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 18 January
Trading updates: Spirent Communications (SPT)
Finals: AFH Financial Group (AFHP)
Tuesday 19 January
Trading updates: BHP (BHP), Centamin (CEY), Experian (EXPN), Henry Boot (BOOT), Integrafin (IHP), Kier (KIE), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Premier Foods (PFD), Rio Tinto (RIO)
Interims: Knights (KGH), Time Finance (TIME), U and I (UAI)
Finals: Watkin Jones (WJG)
AGMs: C4X Discovery (C4XD), Tracsis (TRCS)
Companies paying dividends: MS International (1.75p)
Wednesday 20 January
Economics: Consumer price index, producer price index, retail price index
Trading updates: Antofagasta (ANTO), BHP (BHP), Burberry (BRBY), Cairn Energy (CNE), City of London Investment (CLIG), CMC Markets (CMCX), Diploma (DPLM), Dixons Carphone (DC), Hochschild Mining (HOC), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), WH Smith (SMWH)
Interims: Van Elle (VANL)
AGMs: Diploma (DPLM), Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI), Majedie Investments (MAJE), Prairie Mining (PDZ), Residential Secure Income REIT (RESI), WH Smith (SMWH)
Thursday 21 January
Trading updates: AJ Bell (AJB), Arrow Global (ARW), Close Brothers (CBG), Countryside Properties (CSP), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), Energean (ENOG), Entain (ENT), Eve Sleep (EVE), Headlam (HEAD),Ibstock (IBST), Luceco (LUCE), Pets At Home (PETS), Sage (SGE)
Interims: IG Group (IGG), Sensyne Health (SENS)
AGMs: Baillie Gifford European Growth (BGEU), Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO), Brandshield Systems (BRSD), Henderson Far East Income (HFEL), Mineral & Financial Investments (MAFL)
Companies paying dividends: Artemis Alpha Trust (2.11p), Sirius Real Estate (1.62p)
Friday 22 January
Economics: GKP consumer confidence, public sector net borrowing
Trading updates: Computacenter (CCC), Ninety One (N91), Record (REC), TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS)
AGMs: Character Group (CCT), Ironveld (IRON), TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS)
Companies paying dividends: AB (4.4p), Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth (1.36p), Integrated Financial Holdings (5.6p), Northern Venture Trust (2.5p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.49p), Wincanton (2.85p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 21 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| City Merchants HIgh Yield Trust | 2.5 | 25-Feb-21 |
| Dewhurst 'A' Non.Vtg Ord 10p | 9.25 | 24-Feb-21 |
| Dewhurst Ord 10p | 9.25 | 24-Feb-21 |
| JPMorgan China Growth & Income | 5.7 | 01-Mar-21 |
| RWS Holdings Ord 5p | 7.25 | 19-Feb-21 |
| US Solar Fund GBP | 0.395 | 12-Feb-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.
