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 10 December
Interims: Eco Animal Health, Photo-Me International
Finals: Hardide, Hollywood Bowl
AGM: Upland Resources
Economics: GDP (month-on-month), Index of services
Tuesday 11 December
Interims: Ashstead, Carpetright, Shearwater
Finals: Driver, MedicX Fund, Oxford BioDynamics, Pressure Technologies, Redhall, RWS
AGMs: John Lewis of Hungerford, Lok’nStore, Reabold Resources, Surface Transforms, Tristel
Economics: Employment data, Average earnings, Trade figures, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Construction output
Companies paying dividends: Spire Healthcare (1.3p), Western Selection (1.15p)
Wednesday 12 December
Interims: Cohort, Dixons Carphone, Fulham Shore, Superdry
AGMs: Bellway, Bowleven, BWA, Imaginatik, Netcall, Volution, YouGov
EGMs: Local Shopping REIT, MedaPhor
Economics: CBI reported sales – retailing, total distribution
Companies paying dividends: DCC (44.98p), Lancashire (special) (15p)
Thursday 13 December
Interims: Highlands Natural Resources, Purplebricks, Sports Direct
AGMs: Bacanora Lithium, Maestrano, Nanoco, Pipehawk, Plexus
Economics: RICS house prices
Companies paying dividends: VPC Specialty Lending Investments (2p)
Friday 14 December
Interim: ReNeuron
Finals: Jersey Electricity
AGMs: Northamber, Oleeo, Up Global Sourcing, Vinaland
Companies paying dividends: AB Dynamics (2.2p), Alpha Real Estate Trust (0.6p), Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (0.6p), Braemar Shipping Services (5p), Brunner Investment Trust (4.05p), Card Factory (2.9p), Card Factory (special) (5p), Carnival (38.15p), CML Microsystems (2p), Electra Private Equity (special) (365p), Gleeson (MJ) (23p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (3.65p), Octopus Apollo VCT (1.5p), Origin Enterprises (17.85p), Personal Group (5.75p), River & Mercantile (3.2p), River & Mercantile (special) (2.3p), Softcat (8.8p), Softcat (special) (15.1p), Superdry (special) (25p), Tatton Asset Management (2.8p), Telecom Plus (25p), Tristel (2.98p), Urban Logistics REIT (3p), Whitbread (32.7p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 13 December
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
3i ord 73 19/22p | 15 | 9 Jan |
Aeorema Communications | 0.75 | 11 Jan |
Associated British Foods ord 5p | 33.3 | 11 Jan |
Assura ord 10p | 0.655 | 16 Jan |
Avation | 1.56 | 21 Dec |
BCA Marketplace | 3 | 30 Jan |
Brown (N) ord 10p | 2.83 | 11 Jan |
Charles Stanley ord 25p | 2.75 | 18 Jan |
Grainger ord 5p | 3.52 | 11 Feb |
Halfords ord 1p | 6.18 | 18 Jan |
Henderson High Income Trust | 2.425 | 25 Jan |
JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income IT | 1 | 18 Jan |
Marstons ord 7.375p | 4.8 | 28 Jan |
Michelmersh Brick ord | 1.06 | 11 Jan |
Mucklow (A&J) ord 25p | 7.3 | 15 Jan |
Murray Income Trust ord 25p | 8 | 11 Jan |
Orchard Funding ord 1p | 2 | 21 Dec |
Severfield | 1 | 11 Jan |
Sirius Real Estate € | 1.46 | 18 Jan |
Speedy Hire ord 5p | 0.6 | 25 Jan |
Ventus VCT | 4 | 16 Jan |
Ventus VCT 2 | 2.5 | 16 Jan |
XP Power ord 1p | 19 | 10 Jan |
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.]
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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.
