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 24 September
Interims: Gama Aviation, Instem, Kape Technologies, MaxCyte, Nasstar, Pennant International, River & Mercantile, Trinity Exploration & Production, XLMedia
Trading statement: Pennon
AGM: PHSC
EGMs: Castleton Technology, ITE, Wey Education
Companies paying dividends: Aviva (9.25p), Merlin Entertainments (2.5p), Paddy Power Betfair (67p)
Tuesday 25 September
Interims: Altitude, Card Factory, Ebiquity, Fireangel Safety Technology, Harvey Nash, Keystone Law Group, Learning Technologies, Mi-Pay, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Moss Bros, Next, Osirium Technologies, Phoenix Spree Deutschland, Pittards, Premier Technical Services, S&U, WANdisco
Finals: Animalcare, Blancco Technology, Close Brothers, Swallowfield
Trading statements: IHS Markit, Thomas Cook, United Utilities
AGMs: Liontrust Asset Management, Park, Scientific Digital Imaging, Versarien, WYG
EGM: Liontrust Asset Management
Companies paying dividends: BHP Billiton (49.6p), Mincon (0.83p), Standard Life Aberdeen (7.3p)
Wednesday 26 September
Interims: AA, boohoo, Corero Network Security, Crawshaw, Destiny Pharma, Futura Medical, Pelatro
Finals: Accrol, Allergy Therapeutics, Town Centre Securities
Trading statements: Mitie, PZ Cussons, SSP
AGMs: Argo, Enteq Upstream, Fulcrum Utility Services, Gateley, Hornby, IMImobile, Nakama, NCC, PZ Cussons, Scholium
Economics: UK finance loans for housing, CBI reported sales – retailing, total distribution
Companies paying dividends: CRH (17.75p), Ferrexpo (2.51p), Lloyds Banking (1.07p)
Thursday 27 September
Interims: 888, Air Partner, Biopharma Credit, Circassia Pharma, Maistro, Midatech Pharma, Petropavlovsk
Finals: Clinigen, CVS, Hansard Global, Hotel Chocolat
Trading statement: RPC
AGMs: AdEPT Telecom, Arcontech, Galileo Resources, Joules, Mayan Energy, NWF, Ormonde Mining, Sure Ventures, WH Ireland, Zamano, Zoo Digital
Companies paying dividends: Glencore (10p), HSBC (7.6p), LXB Retail (4p), Prudential (15.67p), Reckitt Benckiser (70.5p), Wood (John) (8.7125p), XPS Pensions (4.2p)
Friday 28 September
Interims: Allied Minds, Richoux, TLA Worldwide
AGMs: 7digital, Associated British Engineering, Fragrant Prosperity, San Leon Energy, Trafalgar Property
Economics: GfK consumer confidence, Current account data, GDP (Q2 final), Total business investment, Nationwide house prices
Companies paying dividends: 600 (0.5p), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company (5.25p), Aberdeen Standard European Logistic (0.7p), Acorn Income Fund (4.95p), Arbuthnot Banking (15p), Arcontech (1.3p), Ascential (1.9p), Auto Trader (4p), BCA Marketplace (5.95p), BioPharma Credit (1.75p), British Smaller Companies VCT2 (1.5p), Centamin (1.9p), CLS (2.2p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4792p), F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust (2.45p), F&C UK Real Estate Investments (1.25p), Filta (0.72p), First Property (1.18p), Frenkel Topping (0.32p), Grafton (6p), Ground Rents Income (1.02p), Henderson Diversified Income Trust (1.1p), Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust (15p), HICL Infrastructure (2.01p), Honeycomb Investment Trust (20p), Imperial Brands (28.435p), LPA Industries (1.1p), LXI REIT (1.375p), MedicX Fund (1.51p), Meggitt (5.3p), Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (2.08p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.6625p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3.25p), Polymetal International (17p), Reach (2.37p), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (10.5p), Safeland (1p), Secure Trust Bank (19p), Segro (5.55p), Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (1.64p), St James’s Place Capital (18.49p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (8.75p), TI Fluid Systems (3.02p), Triple Point Social Housing (1.25p), Van Elle (2.3p), Warehouse REIT (1.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 27 September
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Adept Telecom ord 10p | 4.5 | 8 Oct |
| Advanced Medical Solutions ord 10p | 0.42 | 26 Oct |
| Beeks Financial Cloud | 0.3 | 31 Oct |
| Bovis Homes ord 50p (special) | 45 | 23 Nov |
| Bovis Homes ord 50p | 19 | 23 Nov |
| Concurrent Technologies ord 1p | 0.95 | 12 Oct |
| Consort Medical ord 10p | 13.56 | 26 Oct |
| Diverse Income Trust | 1 | 30 Nov |
| Diverse Income Trust (special) | 0.23 | 30 Nov |
| Eckoh ord 0.25p | 0.55 | 26 Oct |
| Eco Animal Health Ord 5p | 6 | 17 Oct |
| EMIS ord 1p | 14.2 | 2 Nov |
| Essentra | 6.3 | 31 Oct |
| Fulcrum Utility Servs | 1.4 | 26 Oct |
| Global Ports | 22 | 26 Oct |
| Hansteen ord 10p | 2.4 | 26 Oct |
| Hargreaves Lansdown ord 0.04p (special) | 7.8 | 19 Oct |
| Hargreaves Lansdown ord 0.04p | 22.1 | 19 Oct |
| Huntsworth ord 10p | 0.7 | 6 Nov |
| IG ord 0.005p | 33.51 | 26 Oct |
| John Laing | 1.8 | 26 Oct |
| K3 Capital | 8.4 | 30 Oct |
| Medica | 0.75 | 26 Oct |
| Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets ord 10p | 1.85 | 5 Nov |
| Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets ord 10p (special) | 2 | 5 Nov |
| Norish Units €0.25 | 1.47 | 19 Oct |
| Oakley Capital Investments ord 1p | 2.25 | 25 Oct |
| Pembroke VCT | 3 | 31 Oct |
| PHSC ord 10p | 0.5 | 12 Oct |
| Safecharge International | 6.82 | 12 Oct |
| Smurfit Kappa ord €0.001 | 22.53 | 26 Oct |
| Somero Enterprises com stock US$0.001 | 4.26 | 17 Oct |
| United Carpets ord 5p | 2.85 | 11 Oct |
| Value & Income Trust ord 10p | 2.8 | 26 Oct |
| Wynnstay ord 25p | 4.41 | 31 Oct |
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.
