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 31 December
AGM: Genedrive
Companies paying dividends: Albion Technology & General VCT (2p), Alliance Trust (3.389p), Ediston Property Investment (0.4892p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), F&C UK Real Estate Investments (1.25p), Helical (2.6p), Imperial Brands (65.46p), MedicX Fund (1.51p), Tharisa (1.55p)
Tuesday 1 January
UK Bank Holiday – nothing scheduled
Wednesday 2 January
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing survey
Companies paying dividends: Bunzl (15.2p), Castings (3.38p), Fuller Smith & Turner ‘A’ ord (7.8p), Great Portland Estates (4.3p), Headlam (7.55p), Next (55p), TR Property Investment Trust (4.9p)
Thursday 3 January
Trading statement: Next
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI
Companies paying dividends: De La Rue (8.3p), Hill & Smith (10p), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (3.13p), McKay Securities (2.8p), Thwaites (Daniel) (1.1p)
Friday 4 January
AGM: Cambria Automobiles
EGMs: Circassia Pharmaceuticals, Summit Therapeutics
Economics: BRC shop price index, Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Markit/CIPS UK services, composite PMI, Official reserves
Companies paying dividends: Biffa (2.3p), BlackRock North American (2p), British Empire Trust (11p), JD Sports Fashion (0.27p), Land Securities (11.3p), Liontrust Asset Management (7p), Majestic Wines (2p), MS International (1.75p), Premier Asset Management (5.3p), Renewi (0.95p), Severn Trent (37.35p), Tate & Lyle (8.6p), Ten Entertainment (3.3p), Town Centre Securities (8.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 3 January
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Abbey ord Euro .32 | 89.29 | 31 Jan |
Anglo Pacific ord 10p | 1.625 | 14 Feb |
Auto Trader ord 150p | 2.1 | 28 Jan |
Aveva ord 3 1/3p | 14 | 2 Feb |
Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund | 1.5 | 31 Jan |
Bisichi Mining ord 10p | 1 | 8 Feb |
Blackrock Frontiers Inv Tst $ cents | 3.49 | 7 Feb |
Blackrock Frontiers Inv Tst $ cents (special) | 0.79 | 7 Feb |
BMO Global Smaller Companies | 5 | 31 Jan |
BMO UK High Income Trust | 1.25 | 1 Feb |
British Land Company ord 25p | 7.75 | 8 Feb |
Cerillion | 3 | 12 Feb |
Character ord 5p | 12 | 25 Jan |
Dairy Crest ord 25p | 6.4 | 31 Jan |
European Inv. Trust ord 25p | 18 | 31 Jan |
Experian | 12.225 | 1 Feb |
F&C Investment Trust | 2.8 | 1 Feb |
Hibernia REIT € | 1.5 | 24 Jan |
Invesco Perpetual Enhanced In | 1.25 | 31 Jan |
ITE ord 1p | 1 | 4 Feb |
Latham (James) ord 25p | 5 | 25 Jan |
Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust | 0.9 | 25 Jan |
McCarthy & Stone | 3.5 | 1 Feb |
Murray International Trust | 11.5 | 19 Feb |
Northern 2 VCT | 2 | 25 Jan |
Northern 3 VCT | 2 | 25 Jan |
PHSC ord 10p | 0.5 | 28 Feb |
Shires Income ord 50p | 3 | 25 Jan |
UP Global Sourcing | 1.89 | 30 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.