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Week Ahead 19-24 March

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
March 9, 2018

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 19 March

 

Interims: Finsbury Food, Volution

Finals: Gama Aviation, Learning Technologies, Maintel Holdings, Michelmersh Brick, Miton, Tissue Regenix

EGM: Reabold Resources

Economics: Rightmove house prices

Companies paying dividends: AstraZeneca (134.75p), Booker (3.7p)

 

Tuesday 20 March

Interims: Bellway, Blancco Technology, Ceres Power, Genedrive

Finals: EnQuest, Gym Group, Hansteen Holdings, IQE, Jackpotjoy, John Wood, Judges Scientific, Mears, NAHL, Polypipe

Trading statement: Ocado

AGMs: Blue Prism, Chemring, Electronic Data Processing, Wynnstay

Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, House price index

Companies paying dividends: Ideagen (0.078p)

 

Wednesday 21 March

Interims: ScS Group, Softcat

Finals: Accesso Technology, Cambian Group, Centaur Media, Ebiquity, IFG, International Public Partnerships, Kingfisher, MedaPhor Group, Personal Group, Premier Technical Services, Science in Sport, Ten Entertainment, Vectura, Xaar

AGMs: LPA Group, Proxama, RM, Safestore

EGMs: London Capital Group, Provident Financial

Economics: Employment data, Average earnings, Public sector borrowing, CBI trends- total orders, selling prices

Companies paying dividends: Lancashire Holdings (7.19p), Unilever (31.55p)

 

Thursday 22 March

Finals: Cambridge Cognition Holdings, Cello Group, Gamma Communications, Genel Energy, Inspired Energy, Franchise Brands, Lamprell, Quixant, Regional REIT, Safestyle, Sanne Group, Secure Trust Bank, Soco International, Sopheon, Ted Baker, Venture Life

Trading statements: Halma, IG Group

AGMs: Beazley, Crest Nicholson, Jarvis Securities

EGM: JKX Oil & Gas

Companies paying dividends: Arden Partners (1p), Treatt (3.35p), Western Selection (1.1p)

 

Friday 23 March

Interim: Smiths Group

Finals: Henry Boot, Next, Robinson

AGM: Milestone Group

Companies paying dividends: Berkeley Group (56.75p), easyJet (40.9p), Empiric Student Property (1.25p), Games Workshop (35p), Heath (Samuel) (5.5p), Henderson Opportunities Trust (14p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies (3.55p), Irish Residential Property REIT (2.7p), Ladbrokes (4p), Murgitroyd Group (6.5p), Real Estate Credit Investments (3p), RM Secured Direct Lending (2p), Ruffer Investment Company Redeemable Preference (0.9p), Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (1.58p), UIL (1.875p)

Companies going ex-dividend on 22 March

Company

Dividend (p)

Payment

Aib Group

10.7

4 May

BlackRock World Mining Trust

6.6

10 May

British American Tobacco Ord 25p

48.8

9 May

Centamin

7.09

6 Apr

Clinigen Group

1.76

12 Apr

Diverse Income Trust

0.8

31 May

Dunelm Group Ord 1p

7

13 Apr

Eco Animal Health Ord 5p

3.2

12 Apr

Heavitree Brewery 'A' Lim.V Ord 5p

4

20 Apr

Heavitree Brewery Ord 5p

4

20 Apr

Jardine Strategic Hldgs US$0.05(Singapore)

120

16 May

Jardine Strategic Hldgs US$0.05(Singapore)

22.5

16 May

Kingspan Group Ord €

23.4

27 Apr

Low & Bonar Ord 50p

2

19 Apr

LSL Property Services Ord 0.2p

7.3

4 May

Meggitt Ord 5p

10.8

4 May

Nichols Ord 10p

23.4

4 May

NWF Group Ord 25p

1

1 May

Randgold Resources $0.05

140

18 May

Revolution Bars Group

1.65

12 Apr

Schroder European REIT

1.66

13 Apr

Schroders Vtg £1

79

3 May

SEGRO

11.35

3 May

Sky Plc  Ord 50p

13.06

23 Apr

Tristel Ord 1p

1.6

12 Apr

Utilico Emerg.Markets Utilities Ord10p

1.8

13 Apr

 

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.