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 25 March
Trading updates: Pennon Group (PNN)
Interims: Bioventix (BVXP)
Finals: Boot (Henry) (BOOT), Central Asia Metals (CAML), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Kingfisher (KGF), Ocean Harvest Technology Group (OHT), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), RTC Group (RTC), Tandem Group (TND)
AGMs: GSK (GSK), Hardide (HDD)
Companies paying dividends: AstraZeneca (156p), Endeavour Mining ($0.41), Mountview Estates (250p), Shell (26.9)
Tuesday 26 March
Trading updates: Ocado Group (OCDO)
Interims: Bellway (BWY), Smiths Group (SMIN), Softcat (SCT), YouGov (YOU)
Finals: 888 Holdings (888), Airea (AIEA), Amaroq Minerals (AMRQ), Big Technologies (BIG), CAB Payment Holdings (CABP), CPP Group (CPP), Digitalbox (DBOX), Empresaria Group (EMR), Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), Forterra plc (FORT), Genel Energy (GENL), GetBusy (GETB), Good Energy Group (GOOD), Harworth Group (HWG), Inspired (INSE), Life Science REIT (LABS), Luceco (LUCE), Michelmersh Brick Holdings (MBH), Niox Group (NIOX), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Real Estate Investors (RLE), Regional REIT (RGL), WAG Payment Solutions (WPS), Wood Group (John) (WG.), Xaar (XAR)
AGMs: Becket Invest (TAB), Power Metal Resources (POW), Titon Holdings (TON), Wynnstay Group (WYN)
Wednesday 27 March
Interims: James Halstead (JHD), Nanoco Group (NANO)
Finals: Artisanal Spirits Company (ART), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), Corero Network Security (CNS), Ecora Resources (ECOR), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Old Mutual Limited (OMU), S4 Capital (SFOR), Spectra Systems Corp (SPSY), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Windward (WNWD)
AGMs: Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO), LPA Group (LPA), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (RIII), Tekmar Group (TGP)
Companies paying dividends: Abrdn Diversified Income & Growth Trust (1.42p)
Thursday 28 March
Economics: Current account, gross domestic product
Interims: Crystal Amber Fund (CRS)
Finals: Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), BBGI Global Infrastructure. (BBGI), Caledonia Mining Corporation (CMCL), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Chesnara (CSN), EJF Investments (EJFI), International Public Partnerships Limited (INPP), Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust (INOV)
AGMs: Autins Group (AUTG), Dar Global (DAR), Guild Esports (GILD), IDOX (IDOX), IMI (IMI), Mediazest (MDZ)
Companies paying dividends: abrdn Equity Income Trust (5.7p), Alliance Trust (6.34p), Balanced Commercial Property Trust ( 0.44p), Berkeley Group Holdings (33p), BHP Grou ($0.72), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (11.45p), BP (5.6922p), City of London Investment Group (11p), Crown Place VCT (0.78p), CT UK Capital and Income Investment Trust (2.85p), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (1.345p), Gateley Holdings (3.3p), Genus (10.3p), Hargreaves Lansdown (13.2p), HICL Infrastructure (2.06p), Imperial Brands (51.82p), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (3.85p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (2.09p), North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust (68.5p), Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust (1.85p), Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.795p), Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (0.836p), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (1.56p), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (2.15p), Vaalco Energy ($0.0625), VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (1.42p)
Friday 29 March
Companies paying dividends: Energean ($0.3), Fiske (0.25p), Triple Point Social Housing REIT (1.365p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 28 March | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| BlackRock Energy and Resources | 1.125 | 26-Apr-2024 |
| BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust | 2 | 26-Apr-2024 |
| Fidelity European Trust | 4.99 | 14-May-2024 |
| IDOX | 0.6 | 12-Apr-2024 |
| Melrose Industries | 3.5 | 8-May-2024 |
| Moneysupermarket.com Group | 8.9 | 10-May-2024 |
| Personal Group Holdings | 5.85 | 8-May-2024 |
| Primorus Investments | 1.5 | 10-Apr-2024 |
| Prudential | $0.1421 | 16-May-2024 |
| Quartix Technologies | 1.5 | 29-Apr-2024 |
| Smith & Nephew | $0.231 | 22-May-2024 |
| Taylor Wimpey | 4.79 | 10-May-2024 |
| Travis Perkins | 5.5 | 9-May-2024 |
| Value and Indexed Property Income Trust | 3.2 | 26-Apr-2024 |
| Volution Group | 2.8 | 7-May-2024 |
| Wynnstay Group | 11.75 | 30-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.
