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 8 January
Interim: Micro Focus International
EGMs: Savanah Petroleum, Tri-Star Resources, Worldpay
Economics: Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: 3i Infrastructure (3.925p), Caffyns (7.5p), Hogg Robinson (0.76p)
Tuesday 9 January
Interims: Games Workshop, Ilika
Finals: Elegant Hotels, John Lewis of Hungerford, Nexus Infrastructure, Safestore
Trading statements: Joules, Persimmon, Robert Walters, William Morrison
AGM: Weatherly International
Economics: BRC like-for-like sales (year on year)
Companies paying dividends: Fidelity Special Values (2.8p), Yu (1p)
Wednesday 10 January
Interim: SuperGroup
Final: Shoe Zone
Trading statements: PageGroup, Sainsbury (J), Taylor Wimpey, Ted Baker, Tullow Oil
AGMs: Altona Energy, Focusrite, Wey Education
EGM: West African Minerals
Economics: Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Construction output, Trade figures, NIESR GDP estimate (December)
Companies paying dividends: 3i (8p), Bellway (84.5p), Electrocomponents (5.25p), Lok’n Store (7p), London Metric Property (1.85p), National Grid (15.49p), Royal Mail (7.7p), Wincanton (3.27p)
Thursday 11 January
Trading statements: AO World, Barratt Developments, Booker, Hays, Marks & Spencer, Premier Oil, Tesco
AGMs: Debenhams, Fenner
EGM: Domino’s Pizza
Economics: Bank of England credit conditions and bank liabilities survey
Companies paying dividends: Alliance Pharma (0.44p), Caledonia Investments (15.5p), D4t4 Solutions (0.625p), GlaxoSmithKline (19p), Personal Assets Trust (140p)
Friday 12 January
Trading statements: Tarsus, XP Power
AGMs: Catalyst Media, Nanoco
Companies paying dividends: Aeorema Communications (0.5p), Associated British Foods (29.65p), Brown (N) (5.67p), Carr’s (2.1p), Cropper (James) (2.5p), Duke Royalty (0.5p), Intermediate Capital (9p), JPM European Investment Trust Income (1.1p), Liontrust Asset Management (5p), Michelmersh Brick (0.7p), Murray Income Trust (8p), Netcall (1.16p), Norcros (2.6p), Pets at Home (2.5p), Polar Capital (6p), Severfield (0.9p), Tarsus (3p), Tatton Asset Management (2.2p), Telford Homes (8p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 11 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Baring Emerging Europe Trust ord $0.10 | 19 | 16 Feb |
| Brewin Dolphin ord 1p | 10.75 | 7 Feb |
| Character ord 5p | 10 | 29 Jan |
| Connect ord 5p | 6.7 | 9 Feb |
| DotDigital ord 0.5p | 0.55 | 31 Jan |
| Henderson Alternative Strat Trust | 4.75 | 7 Feb |
| Income & Growth VCT | 3 | 15 Feb |
| Majedie Investments 10p | 6.25 | 24 Jan |
| On The Beach | 1.9 | 15 Feb |
| Patisserie | 2.4 | 9 Feb |
| QinetiQ ord 1p | 2.1 | 9 Feb |
| Scottish Inv Trust ord Stk 25p | 5 | 9 Feb |
| Scottish Inv Trust ord Stk 25p | 14.5 | 9 Feb |
| Smith (WH) ord 20p | 33.6 | 1 Feb |
| UDG Healthcare | 8.6 | 5 Frb |
| Unicorn Aim VCT | 3.5 | 9 Mar |
| Urban&Civic | 2 | 23 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.
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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.
