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 17 August
Interims: BATM Advanced Communications, Horizon Discovery
AGM: Cranswick
Companies paying dividends: Castings (11.4p), Mountview Estates (200p)
Tuesday 18 August
Interims: KAZ Minerals, Marshall Motor, Mears, Persimmon, Telit Communications
Final: BHP
AGMs: Aseana Properties, Northern Bear, Polyus, Tatton Asset Management
Company paying dividend: Dewhurst (3.75p)
Wednesday 19 August
Economics: Consumer price index, producer price index, retail price index
AGMs: Albion Venture Capital Trust, Braemar Shipping Services, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund
Companies paying dividends: British American Tobacco (52.6p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), National Grid (32p)
Thursday 20 August
Economics: Retail sales
Interim: Capital Drilling
Final: Van Elle
AGMs: AO World, Landore Resources, Norish, Nuformix, Tasty, Vertu Motors
Companies paying dividends: Fair Oaks Income (1.146p), M Winkworth (1.4p), Sirius Real Estate (1.8p)
Friday 21 August
Economics: Public sector borrowing, CBI industrial trends
Interim: Kingspan
AGMs: Adams, Polo Resources, VR Education
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (2.25p), Anexo (0.5p), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (1.95p), Independent Investment Trust (3p), Liontrust Asset Management (24p), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (1.26p), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (1.06p), Primary Health Properties (1.475p), Tufton Oceanic Assets (1.34p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 20 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Anglo American ord 54.945¢ | 21.4 | 25 Sep 20 |
| B&M European Value Retail SA | 5.4 | 28 Sep 20 |
| Chemring ord 5p | 1.3 | 11 Sep 20 |
| Chenavari Toro Income | 1.85 | 16 Sep 20 |
| Chenavari Toro Income | 11.1258 | 16 Sep 20 |
| Croda International ord 10p | 39.5 | 1 Oct 20 |
Dairy Farm International ord US$5 | 3.85 | 14 Oct 20 |
| Devro ord 10p | 6.3 | 2 Oct 20 |
| Drax ord 11 16/29p | 6.8 | 2 Oct 20 |
| Evraz ord US$1 | 15.38 | 2 Oct 20 |
| First Property ord 1p | 1.22 | 25 Sep 20 |
| Imperial Brands | 20.85 | 30 Sep 20 |
| JARDINE MATHESON US$0.25 (SINGAPORE) | 33.63 | 14 Oct 20 |
| JARDINE STRATEGIC US$0.05 (SINGAPORE) | 8.03 | 14 Oct 20 |
| London Stock Exchange ord 6 79/86p | 23.3 | 22 Sep 20 |
| Mondi ord €0.2 | 26.57 | 29 Sep 20 |
| Mondi ord €0.2 | 17.11 | 29 Sep 20 |
| Murray Income Trust ord 25p | 9.5 | 18 Sep 20 |
| Real Estate Credit Investments | 3 | 11 Sep 20 |
| Reckitt Benckiser ord 10 10/19p | 73 | 29 Sep 20 |
| Rotork ord 0.5p | 3.9 | 25 Sep 20 |
| Schroders Vtg £1 | 35 | 24 Sep 20 |
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.
