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 17 December
EGM: Amedeo Resources
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: GCP Student Living (1.53p), Jupiter European Opportunities Trust (6.5p), Kin and Carta (1.3p), Lazard World Trust Fund (5.835p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042p), YouGov (3p)
Tuesday 18 December
AGMs: Applied Graphene Materials, dotdigital, Sareum Holdings
Companies paying dividends: London Finance & Investment Group (0.6p), Mediclinic International (3.2p) RDI REIT (1.35p), Volution (2.98p)
Wednesday 19 December
Interim: Begbies Traynor
AGMs: Frontier IP Group, Proactis, Red Rock Resources
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, House price index
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Frontier Markets Fund (0.7618p), Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (1.91p), Creighton’s (0.15p), Investec (11p), P2P Global Investments (12p), Royal Dutch Shell A Ord (36.15p), Royal Dutch Shell B Ord (36.15p), Sanditon Investment Trust (0.5p), Scottish American Investment Company (2.9p)
Thursday 20 December
AGMs: Block Energy, El Oro, Gfinity, J. Smart & Co Contractors
Economics: Retail sales, Bank of England interest rate announcement, asset purchase and corporate bond purchase target
Companies paying dividends: Acorn Income Fund (4.95p), Cake Box Holdings (1.2p), Coral Products (0.25p), Volta Finance (0.16p)
Friday 21 December
AGMs: Conygar, Focusrite, Haydale Graphene Industries, Karoo Energy, KCR Residential REIT, Sabien Technology, Transense Technologies
Economics: Public sector borrowing, GDP (year-on-year Q3 final)
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company (5.25p), Aquila Services Group (0.29p), BlackRock World Mining Trust (3p), BP (7.88p), CMC Markets (1.35p), Edinburgh Dragon Trust (4p), Finsbury Food Group (2.2p), Gresham House Strategic (8.75p), Hotel Chocolat (1.1p), John Laing Environmental (1.6275p), JPM Japanese Investment Trust (5p), Keystone Investment Trust (38p), Keystone Investment Trust (special) (1.75p), LXI REIT (1.375p), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust (2.7p), Northern Venture Trust (2p), Orchard Funding Group (2p), Princess Private Equity Holdings (25.06p), Redcentric (0.4p), Regional REIT (1.85p), Residential Secure Income (0.75p), Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (1.64p), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.625p), UIL (1.875p), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (1.8p), Walker Crips (0.58p), Wynnstay Properties (7p)
Monday 24 December
Nothing scheduled
Tuesday 25 December
UK bank holiday – nothing scheduled
Wednesday 26 December
UK bank holiday – nothing scheduled
Thursday 27 December
AGM: Earthport
Companies paying dividends: DFS Furniture (7.5p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (8.75p)
Friday 28 December
AGM: GCM Resources
Economics: UK finance loans for housing, Nationwide house prices
Companies paying dividends: 600 Group (0.25p), First Property Group (0.44p), Henderson Diversified Income Trust (1.1p), Honeycomb Investment Trust (20p), Invesco Income Growth Trust (2.4p), Juridica (1.5p), Kainos (2.8p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.6625p), Palace Capital (4.75p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3.25p), Record (1.15p), Smart (J) Contractors (2.21p), Warehouse REIT (1.5p), Zegona Communications (2.8p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 20 December
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus | 17 | 21 Jan |
| Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust | 5.5 | 21 Jan |
| Alliance Pharma Ord 1p | 0.487 | 10 Jan |
| Burberry Group Ord 0.05p | 11 | 1 Feb |
| Countryside Properties | 6.6 | 8 Feb |
| discoverIE Group | 2.8 | 14 Jan |
| FIH Group | 1.65 | 25 Jan |
| Iomart Group Ord 1p | 2.45 | 31 Jan |
| Mercantile Investment Trust | 1.25 | 1 Feb |
| Mind Gym | 0.8 | 16 Jan |
| MITIE Group Ord 2.5p | 1.33 | 12 Feb |
| Netcall | 0.53 | 12 Jan |
| Octopus Aim Vct 1p | 2.5 | 18 Jan |
| Polar Capital Holdings Ord 2.5p | 8 | 11 Jan |
| Standard Life Private Equity Trust | 3.1 | 25 Jan |
| Topps Tiles Ord 2.5p | 2.3 | 4 Feb |
| United Utilities Group | 13.76 | 1 Feb |
Companies going ex-dividend on 27 December | ||
| Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
| British American Tobacco Ord 25p | 48.8 | 7 Feb |
| BT Group Ord 5p | 4.62 | 4 Feb |
| Cambria Automobiles Ord 10p | 0.75 | 21 Jan |
| Dart Group | 2.8 | 4 Feb |
| Diverse Income Trust | 0.8 | 28 Feb |
| Focusrite Ord 0.1p | 2.3 | 18 Jan |
| Fulcrum Utility Servs | 0.75 | 25 Jan |
| Halma Ord 10p | 6.11 | 6 Feb |
| Inland Homes | 1.55 | 25 Jan |
| KCOM Group Ord 10p | 1 | 1 Feb |
| Morses Club | 2.6 | 19 Jan |
| NewRiver REIT | 5.4 | 8 Feb |
| Panther Securities Ord 25p | 15 | 17 Jan |
| Proactis Holdings Ord 10p | 1.5 | 22 Jan |
| RPC Group Ord 5p | 8.1 | 25 Jan |
| Securities Trust of Scotland Ord 25p | 1.45 | 18 Jan |
| Value & Income Trust Ord 10p | 2.8 | 25 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.
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.
