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 March
Interims: Seeing Machines (SEE)
Finals: Marshalls (MSLH), Serinus Energy (SENX), Sigmaroc (SRC), Team Internet Group (TIG)
AGMs: Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (SERE)
Companies paying dividends: Aquila European Renewables (1.1801p), B.P. Marsh & Partners (2.68p), Triple Point Venture VCT (2p)
Tuesday 19 March
Interims: Close Brothers Group (CBG), DFS Furniture (DFS), Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE), Litigation Capital Management (LIT)
Finals: Atalaya Mining (ATYM), Diversified Energy (DEC), Essentra (ESNT), Fintel (FNTL), Harworth Group (HWG), MP Evans Group (MPE), Midwich (MIDW), Mpac Group (MPAC), Pebble Group (PEBB), Personal Group (PGH), Staffline Group (STAF), Tissue Regenix Group (TRX), Trustpilot (TRST), Zotefoams (ZTF)
AGMs: BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST), Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT2 (GV2O), Gresham House Renewable VCT 1 (GV1O), Nuformix (NFX), Various Eateries (VARE)
Companies paying dividends: Jarvis Securities (1.75p)
Wednesday 20 March
Economics: Consumer price index, producer price index, retail price index
Trading updates: Investec (INVP)
Finals: Anpario (ANP), Ceres Power Holdings (CWR), Computacenter (CCC), EKF Diagnostics Holdings (EKF), Eurocell (ECEL), FDM Group (FDM), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Prudential (PRU)
AGMs: BSF Enterprise (BSFA), MTI Wireless Edge (MWE)
Companies paying dividends: Virgin Money UK (VMUK)
Thursday 21 March
Economics: BoE interest rate decision, public sector net borrowing
Trading updates: C&C Group (CCR)
Interims: RegTech Open Project (RTOP)
Finals: Aptitude Software Group plc (APTD), Aquis Exchange Limited (AQX), Centamin (CEY), Direct Line Insurance Group (DLG), Dowlais Group (DWL), Energean (ENOG), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Hostelworld Group (HSW), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Judges Scientific (JDG), M&G (MNG), National World (NWOR), Next (NXT), Tribal Group (TRB)
AGMs: Athelney (ATY), Banco Santander SA (BNC), Pressure Technologies (PRES)
Companies paying dividends: Abrdn Asia Focus (1.6p), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (2p)
Friday 22 March
Economics: GFK consumer confidence, retail sales
Interims: J D Wetherspoon (JDW), SkinBioTherapeutics (SBTX), Smiths Group (SMIN)
Finals: Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust (DNE), Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX), Robinson (RBN)
AGMs: Faron Pharmaceuticals OY (FARN), Kitwave Group (KITW), URU Metals (URU)
Companies paying dividends: easyJet (4.5p), FRP Advisory Group (0.9p), Heath & Sons (4.5p), Henderson Opportunities Trust (13p), Hercules Site Services (1.12p), Impax Asset Management Group (22.9p), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (1.9p), JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (1.2p), Mattioli Woods (9p), Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT (6p), Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT (2p), Ramsdens Holdings (7.1p), Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income ($0.025), Ruffer Investment Company (2p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.1p), Unilever (36.47p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 21 March | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| AIB Group | €0.27 | 10-May-2024 |
| Beazley | 14.2 | 3-May-2024 |
| British American Tobacco | 58.8795 | 2-May-2024 |
| Chemring Group | 4.6 | 12-Apr-2024 |
| CLS Holdings | 5.35 | 2-May-2024 |
| Conduit Holdings | $0.18 | 24-Apr-2024 |
| Craneware | 13 | 15-Apr-2024 |
| Crest Nicholson Holdings | 11.5 | 23-Apr-2024 |
| DFI Retail Group Holdings | $0.05 | 15-May-2024 |
| Diverse Income Trust | 1 | 31-May-2024 |
| Glanbia | €0.21 | 3-May-2024 |
| GlobalData | 3.2 | 26-Apr-2024 |
| Goodwin | 57.5 | 12-Apr-2024 |
| Hargreaves Services | 18 | 11-Apr-2024 |
| Hikma Pharmaceuticals | $0.47 | 3-May-2024 |
| Hongkong Land Holdings | $0.16 | 15-May-2024 |
| Jardine Matheson Holdings | $1.65 | 15-May-2024 |
| London Finance & Investment Group | 0.6 | 4-Apr-2024 |
| Mandarin Oriental International | $0.035 | 15-May-2024 |
| Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 | 2.15 | 3-May-2024 |
| Maven Income and Growth VCT 5 | 1.1 | 3-May-2024 |
| Nichols | 15.6 | 2-May-2024 |
| NWF Group | 1 | 1-May-2024 |
| Pearson | 15.7 | 3-May-2024 |
| Pembroke VCT B | 2 | 23-Apr-2024 |
| Schroders | 15 | 2-May-2024 |
| Tristel | 5.24 | 12-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.
