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 18 December
AGM: Proactis
EGM: Treatt
Economics: Rightmove house prices, CBI trends – selling prices, total orders
Companies paying dividends: Mediclinic International (3.2p), Redefine International (1.3p), Sanditon Investment Trust (0.9p), Scottish American Investment Company (2.8p), St. Ives (1.3p), TalkTalk Group (2.5p), Volution (2.8p), Witan Investment Company (4.75p)
Tuesday 19 December
Interim: Kromek
AGMs: Allied Graphene Materials, Blanco Technology, dotdigital, GBGI, Gfinity, Imperial Minerals
EGMs: London Stock Exchange, Regional REIT, Serabi Gold
Wednesday 20 December
Final: Idox
AGMs: Avation, Creo Medical Group, Webis Holdings
EGMs: Firestone Diamonds, Reach4entertainment Enterprises, Smart Metering Systems
Economics: CBI retailing reported sales, total distribution reported sales
Companies paying dividends: EKF Diagnostics (1.53p), Investec (10.5p), JPM Elect Managed Growth (2.9p), JPM Elect Managed Income (1.05p), Royal Dutch Shell (36p), Smart (J) Contractors (2.17p), Utilico Emerging Markets Utilities (1.7p)
Thursday 21 December
AGMs: Plexus Holdings, Transense Technologies
Economics: GfK consumer confidence, Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: BP (7.63p), Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT (3p), Pan African Resources (0.487p), Paypoint (15.3p), Paypoint (special) (12.2p)
Friday 22 December
AGMs: KCR Residential REIT, Mobile Streams, Progility, Red Rock Resources
EGM: Parallel Media
Economics: Current account data, GDP (Q3 final), Index of services
Companies paying dividends: Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (1.48p), Aquila Services (0.26p), B&M European Value Retail (2.4p), BlackRock World Mining Trust (3p), CMC Markets (2.98p), Downing Two VCT C shares (23.38p), Establishment Investment Trust (3p), Finsbury Food (2p), GBGI (0.45p), Helical (2.5p), Hotel Chocolat (1.6p), John Laing Environmental (1.5775p), JPM Japanese Investment Trust (5p), Keystone Investment Trust (37p), Keystone Investment Trust (special) (4.7p), Majestic Wines (2p), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust (2.7p), Northern Venture Trust (3p), OPG Power Ventures (0.72p), Orchard Funding (2p), Pacific Industrial & Logistics (0.23p), Princes Private Equity Holdings (24.8p), Ranger Direct Lending Fund (21.7p), Record (1.15p), Regional REIT (1.8p), ULS Technology (1.15p), Walker Crips (0.58p)
Monday 25 December
UK Bank Holiday – nothing scheduled
Tuesday 26 December
UK Bank Holiday – nothing scheduled
Wednesday 27 December
AGM: Sirius Petroleum
Economics: UK finance loans for housing
Companies paying dividends: DFS Furniture (7.5p)
Thursday 28 December
Nothing scheduled
Friday 29 December
AGMs: Block Energy, Regency Mines, Trading Emissions
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company (5p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.458p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), F&C UK Real Estate Investments (1.25p), Henderson Diversified Income Trust (1.1p), HICL Infrastructure (1.96p), Honeycomb Investment Trust (20p), Imperial Brands (59.51p), Invesco Income Growth Trust (2.3p), Kainos (2p), LXI REIT (1p), MS International (1.75p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.605p), Palace Capital (9.5p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3.15p), Premier Energy & Water (1.9p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (8.33p), TOC Property Backed Lending Trust (1.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 21 December
| Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
| Acal Ord 5p | 2.65 | 15 Jan |
| Alliance Pharma Ord 1p | 0.44 | 11 Jan |
| Burberry Group Ord 0.05p | 11 | 2 Feb |
| Countryside Properties | 5 | 9 Feb |
| discoverIE Group | 2.65 | 15 Jan |
| Gattaca | 17 | 19 Jan |
| Iomart Group Ord 1p | 2.25 | 31 Jan |
| MITIE Group Ord 2.5p | 1.33 | 1 Feb |
| NEX Group | 3.5 | 2 Feb |
| Octopus Aim VCT | 2.5 | 19 Jan |
| Standard Life Equity Inc Tst Ord 25p | 5.5 | 22 Jan |
| Stobart Group Ord 10p | 4.5 | 19 Jan |
| Topps Tiles Ord 2.5p | 2.3 | 2 Feb |
| United Utilities Group | 13.24 | 1 Feb |
Companies going ex-dividend on 28 December
| Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
| British American Tobacco Ord 25p | 43.6 | 8 Feb |
| BT Group Ord 5p | 4.85 | 5 Feb |
| Cambria Automobiles Ord 10p | 1 | 21 Jan |
| Dart Group Ord 5p | 1.5 | 5 Feb |
| Diverse Income Trust | 0.75 | 28 Feb |
| FIH Group | 1.5 | 26 Jan |
| Focusrite Ord 0.1p | 1.95 | 19 Jan |
| Fulcrum Utility Servs | 0.7 | 26 Jan |
| Grainger Ord 5p | 3.26 | 9 Feb |
| Halma Ord 10p | 5.71 | 7 Feb |
| Inland Homes | 1.2 | 26 Jan |
| KCOM Group Ord 10p | 2 | 19 Feb |
| Morses Club | 2.2 | 19 Jan |
| NewRiver REIT | 5.25 | 9 Feb |
| Proactis Holdings Ord 10p | 1.4 | 22 Jan |
| RPC Group Ord 5p | 7.8 | 26 Jan |
| Schroder Asia Pacific Fund Ord 10p | 5.6 | 6 Feb |
| Value & Income Trust Ord 10p | 2.7 | 26 Jan |
| Xafinity | 2.1 | 8 Feb |
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.
