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 24 January
Trading updates: Computacenter plc (CCC)
Finals: Velocity Composites (VEL)
AGMs: Pantheon Resources (PANR), Vela Technologies (VELA)
Companies paying dividends: ADVFN (1.5p)
Tuesday 25 January
Economics: Public Sector Net Borrowing
Trading updates: Capricorn Energy (CNE), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS)
Finals: Oxford BioDynamics (OBD), LPA (LPA),
AGMs: Auction Technology (ATG), Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO), Greencore (GNC), Marstons (MARS), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Scotgold Resources Ltd (SGZ)
Companies paying dividends: MJ Hudson (0.125p)
Wednesday 26 January
Economics: BRC Shop Price Index
Trading updates: Brewin Dolphin (BRW), DP Eurasia NV (DPEU), Pets At Home (PETS), Sage (SGE)
Interims: Hargreaves Services (HSP), Scancell Holdings (SCLP)
AGMs: AJ Bell (AJB), JPMorgan Elect (JPE), Renew Holdings (RNWH)
Companies paying dividends: Carrs Group (5.0p)
Thursday 27 January
Trading updates: AJ Bell (AJB), Britvic (BVIC), Empresaria (EMR), Euromoney Institutional Investors (ERM), Greencore (GNC), Intermediate Capital (ICP), Mitie Group (MTO), Polymetal International (POLY)
Interims: Diageo (DGE), IG Group (IGG), NCC (NCC), Rank Group (RNK)
Finals: IDOX (IDOX)
AGMs: Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus Trust (AAS), Botswana Diamonds (BOD), Britvic (BVIC), Critical Metals (CRTM), Greencore (GNC), Home REIT (HOME), Innovaderma (IDP), Ironveld (IRON), Sunrise Resources (SRES)
Companies paying dividends: Hibernia REIT (US$0.02), Income & Growth VCT (4.0p), Smart Metering Systems (6.875p), Volta Finance Ltd (€0.15)
Friday 28 January
Interims: Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.)
AGMs: Avon Protection (AVON), Hollywood Bowl (BOWL), Mosman Oil & Gas (MSMN), Tertiary Minerals (TYM), Treatt (TET)
Companies paying dividends: Abrdn Latin American Income (0.875p), Abrdn Smaller Companies Income (2.4p), Auto Trader (2.7p), BMO Global Smaller Companies (0.57p), Burberry (11.6p), Caledonia Mining Corp (US 14 cents), Cranswick (20.0p), Downing Four VCT (7.5p), Draper Esprit VCT (1.5p), Ferrexpo (US 6.6 cents), Henderson High Income (2.525p), Impax Environmental Markets (1.5p), International Biotechnology Trust (15.7p), Iomart (2.42p), JPMorgan European Discovery (1.2p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust (0.9p), Northern 2 VCT (2.0p), Schroder Income Growth (2.5p), Shires Income (3.2p), TPXImpact Holdings (0.3p), AB Dynamics (4.8p), Character Group (9.0p), JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (5.3p), Majedie Investments (7.0p), UP Global Sourcing Holdings (3.3p), BMO Private Equity Trust (4.77p), Law Debenture Corp (6.875p), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (3.4p), Value and Indexed Property Income Trust (3.0), Holders Technology (2.0p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 27 January | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay Date |
| Brickability Group | 0.96 | 24-Feb-22 |
| CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income | 1.26 | 25-Feb-22 |
| Foresight Solar Fund | 1.745 | 28-Feb-22 |
| Nexus Infrastructure | 1.4 | 25-Feb-22 |
| Paragon Banking Group | 18.9 | 04-Mar-22 |
| Renew Holdings Ord 10p | 11.17 | 04-Mar-22 |
| RWS Holdings Ord 5p | 8.5 | 25-Feb-22 |
| Solid State Ord 5p | 6.25 | 18-Feb-22 |
| Titon Holdings Ord 10p | 3 | 04-Mar-22 |
| Totally Ord 1p | 0.5 | 28-Feb-22 |
| Victrex Ord 1p | 46.14 | 18-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.
