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 27 November
Interims: Kainos, Ramsdens, Trakm8
Finals: Cerillion, Patisserie
EGM: Be Heard
Companies paying dividends: APQ Global (1.5p), IFG (1.6p), ITV (2.52p), SCS (9.8p)
Tuesday 28 November
Interims: Acal, BCA Marketplace, Cranswick, GB, IG Design, Kcom, Park, Pets at Home, Scholium, ULS Technology
Finals: Gooch & Housego, Greencore, ITE, Sanderson, Shaftesbury, Topps Tiles, Treatt, UDG Healthcare, Urban & Civic
Trading statement: Nomad Foods
AGMs: Clinigen, Ferguson, Scotgold Resources, Surface Transforms, Town Centre Securities, Wilmcote
Economics: UK GDP (Q3), Index of services, BRC shop price index, Nationwide house prices
Wednesday 29 November
Interims: Findel, LondonMetric Property, Motorpoint, Pennon Group, Redcentric, RPC Group, Telford Homes, Versarien
Finals: Brewin Dolphin, Britvic
Trading statements: Eve Sleep, Softcat
AGMs: Oncimmune, Target Healthcare Reit, Thor Mining
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, GfK consumer confidence (November), Markit UK PMI manufacturing survey
Company paying dividend: Panther Securities (5p)
Thursday 30 November
Interims: Greene King, James Latham, Paypoint, Torotrak
Finals: Daily Mail & General Trust, Grainger, Marston’s, On the Beach
Trading statement: Go-Ahead
AGMs: Agriterra, Asos, CVS, Feedback, Greatland Gold, Revolution Bars, St Ives
EGM: InterQuest
Companies paying dividends: BAE Systems (8.8p), Bankers Investment Trust (4.7p), Bloomsbury Publishing (1.15p), British & American Investment Trust (2.7p), Capita (11.1p), Centrica (3.6p), Chenavari Capital Solutions (1.75p), City of London Investment Trust (4.3p), Civitas Social Housing (0.75p), Crown Place VCT (1p), Custodian Reit (1.6125p), Diverse Income Trust (0.8p), Diverse Income Trust (special) (0.4p), Edinburgh Investment Trust (5.8p), Ediston Property Investment (0.4583p), Hansa Trust (8p), Hansa Trust ‘A’ Non-Voting (8p), Henderson Far East Income Trust (5.3p), Maven Income & Growth VCT (2.7p), Maven Income & Growth VCT3 (6.67p), Maven Income & Growth VCT4 (5.93p), Maven Income & Growth VCT5 (1.2p), New Star Investment Trust (0.8p), Schroders Oriental Income Fund (4.2p), Senior (2.05p), Standard Life Investment Property Income Trust (1.19p), Strix (1p), Target Healthcare Reit (1.6125p), Thorpe (FW) (3.55p), TR European Growth Trust (11.5p), TR European Growth Trust (special) (3p), UK Commercial Property (0.92p), William Hill (4.26p)
Friday 1 December
Interim: Plastics Capital
Trading statement: Megafon
AGMs: Croma Security Solutions, DFS Furniture, Green Reit, James Halstead, Pure Circle, Starvest
Companies paying dividends: Action Hotels (0.77p), Anpario (2p), Ashmore (12.1p), Balfour Beatty (1.2p), Clinigen (3.4p), Ferguson (73.33p), Genus (16p), Hargreave Hale VCT2 (2p), Hilton Food (5p), James Halstead (9.25p), JPM Claverhouse (5.5p), JPM Emerging Markets Investment Trust (11p), Laird (1.13p), The Mission Marketing (0.55p), Urals Energy (6.2p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 30 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aberdeen Emerging Markets Inv Co | 5 | 29 Dec |
| Albion Technology & General VCT | 2 | 29 Dec |
| Bellway ord 12.5p | 84.5 | 10 Jan |
| Cropper (James) ord 25p | 2.5 | 12 Jan |
| Electrocomponents ord 10p | 5.25 | 10 Jan |
| Headlam ord 5p | 7.55 | 2 Jan |
| Hill & Smith ord 25p | 9.4 | 4 Jan |
| International Consolidated Air €0.5 | 12.5 | 4 Dec |
| JD Sports Fashion | 0.26 | 5 Jan |
| Land Securities ord 10 2/3 p | 9.85 | 5 Jan |
| Lok'n Store ord 1p | 7 | 10 Jan |
| Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust | 2.7 | 22 Dec |
| Norcros ord 10p | 2.6 | 12 Jan |
| Octagonal | 0.1 | 15 Dec |
| Origin Enterprises | 16 | 15 Dec |
| Redefine International 0.72p | 1.3 | 18 Dec |
| Renewi | 0.95 | 5 Jan |
| Tarsus ord 5p | 3 | 12 Jan |
| Tate & Lyle ord 25p | 8.4 | 5 Jan |
| Volta Finance | 14.4 | 21 Dec |
| YouGov ord 1p | 2 | 11 Dec |
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.
