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 20 May
Finals: LXI REIT, McKay Securities
Interims: Cerillion
AGMs: City Pub Group, Cloudcall, Forterra, Foxtons, Keywords Studios, Volga Gas
Companies paying dividends: Central Asia Metals (8p), Franchise Brands (0.36p), Melrose Industries (3.05p), Morgan Sindall (34p), PPHE Hotel (19p), Quilter (3.3p), Zotefoams (4.15p)
Tuesday 21 May
Finals: Assura, Big Yellow, Bloomsbury Publishing, Cranswick, Electrocomponents, First Derivatives, Halfords, Homeserve, Immedia, Scapa, Severn Trent, Warehouse REIT
Interims: APC Technology, Nexus Infrastructure, Renew, Topps Tiles, UDG Healthcare, Shaftesbury
Trading statements: Galliford Try, Greggs, Provident Financial, WH Smith
AGMs: Accesso Technology, BP, Corero Network Security, Epwin, Fresnillo, Greggs, Harworth, Hilton Food, Lamprell, Marshall Motor, Nahl, Provident Financial, Restore, Riverstone Energy, Royal Dutch Shell, Vitec, Warpaint
Economics: CBI trends – orders and prices
Companies paying dividends: Holders Technology (0.5p), Lloyds Banking (2.14p), Miton (2p), Moneysupermarket.com (7.46p), Paddy Power Betfair (133p), Standard Life Aberdeen (14.3p), TP Icap (11.25p)
Wednesday 22 May
Finals: Babcock, Great Portland Estates, HICL Infrastructure, Intermediate Capital, Marks and Spencer, Pets at Home, Royal Mail, SSE, U+I,
Interims: Britvic, Ixico, Paragon Banking
Trading statements: Close Brothers, IG
AGMs: Antofagasta, Boku, Bovis Homes, Deltex Medical, Gamma Communications, Georgia Healthcare, Judges Scientific, Medica, Motif Bio, Property Franchise, Safecharge, Sound Energy
Economics: Consumer prices, Retail prices, Producer prices. House prices, Public finances, Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: Airea (2p), Charter Court Financial Services (9.9p), Hikma Pharmaceutical (20p), Hunters Property (1.6p), Rotork (3.7p)
Thursday 23 May
Interims: AJ Bell, Hollywood Bowl, Mitchells & Butlers
Final: Dairy Crest, Helical, Mediclinic International, Mothercare, NewRiver REIT, Paypoint, Qinetiq, Talktalk Telecom, Tate & Lyle, United Utilities
Trading statements: Coats, Essentra, Intertek, Regional REIT, Tungsten Corporation
AGM: Acacia Mining, Alliance Pharma, Avast, Aviva, Bakkavor, Cambridge Cognition, Coats, Enquest, Essentra, Gocompare, GYG, Hastings, Henry Boot, Hydrogen, Ibstock, Inchcape, Intelligent Ultrasound, Intertek, JKX Oil & Gas, Legal and General, Manx Financial, Nucleus Financial, Pebble Beach Systems, Polypipe, Regional REIT, Sabre Insurance, Secure Income REIT, Shefa Yamim, Statpro, Strix
Companies paying dividends: Capital & Regional Properties (0.6p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), Curtis Banks (6p), Glencore (7.75p), ITV (5.4p), M Winkworth (1.9p), Reckitt Benckiser (100.2p)
Friday 24 May
Finals: Urban Logistics, Volvere
AGMs: Bodycote, Fevertree, Headlam, Informa, Luceco, Old Mutual, PageGroup, Spectris, Yew Grove REIT
Economics: Retail sales, CBI – sales
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (2.25p), Aggreko (17.74p), Antofagasta (28.03p), Axiom European Financial Debt (1.5p), BBA Aviation (7.81p), Bovis Homes (38p), Cello Health (2.75p), Centaur Media (1.5p), Churchill China (20.3p), T Clarke (3.34p), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (1.26p), Drum Income (1.5p), EP Global Opportunities (5.5p) EP Global Opportunities (special – 1p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.65p), Fresnillo (12.95p), Investment Co (3.75p), IWG (4.35p), Marshall Motor (6.39p), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (1.29p), Morgan Advanced Materials (7p), Mortgage Advice Bureau (12.7p), NewRiver REIT (5.4p), NMCN (12p), Petrofac (19.6p), Primary Health Properties (1.4p), Rosenblatt (2.8p), Safecharge International (7.22p), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (71p), SQN Secured Income (0.583p), St James's Place Capital (29.73p), Swallowfield (2.15p), Tyman (8.25p), Vesuvius (13.8p), Vitec (25.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 23 May
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Advanced Medical Solutions ord 10p | 0.9 | 14 Jun |
Avingtrans ord 5p | 1.4 | 14 Jun |
Bellway ord 12.5p | 50.4 | 4 Jul |
BlackRock North American Inc | 2 | 28 Jun |
Bunzl ord 32 1/7p | 35 | 1 Jul |
Burford Capital | 6.55 | 14 Jun |
Carnival ord $1.66 | 38.76 | 14 Jun |
Coca-Cola European Partners | 53.5 | 6 Jun |
Elegant Hotels | 1.33 | 28 Jun |
FDM ord 1p | 15.5 | 6 Mar |
Hill & Smith ord 25p | 21.8 | 1 Jul |
Howden Joinery | 7.9 | 21 Jun |
Huntsworth ord 10p | 1.6 | 4 Jul |
Imperial Brands | 31.28 | 28 Jun |
JPM Elect Managed Growth 0.01p | 4.45 | 21 Jun |
JPM Elect Managed Income 0.003p | 1.1 | 21 Jun |
Menzies (John) ord 25p | 14.5 | 1 Jul |
Michelmersh Brick ord | 2.14 | 28 Jun |
Mincon | 0.9 | 21 Jun |
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets ord 10p | 4 | 1 Jul |
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets ord 10p | 4.75 | 1 Jul |
Provident Financial ord 10 4/11p | 10 | 21 Jun |
RA International | 1 | 3 Jul |
Spectris ord 5p | 40.5 | 28 Jun |
Tarsus ord 5p | 7.7 | 5 Jul |
Ten Entertainment | 7.7 | 4 Jul |
The Gym Group | 0.95 | 14 Jun |
Town Centre Securities ord 25p | 3.25 | 21 Jun |
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.