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 4 December
Interim: RhythmOne
Final: Character Group
AGMs: Jubilee Platinum, Taptica
EGM: Assura
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI
Companies paying dividends: International Consolidated Air (12.5p), Manchester & London Investment Trust (1.76p), Manchester & London Investment Trust (special) (4.24p), NWF (5p)
Tuesday 5 December
Interims: Collagen Solutions, Consort Medical, iomart, Vianet, WYG
Finals: GW Pharmaceuticals, Victrex
Trading statements: Ferguson, IG
EGM: Hornby
Economics: BRC sales (November), New car registrations, Markit/CIPS UK services, composite PMI, Official reserves
Companies paying dividends: GCP Student Living (1.48p), Produce Investments (5.026p)
Wednesday 6 December
Interims: Mercia Technologies, Mulberry, Plastics Capital, Stagecoach, SysGroup, Tricorn
Finals: easyHotel, Numis, Oxford Metrics, Redhall, RWS, Schroder European Reit
AGMs: Billing Services, Ceres Power, Gattaca, YouGov
Companies paying dividends: Marshalls (3.4p), Schroder REIT (0.62p)
Thursday 7 December
Interims: Clipper Logistics, DS Smith
Final: CareTech
AGMs: Aeorema Communications, Brighton Pier, Egdon Resources, Frontier IP, Investment Company, Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals, Lok’nStore, MJ Gleeson
EGMs: Patagonia Gold, Premier Oil
Economics: Halifax house prices, CBI trends – total orders, selling prices
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust (12p), Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust (special) (4p), Craneware (11.3p), Jarvis Securities (6.75p), London Security (40p)
Friday 8 December
Interim: Berkeley Group
AGMs: Associated British Foods, DX Group, Quadrise Fuels International, River & Mercantile, Softcat
EGM: Accrol
Economics: Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Construction output, Trade figures, Bank of England/TNS inflation forecast, NIESR GDP estimate (November)
Companies paying dividends: Amati VCT (2p), CVS (4.5p), JPM Smaller Companies Investment Trust (23p), Mobeus Income & Growth VCT (4p), Rotala (0.85p), SThree (4.7p), Swallowfield (3.5p), System1 (1.1p), Young & Co’s Brewery ‘A’ ord (9.41p), Young & Co’s Brewery non-voting ord (9.41p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 7 December
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Babcock International ord 60p | 6.85 | 16 Jan |
| Biffa | 2.17 | 5 Jan |
| Big Yellow ord 10p | 15.3 | 6 Jan |
| British Empire Trust | 10 | 5 Jan |
| De La Rue ord 25p | 8.3 | 3 Jan |
| Debenhams ord | 2.4 | 20 Jan |
| DFS Furniture | 7.5 | 27 Dec |
| F&C UK Real Estate Investments | 1.25 | 29 Dec |
| Fidelity Special Values ord 5p | 2.8 | 9 Jan |
| Halfords ord 1p | 6 | 19 Jan |
| Henderson Diversified Income Trust | 1.1 | 29 Dec |
| Hogg Robinson ord 1p | 0.76 | 8 Jan |
| Homeserve ord 12.5p | 4.7 | 5 Jan |
| Honeycomb Investment Trust | 20 | 29 Dec |
| Intermediate Capital ord 20p | 9 | 12 Jan |
| Investec ord 0.2p | 10.5 | 20 Dec |
| JPMorgan Global Growth & Income | 3.04 | 5 Jan |
| Mediclinic International | 3.2 | 18 Dec |
| Montanro Euro Smaller Co's Ord 50p | 1.75 | 5 Jan |
| Netcall ord 5p | 1.16 | 12 Jan |
| Next ord 10p | 53 | 2 Jan |
| Northamber ord 5p | 0.1 | 18 Jan |
| Orchard Funding ord 1p | 2 | 22 Dec |
| Palace Capital | 9.5 | 29 Dec |
| Pan African Resources ord 1p | 0.487 | 21 Dec |
| Perpetual Income & Growth Inv Tst ord 10p | 3.15 | 29 Dec |
| Personal Assets Trust ord £12.5 | 140 | 11 Jan |
| Royal Mail ord 1p | 7.7 | 10 Jan |
| Scottish Oriental Smlr Co Tst ord 25p | 11.5 | 19 Jan |
| Small Cos Dividend Tst ord 25p | 2.02 | 2 Jan |
| SQN Asset Finance Income Fund | 0.6042 | 19 Jan |
| Town Centre Securities ord 25p | 8.25 | 4 Jan |
| UIL | 1.875 | 14 Dec |
| Utilico Emerg.Markets Utilities ord10p | 1.7 | 20 Dec |
| Vertu Motors ord 10p | 0.55 | 19 Jan |
| Walker Crips 6.66p | 0.58 | 22 Dec |
| Wincanton ord 10p | 3.27 | 10 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.
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.
