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Week ahead: 6 - 10 December

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
December 2, 2021

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

CompanyDividend (p)Pay date
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting2.922-Dec-21
BMO Real Estate Investments131-Dec-21
Cropper (James) Ord 25p2.514-Jan-22
Halfords Group Ord 1p321-Jan-22
Homeserve Ord 12.5p6.807-Jan-22
Intermediate Capital Group Ord 20p18.710-Jan-22
Investec Ord 0.2p1122-Dec-21
London Finance & Investment Grp.5p0.622-Dec-21
NewRiver REIT4.114-Jan-22
Orchard Funding Group Ord 1p217-Dec-21
Palace Capital3.2531-Dec-21
River and Mercantile Group3.231-Dec-21
Seneca Growth Capital VCT1.524-Dec-21
Severfield1.207-Jan-22
Speedy Hire Ord 5p0.7521-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.