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 28 January
Interim: Sensyne Health
Finals: Porvair, SThree
Trading statement: Petra Diamonds
EGMs: Imaginatik, Panthera Resources
Companies paying dividends: Auto Trader (2.1p), Marstons (4.8p)
Tuesday 29 January
Interims: Filtronic, Hargreaves Lansdown, NWF, PZ Cussons
Final: Crest Nicholson
Trading statements: Domino’s Pizza, Greencore, Intermediate Capital, Royal Mail, UDG Healthcare
AGMs: Greencore, Residential Secure Income, UDG Healthcare
EGM: Maistro
Companies paying dividends: Amigo Holdings (1.87p)
Wednesday 30 January
Interims: Best of the Best, Hargreaves Services
Finals: Aukett Swanke, Low & Bonar, Staffline
Trading statement: Wizz Air Holdings
AGMs: Renew Holdings, Topps Tiles
Economics: BRC shop price index, Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: BCA Marketplace (3p), BHP (special) (81.21p), Bilby (0.5p), UP Global Sourcing (1.89p), Vianet (1.7p)
Thursday 31 January
Interims: Alumasc, Angle, Diageo, Rank Group, Renishaw
Finals: Redhall, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever
Trading statements: 3i Group, BT Group, Dairy Crest, PPHE Hotel Group
AGMs: Avon Rubber, Britvic, Connect Group, Hollywood Bowl, Infrastrata, Utilitywise
EGMs: Altitude Group, Vast Resources
Economics: GfK consumer confidence
Companies paying dividends: Abbey (special) (89.29p), Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund (1.5p), BMO Global Smaller Companies (5p), BMO Private Equity Trust (3.58p), Dairy Crest (6.4p), DotDigital Group (0.64p), Edistone Property Investment (0.4792p), European Assets Trust (1.77p), European Investment Trust (18p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (5p), International Biotechnology Trust (14p)
Friday 1 February
Trading statements: Euromoney Institutional Investor, TalkTalk Telecom
AGMs: Brewin Dolphin, Catenae Innovation, Euromoney Institutional Investor
EGM: Plexus Holdings
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Invesco Perpetual Advanced (1.25p), Iomart (2.45p), Lowland Investment (14p), Middlefield Canadian Investment Trust (1.275p), Schroder Asia Pacific Fund (9.5p), Smith (WH) Group (38.1p), Twentyfour Income Fund (1.5p), Twentyfour Select Monthly Income (0.5p), UK Mortgages (1.5p), BMO UK High Income Trust (1.25p), Burberry (11p), Experian (12.225p), F&C Investment Trust (2.8p), KCOM (1p), McCarthy & Stone (3.5p), Mercantile Investment Trust (1.25p), Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund (12.7p), Unicorn Aim VCT (3.5p), United Utilities (13.76p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 31 January
Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
Axiom European Financial Debt Npv | 1.5 | 22 Feb |
Cohort Ord 10p | 2.85 | 27 Feb |
Downing One VCT (Nov2013) | 3 | 22 Feb |
Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 3 | 22 Feb |
Hipgnosis Songs fund npv | 0.5 | 28 Feb |
Hollywood Bowl Group | 4.23 | 27 Feb |
Hollywood Bowl Group | 4.33 | 27 Feb |
NB Private Equity Partners Limited Zero | 0.28 | 28 Feb |
Premier Asset Management | 1.7 | 8 Mar |
Renew Holdings Ord 10p | 6.67 | 8 Mar |
Stock Spirits Group € | 5.35 | 24 Feb |
Tracsis | 0.9 | 15 Feb |
Victrex Ord 1p | 41.6 | 22 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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