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 15 January
Final: Watkin Jones
Companies paying dividends: discoverIE (2.65p), Ferrexpo (special) (2.45p), Mucklow (A&J) (7.09p)
Tuesday 16 January
Interim: NCC
Trading statements: Ashmore, Greggs, Gym, JD Sports Fashion, Rio Tinto
EGM: Plus500
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, House price index
Companies paying dividends: Babcock International (6.85p), Lazard World Trust Fund (6.4925p)
Wednesday 17 January
Trading statements: Burberry, Diploma
AGM: Diploma
Companies paying dividends: Ventus VCT (4p), Ventus VCT2 (2.5p)
Thursday 18 January
Final: Chemring
Trading statements: Associated British Foods, BHP Billiton, Experian, Headlam, Royal Mail, Ten Entertainment, Whitbread, William Hill
AGMs: Avacta, Cardiff Property, Equatorial Palm Oil
Economics: RICS house prices
Companies paying dividends: Circle Property (2.6p), Crystal Amber Fund (2.5p), Hydro Hotel (Eastbourne) (7p), IG Design (2p), Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT (9p), Northamber (0.1p)
Friday 19 January
AGM: Character
EGM: Fox Marble
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust (1p), Charles Stanley (2.5p), F&C Global Smaller Companies (4.4p), Focusrite (1.95p), Gattaca (17p), Greene King (8.8p), Halfords (6p), ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt (1.5p), JPM European Small Companies (1.2p), JPM Global Emerging Markets Income Trust (1p), Morses Club (2.2p), Schroder European Reit (1.32p), Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (11.5p), Sirius Real Estate (1.39p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042p), Stobart (4.5p), United Carpets (0.135p), Vertu Motors (0.55p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 18 January
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Ashtead ord 10p | 5.5 | 7 Feb |
Autins | 0.8 | 16 Feb |
Compass ord 10 5/8p | 22.3 | 26 Feb |
Consort Medical ord 10p | 7.44 | 16 Feb |
CYBG | 1 | 16 Feb |
Dewhurst 'A' Non.Vtg ord 10p | 8.5 | 14 Feb |
Dewhurst ord 10p | 8.8 | 14 Feb |
Dunedin Smaller Cos Inv Tst ord 25p | 4.24 | 16 Feb |
Easyhotel | 0.22 | 15 Feb |
Fletcher King ord 10p | 1 | 16 Feb |
Ramsdens | 2.2 | 20 Feb |
Shaftesbury ord 25p | 8.1 | 16 Feb |
SSE ord 50p | 28.4 | 16 Mar |
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.