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 29 January
Interim: Conviviality
Finals: Porvair, SThree
Trading statements: Petra Diamonds, Yü Group
AGM: easyHotel
Companies paying dividends: Character Group (10p), Marstons (4.8p)
Tuesday 30 January
Interims: Filtronic, NWF, PZ Cussons
Final: Oxford BioDynamics
Trading statements: CYBG, Domino’s Pizza, Pentair, UDG Healthcare
AGMs: Greencore, Hollywood Bowl, Patisserie Holdings, Servoca, Solgold, UDG Healthcare, Utilitywise, Zoopla, ZPG
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (0.875p), Hargreave Hale Aim VCT1 (2.25p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (2.4p), UP Global Sourcing (3.495p)
Wednesday 31 January
Interims: Angle, Best of the Best, Joules Group
Finals: Centamin, Low & Bonar, Velocity Composites
Trading statements: Britvic, Dairy Crest, SSE, Wizz Air Holdings
AGMs: BMR Group, Britvic, CYBG, Infrastrata, Renew Holdings, Sunrise Resources, Tertiary Minerals, Topps Tiles
EGM: Bilby
Economics: GfK consumer confidence, BRC shop price index
Companies paying dividends: BCA Marketplace (2.6p), Bilby (0.5p), DotDigital Group (0.55p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4583p), European Investment Trust (13.5p), F&C Private Equity Trust (3.55p), Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income (1.25p), Iomart (2.25p), Lowland Investment (13p), Schroder UK Growth Fund (3p), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (6p), Third Point Offshore Investors (77p), Vianet (1.7p)
Thursday 1 February
Interim: Rank Group
Finals: OM Asset Management, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever
Trading statements: 3i Group, Cranswick, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Glencore, Intermediate Capital, RPC, Vodafone
AGMs: Avon Rubber, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Premier Vetinary Group, Redhall, Stride Gaming
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.7p), McCarthy & Stone (3.6p), Mercantile Investment Trust (10.5p), MITIE (1.33p), Smith (WH) (33.6p), Stride Gaming (1.5p), United Utilities (13.24p)
Friday 2 February
Final: AstraZeneca
Trading statements: BT Group, Gem Diamonds, Vedanta Resources
AGMs: Autins, Brewin Dolphin
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction
Companies paying dividends: Baronsmead Venture Trust (4.5p), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (3.5p), Burberry (11p), Experian (12p), F&C UK High Income Trust A shares (1.21p), F&C UK High Income Trust B shares (1.21p), Henderson European Focus Trust (20.5p), Henderson European Focus Trust (special) (1.4p), NEX (3.5p), Northern 3 VCT (2p), Topps Tiles (2.3p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 1 February
Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
Axiom European Financial Debt Npv | 1.5 | 23 Feb |
BlackRock Income & Growth Inv Trust | 4.1 | 9 Mar |
Cohort Ord 10p | 2.55 | 28 Feb |
Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.575 | 23 Feb |
Hollywood Bowl Group | 3.95 | 27 Feb |
Hollywood Bowl Group | 3.33 | 27 Feb |
Motorpoint Group | 2 | 16 Mar |
Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust | 1 | 28 Feb |
Renew Holdings Ord 10p | 6 | 13 Mar |
Tharisa | 3.7135 | 14 Feb |
Tracsis | 0.8 | 16 Feb |
Victrex Ord 1p | 41.6 | 16 Feb |
Victrex Ord 1p (special) | 68 | 16 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.
