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 5 August
Interims: Alent, Heritage Oil, HSBC, Morgan Sindall, Ultra Electronics
Trading statements: GW Pharmaceuticals
EGMs: Phytopharm
Economics: PMI Services
Tuesday 6 August
Interims: BBA Aviation, T Clarke, Dragon Oil, eSure, Fresnillo, Greggs, Hill & Smith, InterContinental Hotels, Legal & General, Meggitt, Pendragon, Rotork, SDL, Share, Standard Chartered, Zotefoams
Trading statements: SABMiller, 888
Economics: BRC like-for-like sales, Industrial production, Manufacturing production, GDP estimate, New car registrations
Wednesday 7 August
Interims: Cyprotex, Ferrexpo, Novae, Old Mutual, Randgold Resources
Trading statements: Eurasian Natural Resources, Quintain Estates, Tui Travel, United Drug
Economics: Bank of England Inflation report
Thursday 8 August
Interims: Amec, Aquarius Platinum, Aviva, Avocet Mining, Cobham, Henderson, Kerry, Ladbrokes, Mondi, Puricore, Rio Tinto, Schroders, Standard Life, Spirax-Sarco, Savills
Trading statements: Bellway, Enterprise Inns, Grainger, Pennon
AGMs: Flybe, Igas, Investec, Majestic Wine
Half year results from upmarket estate agency and property consultancy Savills (SVS) should make for interesting reading. A strong final quarter of 2012 in both London and East Asia buoyed profits in the group's key property broking division by 36 per cent and underpinned a 21 per cent increase in underlying pre-tax profits to £60.8m at the group level. Since then the London residential property market has been flying, both in the prime and mid-market, with some agents reporting double digit price rises this year. So with analysts pencilling in a modest rise in pre-tax profits to £64m this year, there could be potential for upgrades.
Friday 9 August
Interims: Catlin
EGMs: United Drug
Economics: Construction output, Trade balance
Shares going ex-dividend on 7 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
|---|---|---|
| Avon Rubber | 1.44 | 06 Sep |
| BT | 6.5 | 02 Sep |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst | 2.575 | 30 Aug |
| European Assets Trust | 0.1534 | 31 Aug |
| Greene King | 19.45 | 09 Sep |
| Henderson Far East Income | 4.4 | 30 Aug |
| Henderson International Income | 1 | 30 Aug |
| IDOX | 0.3 | 21 Aug |
| Naibu Global | 4 | 19 Sep |
| Pennon | 19.7 | 04 Oct |
| QINETIQ | 2.7 | 06 Sep |
| RPC | 10.6 | 06 Sep |
| Solid State Supplies | 5.25 | 02 Sep |
| St Modwen Properties | 1.33 | 03 Sep |
| Synergy Healthcare | 12.8 | 05 Sep |
| Talisman First Vct | 0.5 | 30 Aug |
| UK Commercial Property | 1.3125 | 30 Aug |
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.
