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 1 October
AGM: Kromek
EGM: Enquest
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings. Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Markit/UK PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Adnams ‘B’ Ord (78p), Alliance Trust (3.3887p), BlackRock North American Income Trust (2p), Clipper Logistics (5.6p), Park Group (2.05p), Phoenix Group Holdings (22.6p), Portmeirion Group (8p), Robinson (2.5p)
Tuesday 2 October
Interim: Inspiration Healthcare
Finals: Avacta, Ferguson, ScS Group
EGM: Vernalis
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction, BRC shop price index
Companies paying dividends: Aggreko (9.38p)
Wednesday 3 October
Interim: Tesco
Final: Avingtrans
AGM: Goodwin
EGM: esure
Economics: Official reserves, Market/CIPS UK services, composite PMI
Companies paying dividends: Croda International (38p), Globaldata (3.5p), Jardine Lloyd Thompson (12.7p), Kaz Minerals (6p), Savills (4.8p), Stagecoach (3.9p), WYG (1.2p)
Thursday 4 October
Interims: Morses Club, Ted Baker
Final: DFS Furniture
Trading statement: Electrocomponents
AGMs: Fiske, Ilika
EGM: Mirada
Economics: New car registrations
Companies paying dividends: Centaur Media (1.5p), Charter Court Financial Services (2.8p), Diageo (40.4p), Greencore (2.2p), Greggs (10.7p), PZ Cussons (5.61p), TOC Property Backed Lending Trust (1.75p)
Friday 5 October
Economics: Halifax house prices, Unit labour costs
Companies paying dividends: Admiral Group (60p), Antofagasta (5.31p), Bakkavor (2p), Camellia (40p), Capital Drilling (0.6p), Carr’s Group (1.075p), Churchill China (8.7p), Cineworld (3.75p), Crest Nicholson (11.2p), Devro (2.7p), Eurocell (3.1p), F&C Managed Portfolio Trust Income Shares (1.35p), Gateley Holdings (4.8p), Glanbia (7.52p), Gocompare.com (0.8p), Goodwin (83.473p), H&T Group (4.4p), Highland Gold (6p), Intercontinental Hotels (27.62p), International Personal Finance (4.6), IWG (1.95p), JPM American Investment Trust (2.5p), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (3.13p), Jupiter Green Investment Trust (1.3p), Kingspan (10p), Land Securities (11.3p), LondonMetric Property (1.9p), NCC (3.15p), Stobart Group (4.5p), Tex Holdings (2.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 4 October
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Abbey Ord Euro.32 | 8.78 | 31 Oct |
Aberdeen Latin American Inc Fd | 0.875 | 26 Oct |
Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust | 1.8 | 26/10/2018 |
Alumasc Group Ord 12.5p | 4.4 | 31 Oct |
Anglo Pacific Group Ord 10p | 1.625 | 15 Nov |
Arena Events Group | 0.5 | 1 Nov |
Avation | 5.42 | 26 Nov |
Balfour Beatty Ord 50p | 1.6 | 30 Nov |
Bodycote | 5.7 | 2 Nov |
British American Tobacco Ord 25p | 48.8 | 15 Nov |
British Land Company Ord 25p | 7.75 | 9 Nov |
Capital & Regional Properties Ord 10p | 1.82 | 25 Oct |
Cello Health | 1.1 | 2 Nov |
Cenkos Securities Ord 1p | 2 | 2 Nov |
Central Asia Metals | 6.5 | 26 Oct |
DS Smith Ord 10p | 9.8 | 1 Nov |
Daejan Holdings Ord 25p | 68 | 2 Nov |
European Assets Trust NV Eur0.46 | 1.94 | 31 Oct |
F&C Private Equity Tst Ord | 3.57 | 31 Oct |
F&C UK High Income Trust A Shs | 1.25 | 2 Nov |
F&C UK High Income Trust B Shs | 1.25 | 2 Nov |
Fisher (James) & Sons Ord 25p | 10.3 | 2 Nov |
Foresight 4 VCT Ord 5p | 4 | 19 Oct |
Hastings Group Hldgs 2p | 4.5 | 9 Nov |
Hays Ord 1p (special) | 5 | 16 Nov |
Hays Ord 1p | 2.75 | 16 Nov |
HML Holdings Ord 1.5p | 0.42 | 19 Oct |
Hunting Ord 25p | 3.15 | 24 Oct |
Intertek Group Ord 1p | 31.9 | 19 Oct |
Invesco Income Growth Trust Ord 25p | 2.4 | 26 Oct |
Johnson Service Group Ord 10p | 1 | 2 Nov |
Judges Scientific | 12 | 2 Nov |
Keywords Studios | 0.53 | 26 Oct |
Kingfisher Ord 15 5/7p | 3.33 | 9 Nov |
Kings Arms Yard VCT | 0.6 | 31 Oct |
Lowland Investment Co. Ord 25p | 14 | 31 Oct |
Murray International Trust Ord 25p | 11.5 | 19 Nov |
Randall & Quilter Inv Hldgs Ord 2p | 3.6 | 7 Nov |
Redde | 6.15 | 8 Nov |
Restore | 2 | 9 Nov |
Rightmove Ord 1p | 25 | 2 Nov |
RIT Capital Partners Ord £1 | 16.5 | 13 Oct |
Scottish Inv Tst Ord Stk 25p | 5 | 2 Nov |
Securities Trust of Scotland Ord 25p | 1.45 | 26 Oct |
Shires Income Ord 50p | 3 | 26 oct |
Smith & Nephew Ord 20c | 10.7 | 31 Oct |
Standard Life UK Small Cos Tst | 5.5 | 31 Oct |
Statpro Group Ord 1p | 0.85 | 7 Nov |
Synthomer Ord 10p | 4 | 6 Nov |
Taylor Wimpey ord 25p | 2.44 | 9 Nov |
TP ICAP | 5.6 | 9 Nov |
Travis Perkins Ord 10p | 15.5 | 9 Nov |
TT Electronics Ord 25p | 1.95 | 18 Oct |
WPP | 22.7 | 5 Nov |
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.
