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 21 January
Trading statements: BHP, William Hill
AGMs: Avacta, easyHotel
EGM: Plus500
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus (17p), Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust (5.5p), Bonmarché (2.5p), Cambria Automobiles (0.75p), Sainsbury (J) (3.1p)
Tuesday 22 January
Interims: Accrol, IG
Finals: Velocity Composites
Trading statements: Cairn Energy, Close Brothers, Dixons Carphone, easyJet, Halfords
AGMs: Mitchells & Butlers, Sanderson
EGM: Hargreaves Services
Economics: Employment data, Average earnings, Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: Proactis (1.5p)
Wednesday 23 January
Interim: Joules
Trading statements: Antofagasta, Brewin Dolphin, Burberry, Computacenter, WH Smith
AGMs: Feedback, Marston’s, McCarthy & Stone, Redx Pharma, Tracsis, WH Smith
Economics: CBI reported sales – retailing, total distribution
Companies paying dividends: Diploma (17.8p), Majedie Investments (7p)
Thursday 24 January
Interims: Haynes Publishing, NCC
Finals: Benchmark, Blue Prism
Trading statements: Anglo American, CMC Markets, Daily Mail & General Trust, St James’s Place
AGMs: Countryside Properties, Equatorial Palm Oil, ITE, RDI REIT
Companies paying dividends: Hibernia REIT (1.5p)
Friday 25 January
Trading statement: Vodafone
AGMs: Altona Energy, Nu-Oil and Gas, Regency Mines, Treatt
EGM: Palace Capital
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth Trust (1.31p), Caledonia Mining (5.5p), Character (12p), Cranswick (15.9p), FIH (1.65p), Fulcrum Utility Services (0.75p), Games Workshop (30p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.425p), Inland Homes (1.55p), Latham (James) (5p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust (0.9p), Northern2 VCT (2p), Northern3 VCT (2p), Northgate (6.2p), Oxford Metrics (special) (1p), Real Estate Investors (0.875p), RPC (8.1p), Schroder European REIT (1.62p), Shires Income (3p), Speedy Hire (0.6p), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (3.1p), Superdry (9.3p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.685p), Value & Income Trust (2.8p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 24 January
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Cardiff Property ord 20p | 12.2 | 14 Feb |
City Merchants High Yield Trust | 2.5 | 25 Feb |
City of London Inv Tst ord 25p | 4.55 | 28 Feb |
Easyhotel | 0.15 | 15 Feb |
Gooch & Housego ord 20p | 7.1 | 1 Mar |
Manchester & London Inv Trust | 8 | 15 Feb |
Pennon ord 40.7p | 12.84 | 5 Apr |
RWS ord 5p | 6 | 22 Feb |
Solid State ord 5p | 4.2 | 15 feb |
Stagecoach ord 12/19p | 3.8 | 6 Mar |
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.
