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 11 January
Trading updates: Abcam (ABC), Sig (SHI)
Companies paying dividends: 3i Infrastructure (4.9p), Total SA (59.68p), Worldwide Healthcare Trust (6.5p)
Tuesday 12 January
Trading updates: Auto Trader (AUTO), JD Sports Fashion (JD.), Nichols (NICL), Rathbone Brothers (RAT), Robert Walters (RWA), The Hut Group (THG), Vistry (VTY), XP Power (XPP)
Interims: Accrol (ACRL), DFS Furniture (DFS), Games Workshop (GAW), Gateley (GTLY)
AGMs: Carrs (CARR), Myanmar Investments International (MIL)
Companies paying dividends: Duke Royalty (0.5p), Octagonal (0.1p)
Wednesday 13 January
Economics: Services index
Trading updates: ASOS (ASC), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (JET), PageGroup (PAGE), Persimmon (PSN)
Interims: Kromek (KMK)
Finals: Shoe Zone (SHOE)
AGMs: AB Dynamics (ABDP), Octagonal (OCT)
Companies paying dividends: 3i Group (17.5p), Assura (0.71p), National Grid (17p)
Thursday 14 January
Economics: RICS housing market survey
Trading updates: Ashmore (ASHM), Associated British Food (ABF), boohoo (BOO), Card Factory (CARD), Dunelm (DNLM), Hays (HAS), Network International Holdings (NETW), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Tesco (TSCO), Whitbread (WTB), Wood Group (WG.), Workspace (WKP)
Interims: Ilika (IKA)
Finals: Blue Prism (PRSM), Safestore Holdings (SAFE), Titon Holdings (TON)
AGMs: Cardiff Property (CDFF)
Companies paying dividends: Fidelity Special Values (3.7p)
Friday 15 December
Economics: Balance of trade, industrial production, manufacturing production
Trading updates: Gym Group (GYM)
AGMs: Northern Venture Trust (NVT), Zenith Energy (ZEN)
Companies paying dividends: Charles Stanley (3p), Creighton’s (0.15p), Devro (2.7p), discoverIE (3.15p), Focusrite (1.3p), Grainger (3.64p), IG Design (3p), Octopus Apollo VCT (1.2p), Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies (11.5p), XP Power (20p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 14 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Ashtead Group Ord 10p | 7.15 | 03-Feb-21 |
| Cardiff Property Ord 20p | 12.8 | 29-Jan-21 |
| Character Group Ord 5p | 3 | 29-Jan-21 |
| Future Ord 1p | 1.6 | 16-Feb-21 |
| Majedie Investments 10p | 7 | 26-Jan-21 |
| Morses Club | 1 | 12-Feb-21 |
| Premier Miton Group | 4.5 | 12-Feb-21 |
| Sage Group Ord 1p | 11.32 | 11-Feb-21 |
| Schroder UK Mid Cap Fd | 9.5 | 15-Feb-21 |
| Scottish Inv Tst Ord Stk 25p | 6.1 | 12-Feb-21 |
| Smart (J) Contractors Ord 2p | 2.27 | 08-Feb-21 |
| SSE Ord 50p | 24.4 | 11-Mar-21 |
The ex-dividend day 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.
IC ONLINE
The data in the table above is a small selection of what’s available on our website. Just go to www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares and click on the dividend calendar box. You can download a full table of ex-dividend dates as an Excel spreadsheet. The dividend calendar is updated every Friday.
