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 11 September
Interims: Cloudcall, Crossrider, Deltex Medical, EKF Diagnostics, Luceco, Penant International, Restore, XLMedia
Finals: 1pm, Abcam, K3 Capital
Trading statement: Associated British Foods
AGMs: CH Bailey, Empyrean Energy, PHSC, Real Estate Credit Investments
EGMs: Big Sofa Technologies, MBL Group
Companies paying dividends: AstraZeneca (68.9p)
Tuesday 12 September
Interims: Applegreen, Empiric Student Property, Flowtech Fluidpower, Futura Medical, Goals Soccer Centres, Hilton Food Group, Hydrogen Group, JD Sports, Manx Telecom, Midwich Group, Petropavlovsk, SafeCharge International, Servelec, Smart Metering Systems, STM Group, Tasty, TP Group, TyraTech
Finals: Innovaderma, Murgitroyd Group, Vernalis
Trading statement: Ashtead
AGMs: AEW UK REIT, Ashtead, Bushveld Minerals, Daejan Holdings, Emmerson, Limitless Earth, Liontrust Asset Management, Mulberry, Oxford Instruments, SuperGroup, Van Elle Holdings
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, House price index
Companies paying dividends: Yu Group (1.5p)
Wednesday 13 September
Interims: Advanced Medical Solutions, Alliance Pharma, Columbus Energy Resources, Epwin, Eve Sleep, Gaming Realms, Ingenta, Just Group, MyCelx Technologies, Soco International, SQS Software Quality Systems, Surgical Innovations, Ten Entertainment Group
Finals: Dunelm, Galliford Try, Haynes Publishing, Town Centre Securities, Wilmington
AGMs: Argo, Games Workshop, Hardy Oil & Gas, Intercede Group, Tricorn, Versarien
Economics: Employment data, Average earnings
Companies paying dividends: Cohort (4.9p), G4S (3.59p), Hiscox (9.5p), Mobeus Income & Growth VCT (9p), Rentokil Initial (1.14p)
Thursday 14 September
Interims: Corero Network Security, Gresham House, GVC Holdings, Next, Ophir Energy, Property Franchise Group, Regional REIT, Spire Healthcare, William Morrison Supermarkets
Final: Ricardo
AGMs: Abzena, Arian Silver, Colefax, Columbus Energy Resources, Falcon Oil & Gas, Xafinity
EGM: Colefax
Economics: RICS house prices, Retail sales, Bank of England interest rate announcement, asset purchase target, corporate bond target
Companies paying dividends: 4imprint Group (13.8p), Quartix Holdings (2.4p)
Friday 15 September
Final: JD Wetherspoon
AGMs: Blenheim Natural Resources, Netalogue Technologies, Tungsten Corp
Companies paying dividends: Apax Global Alpha (4.24p), Ashtead Group (22.75p), Berkeley Group (51.76p), Carnival (31.25p), Chemring (1p), Greene King (24.4p), Hazel Renewable Energy VCT1 (5p), Hazel Renewable Energy VCT2 (5p), IMI (14.2p), Informa (6.65p), Lazard World Trust Fund (5.1p), Maven Income & Growth VCT2 (3.41p), Maven Income & Growth VCT5 (2p), North Midland Construction (3p), Pearson (5p), Securities Trust of Scotland (1.45p), Severfield (1.6p), Synectis (1p), Walker Crips (1.29p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 14 September
Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth Trust | 1.631 | 9 Oct |
Assura Plc Ord 10p | 0.6 | 18 Oct |
BBA Aviation Ord 29 16/21p | 2.93 | 3 Nov |
BCA Marketplace | 4.55 | 29 Sep |
Carr's Group Ord 2.5p | 0.95 | 6 Oct |
Centaur Media Ord 10p | 1.5 | 5 Oct |
Communisis Ord 25p | 0.89 | 13 Oct |
Computacenter Ord 6p | 7.4 | 13 Oct |
Costain Ord 50p | 4.75 | 20 Oct |
Derwent London Ord 5p | 17.33 | 20 Oct |
Eco Animal Health Ord 5p | 4.6 | 6 Oct |
Equiniti Group | 1.75 | 26 Oct |
Foresight Technology VCT | 4 | 29 Sep |
Gocompare.com Group | 0.7 | 6 Oct |
Highcroft Investment Trust Ord 25p | 16.25 | 13 Oct |
Holders Technology Ord 10p | 0.25 | 10 Oct |
Inmarsat Ord €0.0005 | 16.6 | 20 Oct |
Jupiter Green Investment Trust | 1.2 | 6 Oct |
Naspers | 4.77 | 28 Sep |
Octopus Second AIM VCT | 2.1 | 29 Sep |
Restaurant Group Ord 25p | 6.8 | 12 Oct |
RPS Group Ord 3p | 4.8 | 13 Oct |
Sophos Group | 2.55 | 13 Oct |
Tex Holdings Ord 10p | 2.5 | 6 oct |
Total Produce €0.01 | 0.8906 | 13 Oct |
Trifast Ord 5p | 2.5 | 13 Oct |
XP Power Ord 1p | 16 | 12 Oct |
Zotefoams Ord 5p | 1.91 | 12 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.