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.
Tuesday 4 January
Companies paying dividends: AVI Global Trust (10.5p), BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust (2p), Fuller Smith & Turner (3.9p), Land Securities Group (8.5p), McKay Securities (2.9p)
Wednesday 5 January
Companies paying dividends: British Smaller Companies VCT (2p), Games Workshop (35p), Tate & Lyle (9p)
Thursday 6 January
Trading updates: Made.com (MADE), Next (NXT)
Companies paying dividends: Castings (3.66p), Manolete Partners (0.39p), Redcentric (1.2p)
Friday 7 January
Economics: Halifax house price index, PMI construction
Interims: Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund (SEQI)
AGMs: Cellular Goods (CBX), Northern Venture Trust (NVT)
Companies paying dividends: Alliance Pharma (0.563p), British Land (10.32p), Electrocomponents (6.4p), Hill & Smith (12p), Homeserve (6.8p), JPM Euro Investment Trust (1.4p), Lok’N Store (10.7p), London Metric Property (2.2p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 6 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust | 2.4 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus | 15 | 02-Feb-22 |
| Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus | 1 | 02-Feb-22 |
| AJ Bell | 4.5 | 26-Jan-22 |
| AJ Bell | 5 | 26-Jan-22 |
| Anglo Pacific Group Ord 10p | 1.75 | 16-Feb-22 |
| Auto Trader Group Ord 150p | 2.7 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Aveva Ord 3 1/3p | 13 | 04-Feb-22 |
| Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust | 0.35 | 11-Feb-22 |
| Blackrock Frontiers Inv Tst $ cents | 3.148 | 11-Feb-22 |
| BMO Private Equity Trust | 5.27 | 28-Jan-22 |
| BMO UK High Income Trust | 1.32 | 03-Feb-22 |
| Brewin Dolphin Holdings Ord 1p | 11.1 | 09-Feb-22 |
| Experian PLC | 11.85 | 04-Feb-22 |
| F&C Investment Trust | 3 | 01-Feb-22 |
| Finncap Group | 0.6 | 21-Jan-22 |
| Henderson European Focus Trust | 23.5 | 04-Feb-22 |
| Iomart Group Ord 1p | 2.42 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust | 0.9 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Northern 2 VCT | 2 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Northern 3 VCT | 2 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Panther Securities Ord 25p | 6 | 09-Feb-22 |
| QINETIQ Group Ord 1p | 2.3 | 04-Feb-22 |
| Shires Income Ord 50p | 3.2 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Unicorn AIM VCT | 7 | 10-Feb-22 |
| Unicorn AIM VCT | 3.5 | 10-Feb-22 |
| UP Global Sourcing Holdings | 3.33 | 28-Jan-22 |
| XPS Pensions Group | 2.4 | 03-Feb-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.
