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 18 December
Finals: Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL)
AGMs: Braemar (BMS), Fandango Holdings (FHP)
Companies paying dividends: Atrato Onsite Energy (1.26p), CT UK Capital & Income Investment Trust (3.9p), New Star Investment Trust (1.7p)
Tuesday 19 December
Interims: De La Rue (DLAR)
AGMs: dotDigital Group (DOTD), Netcall (NET), Orosur Mining (OMI), Technology Minerals (TM1), Tristel (TSTL), Zanaga Iron Ore Company (ZIOC)
Companies paying dividends: BP ($0.0727), Softcat (17p final, 12.6p special), Volution Group (5.5p)
Wednesday 20 December
Economics: Public sector net borrowing
Trading updates: Time Finance (TIME), Petrofac (PFC)
Finals: Jersey Electricity (JEL)
AGMs: AVI Global Trust (AGT), Focusrite (TUNE), Northamber (NAR), Solgold (SOLG)
Companies paying dividends: Abrdn Asia Focus (1.6p interim, 2.25p special), Aquila Services Group (0.25p), Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (10p), BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust (5p), London Finance & Investment Group (0.6p), Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (2.3p), Shell ($0.331), YU Group (3p)
Thursday 21 December
AGMs: Beeks Financial Cloud Group (BKS), Gfinity (GFIN), Vietnam Holding (VNH)
Companies paying dividends: Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (3.7p), Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (1.8375p), Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT2 (7.5p), Gresham House Renewable VCT 1 (7.5p), HSBC Holdings ($0.10), Octopus Titan VCT (2p), UIL (2p), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (2p)
Friday 22 December
Economics: Current account, gross domestic product
AGMs: Corcel (CRCL), European Metals Holdings (EMH), Gulf Investment Fund (GIF), Plexus Holdings (POS), Wildcat Petroleum (WCAT)
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock World Mining Trust (5.5p), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited (2p), FRP Advisory Group (0.9p), Harmony Energy Income Trust (2p), Inspiration Healthcare Group (0.205p), Investec (15.5p), Marks Electrical Group (0.3p), Ninety One (5.9p), Record (2.15p), Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (0.836p), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (1.56p), Seneca Growth Capital VCT (1.5p), Tristel (7.88p)
Monday 25 December
UK public holiday
Tuesday 26 December
UK public holiday
Wednesday 27 December
AGMs: Tremor International (TRMR)
Thursday 28 December
AGMs: ADVFN (AFN), Altona Rare Earths (REE), Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP), Global Petroleum (GBP), Tertre Rouge Assets (TRA)
Companies paying dividends: Develop North (1p), SLF Realisation Fund Limited (1.5p)
Friday 29 December
AGMs: Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas (ECO), Genedrive (GDR), Goldplat (GDP), Online Blockchain (OBC), Secure Property Development & Investment (SPDI), SkinBioTherapeutics (SBTX)
Companies paying dividends: abrdn European Logistics Income (1.23p), Albion Technology & General VCT (1.9p), Alliance Trust (6.34p), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (0.44p), DFS Furniture (3p), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust, (1.345p), Energean ($0.3), Henderson Diversified Income Trust (1.1p), HICL Infrastructure (2.06p), Imperial Brands (51.82p), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (1.89p), Livermore Investments Group ($0.03), NextEnergy Solar Fund (2.09p), Palace Capital (3.75p), PayPoint (9.5p), Pollen Street (16p), Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust (1.85p), Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.795p), RM Infrastructure Income (1.625p), Strix Group (0.9p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (2.5p), US Solar Fund ($0.0154), Warehouse REIT (1.6p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 21 December | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| abrdn Diversified Income and Growth | 1.42 | 22-Jan-2024 |
| Aeorema Communications | 3 | 19-Jan-2024 |
| British American Tobacco | 57.72 | 1-Feb-2024 |
| Britvic | 22.6 | 7-Feb-2024 |
| CML Microsystems | 5 | 12-Jan-2024 |
| Diverse Income Trust | 1 | 29-Feb-2024 |
| Halma | 8.41 | 2-Feb-2024 |
| JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust | 6.5 | 5-Feb-2024 |
| Octopus AIM VCT | 2.5 | 12-Jan-2024 |
| Pharos Energy | 0.33 | 24-Jan-2024 |
| PHSC | 0.75 | 12-Jan-2024 |
| Smart (J.) & Co (Contractors) | 2.27 | 29-Jan-2024 |
| Topps Tiles | 2.4 | 2-Feb-2024 |
| United Utilities Group | 16.59 | 1-Feb-2024 |
| Volta Finance | €0.14 | 25-Jan-2024 |
| Companies going ex-dividend on 28 December | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| BT Group | 2.31 | 2-Feb-2024 |
| Cerillion | 8 | 8-Feb-2024 |
| Focusrite | 4.5 | 31-Jan-2024 |
| Grainger | 4.37 | 14-Feb-2024 |
| Jet2 | 4 | 2-Feb-2024 |
| Lowland Investment Company | 1.6 | 31-Jan-2024 |
| Netcall | 0.83 | 9-Feb-2024 |
| Schroder AsiaPacific Fund | 12 | 9-Feb-2024 |
| Schroder European Real Estate Inv Tst | €0.01 | 25-Jan-2024 |
| Ultimate Products | 4.95 | 26-Jan-2024 |
| Value and Indexed Property Income Trust | 3.2 | 26-Jan-2024 |
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.
