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 19 April
Finals: Churchill China (CHH), Energean (ENOG), Gaming Realms (GMR)
AGMs: ECR Minerals (ECR)
Companies paying dividends: ContourGlobal (2.9138p)
Tuesday 20 April
Economics: Claimant count rate, unemployment rate
Trading updates: Avast (AVST), City of London Investment Group (CLIG), Discoverie (DSCV), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Moneysupermarket.com (MONY), Petra Diamonds (PDL)
Interims: Associated British Foods (ABF), Integrafin (IHP)
Finals: Card Factory (CARD), Filta Group (FLTA), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Nostrum (NOG), RBG Holdings (RBGP), STM (STM)
AGMs: Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC), Audioboom (BOOM), Breedon (BREE), Franchise Brands (FRAN), GlobalData (DATA), Herald Investment Trust (HRI), Porvair (PRV), XP Power (XPP)
Companies paying dividends: Hansard Global (1.8p)
Wednesday 21 April
Economics: Consumer price index, producer price index, retail price index
Trading updates: Antofagasta (ANTO), BHP (BHP), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Bunzl (BNZL), Hunting (HTG), Quilter (QLT), Rio Tinto (RIO), Shanta Gold (SHG)
Interims: Carr’s Group (CARR), Egdon Resources (EDR), Kier (KIE)
Finals: Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), Pennant International (PEN), Wentworth Resources (WEN)
AGMs: Alliance Trust (ATST), Biome Technologies (BIOM), Bunzl (BNZL), Drax (DRX), Dukemount Capital (DKE), EP Global Opportunities Trust (EPG), Hunting (HTG), RTC (RTC), Serco (SRP)
Thursday 22 April
Trading updates: AJ Bell (AJB), Anglo American (AAL), Centamin (CEY), Domino’s Pizza (DOM), Foxton’s (FOXT), GB Group (GBG), Ibstock (IBST), Rentokil Initial (RTO), RWS (RWS), Segro (SGRO), Spectris (SXS), Taylor Wimpey (TW.), Trifast (TRI)
Finals: Informa (INF)
AGMs: Aggreko (AGK), Bidstack (BIDS), CLS Holdings (CLI), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities (CCPG), Dev Clever Holdings (DEV), Domino's Pizza (DOM), Foxtons (FOXT), Ibstock (IBST), Jarvis Securities (JIM), JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust (JCH), RELX (REL), Segro (SGRO), Sthree (STEM), Taylor Wimpey (TW.)
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Energy & Resources Income Trust (1p)
Friday 23 April
Economics: GFK consumer confidence, retail sales
Trading updates: Digitalbox (DBOX), Record (REC)
Finals: nmcn (NMCN)
AGMs: BB Healthcare Trust (BBH), Faron Pharmaceuticals (FARN), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), Murray International Trust (MYI), Senior (SNR)
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Smaller Companies Trust (2.15p), Amino Technologies (1.87p), Bioventix (43p), Chemring (2.6p), FW Thorpe (1.49p), Globaldata (11.6p), JPM Mid Cap Investment Trust (8p), Standard Life Private Equity (3.4p), TR European Growth Trust (8.2p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.49p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 22 April
| Companies | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aberdeen Asian Income Fund Npv | 2.25 | 21-May-21 |
| Aggreko Group Ord 20p | 10 | 20-May-21 |
| Antofagasta Ord 5p | 35.4 | 14-May-21 |
| BAE Systems Ord 2.5p | 14.3 | 01-Jun-21 |
| Bodycote | 13.4 | 04-Jun-21 |
| City Merchants HIgh Yield Trust | 2.5 | 21-May-21 |
| Drax Group Ord 11 16/29p | 10.3 | 14-May-21 |
| Dunedin Enterprise Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2 | 19-May-21 |
| Essentra | 3.3 | 01-Jun-21 |
| Fresnillo Ord $0.50 | 16.9 | 01-Jun-21 |
| Glencore | 5.26 | 21-May-21 |
| Highcroft Investment Trust Ord 25p | 30 | 27-May-21 |
| Highcroft Investment Trust Ord 25p | 6 | 27-May-21 |
| JPM American ITst Ord 25p | 4.25 | 28-May-21 |
| JPMorgan China Growth & Income | 5.7 | 01-Jun-21 |
| Luceco | 4.7 | 28-May-21 |
| M.P. Evans Group 10p | 17 | 18-Jun-21 |
| Polypipe Group | 4.8 | 26-May-21 |
| Rathbone Brothers Ord 5p | 47 | 11-May-21 |
| RELX | 33.4 | 21-May-21 |
| Sabre Insurance Group | 4.9 | 20-May-21 |
| Sabre Insurance Group | 6.8 | 20-May-21 |
| Secure Trust Bank | 44 | 21-May-21 |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering Ord 25p | 84.5 | 21-May-21 |
| T Clarke | 3.65 | 21-May-21 |
| Tyman Ord 5p | 4 | 28-May-21 |
| Uniphar | 0.923 | 17-May-21 |
| Vitec Group Ord 20p | 4.5 | 14-May-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.
