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 1 March
Economics: Consumer credit, M4 money supply, mortgage approvals, PMI manufacturing
Interims: Craneware (CRW)
Finals: AFC Energy (AFC), Aggreko (AGK), Bunzl (BNZL), CentralNic (CNIC), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), Quartix Holdings (QTX), Reach (RCH), SEPLAT Petroleum Development (SEPL)
Companies paying dividends: JPMorgan China Growth & Income (5.7p)
Tuesday 2 March
Trading updates: Ashtead (AHT)
Interims: Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), Hotel Chocolat (HOTC), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR)
Finals: Aggreko (AGK), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Croda International (CRDA), Dalata Hotel (DAL), Devro (DVO), Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), Fresnillo (FRES), Intertek (ITRK), IWG (IWG), James Fisher & Sons (FSJ), Man Group (EMG), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Robert Walters (RWA), Rotork (ROR), Signature Aviation (SIG), Synectics (SNX), Taylor Wimpey (TW.), Travis Perkins (TPK), Uniphar (UPR), XP Power (XPP), Weir (WEIR)
AGMs: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), JPMorgan Russian Securities (JRS), RedX Pharma (REDX), River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap Investment Company (RMMC)
Wednesday 3 March
Economics: PMI services
Trading updates: Biffa (BIFF), DS Smith (SMDS)
Finals: Allergy Therapeutics (AGY), Avast (AVST), GetBusy (GETB), International Personal Finance (IPF), Nichols (NICL), PageGroup (PAGE), Persimmon (PSN), Polymetal International (POLY), Vivo Energy (VVO)
AGMs: Gunsynd (GUN), Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (SERE)
Thursday 4 March
Economics: PMI construction
Trading updates: Hansard Global (HSD)
Interims: Galliford Try Holdings (GFRD)
Finals: Admiral (ADM), Aviva (AV.), Cairn Homes (CRN), Capital & Regional (CAL), CentralNic (CNIC), Coats (COA), CRH (CRH), Entain (ENT), Franchise Brands (FRAN), Hunting (HTG), Hutchison China Meditech (HCM), John Laing (JLG), Meggitt (MGGT), Melrose Industries (MRO), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Rathbone Brothers (RAT), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Schroders (SDR), Spire Healthcare (SPI), Synthomer (SYNT), Vesuvius (VSVS), William Hill (WMH)
AGMs: Chemring (CHG), Eco Animal Health (EAH), Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT2 (GV2O), Gresham House Renewable VCT 1 (GV1O), Integrafin Holdings (IHP)
Friday 5 March
Economics: Halifax house price index
Finals: AIB (AIBG), ConvaTec (CTEC), Essentra (ESNT), London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Pearson (PSON)
AGMs: Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Inv Tst (JEFI), Mila Resources (MILA)
Companies paying dividends: Baronsmead Venture Trust (3.5p), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (3.5p), Blackstone Loan Financing (0.025p), British Smaller Companies VCT 2 (1.5p), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (3.2p), DWF (1.5p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.73p), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (1.575p), Gulf Investment Fund (2.258p), NCC Group (1.5p), North American Income (1.9p), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (1.06p), Oxford Metrics (1.8p), Renew Holdings (8.33p), Secure Income REIT (3.65p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5625p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 4 March
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust | 5.2 | 26-Mar-21 |
| Ashmore Ord 0.01P | 4.8 | 30-Mar-21 |
| BHP Group | 72.66 | 23-Mar-21 |
| CareTech Holding Ord 0.5p | 8.75 | 06-May-21 |
| Crown Place VCT Ord 10p | 0.78 | 31-Mar-21 |
| Diversified Gas & Oil | 3.07 | 26-Mar-21 |
| Gleeson (M.J.) Group Ord 2p | 5 | 06-Apr-21 |
| Grit Real Estate Income Group | 1.0948 | 09-Apr-21 |
| HICL Infrastructure PLC | 2.06 | 31-Mar-21 |
| Oxford Instruments Ord 5p | 4.1 | 14-Apr-21 |
| Renishaw Ord 20p | 14 | 06-Apr-21 |
| Rights & Issues Inv Tst Inc 25p | 21.5 | 01-Apr-21 |
| Rio Tinto Ord 10p(Reg) | 221.86 | 15-Apr-21 |
| Rio Tinto Ord 10p(Reg) | 66.77 | 15-Apr-21 |
| Safestore Holdings Ord 1p | 12.7 | 08-Apr-21 |
| Scottish American Inv Co Ord 25p | 3 | 09-Apr-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.
