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 16 January
Trading updates: Ashmore Group (ASHM), Rio Tinto (RIO)
Interims: Knights Group (KGH)
Finals: Hercules Site Services (HERC)
Companies paying dividends: Caspian Sunrise (0.0444p), NB Global Monthly Income Fund (0.54p)
Tuesday 17 January
Economics: Claimant count rate, unemployment rate
Trading updates: Alliance Pharma (APH), Card Factory (CARD), Experian (EXPN), Hays (HAS), Integrafin Holdings (IHP), Ocado (OCDO)
Finals: Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST), Ramsdens Holdings (RFX), Safestore Holdings (SAFE), Wise (WISE)
AGMs: Egdon Resources (EDR), Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT), Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), Ironveld (IRON), Troy Income & Growth Trust (TIGT)
Companies paying dividends: NewRiver Reit (3.5p)
Wednesday 18 January
Economics: Consumer price index, producer price index, retail price index
Trading updates: Antofagasta (ANTO), Burberry Group (BRBY), Currys (CURY), Diploma (DPLM), Galliford Try (GFRD), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), Midwich Group (MIDW), QinetiQ Group (QQ.), Rathbones Group (RAT), Vistry Group (VTY), WH Smith Plc (SMWH)
Interims: Gateley Holdings (GTLY)
AGMs: Diploma (DPLM), GCM Resources (GCM), John Lewis Of Hungerford (JLH), Topps Tiles (TPT), Tracsis (TRCS), WH Smith (SMWH)
Companies paying dividends: Northamber (0.3p), Residential Secure Income (1.29p), Thames Ventures VCT 1 (1.5p), XP Power (21p)
Thursday 19 January
Economics: RICS housing market survey
Trading updates: Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Dunelm Group (DNLM), Luceco (LUCE), Network International Holdings (NETW), PensionBee Group (PBEE), Premier Foods (PFD), WAG Payment Solutions (WPS)
Interims: Ilika (IKA), Frontier Developments (FDEV)
AGMs: Botswana Diamonds (BOD), Scotgold Resources (SGZ)
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth Trust (1.4p), Alliance Pharma (0.592p), Sirius Real Estate (2.35p)
Friday 20 January
Economics: GFK consumer confidence, retail sales
Trading updates: Close Brothers Group (CBG)
Interims: TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS)
Finals: Porvair (PRV)
AGMs: Character Group (CCT)
Companies paying dividends: Aeorema Communications (2p), Halfords Group (3p), Home Reit (1.38p), Securities Trust of Scotland (1.45p), Speedy Hire (0.8p), Vertu Motors (0.7p),Walker Crips Group (0.25p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 19 January | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| AJ Bell | 4.69 | 17-Feb-2023 |
| Appreciate Group | 0.8 | 27-Jan-2023 |
| Cardiff Property Ord 20p | 15 | 3-Feb-2023 |
| Compass Group Ord 10 5/8p | 22.1 | 2-Mar-2023 |
| Dewhurst Group Ord | 10.25 | 22-Feb-2023 |
| Dewhurst Group Ord A | 10.25 | 22-Feb-2023 |
| Diploma Ord 5p | 38.8 | 3-Feb-2023 |
| Doric Nimrod Air One | 2.25 | 27-Jan-2023 |
| Future Ord 1p | 3.4 | 14-Feb-2023 |
| Gooch & Housego Ord 20p | 7.9 | 24-Feb-2022 |
| Industrials Reit | 3.5 | 10-Feb-2023 |
| Invesco Bond Income Plus | 2.875 | 20-Feb-2023 |
| Invesco Select Trust Global Equity Shs | 1.55 | 15-Feb-2023 |
| Invesco Select Trust UK Equity Shs | 1.5 | 15-Feb-2023 |
| JPMorgan China Growth & Income | 3.42 | 1-Mar-2023 |
| JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income | 3.6 | 17-Feb-2023 |
| TPXimpact Holdings | 0.3 | 28-Jan-2023 |
| Victrex Ord 1p | 46.14 | 17-Feb-2023 |
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.
