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 15 July
Finals: City of London, Northern Bear
Trading statements: DP Eurasia, Rio Tinto
Companies paying dividends: AJ Mucklow (5.09p), Kingfisher (7.49p)
Tuesday 16 July
Final: Gateley
Trading statements: BHP*, Burberry, Hays,
AGMs: OnTheMarket, Wynnstay Properties
Economics: Employment data
Companies paying dividends: Gama Aviation (2p), Pets at Home (5p), Worldwide Healthcare Trust (20p)
Wednesday 17 July
Interim: Augean
Trading statements: Galliford Try, Headlam, Premier Oil, Severn Trent, TalkTalk Telecom
AGMs: AO World, BP Marsh, Burberry, Codemasters, Electrocomponents, Johnson Matthey, Premier Foods, Ramsdens, Renold, Severn Trent, TechFinancials, Yellow Cake
Economics: Consumer prices, Retail prices, Producer prices, House prices
Company paying dividend: Assura (0.685p)
Thursday 18 July
Interim: Audioboom, Moneysupermarket
Final: Scientific Digital Imaging, Sports Direct International, SRT Marine Systems
Trading statements: Anglo American, easyJet, Eve Sleep, SSE, Thomas Cook
AGMs: Babcock, Evgen Pharma, Lenta, Novacyt, Royal Mail, SSE, Zoltav Resources
Economics: Credit conditions, Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: DCC (93.37p), JPM Euro Small Cos (5.5p), Templeton Emerging Markets (11p)
Friday 19 July
Trading statement: Close Brothers
AGMs: Big Yellow, British Land, EVR, Homeserve, Itaconix, Live Company Group, Tanfield
Economics: Public finances
Companies paying dividends: 3i (20p), Biffa (4.9p), BlackRock Energy & Resources Income Trust (1p), Capital Gearing Trust (23p), Capital Gearing Trust (special – 12p), First Derivatives (19.3p), Helical (7.5p), Impax Asset Management (1.5p), JPM Euro Investment Trust Income (1.4p), Northern 2 VCT (2p), Northern 3 VCT (2p), Premier Technical Services (0.9p), ProVen Growth & Income VCT (2p), RWS (1.75p), Sanderson (1.5p), Severn Trent (56.02p), Telford Homes (8.5p), Zytronic (7.6p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 18 July
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Amigo | 7.45 | 31 Jul |
| Castings ord 10p | 11.4 | 27 Aug |
| City Merchants High Yield Trust | 2.5 | 19 Aug |
| Cranswick ord 10p | 38.6 | 6 Sep |
| GB ord 2.5p | 2.99 | 23 Aug |
| Helios Underwriting | 1.5 | 31 Jul |
| Helios Underwriting | 1.5 | 31 Jul |
| Immunodiagnostic Systems ord 2p | 0.7 | 16 Aug |
| Octopus Apollo VCT | 1.5 | 9 Aug |
| Prime People ord 1p | 3.4 | 2 Aug |
| Shoe Zone ord 1p | 3.5 | 14 Aug |
| Unicorn Aim VCT | 3 | 9 Aug |
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.
*BHP’s trading statement will be released at 8.30am Melbourne time on the 17th of July
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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.
