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 20 November
Interims: Bonmarché, NEX
Finals: Diploma, Progility
Trading statements: TCS, William Hill
EGM: President Energy
Economics: Rightmove house prices, CBI trends – total orders, selling prices
Companies paying dividends: Barratt Developments (17.1p), Barratt Developments (special) (17.3p), Twentyfour Income Fund (1.5p)
Tuesday 21 November
Interims: AO World, Babcock International, Big Yellow, CML Microsystems, De La Rue, Halma, Homeserve, IMImobile, Johnson Matthey, Scapa Group, Severfield, Solid State, Telecom Plus, Vp
Finals: Compass, CYBG, easyJet, EI, Focusrite, Renew, Stride Gaming, Utilitywise
Trading statements: AFI Development, Intertek, Kingfisher, SIG, Spectris, Spirax-Sarco Engineering
AGMs: Diurnal, Dunelm, Pan African Resources, Tiso Blackstar
Economics: Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: Artemis Aim VCT (special) (6p), Close Brothers (40p), Intu Properties (4.6p), S&U (28p), Stilo International (0.05p)
Wednesday 22 November
Interims: Accsys Technologies, Biffa, Charles Stanley, Creightons, Eckoh, NewRiver Reit, Quiz, United Utilities
Finals: Cambria Automobiles, Countryside Properties, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Sage, SSP, Thomas Cook
AGMs: Finsbury Food, Ovoca Gold, Pantheon International, ScS
EGMs: LightwaveRF, Turbo Power Systems
Economics: UK Budget
Companies paying dividends: Galliford Try (64p), Henderson Eurotrust (18p), HSBC (7.5348p), Ideagen (0.142p)
Thursday 23 November
Interims: CMC Markets, First Property, Hogg Robinson, Liontrust Asset Management, Majestic Wine, Mothercare, Severn Trent
Final: Paragon Banking
Trading statements: Centrica, Empiric Student Property, Rotork, Seadrill
AGMs: Hotel Chocolat, Netcall, Thorpe (FW)
Companies paying dividends: Airea (1.75p), Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust Composite (0.92p), Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust (0.25p), Jupiter UK Growth Investment Trust (7p), Mulberry (5p), Plus500 (0.181p)
Friday 24 November
Interim: Fuller Smith & Turner
Final: Future
AGMs: Origin Enterprises, Petra Diamonds, Sandal
EGM: K&C Reit
Economics: Finance loans for housing, CBI reported sales – retailing, total distribution
Companies paying dividends: Amati VCT2 (3.25p), Animalcare (4.7p), Axiom European Financial Debt (1.5p), BlackRock Greater European Investment Trust (3.7p), Booker (0.69p), Caretech (3.3p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), City Natural Resources High Yield (0.86p), Drum Income Plus Reit (1.375p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (2.575p), Dunelm (19.5p), EJF (2.4p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.58p), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (1.525p), Go-Ahead (71.91p), Greencoat UK Wind (1.6225p), Just (1.17p), Lookers (1.41p), Morgan Advanced Materials (4p), Moss Bros (2.03p), Next Fifteen Communications (1.8p), P2P Global Investments (12p), Primary Health Properties (1.32p), Secure Income Reit (3.5p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5p), Smart Metering Systems (1.74p), Tesco (1p), Triple Point VCT (special) (3.3p), U+I (2.4p), Wetherspoon (JD) (8p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 23 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| 3i Infrastructure | 3.925 | 8 Jan |
| BlackRock North American Inc | 1.25 | 5 Jan |
| CVS ord 2p | 4.5 | 8 Dec |
| Downing Three VCT | 2.5 | 15 Dec |
| Downing Planned Exit VCT3 F shares | 2.5 | 15 Dec |
| Downing Planned Exit VCT2 | 2.5 | 15 Dec |
| Downing Planned Exit VCT2 F shares | 2.5 | 15 Dec |
| Edinburgh Dragon Trust ord 20p | 3.3 | 15 Dec |
| Finsbury Food ord 1p | 2 | 22 Dec |
| Hotel Chocolat ord 0.1p | 1.6 | 22 Dec |
| JPM Elect Managed Growth 0.01p | 2.9 | 20 Dec |
| JPM Elect Managed Inc 0.003p | 1.05 | 20 Dec |
| London Finance & Investment 0.5p | 0.55 | 15 Dec |
| Mobeus Income & Growth VCT | 4 | 8 Dec |
| National Grid Ord 11 17/43p | 15.49 | 10 Jan |
| Octopus Apollo VCT | 1.6 | 15 Dec |
| River & Mercantile | 3.2 | 15 Dec |
| River & Mercantile (special) | 2.8 | 15 Dec |
| Schroder Real Estate Inv Trust | 0.62 | 6 Dec |
| Smart (J) Contractors ord 2p | 2.17 | 20 Dec |
| St Ives ord 10p | 1.3 | 18 Dec |
| Ten Entertainment | 3 | 5 Jan |
| Tiso Blackstar SE | 0.2559 | 15 Dec |
| Volution | 2.8 | 18 Dec |
| Western Selection ord £0.40 | 1.1 | 11 Dec |
| World Careers Network ord 0.1p | 3.5 | 15 Dec |
| Yu | 1 | 9 Jan |
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.
