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 September
Interims: Amerisur Resources, Nasstar, Osirium Technologies, Sprue Aegis, Trinity Exploration & Production
Final: MJ Gleeson
Trading statement: Pennon
AGMs: Associated British Engineering, Clipper Logistics, Zoo Digital
Tuesday 26 September
Interims: AA, AG Barr, Card Factory, Ebiquity, e-Therapeutics, Horizon Discovery, Inspiration Healthcare, Instem, Mi-Pay, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Personal Group, Premier Technical Services, S&U, Taptica International, Time Out
Finals: Animalcare, Close Brothers, Netcall, Transense Technologies
Trading statements: IHS Markit, Thomas Cook, United Utilities
AGMs: Arcontech, Galileo Resources, Kromek, Scientific Digital Imaging, Vitesse Media
EGM: Vitesse Media
Companies paying dividends: BHP Billiton (33p), Foxtons (0.43p), Glencore (3.5p) Mincon (0.83p), Northgate (11.6p)
Wednesday 27 September
Interims: boohoo.com, Circassia Pharmaceuticals, Crawshaw, Defenx, Havelock Europa, redT Energy, Summit Germany, Xeros Technology
Finals: Avingtrans, Hotel Chocolat
Trading statement: Grainger
AGMs: Aortech International, Entertainment One, Fulcrum Utility, Gateley, Joules, Octagonal, PZ Cussons
EGMs: Entertainment One, Land Securities
Economics: CBI retailing, total distribution, reported sales
Companies paying dividends: Lloyds Banking (1p)
Thursday 28 September
Interims: Air Partner, ECSC, Frontier Smart Technologies, Harvey Nash, Microsaic Systems, Midatech Pharma, Moss Bros, NetScientific, Tissue Regenix
Finals: Allergy Therapeutics, Clinigen
Trading statements: RPC, TUI
AGMs: Byotrol, Filtronic, Fiske, Ilika, Kainos, MBL, NWF
EGMs: Equiniti, MBL
Companies paying dividends: British American Tobacco (56.5p), Personal Group (5.675p), Prudential (14.5p), Reckitt Benckiser (66.6p), Wood Group (John) (8.5p), Xafinity (0.73p)
Friday 29 September
Interims: Carillion, Eden Research, Styles & Wood, Zegona Communications
Final: CVS
AGMs: IMImobile, MediaZest, Purplebricks, Shearwater, Torotrack, Trafalgar New Homes, Vale International
EGMs: Aveva, Starwood European Real Estate
Economics: GfK consumer confidence, Current account balance, Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, GDP (Q2 final), Index of services, Total business investment (Q2 final)
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Emerging markets (5p), AEW UK Reit (2p), Antofagasta (7.92p), Arbuthnot Banking (14p), Ascential (1.8p), Auto Trader (3.5p), BCA Marketplace (4.55p), Centamin (1.92p), Clipper Logistics (4.8p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4583p), Elementis (2.14p), F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust (2.4p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Fita (0.65p), First Property (1.15p), Global Ports (21.6p), Ground Rents Income (0.98p), Henderson Diversified Income Trust (1.25p), HICL Infrastructure (1.936p), Honeycomb Investment Trust (20p), Imperial Brands (25.85p), Juridica (8p), Meggitt (5.05p), Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (2.08p), NCC (3.15p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.605p), Octopus Second Aim VCT (2.1p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3.15p), Polymetal International (14p), Premier Energy & Water (1.9p), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (10.25p), Secure Trust Bank (18p), Segro (5.25p), St James’s Place Capital (15.41p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (8.33p), The Gym Group (0.3p), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.6p), TOC Property Backed Lending Trust (1p), Trinity Mirror (2.25p), UBM (5.5p), Van Elle (1.75p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 28 September
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Advanced Medical Solutions ord 10p | 0.35 | 27 Oct |
Diverse Income Trust (special) | 0.4 | 30 Nov |
Diverse Income Trust | 0.8 | 30 Nov |
Eckoh ord 0.25p | 0.48 | 27 Oct |
Essentra | 6.3 | 30 Oct |
Fulcrum Utility Services | 1.3 | 27 Oct |
Hansteen ord 10p | 2.3 | 27 Oct |
Hargreaves Lansdown ord 0.04p | 20.4 | 20 Oct |
Huntsworth ord 10p | 0.55 | 6 Nov |
IG ord 0.005p | 22.88 | 27 Oct |
Intertek ord 1p | 23.5 | 13 Oct |
John Laing | 1.91 | 27 Oct |
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets ord 10p | 1.66 | 6 Nov |
Murray Income Trust ord 25p | 11.75 | 9 Nov |
Norish Units €0.25 | 1.26 | 20 Oct |
Randall & Quilter Investment ord 2p | 3.5 | 11 Oct |
Safecharge International | 5.83 | 13 Oct |
Smurfit Kappa ord €0.001 | 20.8 | 27 Oct |
Somero Enterprises inc common stock $0.001 | 2.1 | 18 Oct |
Standard Life UK Small Cos Trust | 5.2 | 30 Oct |
STV | 5 | 27 Oct |
Travis Perkins ord 10p | 15.5 | 10 Nov |
United Carpets ord 5p | 0.275 | 12 Oct |
Value & Income Trust ord 10p | 2.7 | 27 Oct |
Worldpay ord 3p | 0.8 | 23 Oct |
Wynnstay ord 25p | 4.2 | 31 Oct |
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.
IC ONLINE
The data in the table above is a small selection of what’s available on our website. Just go to www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares and click on the dividend calendar box. You can download a full table of ex-dividend dates as an Excel spreadsheet. The dividend calendar is updated every Friday.
