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 2 October
Final: James Halstead
Trading statement: Daily Mail & General Trust
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Adnams (78p), Alliance Trust (3.29p), Park (1.95p), Phoenix (25.1p), Portmeirion (7.4p), Robinson (2.5p)
Tuesday 3 October
Finals: Blancco Technology, Revolution Bars, ScS, St Ives
AGMs: Hargreaves Services, Provexis
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI
Companies paying dividends: Arrow Global (3p), Croda International (35p), Globaldata (3p), Jardine Lloyd Thompson (12.2p), Rathbone Brothers (22p), WYG (1.2p)
Wednesday 4 October
Interims: Tesco, Walker Greenbank
Finals: Avacta, Ceres Power
Trading statement: Topps Tiles
AGMs: AdEPT Telecom, Goodwin
Economics: BRC shop price index, Markit/CIPS UK services, composite PMI, Official reserves
Companies paying dividends: Savills (4.65p), Stagecoach (8.1p)
Thursday 5 October
Interim: Morses Club
Final: DFS Furniture
Trading statement: Ferrexpo
Economics: New car registrations
Companies paying dividends: Centaur Media (1.5p), Churchill China (7.4p), Conviviality (8.4p), Diageo (38.5p), JPM American Investment Trust (2.25p), Maintel (14.7p), PZ Cussons (5.61p)
Friday 6 October
AGMs: Abbey, San Leon Energy
EGM: Palace Capital
Economics: Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: Acencia Debt Strategies (2.22p), AdEPT Telecom (4p), Admiral (56p), Aggreko (9.38p), BlackRock North American Income Trust (1.25p), Camellia (37p), Capital Drilling (0.5p), Carr’s (0.95p), Clarke (T) (0.6p), Crest Nicholson (11.2p), Devro (2.7p), Drax (4.9p), Eco Animal Health (4.6p), Eurocell (3p), F&C Managed Portfolio Trust Income Shares (1.3p), Fletcher King (3p), Glanbia (5.91p), Gocompare.com (0.7p), Goodwin (42.348p), Grafton Group Units (5.25p), Greggs (10.3p), H&T (4.3p), Impellam (7p), InterContinental Hotels (25.38p), International Personal Finance (4.6p), IWG (1.75p), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (3.04p), Jupiter Green Investment Trust (1.2p), Kingspan (10p), London Metric Property (1.85p), Melrose Industries (1.4p), Standard Life Equity Income Trust (4p), Stobart (4.5p), Tex (2.5p), The Property Franchise Group (2.1p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 5 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Abbey | 8 | 31 Oct |
| Aberdeen Latin American Inc Fd | 0.875 | 27 Oct |
| Alumasc ord 12.5p | 4.3 | 31 Oct |
| Anglo Pacific ord 10p | 3 | 15 Nov |
| Aviva ord 25p | 8.4 | 17 Nov |
| Balfour Beatty ord 50p | 1.2 | 1 Dec |
| Bodycote | 5.3 | 3 Nov |
| British Land ord 25p | 7.52 | 10 Nov |
| Cambian | 0.14 | 30 Oct |
| Capital & Regional Properties ord 10p | 1.73 | 26 Oct |
| Cello ord 10p | 1.05 | 3 Nov |
| DS Smith ord 10p | 10.6 | 1 Nov |
| Fisher (James) & Sons ord 25p | 9.4 | 3 Nov |
| Hastings 2p | 4.1 | 10 Nov |
| Hays ord 1p | 2.26 | 17 Nov |
| Hays ord 1p | 4.25 | 17 Nov |
| Highland Gold ord 0.1p | 4.98 | 20 Oct |
| HML | 0.37 | 20 Oct |
| IDOX ord 1p | 0.385 | 18 Oct |
| Invesco Perpetual Enhanced In | 1.25 | 27 Oct |
| Johnson Service ord 10p | 0.9 | 3 Nov |
| Judges Scientific | 10 | 3 Nov |
| Keywords Studios | 0.48 | 27 Oct |
| Kingfisher ord 15 5/7p | 3.33 | 10 Nov |
| Kings Arms Yard VCT | 0.5 | 31 Oct |
| Learning Technologies | 0.09 | 27 Oct |
| Mid Wynd International Inv Tst ord 25p | 0.38 | 10 Nov |
| Murgitroyd ord 10p | 12 | 3 Nov |
| Murray International Trust ord 25p | 11 | 17 Nov |
| Next ord 10p | 45 | 1 Nov |
| Oakley Capital Investments ord 1p | 2.25 | 26 Oct |
| Randall & Quilter Inv ord 2p | 3.5 | 10 Nov |
| Redde | 5.6 | 2 Nov |
| Rightmove ord 1p | 22 | 3 Nov |
| RIT Capital Partners ord £1 | 16 | 31 Oct |
| Shires Income ord 50p | 3 | 27 Oct |
| SIG ord 10p | 1.25 | 3 Nov |
| Smith & Nephew ord 20c | 9.5 | 1 Nov |
| Smith (DS) | 10.6 | 1 Nov |
| SQN Asset Finance Income Fund | 0.6042 | 19 Oct |
| Statpro ord 1p | 0.85 | 1 Nov |
| STM ord 0.1p | 0.6 | 8 Nov |
| Synthomer ord 10p | 3.7 | 6 Nov |
| Troy Income & Growth Trust | 0.66 | 27 Oct |
| TT Electronics ord 25p | 1.75 | 19 Oct |
| Unite ord 25p | 7.3 | 3 Nov |
| WPP | 22.7 | 6 Nov |
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.
