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 6 December
Economics: PMI construction
Interim: Fusion Antibodies (FAB)
Final: Victrex (VCT)
AGMs: Amur Minerals (AMC), Bellway (BWY), Emmerson (EML), Pipehawk (PIP), Virgin Wines UK (VINO)
Company paying dividend: Balfour Beatty (3p)
Tuesday 7 December
Economics: Retail sales, Halifax house price index
Trading update: Ferguson (FERG)
Interims: Ashtead (AHT), Babcock International (BAB), Iomart (IOM), Kinovo (KINO), Mercia Asset Management (MERC), SDI (SDI), Solid State (SOLI), Supreme (SUP), Vianet (VNET), WH Ireland (WHI)
Finals: Caretech (CTH), Carr’s (CARR), Hyve (HYVE), Ixico (IXI), Paragon Banking (PAG), Premier Miton (PMI), Renew (RNWH), Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (SERE), Tritax EuroBox (EBOX)
AGMs: Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Applied Graphene Materials (AGM), Falanx (FLX), IMC Exploration (IMC), Schroder Japan Growth Fund (SJG), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Trust (SST), YouGov (YOU)
Company paying dividend: Hammerson (0.2p)
Wednesday 8 December
Trading update: McColl’s Retail (MCLS)
Interims: Berkeley Group (BKG), Ince (INCE), Quiz (QUIZ), Stagecoach (SGC)
Finals: Hardide (HDD), Numis (NUM), SSP Group (SSPG), Stock Spirits (STCK)
AGMs: Alternative Liquidity Fund (ALF), Ashoka India Equity Inv Trust (AIE), Europa Oil & Gas (EOG), Gattaca (GATC), International Biotechnology Trust (IBT), Volta Finance (VTAS)
Company paying dividend: Fidelity Asian Values (8.8p)
Thursday 9 December
Economics: RICS housing market survey
Trading updates: Balfour Beatty (BBY), Rolls-Royce (RR.), S&U (SUS)
Interims: Dr. Martens (DOCS), DS Smith (SMDS), DWF (DWF), FirstGroup (FGP), Foresight (FSG), LendInvest (LINV), Moonpig (MOON), Watches Of Switzerland (WOSG)
Finals: On The Beach (OTB), Victorian Plumbing (VIC)
AGMs: Bioventix (BVXP), BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust (BRGE), Frontier IP (FIPP), Lok'n Store (LOK), Orchard Funding (ORCH), Ridgecrest (RDGC), Round Hill Music Royalty Fund (RHM), UK Mortgages (UKML), Westmount Energy (WTE)
Company paying dividend: British & American Investment Trust (0.8p)
Friday 10 December
Economics: Balance of trade, gross domestic product, index of services, industrial production, manufacturing production
Final: Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS)
AGMs: Associated British Foods (ABF), UP Global Sourcing (UPGS)
Companies paying dividends: Ashmore (12.1p), Avingtrans (4p), Brunner Investment Trust (4.7p), Ferguson (121.5p), Galliford Try (3.5p), Genel Energy (4.31p), Genus (21.7p), Invesco Perp UK Smaller Companies (3.75p), NB Global Monthly Income Fund (0.39p), NWF (6.2p), SCS Group
Companies going ex-dividend on 9 December
Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting | 2.9 | 22-Dec-21 |
BMO Real Estate Investments | 1 | 31-Dec-21 |
Cropper (James) Ord 25p | 2.5 | 14-Jan-22 |
Halfords Group Ord 1p | 3 | 21-Jan-22 |
Homeserve Ord 12.5p | 6.8 | 07-Jan-22 |
Intermediate Capital Group Ord 20p | 18.7 | 10-Jan-22 |
Investec Ord 0.2p | 11 | 22-Dec-21 |
London Finance & Investment Grp.5p | 0.6 | 22-Dec-21 |
NewRiver REIT | 4.1 | 14-Jan-22 |
Orchard Funding Group Ord 1p | 2 | 17-Dec-21 |
Palace Capital | 3.25 | 31-Dec-21 |
River and Mercantile Group | 3.2 | 31-Dec-21 |
Seneca Growth Capital VCT | 1.5 | 24-Dec-21 |
Severfield | 1.2 | 07-Jan-22 |
Speedy Hire Ord 5p | 0.75 | 21-Jan-22 |
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.