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 23rd October
Interim: Braemar Shipping Services
Trading statements: Petra Diamonds
AGM: Goldplat
Economics: CBI business figures
Company paying dividends: Worldpay (0.8p)
Tuesday 24th October
Interim : Bloomsbury Publishing, Gear4Music, Whitbread
Trading statements: Anglo American, Bunzl, International Personal Finance, St James Place
AGMs: McBride, Premaitha Health
Companies paying dividends: Pendragon (0.75p), Playtech (11.1p), Shore Capital (5p)
Wednesday 25th October
Interim : Lombard Risk Management
Trading statements: Antofagasta, Centaur Media, Cobham, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyds, Metro Bank
AGMs: GCP Student Living, Photo-Me International, Redde, TLou Energy
Economics: UK housing loans, GDP, Index of services
Company paying dividends: Renishaw (39.5p)
Thursday 26th October
Interims: Telefonica
Finals: Connect Group, Debenhams, Redefine International
Trading statements: Avocet Mining, Barclays, Ensco, Inchcape, Kaz Minerals, Relx, LHR Airports, National Express, Santander, TechnipFMC
AGMs: Alumasc, Argos Resources, Imagination Technologies, Mattioli Woods, Mila Resources, National Milk Records
EGM : Ferroglobe
Economics: Reported sales (CBI)
Companies paying dividends: Capital & Regional (1.73p), Equiniti (1.75p), JPM Global Emerging (1.9p), J.P. Morgan Global Convertibles Income (1.125p), Oakley Capital Investments (2.25p), Pembroke VCT (2p)
Friday 27th October
Trading statements: Elementis, Hastings Group, International Consolidated Airlines, RBS, Shire
AGM : K3 Capital
EGM : Haydale Graphene Industries
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (0.875p), Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust (1.75p), Advanced Medical Solutions (0.35p) Air Partner (1.7p), Belvoir Lettings (3.4p), Bluefield Solar Income (1.5p), Brooks Macdonald (26p), Caledonia Mining (5.18p), Central Asia Metals (6.5p), Circle Property (2.6p), Consort Medical (13.21p), Dart Group (3.897p), Dignity (8.64p), Eckoh (0.48p), EMIS (12.9p), Fulcrum Utility Services (1.3p), Games Workshop (35p), Hansteen Holdings (2.3p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.375p), HgCapital Trust (16p), ICG Longbow Senior Security UK Property Debt Investments (1.5p), IG Group Holdings (22.88p), Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income (1.25p), John Laing (1.91p), JPM Russian Securities (15p), Keywords Studios (0.48p), Learning Technologies Group (0.09p), Luceco (0.8p), Mattioli Woods (9.4p), Medica (0.55p), Midwich (4.17p), Mortgage Advice Bureau (9.5p), Premier Technical Services (0.8p), Puma VCT 8 (45p), Shires Income (3p), Smurfit Kappa (20.8p), Sprue Aegis (2.5p), STV (5p), Symphony International (7.407p), Troy Income & Growth (0.66p), Value & Income Trust (2.7p), Value & Income Trust (Interim) (2.7p), Xpediator (0.347p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 26 October 2017
Name | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Animalcare Group Ord 20p | 4.7 | 24 Nov |
Avingtrans | 2.2 | 8 Dec |
Bankers Investment Trust Ord 25p | 4.7 | 30 Nov |
Barratt Developments Ord 10p | 17.3 | 20 Nov |
Barratt Developments Ord 10p | 17.1 | 20 Nov |
Booker Group Ord 1p | 0.69 | 24 Nov |
Caretech Holding Ord 0.5p | 3.3 | 24 Nov |
Custodian Reit | 1.6125 | 30 Nov |
Dechra Pharmaceuticals Ord 1p | 15.33 | 17 Nov |
Ferguson | 73.33 | 1 Dec |
Galliford Try Ord 50p | 64 | 22 Nov |
Harwood Wealth Management Group | 1 | 10 Nov |
Haynes Publishing Group Ord 20p | 4 | 16 Nov |
ITV Ord 10p | 2.52 | 27 Nov |
Joules Group | 1.2 | 16 Nov |
JPM Emerging Mkts Inv Tst Ord 25p | 11 | 1 Dec |
Lookers Ord 25p | 1.41 | 24 Nov |
M&C Saatchi Ord 1p | 2.13 | 10 Nov |
Moss Bros Group Ord 5p | 2.03 | 24 Nov |
Mulberry Ord 5p | 5 | 23 Nov |
Next Fifteen Communications Ord 2.5p | 1.8 | 24 Nov |
Ricardo Group Ord 25p | 13.88 | 17 Nov |
Rolls Royce Holdings Ord 20p | 4.6 | 5 Jan |
Thorpe (F.W.) Ord 10p | 3.55 | 30 Nov |
Wetherspoon (JD) Ord 2p | 8 | 24 Nov |
William Hill Ord 10p | 4.26 | 30 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.
