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 11 March
Finals: HG Capital Trust (HGT), Mincon Group (MCON)
AGMs: Ground Rents Income Fund (GRIO), Hercules Site Services (HERC), Ramsdens Holdings (RFX), River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap Investment Company (RMMC)
Tuesday 12 March
Economics: Claimant count rate, unemployment rate
Interims: Fonix Mobile (FNX), Target Healthcare REIT (THRL)
Finals: BATM Advanced Communications (BVC), Costain Group (COST), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL), Genuit Group (GEN), H & T Group (HAT), Persimmon (PSN), Synthomer (SYNT), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), TP ICAP Group (TCAP)
AGMs: Impax Asset Management Group (IPX), Seed Capital Solutions (SCSP), Shoe Zone (SHOE)
Companies paying dividends: Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Cos Investment Trust (3.85p)
Wednesday 13 March
Economics: Balance of trade, GDP, index of services, industrial production, manufacturing production
Interims: Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR)
Finals: 4imprint Group (FOUR), Advanced Medical Solutions Group (AMS), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Centaur Media (CAU), Ferrexpo (FXPO), Gym Group (GYM), IP Group (IPO), Nexteq (NXQ), PensionBee Group (PBEE)
AGMs: Safestore Holdings (SAFE)
Companies paying dividends: Tharisa (1.5838p)
Thursday 14 March
Economics: RICS housing market survey
Trading updates: Halma (HLMA), Moonpig Group (MOON), Trainline (TRN)
Finals: Alfa Financial Software Holdings (ALFA), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Deliveroo (ROO), Empiric Student Property (ESP), Gem Diamonds (GEMD), Helios Towers (HTWS), Hill & Smith (HILS), IP Group (IPO), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), OSB Group (OSB), Playtech (PTEC), Restore Plc (RST), Savills (SVS), Vistry Group (VTY)
AGMs: RedX Pharma (REDX)
Companies paying dividends: Merchants Trust (7.1p), Murray Income Trust (9.5p), Treatt (5.46p), Tritax Eurobox (€0.0125)
Friday 15 March
Trading updates: Berkeley Group Holdings (BKG)
Interims: Volution Group (FAN)
AGMs: Chrysalis Investments (CHRY)
Companies paying dividends: BioPharma Credit ($0.0295793), BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust (4.8p), Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust ($0.007), Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust ($0.12), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (1.58125p), Impax Environmental Markets (2.9p), Jersey Electricity (11.4p), JPMorgan Emerging EMEA Securities (0.5p), Knights Group Holdings (1.61p), NCC Group (1.5p), Northern Bear (2p), Pershing Square Holdings ($0.1456), PetroTal Corporation ($0.02), Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund (15p), Van Elle Holdings (0.4p), Witan Investment Trust (1.69p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 14 March | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| abrdn | 7.3 | 30-Apr-2024 |
| abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust | 3.7 | 12-Apr-2024 |
| Alpha Real Trust | 1 | 12-Apr-2024 |
| Anglo American | $0.41 | 3-May-2024 |
| Apax Global Alpha | 5.64 | 4-Apr-2024 |
| CRH | $0.35 | 17-Apr-2024 |
| Dunelm Group | 51 | 9-Apr-2024 |
| Fiske | 0.25 | 29-Mar-2024 |
| Haleon | 4.2 | 16-May-2024 |
| Heavitree Brewery | 3.5 | 19-Apr-2024 |
| Heavitree Brewery A | 3.5 | 19-Apr-2024 |
| JPMorgan Emerging Markets Invest Trust | 0.6 | 26-Apr-2024 |
| LPA Group | 1 | 12-Apr-2024 |
| NatWest Group | 11.5 | 29-Apr-2024 |
| Real Estate Credit Investments | 3 | 5-Apr-2024 |
| SEGRO | 19.1 | 3-May-2024 |
| Shoe Zone | 14.9 | 2-Apr-2024 |
| STS Global Income & Growth Trust | 1.965 | 19-Apr-2024 |
| Trifast | 0.6 | 11-Apr-2024 |
| Tritax Big Box REIT | 2.05 | 2-Apr-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.
