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 16 October
Trading statements: Polypipe, Rio Tinto, Schroders
AGMs: Bluejay Mining, Zibao Metals Recycling
EGMs: Comptoir, Eckoh
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: 1pm (0.5p), Mucklow (A&J) (5.15p)
Tuesday 17 October
Interim: BP Marsh & Partners
Finals: Asos, Bellway, Bioventix, dotDigital, Orchard Funding, Utilitywise
Trading statements: Evraz, Mediclinic International, Merlin Entertainments, Moneysupermarket, Pearson, Segro, Virgin Money
EGM: Revolution Bars
Economics: Consumer prices, House prices, Producer prices, Retail price data
Companies paying dividends: Gateley (4.4p)
Wednesday 18 October
Interims: U&I
Finals: Softcat
Trading statements: BHP Billton, Hochschild Mining, Rathbone Brothers, Reckitt Benckiser
AGMs: Fastjet, ITM Power
EGMs: Impax
Economics: Employment data
Companies paying dividends: Assura (0.6p), Idox (0.385p), Non-Standard Finance (0.5p), Somero Enterprises Inc (2.1p), Standard Life Aberdeen (7p), Stewart & Wight (14.5p)
Thursday 19 October
Interim: Stobart
Final: Tristel
Trading statements: Genel Energy, Rentokil Initial, Segro, Travis Perkins, Unilever
AGMs: BHP Billiton, Pci-Pal, Rank, Vela Technologies
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: Duke Royalty (0.5p), Gamma Communications (2.8p), GVC (15.13p), Oxford Instruments (9.3p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042p), TT Electronics (1.75p)
Friday 20 October
Trading statements: Acacia Mining, InterContinental Hotels, Record
AGMs: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Renishaw, Vast Resources
Economics: Public finances, Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: Applegreen (0.55p), AG Barr (3.71p), Henry Boot (2.8p), Braime (3.1p) Braime 'A' non-voting (3.1p), Christie (1p), Costain (4.75p), Derwent (17.33p), Eddie Stobart (1.4p), Green Reit (4.41p), Hargreaves Lansdown (20.4p), Hargreaves Services (4.5p), Highland Gold (4.98p), Hunters Property (0.7p), Inmarsat (16.6p), JPM Income & Capital Trust (2p), Kainos (4.4p), Norish Units (1.26p), Petrofac (9.84p), Phoenix Spree Deutchland (2p), Shire (3.85p), Stadium (1p), Vitec (10.4p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 19 Oct
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Action Hotels | 0.77 | 1 Dec |
Amati VCT 2 | 3.25 | 24 Nov |
BAE Systems ord 2.5p | 8.8 | 30 Nov |
Burford Capital | 2.35 | 15 Nov |
Capita ord 2.06666p | 11.1 | 30 Nov |
City of London Inv Trust ord 25p | 4.3 | 30 Nov |
Harvey Nash ord 5p | 1.643 | 17 Nov |
Howden Joinery | 3.6 | 17 Nov |
MP Evans 10p | 5 | 3 Nov |
Marshalls ord 25p | 3.4 | 6 Dec |
Mears ord 1p | 3.45 | 7 Nov |
Menzies (John) ord 25p | 6 | 17 Nov |
NewRiver Reit | 5.25 | 17 Nov |
S&U ord 12.5p | 28 | 21 Nov |
Senior ord 10p | 2.05 | 30 Nov |
Smart Metering Systems | 1.74 | 24 Nov |
Smiths ord 25p | 29.7 | 17 Nov |
Stilo International | 0.05 | 21 Nov |
Walker Greenbank ord 1p | 0.69 | 17 Nov |
Wilmington | 4.6 | 17 Nov |
Witan Pacific IT ord 25p | 2.25 | 30 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.
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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.
