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 30 October
Finals: Artilium, Lok'n Store
Trading statement: HSBC
AGMs: Central Rand Gold, Ideagen, Mirada
Economics: Consumer credit, Lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, Money supply
Company paying dividends: BlackRock Latin American IT (4.44p), Cambian (0.14p), Epwin (2.23p), Essentra (6.3p), K3 Capital (4.4p) Middlefield Canadian Inv. Trust (1.275p), Morgan Sindall (16p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (5.2p), Standard Life UK Small Cos Trust (5.2p), Trans-Siberian Gold (3.6p), Witan Pacific IT (2.25p)
Tuesday 31 October
Finals: Earthport, Egdon Resources
Interims: Great Eastern Energy, Ryanair
Trading statements: BP, Croda International, Just Eat, Plus500, Weir, WPP
AGMs: Angle, Kodal Minerals, MaxCyte
Economics: GfK Consumer confidence, Lloyds business barometer
Companies paying dividends: Alumasc (4.3p), City of London Investment Group (17p), Coral Products (0.37p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4583p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), John Laing Infrastructure (3.48p), Kings Arms Yard VCT (0.5p), Lowland Investment Co. (12p), Nahl (5.3p), North American Income (7.5p), Old Mutual (3.53p), Rank Group (5.3p), Real Estate Investors (0.75p), RIT Capital Partners (16p), UK Mortgages (1.5p), Wynnstay (4.2p)
Wednesday 1 November
Trading statements: Just, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Next, Paddy Power Betfair, Smurfit Kappa, Standard Chartered
AGMs: Greka Drilling, Stanley Gibbons, Thinksmart
Economics: BRC Shop price index, Manufacturing data (PMI)
Company paying dividends: DS Smith (10.6p), Foreign & Colonial Inv Trust (2.5p), Mercantile Investment Trust (10.5p), Next (45p), Smith & Nephew (9.5p), Statpro (0.85p)
Thursday 2 November
Interims: 3i Infrastructure, BT, Tate & Lyle
Trading statements: Delphi Automotive, Howden Joinery, Indivior, Lancashire, Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, Royal Dutch Shell, RSA Insurance
AGM: Go Ahead
Economics: Construction data, Bank of England bank rate, asset purchase target, corporate bond target
Companies paying dividends: Redde (5.6p)
Friday 3 November
Trading statements: Informa, Smith & Nephew
AGMs: Frontera Resources, Gunsynd
Economics: Services data, Composite PMI, Official reserves
Companies paying dividends: Andrews Sykes (11.9p), BBA Aviation (2.93p), Bodycote (5.3p), Cello (1.05p), CRH (17.5p), F&C Private Equity Trust (6.92p), Fisher (James) & Sons (9.4p), ICG Enterprise Trust (10p), Johnson Service (0.9p), Judges Scientific (10p), MP Evans (5p), Murgitroyd (12p), OneSavings Bank (3.5p), Rightmove (22p), SIG (1.25p), Taylor Wimpey (2.3p), Unite (7.3p), Weir (15p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 2 November 2017
| Name | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Amatic VCT | 2 | 8 Dec |
| Ashmore ord 0.01p | 12.1 | 1 Dec |
| Axiom European Financial Debt | 1.5 | 24 Nov |
| Brunner Inv Tst ord 25p | 3.5 | 14 Dec |
| Crown Place VCT ord 10p | 1 | 30 Nov |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst ord 25p | 2.575 | 24 Nov |
| Dunelm ord 1p | 19.5 | 24 Nov |
| Hilton Food ord 10p | 5 | 1 Dec |
| Ideagen ord £0.01 | 0.142 | 22 Nov |
| IFG ord Euro0.12 | 1.6 | 27 Nov |
| James Halstead ord 5p | 9.25 | 1 Dec |
| Jupiter UK Growth Inv. Trust ord 5p | 7 | 23 Nov |
| Just | 1.17 | 24 Nov |
| Laird ord 25p | 1.13 | 1 Dec |
| Mission Marketing | 0.55 | 1 Dec |
| Morgan Advanced Materials ord 25p | 4 | 24 Nov |
| NWF ord 25p | 5 | 4 Dec |
| Personal Group | 5.675 | 14 Dec |
| Produce Investments | 5.026 | 5 Dec |
| Softcat | 6.1 | 15 Dec |
| Softcat (special) | 13.5 | 15 Dec |
| SThree ord 1p | 4.7 | 8 Dec |
| The Mission Marketing ord 10p | 0.55 | 1 Dec |
| TR European Growth Trust ord 12.5p | 3 | 30 Nov |
| TR European Growth Trust ord 12.5p | 11.5 | 30 Nov |
| Unilver | 31.99 | 13 Dec |
| Urals Energy $0.0063 (DI) | 6.2 | 1 Dec |
| Warpaint London | 1.4 | 17 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.
