement: easyJet

AGM: Latchways, Scholium Group, Torotrak

Economics: New car registrations, Inflation data

Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust (2.8p), Ashtead (12.25p), Avon Rubber (2.43p), Beazley (3.3p), BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust (2.4p), Cranswick (23.4p), Domino's Pizza (9p), Fevertree Drinks (0.78p), GCP Student Living (1.4p), Inchcape (6.8p), Keller (8.8p), McColl's Retail (3.4p), Porvair (1.3p), QinetiQ (3.6p), RPC (11p)

 

Shares going ex-dividend on 3 September

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
Aggreko ord 20p9.382 Oct
Amino Technologies ord 1p1.26517 Sep
Arbuthnot Banking ord 1p122 Oct
Arm ord 0.05p3.155 Oct
Avesco ord 10p21 Oct
BlackRock Latin American IT9.7517 Oct
Capital & Counties Properties ord 25p0.525 Sep
Centamin0.6219 Oct
Chemring ord 5p2.425 Sep
Cineworld ord 1p52 Oct
Clipper Logistics3.230 Sep
Esure ord 0.08333p4.216 Oct
F&C Capital & Income Inv Trust ord 25p2.330 Sep
Foxtons 3.125 Sep
Foxtons 1.6725 Sep
G4S ord 25p3.5916 Oct
Glanbia3.1716 Oct
Greggs ord 20p7.42 Oct
Inspired Energy0.16 Nov
International Personal Finance ord 10p4.62 Oct
Jardine Lloyd Thompson ord 5p11.11 Oct
John Laing 0.53 Oct
JPM American ITst ord 25p1.59 Oct
Meggitt ord 5p4.62 Oct
Michael Page International ord 1p3.62 Oct
Michael Page International ord 1p (special)162 Oct
Micro Focus International 10p21.22 Oct
National Express ord 5p3.68525 Sep
Novae ord 10p7.31 Oct
Personal Assets Trust ord £12.514015 Oct
Personal ord 5p5.22524 Sep
Pinewood 2.85 Oct
Portmeirion ord 5p6.11 Oct
Redcentric2.528 Sep
Robert Walters ord 20p1.9516 Oct
Sanne 1.430 Sep
Securities Trust of Scotland ord 25p1.4525 Sep
Shire ord 5p2.692 Oct
Solid State Supplies ord 5p829 Sep
St James's Place Capital ord 15p10.722 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.