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 2 April
UK Bank holiday – nothing scheduled
Tuesday 3 April
EGMs: Diurnal Group, Flowtech Fluidpower, Polemos
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing, BRC shop price index
Companies paying dividends: Alliance Trust (3.29p), Hotel Chocolat (0.6p)
Wednesday 4 April
Final: Next Fifteen Communications
Trading statement: Topps Tiles
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction
Companies paying dividends: Apax Global Alpha (4.17p), Ashmore (4.55p), F&C Managed Portfolio Trust Income Shares (1.3p), Genus (8.1p), Pennon Group (11.97p), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (20.5p), St Modwen Properties (4.26p), WYG (0.6p)
Thursday 5 April
Finals: HSS Hire Group, Walker Greenbank
Trading statement: Electrocomponents
Economics: New car registrations, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services, composite PMI
Companies paying dividends: Greencore (3.37p), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (1.8p), MTI Wireless (0.141p), Thomas Cook (0.6p), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (1.8p)
Friday 6 April
AGM: XP Power
EGM: Mereo BioPharma
Companies paying dividends: Alpha Real Estate Trust (0.6p), Alumasc (2.95p), Athelney Trust (8.9p), Centamin (7.09p), Crest Nicholson (21.8p), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (7.33p), Diageo (24.9p), Electronic Data Processing (3p), Galliford Try (28p), Gleeson (MJ) (9p), Grafton (10.25p), Hargreaves Services (2.7p), Independent Investment Trust (4p), Independent Investment Trust (special) (2p), JPM European Investment Trust Growth (2p), JPM European Investment Trust Income (2.5p), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (3.04p), Jupiter Fund Management (10.3p), Jupiter Fund Management (special) (15.5p), Lakehouse (0.5p), Land Securities (9.85p), London Finance & Investment Group (0.55p), Oxford Instruments (3.7p), Park Group (1p), PCF Group (0.19p), PZ Cussons (2.67p), Ricardo (5.75p), River & Mercantile (5.4p), River & Mercantile (special) (2.2p), Safestore (9.8p), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (1.5p), Wilmington (4p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 5 April
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
ABBEY ORD EUR0.32 | 7.068 | 30 Apr |
Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust | 1.8 | 27 Apr |
Amino Technologies Ord 1p | 5.125 | 27 Apr |
Anglo Pacific Group Ord 10p | 2.5 | 15 May |
Aviva Ord 25p | 19 | 17 May |
Chemring Group Ord 5p | 2 | 20 Apr |
Convatec Group | 3.09 | 17 May |
D S Smith Ord 10p | 4.9 | 1 May |
Direct Line Insurance Group Ord 10p | 15 | 17 May |
Direct Line Insurance Group Ord 10p | 13.6 | 17 May |
F&C UK High Income Trust A Shs | 1.25 | 4 May |
F&C UK High Income Trust B Shs | 1.25 | 4 May |
F.B.D.HLDGS ORD EUR0.60 | 24 | 11 May |
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust | 7.2 | 17 May |
Fisher (James) & Sons Ord 25p | 19.3 | 4 May |
GKN Ord 50p | 6.2 | 14 May |
Go-Ahead Group Ord 10p | 30.17 | 20 Apr |
Hansteen Holdings Ord 10p | 3.8 | 17 May |
Henderson High Income Trust | 2.375 | 27 Apr |
Hikma Pharmaceutical | 16 | 24 May |
IMI Ord 25p | 25.2 | 18 May |
Lighthouse Group Ord 1p | 0.3 | 4 May |
Melrose Industries 48/7p | 2.8 | 21 May |
Moneysupermarket.com Ord O.02p | 7.6 | 15 May |
Murray International Trust Ord 25p | 17 | 18 May |
Old Mutual Ord 10p | 3.57 | 30 Apr |
Origin Enterprises €0.01 | 3.15 | 20 Apr |
Pearson Ord 25p | 12 | 11 May |
Photo-Me International Ord 0.5p | 3.71 | 11 May |
Quartix Holdings | 6.8 | 4 May |
Quartix Holdings | 4.3 | 4 May |
Redrow Group Ord 10p | 9 | 4 May |
RIT Capital Partners Ord £1 | 16.5 | 30 Apr |
Rotork Ord 0.5p | 3.35 | 27 May |
Schroder Income Growth Fund Ord 10p | 2.4 | 30 Apr |
Shires Income Ord 50p | 3 | 27 Apr |
Smith & Nephew Ord 20c | 16.33 | 9 May |
Smith (DS) | 4.9 | 1 May |
SQN Secured Income Fund | 0.525 | 27 Apr |
St. Ives Ord 10p | 0.65 | 4 May |
St. James's Place Capital Ord 15p | 27.45 | 1 Jun |
Stadium Group Ord 5p | 2.1 | 9 May |
Taylor Wimpey ord 25p | 2.44 | 18 May |
TP ICAP | 11.25 | 17 May |
Travis Perkins Ord 10p | 30.5 | 11 May |
Ultra Electronics Holdings Ord 5p | 35 | 3 May |
Virgin Money Holdings (UK) | 4.1 | 16 May |
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.
