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.