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 9 October
Finals: Plant Impact, YouGov
Trading statements: Trinity Mirror, XP Power
AGM: 1pm
EGM: blur
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth Trust (1.631p), Hammerson (10.7p), Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust (13p), Univision Engineering (0.401p)
Tuesday 10 October
Interims: 1Spatial, LiDCO, Redstoneconnect, Ted Baker
Final: Volution
Trading statement: Marstons
AGM: Scancell
Economics: BRC like-for-like sales, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Construction output, Trade figures, NIESR GDP estimate (September)
Companies paying dividends: Colefax (2.5p), Holders Technology (0.25p), Lighthouse (0.12p)
Wednesday 11 October
Interim: Vertu Motors
Final: Proactis
Trading statements: Countryside Properties, Mondi, PageGroup
AGMs: Coral Products, Hargreaves Lansdown
EGM: Central Asia Minerals
Companies paying dividends: 888 (3.05p), Accrol (4p), Chesnara (7p), PageGroup (3.9p), PageGroup (special 12.73p), Randall & Quilter (special 3.5p)
Thursday 12 October
Interims: Booker, N Brown
Final: WH Smith
Trading statement: Hays
AGM: Sky
EGM: Reabold Resources
Economics: RICS house prices
Companies paying dividends: Forterra (3.1p), Macfarlane (0.6p), Restaurant Group (6.8p), United Carpets (0.275p), Xaar (3.4p), XP Power (16p), Zotefoams (1.91p)
Friday 13 October
Trading statement: Provident Financial
AGM: Papua Mining
EGMs: Levrett, Papua Mining
Companies paying dividends: Alpha FX (1.5p), BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust (1p), Communisis (0.89p), Computacenter (7.4p), esure (4.1p), Franchise Brands (0.17p), Harworth (0.253p), Highcroft Investment Trust (16.25p), Intertek (23.5p), JPM European Investment Trust Growth (4.85p), JPM European Investment Trust Income (1.1p), Martin Curries Global Portfolio Trust (0.9p), Personal Assets Trust (140p), PPHE Hotel (11p), Regional Reit (1.8p), Robert Walters (2.75p), RPS (4.8p), RSA Insurance (6.6p), Safecharge International (5.83p), Sanne (4.2p), Shepherd Neame (22.73p), Sophos (2.55p), Total Produce (0.8906p), Trifast (2.5p), XLMedia (4.0226p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 12 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Airea | 1.75 | 23 Nov |
| Begbies Traynor Ord 5p | 1.6 | ;8 Nov |
| Braime (TF & JH) 'A' Non.V | 3.1 | 20 Oct |
| Braime (TF & JH) Ord 25p | 3.1 | 20 Oct |
| Cenkos Securities Ord 1p | 4.5 | 9 Nov |
| Centrica Ord 5 5/9p | 3.6 | 30 Nov |
| Charles Taylor | 3.31 | 10 Nov |
| City of London Investment Group | 17 | 31 Oct |
| Close Brothers Ord 25p | 40 | 21 Nov |
| CPL RESOURCES EUR0.10 | 5.28 | 6 Nov |
| Curtis Banks PLC | 1.5 | 15 Nov |
| Daejan Ord 25p | 63 | 10 Nov |
| F&C Private Equity Trust Ord | 6.92 | 3 Nov |
| Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Ord 25p | 7.4 | 10 Nov |
| Kerry 'A' ord euro 0.125 | 17.25 | 10 Nov |
| Manx Telecom | 3.9 | 8 Nov |
| Middlefield Canadian Inv. Trust ord | 1.275 | 30 Oct |
| Morgan Sindall | 16 | 30 Oct |
| North American Income Ord 25p | 7.5 | 31 Oct |
| OneSavings Bank Ord 1p | 3.5 | 3 Nov |
| Photo-Me International Ord 0.5p | 3.94 | 10 Nov |
| Restore | 1.67 | 10 Nov |
| Saga Ord 1p | 3 | 17 Nov |
| SciSys Ord 25p | 0.59 | 9 Nov |
| Spectris Ord 5p | 19 | 10 Nov |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering Ord 25p | 25.5 | 10 Nov |
| Sprue Aegis Ord 2p shares | 2.5 | 27 Oct |
| Staffline Ord 10p | 11 | 14 Nov |
| Strategic Equity Capital | 0.78 | 15 Nov |
| TP ICAP | 5.6 | 10 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.
