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 14 January
Interim: Kromek
Trading statements: JD Sports, Page Group, Revolution Bars
EGMs: Altona Energy, Pantheon Resources
Companies paying dividends: discoverIE Group (2.8p)
Tuesday 15 January
Interims: Games Workshop, Knights Group Holdings
Finals: Elegant Hotels, Watkin Jones
Trading statements: Ashmore, Genel Energy, Hays Group, Persimmon, Provident Financial, The Gym Group
Companies paying dividends: Mucklow (A&J) (7.3p)
Wednesday 16 January
Interims: 1pm, City of London Investment Group, TheWorks.co.uk, Van Elle Holdings
Trading statements: Diploma, Headlam, Tullow Oil
AGMs: Catalyst Media, Diploma
EGMs: Intertek, Just Group
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, House price index, UK finance loans for housing
Companies paying dividends: Assura (0.685p), Babcock International (7.1p), Berkeley Group (7.12p), Fidelity Special Values (3.15p), Mind Gym (0.8p), Royal Mail (8p), Templeton Emerging Markets (5p), Ventus VCT (4p), Ventus VCT2 (2.5p)
Thursday 17 January
Interim: Ilika
Final: Chemring
Trading statements: Associated British Foods, DP Eurasia, Rio Tinto, Whitbread, Workspace
AGM: GAME Digital
EGM: GAME Digital
Economics: RICS house prices
Companies paying dividends: Hydro Hotel (Eastbourne) (7p), IG Design Group (2.5p), Panther Securities (special) (15p)
Friday 18 January
AGMs: Character Group, Ironveld, IXICO, Kazera Global, Management Resource Solutions
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust (1p), Charles Stanley (2.75p), Crystal Amber Fund (2.5p), Focusrite (2.3p), Greene King (8.8p), Halfords (6.18p), ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investment (1.5p), Integrafin (6.4p), JPM European Small Companies (1.2p), JPM Global Emerging Markets Income Trust (1.125p), Northamber (0.1p), Octopus AIM VCT (2.5p), Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (11.5p), Securities Trust of Scotland (1.45p), Sirius Real Estate (1.46p), Vertu Motors (0.55p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 17 January
Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
Ashtead Group Ord 10p | 6.5 | 6 Feb |
Compass Group Ord 10 5/8p | 25.4 | 25 Feb |
Consort Medical Ord 10p | 7.6 | 15 Feb |
CYBG | 3.1 | 15 Feb |
Dewhurst 'A' Non.Vtg Ord 10p | 9 | 13 Feb |
Dewhurst Ord 10p | 9 | 13 Feb |
Fletcher King Ord 10p | 1 | 15 Feb |
Future | 0.5 | 15 Feb |
Invesco Perpetual Sel Trst UK Eq 1p | 1.5 | 15 Feb |
Ramsdens Holdings | 2.4 | 21 Feb |
Scottish Inv Tst Ord Stk 25p | 6.2 | 15 Feb |
Scottish Inv Tst Ord Stk 25p (special) | 4 | 15 Feb |
Shaftesbury Ord 25p | 8.5 | 15 Feb |
SSE Ord 50p | 29.3 | 15 Mar |
Stenprop | 3.375 | 8 Feb |
Titon Holdings | 3 | 26 Feb |
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 https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/tools-calculators/ 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.
