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 13 August
Interim: Clarkson
Finals: ITM Power, Univision Engineering
Companies paying dividends: Establishment Inv. Trust Ord (3p), Invesco Asia Trust (5.5p), Investec (13.5p), Mountview Estates (200p)
Tuesday 14 August
Interim: Antofagasta, Capital & Regional, Esure, Jackpotjoy (JPJ), John Menzies, Marshall Motor Holdings, Mears, Polypipe
Finals: Castings, Falanx,
AGMs: Phoenix Global Mining
Economics: Jobless claimants, average earnings, employment rates
Wednesday 15 August
Interims: Admiral, Balfour Beatty, CLS Holdings, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Lookers
AGM: John Laing Environmental Assets
Economics: Consumer prices, CPIH, retail prices, producer prices, house prices
Companies paying dividends: Anglo Pacific (1.625p), Halma (8.97), Majestic Wines (5.2p), National Grid (30.44), Shoe Zone (3.5p)
Thursday 16 August
Interims: Allied Minds, CLS Holdings, Kaz Minerals, Marshalls, Megafon, Royal London, Torm, Tribal Group
Finals: Filtronic, Rank Group
Trading statements: Awilco Drilling, Kingfisher
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: DP Aircraft ord pref (1.75p), Treatt (1.6p)
Friday 17 August
Interim: Global Ports Holding
AGM: Mx Oil
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income (2.25p), Castings (11.12p), Creightons (0.23p), Crystal Amber Fund (2.5p), Globalworth Real Estate (0.27p), Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings (1.7p), Invesco Perpetual Select UK Equity (1.5p), Invesco Perpetual Select Global Equity (1.5p), Murray International Trust (11.5p), Safestore Holdings (5.1p), Samuel Heath (6.875p), Scapa Group (2.4p), Schroders Oriental Income Fund (1.8p), Sirius Real Estate (1.4p), U & I (3.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 16 August
| Company Name | Pay date | Rate |
| Aberdeen New Dawn Inv Tst Ord 5p | 14 Sep 18 | 3.3 |
| Anglo American Ord 54.945c | 21 Sep 18 | 37.12 |
| Ashtead Group Ord 10p | 14 Sep 18 | 27.5 |
| FIH Group | 21 Sep 18 | 3 |
| Henderson Opportunities trust Ord 25p | 21 Sep 18 | 6.5 |
| ICG Enterprise Trust | 07 Sep 18 | 5 |
| Lancashire Hldgs Com Shs US$0.50 | 12 Sep 18 | 3 |
| Lindsell Train Inv Ord 75p | 07 Sep 18 | 2129 |
| Lindsell Train Inv Ord 75p | 07 Sep 18 | 51 |
| London & Associated Properties Ord 10p | 14 Sep 18 | 0.125 |
| London & Associated Properties Ord 10p | 14 Sep 18 | 0.175 |
| Low & Bonar Ord 50p | 21 Sep 18 | 1.05 |
| Quartix Holdings | 14 Sep 18 | 2.4 |
| Quiz | 14 Sep 18 | 0.8 |
| Schroders Non-Vtg £1 | 20 Sep 18 | 36 |
| Schroders Vtg £1 | 20 Sep 18 | 35 |
| Scottish American Inv Co Ord 25p | 21 Sep 18 | 2.85 |
| SEGRO | 28 Sep 18 | 5.55 |
| Severfield | 14 Sep 18 | 1.7 |
| Synectics | 14 Sep 18 | 1.2 |
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.
