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Week Ahead: 31 December - 4 January

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
December 27, 2018

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.