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 16 April
Interims: Avacta Group, Carr’s Group
EGM: NetScientific
Companies paying dividends: Ferrexpo (special) 4.71p, Fresnillo (21.43p), Mucklow (A&J) 5.09p)
Tuesday 17 April
Interims: APC Technology, Associated British Foods, Egdon Resources
Finals: AA, AFI Development, Christie Group, ClearStar, Filta Group, Flowtech Fluidpower, JD Sports Fashion, Mi-Pay Group, Rio Tinto, TP Group
Trading statement: Ashmore
AGMs: cloudBuy, Dialight, Porvair
EGMs: Laird, Stellar Diamonds
Economics: Employment data, Average earnings
Wednesday 18 April
Final: Be Heard Group
Trading statements: Countryside Properties, Jupiter Fund Management, Polymetal International, RELX, Segro, Telford Homes
AGMs: Bunzl, Hunting, Harwood Wealth Management, Petards, Primary Health Properties, RELX, RTC Group
EGM: Purplebricks
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, House price index
Companies paying dividends: Assura (0.655p), JPM Mid Cap Investment Trust (8p)
Thursday 19 April
Interims: Debenhams, Gattaca
Finals: Camellia, Xeros Technology
Trading statements: Acacia Mining, Rentokil
AGMs: Dominos’s Pizza, Essentra, Mpac, Idox, Science Group, Stratex International
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: Colefax (2.4p), Law Debenture Corp (11.8p), London Metric Property (1.85p), Low & Bonar (2p), Personal Assets Trust (140p)
Friday 20 April
Trading statement: Record
AGM: HSBC
Companies paying dividends: Bioventix (25p), Chemring (2p), Craneware (10p), Go-Ahead Group (30.17p), Heavitree Brewery (4p), Heavitree Brewery ‘A’ Limited Voting (4p), ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt (1.5p), Idox (0.65p), JPM Global Emerging (1p), Origin Enterprises (3.15p), Ranger Direct Lending (21.42p), Securities Trust of Scotland (1.45p), Somero Enterprises (9p), Somero Enterprises (special) (2.58p), XLMedia (2.6829p), XP Power (29p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 19 April
Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
AFH Financial Group Ord 10p | 4 | 4 May |
Aggreko Group Ord 20p | 17.74 | 22 May |
BAE Systems Ord 2.5p | 13 | 1 Jun |
Balfour Beatty Ord 50p | 2.4 | 6 Jul |
Bank of Ireland | 10.1p | 24 May |
Barratt Developments Ord 10p | 8.6 | 18 May |
Bodycote | 251 | 1 Jun |
Bodycote | 12.1 | 1 Jun |
Capital & Counties Properties ORD 25p | 1 | 23 May |
Capital & Regional Properties Ord 10p | 1.91 | 16 May |
City Merchants HIgh Yield Trust | 2.5 | 18 May |
Communisis Ord 25p | 1.77 | 18 May |
Croda International Ord 10p | 46 | 31 May |
Drax Group Ord 11 16/29p | 7.4 | 11 May |
Fevertree Drinks | 7.64 | 25 May |
Global Ports Holdings 0.01 | 20.1 | 11 May |
Greggs Ord 20p | 22 | 18 May |
Hydro Hotel (Eastbourne) Ord £1 | 14 | 3 May |
Informa Ord 10p | 13.8 | 1 Jun |
Inmarsat Ord €0.0005 | 10.71 | 25 May |
Intu Properties | 9.4 | 17 May |
John Laing Group | 3.66 | 18 May |
John Laing Group | 3.51 | 18 May |
Kerry Group ‘A’ Ord Euro.125 | 39.19 | 18 May |
Lloyds Banking Group | 2.05 | 29 May |
McColl's Retail Group | 6.9 | 1 Jun |
Merchants Trust Ord 25p | 6.3 | 30 May |
Northamber Ord 5p | 0.1 | 11 May |
Octopus Second AIM VCT | 2.1 | 18 May |
Pendragon Ord 5p | 0.8 | 23 May |
Polypipe Group | 7.5 | 25 May |
Rathbone Brothers | 39 | 14 May |
RPS Group Ord 3p | 5.08 | 18 May |
Science Group | 4.4 | 11 May |
SCS Group | 5.3 | 10 May |
Standard Life Aberdeen | 14.3 | 30 May |
Stilo International Ord 10p | 0.05 | 30 May |
Taptica International | 0.54 | 19 Jun |
Tyman Ord 5p | 7.75 | 18 May |
UBM | 18 | 24 May |
Vitec Group Ord 20p | 20.1 | 18 May |
Wood Group (John) Ord 3.33p | 16.57 | 17 May |
Zotefoams Ord 5p | 4.02 | 24 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.
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.
