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 21 August
Interims: CyanConnode, Global Ports, Headlam, TBC Bank
Final: BHP Billiton
Economics: Rightmove house prices, Public sector borrowing
Tuesday 22 August
Interims: Antofagasta, Cairn Energy, Empresaria, Hostelworld, Inspired Energy, John Wood Group, Kenmare Resources, Persimmon, Secure Trust Bank
Economics: CBI trends – selling prices, total orders
Companies paying dividends: Dewhurst (3.5p), Dewhurst ‘A’ non voting (3.5p)
Wednesday 23 August
Interims: Anglo Pacific, Carillion, Costain, Hansteen, WPP
Trading statement: Vedanta Resources
AGMs: Castleton Technology, Doriemus, Independent News & Media, iomart, James Latham, Triad
EGM: Defenx
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (2p), Syncona (2.3p), System1 (6.4p), System1 (special) (26.1p), Vedanta Resources (27.7p)
Thursday 24 August
Interims: Avocet Mining, Camellia, CRH, Hunting, Macfarlane, One Savings Bank, Playtech, Premier Oil, PV Crystalox Solar, Sportech
AGMs: All Star Minerals, City of London Group, Northern Bear, Servision
EGM: Fairfax
Economics: UK finance loans for housing, GDP (Q2), Index of services, CBI retailing and total distribution reported sales
Companies paying dividends: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (9.05p), Anglo Pacific (3p)
Friday 25 August
Interim: Henry Boot
AGMs: Stagecoach, SysGroup
Companies paying dividends: Artemis Alpha Trust (2.75p), Artemis Alpha Trust (special) (2p), Axiom European Financial Debt (1.5p), Berendsen (11p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), CMC Markets (5.95p), Drum Income Plus Reit (1.375p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (2.575p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.58p), GB (2.35p), Greencoat UK Wind (1.6225p), Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investment (1.5p), Halfords (11.68p), Helical (6.2p), Independent Investment Trust (2p), Latham (James) (10.85p), Micro Focus International (45.22p), Microgen (2p), Nichols (10.1p), Secure Income Reit (3.5p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5p), Target Healthcare Reit (1.57p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 24 August
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Berkeley Group | 100 | 15 Sep |
Bloomsbury Publishing ord 1.25p | 5.6 | 20 Sep |
Carnival ord $1.66 | 31.25 | 15 Sep |
Cineworld ord 1p | 6 | 21 Sep |
Dairy Farm International | 5 | 19 Oct |
Devro ord 10p | 2.7 | 6 Oct |
Dixons Carphone | 7.75 | 22 Sep |
FDM ord 1p | 12 | 22 Sep |
Fidessa ord 10p | 15.3 | 21 Sep |
Glanbia | 5.91 | 6 Oct |
HICL Infrastructure Company | 1.936 | 29 Sep |
Hong Kong Land | 4.6 | 19 Oct |
Jardine Lloyd Thompson ord 5p | 12.2 | 3 Oct |
JPM Brazil Invest Trust | 0.8 | 22 Sep |
London Stock Exchange ord 6 79/86p | 14.4 | 19 Sep |
Low & Bonar ord 50p | 1.05 | 22 Sep |
Mandarin Oriental International | 1.2 | 19 Oct |
Miton UK Microchip Trust | 0.36 | 22 Sep |
Mondi ord €0.2 | 17.05 | 19 Sep |
Paddy Power Betfair | 65 | 22 Sep |
Park ord 2p | 1.95 | 2 Oct |
Polypipe | 3.6 | 22 Sep |
Prudential ord 5p | 14.5 | 28 Sep |
Ramsdens | 1.3 | 20 Sep |
Rotork ord 0.5p | 2.05 | 22 Sep |
Securities Trust of Scotland ord 25p | 1.45 | 15 Sep |
Utilico Emerg.Markets Utilities ord 10p | 1.7 | 21 Sep |
Witan Investment Co ord 25p | 4.75 | 18 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.
