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 20 August
Interim: TBC Bank
Final: BHP Billiton
EGMs: 1Spatial, Ide Group, Ophir Energy
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Company paying dividends: City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p)
Tuesday 21 August
Interims: Empiric Student Property, John Wood Group, Persimmon
AGM: Highlands Natural Resources
Economics: Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: Dewhurst (3.5p), Dewhurst ‘A’ Non-Voting (3.5p), Gabelli Value Plus + Trust (0.6p), Greencoat UK Wind (1.69p)
Wednesday 22 August
Interims: Avast, Costain, Empresaria, Grafton, Hansteen Holdings, Headlam, Sportech
AGMs: Collagen Solutions, James Latham, Paragon Entertainment
EGM: Rightmove
Company paying dividends: Merchants Trust (6.4p), Vedanta Resources (30.47p)
Thursday 23 August
Interims: Anglo Pacific, Ayima, John Laing, Macfarlane Group, OneSavings Bank, Playtech, Premier Oil, Sportech
Final: Arcontech
AGMs: AorTech International, D4t4 Solutions
Economics: CBI reported sales – retailing, total distribution
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust (5.73p)
Friday 24 August
Interims: Camellia, Computacenter, Henry Boot, Kingspan
Final: Byotrol
Economics: UK finance loans for housing
Companies paying dividends: APQ Global (1.5p), Artemis Alpha Trust (3p), Artemis Alpha Trust (special) (1.6p), Axiom European Financial Debt (1.5p), BB Healthcare Trust (2p), Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing (0.025p), Bloomsbury Publishing (6.36p), CMC Markets (5.95p), Drum Income Plus REIT (1.5p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (3p), Ediston Property (0.4792p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.64p), GB Group (2.65p), Independent Investment Trust (2p), Latham (James) (12.1p), Micro Focus International (43.86p), Microgen (2.2p), Primary Health Properties (1.35p), RELX (12.4p), Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (0.62p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 23 August
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust | 3 | 21 Sep |
Baronsmead Venture Trust | 3 | 21 Sep |
BlackRock North American Inc | 2 | 1 Oct |
Carnival Ord $1.66 | 37.87 | 14 Sep |
Carr's Group Ord 2.5p | 1.075 | 5 Oct |
Cohort Ord 10p | 5.65 | 19 Sep |
Croda International Ord 10p | 38 | 3 Oct |
Devro Ord 10p | 2.7 | 5 Oct |
Dixons Carphone | 7.75 | 21 Sep |
FDM Group (Hldgs) Ord 1p | 14.5 | 21 Sep |
Ferrexpo Ord 10p | 2.51 | 26 Sep |
First Property Group Ord 1p | 1.18 | 28 Sep |
Franchise Brands | 0.21 | 13 Sep |
Glanbia | 7.52 | 5 Oct |
HICL Infrastructure Company | 2.01 | 28 Sep |
Imperial Brands | 28.435 | 28 Sep |
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Ord 5p | 12.7 | 3 Oct |
Jardine Matheson Hldgs US$0.25 (Singapore) | 42 | 18 Oct |
JPM Brazil Invest Trust | 0.8 | 21 Sep |
London Stock Exchange Ord 6 79/86p | 17.2 | 18 Sep |
Miton UK Microcap Trust | 0.36 | 21 Sep |
Mondi Ord €0.2 | 19.17 | 14 Sep |
NextEnergy Solar Fund | 1.6625 | 28 Sep |
Paddy Power Betfair | 67 | 24 Sep |
Park Group Ord 2p | 2.05 | 1 Oct |
Premier Global Infrastructure Trust | 3 | 28 Sep |
Prudential Ord 5p | 15.67 | 27 Sep |
Quilter Plc Ord 0.07p | 12 | 21 Sep |
Ramsdens Holdings | 4.4 | 20 Sep |
Real Estate Credit Investments | 3 | 14 Sep |
Rotork Ord 0.5p | 2.2 | 21 Sep |
Sabre Insurance Group | 7.2 | 20 Sep |
Stagecoach Hldgs Ord 12/19p | 3.9 | 3 Oct |
Triad Group Ord 1p | 1 | 14 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.
