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 30 July
Interims: Dialight, Forterra, JKX Oil & Gas, Keller, Reach, Senior
Trading statement: Cranswick
AGMs: Cranswick, G3 Exploration, Greka Mining, Kibo Mining, National Grid, Plastics Capital, Redstoneconnect
EGM: Boxhill Technologies
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: Brunner Investment Trust (4.05p), Compass Group (12.3p), Fidelity China Special Situations (3.5p), Mediclinic International (4.7p), Paypoint (30.6p), Veltyco (0.25p), Vertu Motors (0.95p)
Tuesday 31 July
Interims: 4imprint, BP, Centrica, Coats Group, Elementis, Gocompare.com, Greggs, IMI, Just Eat, LSL Property Services, Provident Financial, Rentokil Initial, Sabre Insurance, Standard Chartered, Taylor Wimpey, Travis Perkins, Venator Materials, Weir Group
Finals: Games Workshop, NWF Group
Trading statements: Glencore, Thomas Cook
AGMs: Aquila Services, Bellzone Mining, Boxhill Technologies, Flying Brands, Mitie, PhotonStar LED Group, Syncona, Taptica, Volex
EGM: Flying Brands
Economics: GfK consumer confidence (July)
Companies paying dividends: B.P. Marsh & Partners (4.76p), Billing Services (special) (0.57p), Cambian Group (0.25p), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (1.25p), Charles Stanley (5.5p), discoverIE Group (6.35p), Doric Nimrod Air One (2.25p), Doric Nimrod Air2 (4.5p), Doric Nimrod Air3 Ord Pref (2.0625p), Ediston Property Investment (0.4792p), European Assets Trust (1.94p), European Investment Trust (9p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Hargreave Hale Aim VCT1 (1.75p), Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income (1.25p), Lowland Investment (13p), Palace Capital (4.75p), Puma VCT9 (51p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (2.4p), Schroder UK Growth Fund (3p), TR Property Investment Trust (7.55p), Twentyfour Select Monthly Income (0.5p), UK Mortgages (1.5p)
Wednesday 1 August
Interims: Aggreko, BAE Systems, BBA Aviation, Capita, Devro, Dignity, Direct Line Insurance, FBD Holdings, Get Busy, Lloyds Banking, Man Group, Rio Tinto, Smurfit Kappa, StatPro, St James’s Place
Final: Hargreaves Services
Trading statement: Next
AGMs: CML Microsystems, Dods Group
EGMs: CentralNic, Creo Medical
Economics: BRC shop price index, Markit UK PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.7p), Mercantile Investment Trust (12.5p), Next (105p), Record (1.15p), Stride Gaming (1.3p), Tate & Lyle (20.3p)
Thursday 2 August
Interims: Aviva, Barclays, Cardtronics, Communisis, Dialog Semiconductor, Eurocell, London Stock Exchange, Merlin Entertainments, Non-Standard Finance, Portmeirion Group, Rolls-Royce Holdings, RPS Group, RSA Insurance, Serco, Spirent Communications, Travelport Worldwide, Vivo Energy, Willis Towers Watson, Zeal Network
Final: Clipper Logistics
Trading statement: Sage Group
AGMs: Civitas Social Housing, Vp
EGM: Duke Royalty
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction, Bank of England rate announcement, asset and corporate bond purchase targets, inflation report
Companies paying dividends: Circle Property (3p), Homeserve (14.4p), ITE Group (1.5p), JPM Global Emerging Markets Investment Trust (1p), Norcros (5.2p), Smith (WH) (16p)
Friday 3 August
Interims: Cobham, Essentra, International Consolidated Airlines, Mondi, Royal Bank of Scotland, William Hill
Trading statement: Pets at Home
Economics: Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services/composite PMI
Companies paying dividends: Aquila Services (0.55p), Autins (0.4p), Aveva (27p), Bonmarche Holdings (5.25p), British Land (7.52p), Brown (N) (8.56p), Burberry (30.3p), Caffyns (15p), Chrysalis VCT (1.75p), Chrysalis VCT (special) (3p), De La Rue (16.7p), Heavitree Brewery (3.675p) Heavitree Brewery ‘A’Limited Voting (3.675p), Hibernia REIT (1.16p), Kcom (4p), Next Fifteen Communications (4.5p), North American Income (8p), Scottish Investment Trust (5p), TalkTalk (1.5p), Telecom Plus (26p), ULS Technology (1.15p), United Utilities (26.49p), Vodafone (9p), Wincanton (6.63p), Workspace (18.55p), Xpediator (0.64p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 2 August
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Albion Enterprise VCT | 3 | 31 Aug |
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting | 3.69 | 12 Sep |
Axiom European Financial Debt Npv | 1.5 | 24 Aug |
CMC Markets | 5.95 | 24 Aug |
Downing Distribution VCT1 | 3 | 24 Aug |
Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 3 | 24 Aug |
Gordon Dadds Group | 4 | 14 Sep |
Greene King Ord 25p | 24.4 | 14 Sep |
Henderson Far East Income Trust Ord npv | 5.5 | 31 Aug |
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Independent Investment Trust | 2 | 24 Aug |
International Biotechnology Trust | 13.5 | 31 Aug |
Latham (James) Ord 25p | 12.1 | 24 Aug |
Micro Focus International 10p | 43.86 | 24 Aug |
Moneysupermarket.com Ord O.02p | 2.94 | 14 Sep |
Monks Inv Tst Ord 5p | 1.4 | 7 Sep |
Motorpoint Group | 4.6 | 14 Sep |
Octopus Titan VCT | 2 | 24 Aug |
Panther Securities Ord 25p | 7 | 5 Sep |
Premier Asset Management Group | 1.65 | 31 Aug |
QINETIQ Group Ord 1p | 4.2 | 31 Aug |
Unilever Ord 3 1/9p | 34.35 | 5 Sep |
Yu Group | 2 | 11 Sep |
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.
