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 23 October
Trading updates: Shanta Gold (SHG)
AGMs: City of London Investment Group (CLIG), Mothercare (MTC)
Companies paying dividends: Emis Group (21.3p), Ingenta (1.5p), Phoenix Group Holdings (26p)
Tuesday 24 October
Trading updates: Anglo-American (AAL), Barclays (BARC), Bunzl (BNZL), Travis Perkins (TPK), Petra Diamonds (PDL), WAG Payment Solutions (WPS)
Interims: Angling Direct (ANGL), Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG), FD Technologies (FDP)
Finals: Gattaca (GATC), Scancell Holdings (SCLP), Softcat (SCT)
AGMs: Accrol Group Holdings (ACRL), Adalan Ventures (ZAIM), Oneiro Energy (ONE), WH Ireland Group (WHI)
Wednesday 25 October
Trading updates: Ecora Resources (ECOR), Fresnillo (FRES), Ibstock (IBST), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), RWS Holdings (RWS), Santander (SAN)
Interims: Bytes Technology Group (BYIT)
Finals: Asos (ASC), SCS Group (SCS)
AGMs: Hargreaves Services (HSP), Springfield Properties (SPR)
Companies paying dividends: Ecora Resources ($0.0215), Jet2 (8p)
Thursday 26 October
Trading updates: Hunting (HTG), Inchcape (INCH), International Personal Finance (IPF), Standard Chartered (STAN), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Unilever (ULVR), WPP (WPP)
Interims: Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), C&C Group (CCR), Harbourvest Global Private Equity (HVPE)
AGMs: Alumasc Group (ALU), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Feedback (FDBK), Filtronic (FTC), Global Invacom Group (GINV), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG), Made Tech Group (MTEC), Mattioli Woods (MTW), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (MWY), Novacyt (NCYT), South32 (S32), TMT Acquisition (TMTA)
Companies paying dividends: Law Debenture Corporation (7.625p), Miton UK Microcap Trust (0.15p), Morgan Sindall Group (36p), Smart Metering Systems (8.31875p), Trinity Exploration & Production ($0.05)
Friday 27 October
Trading updates: International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), NatWest (NWG), Nostrum Oil & Gas (NOG)
Interims: Brown (N) Group (BWNG), Filtronic (FTC)
Finals: Virgin Wines UK (VINO)
AGMs: KCR Residential REIT (KCR)
Companies paying dividends: abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (4p), abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust (2.6p), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (0.7p), Alpha Real Trust (1p), Barr (A.G.) (2.65p), Belvoir Group (5p), BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (1.1p), Caledonia Mining Corporation ($0.14), City of London Investment Group (22p), Computacenter (22.6p), Costain Group (0.4p), Dowlais Group (1.4p), Driver Group (0.75p), Essentra (1.2p), Facilities by ADF (0.5p), Fidelity European Trust (3.26p), Fletcher King (0.75p), FRP Advisory Group (2.05p), Galliford Try Holdings (12p), Good Energy Group (1p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.575p), HgCapital Trust (2p), JPMorgan European Growth & Income (1.05p), Keywords Studios (0.85p), Learning Technologies Group (0.45p), Litigation Capital Management (2.25p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust (0.9p), Mears Group (3.7p), Mercia Asset Management (0.53p), Midwich Group (5.5p), North American Income Trust (2.6p), Numis Corporation (5p), Pantheon Infrastructure (2p), Panther Securities (6p), Petershill Partners ($0.049), PPHE Hotel Group (16p), Real Estate Investors (0.625p), Rightmove (3.6p), RIT Capital Partners (19p), Shires Income (3.2p), Skillcast Group (0.168p), Smurfit Kappa Group (€0.34), Stelrad Group (2.92p), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (1.525p), Ten Entertainment Group (3.5p), Unite Group (11.8p), Value and Indexed Property Income Trust (3.2p), Vianet Group (0.5p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 26 October | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| abrdn Asian Income Fund | 2.5 | 24-Nov-2023 |
| Avingtrans | 2.8 | 8-Dec-2023 |
| B.P. Marsh & Partners | 2.78 | 24-Nov-2023 |
| Balfour Beatty | 3.5 | 5-Dec-2023 |
| Bankers Investment Trust | 0.66 | 30-Nov-2023 |
| Brunner Investment Trust | 5.55 | 12-Dec-2023 |
| City of London Investment Trust | 5.05 | 30-Nov-2023 |
| CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income | 1.26 | 27-Nov-2023 |
| Dunelm Group | 27 | 20-Nov-2023 |
| Headlam Group | 4 | 28-Nov-2023 |
| Henderson Far East Income | 6.1 | 24-Nov-2023 |
| JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets | 1.05 | 29-Nov-2023 |
| JPMorgan Smaller Companies Inv Tst | 7.7 | 7-Dec-2023 |
| MJ Gleeson | 9 | 24-Nov-2023 |
| Morgan Advanced Materials | 5.3 | 17-Nov-2023 |
| Mulberry Group | 1 | 24-Nov-2023 |
| Pacific Horizon Investment Trust | 3.25 | 30-Nov-2023 |
| Pembroke VCT B | 2.5 | 28-Nov-2023 |
| Serica Energy | 9 | 23-Nov-2023 |
| Sylvania Platinum | 5 | 1-Dec-2023 |
| Thorpe (F.W.) | 4.84 | 24-Nov-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.
