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 14 August
Interims: Caledonia Mining, Clarkson
Final: Real Food Group
AGM: Vedanta Resources
Companies paying dividends: Invesco Asia Trust (4.3p), Investec (13p), Mountview Estates (100p)
Tuesday 15 August
Interims: Jackpotjoy, Marketing Group, Marshall Motor, Mears
Final: Hargreaves Lansdown
AGM: Castings
EGM: Kennedy Ventures
Economics: Consumer Price Index, Retail Price Index, Producer prices, House Price Index
Companies paying dividends: Blue Planet Investment Trust (4.7p), Invesco Perpetual Select Trust (1.45p), Invesco Perpetual Select Global Equity (1.45p)
Wednesday 16 August
Interims: Admiral, Balfour Beatty, Lookers
AGM: Reabold Resources
EGM: IMImobile
Economics: Employment data, Average earnings
Companies paying dividends: Halma (8.38p), National Grid (29.1p), Shoe Zone (3.4p)
Thursday 17 August
Interims: Allied Minds, Capital Drilling, Gem Diamonds, Frutarom Industries, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Kaz Minerals, Marshalls, Oxford Biomedica
Final: Rank
Trading statement: Kingfisher
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: Murray International Trust (11p), Treatt (1.45p), U&I (3.5p), Walker Greenbank (3.06p)
Friday 18 August
AGM: System1
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (2.25p), Castings (10.59p), Creighton’s (0.23p), Crystal Amber Fund (2.5p), D4t4 Solutions (1.7p), Heath (Samuel) & Sons (6.875p), Immunodiagnostic Systems (4p), Safestore (4.2p), Sanderson (1.1p), Scapa (2p), Sirius Real Estate (1.53p),
Companies going ex-dividend on 17 August
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Aberdeen Private Equity Npv | 2 | 20 Sep |
Ashtead Group ord 10p | 22.75 | 15 Sep |
British American Tobacco ord 25p | 56.5 | 28 Sep |
Brunner Inv Tst ord 25p | 3.5 | 20 Sep |
Cohort ord 10p | 4.9 | 13 Sep |
Hazel Renewable Energy VCT 1 | 5 | 15 Sep |
Hazel Renewable Energy VCT 2 | 5 | 15 Sep |
Henderson Opportunities Trust ord 25p | 6 | 22 Sep |
Imperial Brands | 25.85 | 29 Sep |
Lazard World Trust Fund | 5.1 | 15 Sep |
Lindsell Train Inv ord 75p | 1545 | 8 Sep |
Lindsell Train Inv ord 75p (special) | 35 | 8 Sep |
London & Associated Properties | 0.165 | 15 Sep |
Man | 3.98 | 6 Sep |
Nexus Infrastructure | 2.1 | 7 Sep |
Quartix | 2.4 | 14 Sep |
Reckitt Benckiser ord 10 10/19p | 66.6 | 28 Sep |
Schroder European Reit | 1.5 | 1 Sep |
Schroders Non-Vtg £1 | 34 | 21 Sep |
Schroders Vtg £1 | 34 | 21 Sep |
Scottish American Inv Co Ord 25p | 2.725 | 22 Sep |
Segro | 5.25 | 29 Sep |
Severfield | 1.6 | 15 Sep |
Synectics | 1 | 15 Sep |
The Renewables Infrastructure Group | 1.6 | 29 Sep |
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
