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 25 March
Finals: Be Heard Group, Bigblu Broadband, Brady, Ebiquity, Hansteen Holdings, IFG Group, JKX Oil & Gas, Medica Group, Microgen, Quixant, SpaceandPeople, Spectra Systems
Trading statement: Pennon Group
AGMs: Adept4, Lonmin, Velocity Composites
EGM: WPP
Companies paying dividends: Mountview Estates (200p), Royal Dutch Shell B Ord (36.43p), Western Selection (1.1p)
Tuesday 26 March
Finals: Access Intelligence, AG Barr, Alliance Pharma, Boku, Fevertree Drinks, Gulf Marine Services, Lidco, Michelmersh Brick, Moss Bros, Pelatro, Personal Group, Pittards, Premier Technical Services, S&U, STM, Taptica, T Clarke, Vectura
Trading statement: United Utilities
AGMs: Crest Nicholson, i-nexus, LXB Retail Properties, Quartix Holdings, Tritax EuroBox, Wynnstay
EGM: LXB Retail Properties
Companies paying dividends: BHP (42.31p)
Wednesday 27 March
Interim: Bellway
Finals: accesso Technology, Anglo Pacific, Brave Bison Group, Churchill China, Hilton Food, Inspired Energy, M&C Saatchi
Trading statement: Diploma
AGMs: Amino Technologies, Premier Veterinary Group, RM
Companies paying dividends: Arden Partners (1p), AstraZeneca (146p), Lancashire Holdings (7.76p), P2P Global Investments (12p)
Thursday 28 March
Interims: Ceres Power, Diurnal Group, Genedrive, Tritax EuroBox
Finals: Arbuthnot Banking, Biome Technologies, Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Eddie Stobart Logistics, IGas Energy, Intelligent Ultrasound, International Public Partnerships, Regional REIT, Scisys, Secure Trust Bank
AGMs: Aukett Swanke, Hydro Hotel Eastbourne
Economics: Nationwide house prices
Companies paying dividends: BB Healthcare Trust (2p), Blackrock Throgmorton Trust (7.5p), Coral Products (0.25p), Redde (5.5p), Shepherd Neame (5.87p), Tritax Big Box REIT (1.675p)
Friday 29 March
Interim: CVS Group
Finals: Chesnara, GAN
AGMs: Angus Energy, Autins, Idox, Local Shopping REIT, Micro Focus International, St Modwen Properties
Economics: GfK consumer confidence, Net consumer credit GDP (QonQ), Consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth Trust (1.34p), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company (5.25p), BioPharma Credit (1.9274p), BMO Capital & Income Investment Trust (2.55p), BP (7.92p), Chrysalis VCT (3.25p), Diversified Oil & Gas (2.63p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4792p), Elderstreet Draper Esprit VCT (1.5p), Evraz (31p), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (1p), Henderson Diversified Income Trust (1.1p), Honeycomb Investment Trust (20p), Imperial Brands (65.46p), LPA Industries (1.8p), LXI REIT (1.375p), Mattioli Woods (6.33p), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (1.98p), Murray Income Trust (8p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.6625p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3.25p), Persimmon (125p), Personal Group Holdings (5.825p), Real Estate Credit Investments (3p), RM Secured Direct Lending (1.625p), SQN Secured Income (0.583p), SSP Group (5.4p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (20.47p), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.625p), ThinkSmart (special) (3.772p), Triple Point Social Housing (1.25p), Tritax EuroBox (0.4p), UIL (1.875p), Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (1.8p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 28 March
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Bovis Homes Group Ord 50p | 38 | 24 May |
British Land Company Ord 25p | 7.75 | 3 May |
Devro Ord 10p | 6.3 | 10 May |
Diverse Income Trust | 0.85 | 31 May |
Go-Ahead Group Ord 10p | 30.17 | 19 Apr |
Intercontinental Hotels Grp. 11 3/7p | 60 | 14 May |
Kingspan Group Ord € | 26 | 10 May |
Old Mutual(Ltd) | 3.5 | 29 Apr |
Origin Enterprises €0.01 | 3.15 | 12 Apr |
Prudential Ord 5p | 33.68 | 17 May |
Schroders Non-Vtg £1 | 79 | 9 May |
Schroders Vtg £1 | 79 | 9 May |
Securities Trust of Scotland Ord 25p | 1.45 | 18 Apr |
Transglobe Energy Corporation | 3.5 | 18 Apr |
Tristel Ord 1p | 2.04 | 30 Apr |
Wynnstay Group Ord 25p | 8.95 | 30 Apr |
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.
