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 29 July
Interims: GlobalData, Hammerson, Hiscox, Keller
Trading statements: Cranswick, Gama Aviation
AGMs: Active Energy, Hansa Trust, JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies Trust, National Grid, Remote Monitored Systems, Sirius Real Estate
Economics: Consumer credit, money supply, net lending
Companies paying dividends: Mediclinic (4.7p), Paypoint (11.8p and 9.2p special), Syncona (2.3p), Vertu (1.05p)
Tuesday 30 July
Interims: Aggreko, BP, Centrica, Elementis, Greggs, Hutchison China Meditech, Jupiter Fund Management, Low & Bonar, LSL Property Services, Provident Financial, SEPLAT Petroleum Development, Spectris
Finals: Games Workshop, NWF
Trading statements: Reckitt Benckiser
AGMs: 1Spatial, Albion Enterprise VCT, All Asia Asset Capital, Elektron Technology, EPE Special Opportunities, Lekoil, Mitie, Reabold Resources, Rose Petroleum, Syncona, TMT Investments, UKR Product Group, ULS Technology, Volex
Economics: Consumer confidence, Lloyds business barometer, shop price index
Companies paying dividends: Fidelity China Special Situations (3.85p), TR Property Investment Trust (8.6p)
Wednesday 31 July
Interims: 4imprint, BAE Systems, Countrywide, Dignity, Direct Line Insurance Group, Ibstock, Indivior, International Personal Finance, Intu Properties, Jelf, Just Eat, Lloyds Banking Group, Man Group, Rentokil, Restore, Serco, Smith & Nephew, Smurfit Kappa, St James's Place, Statpro, Taylor Wimpey
Finals: Angle, DWF, Hargreaves Services
Trading statements: 3i, Mitchells & Butlers, Next
AGMs: Gabelli Value Plus + Trust, Griffin Mining, Halfords, Hibernia REIT, Integumen, James Cropper, Mind Gym, Polar Capital Holdings, St James House, System1
Companies paying dividends: Amigo Holdings (7.45p), BMO Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), BMO Private Equity Trust (3.73p), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (1.4p), Edinburgh Investment Trust (9.25p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4792p), European Investment Trust (9.5p), Gresham House Strategic (11.1p), Helios Underwriting (1.5p and 1.5p special), Lowland Investment Co. (15p), Record Ord (1.15p and 0.69p special), Stobart (3p), Tate & Lyle (20.8p), Tavistock Investments (0.01p), TMT Investments (15.26p)
Thursday 1 August
Interims: Barclays, British American Tobacco, Capita, Coats, Cobham, ConvaTec, Eurocell, FBD Holdings, Intertek Group, London Stock Exchange, Merlin Entertainments, Mondi, Rio Tinto, Royal Dutch Shell, RPS, RSA, Schroders, Spirent Communications, Standard Chartered, T Clarke, UK Commercial Property Reit, Vivo Energy
Finals: Renishaw
AGMs: 7digital, Afritin Mining, Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund, daVictus
Economics: BoE Asset Purchase Target, BoE Bank Rate, BoE Corporate Bond Target BoE inflation report
Companies paying dividends: F&C Investment Trust (2.9p), ITE Group (0.9p), Mercantile Investment Trust (1.35p), Next (105p), United Utilities (27.52p), WH Smith (17.2p)
Friday 2 August
Interims: Airea, BT, Essentra, International Consolidated Airlines Group, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Royal Bank of Scotland
Trading statements: Pets At Home, Royal Bank of Scotland
AGMs: ADM Energy, Highbridge Multi-Strategy Fund
Economics: Construction
Companies paying dividends: Aveva (29p), B&M European Value Retail (4.9p), British Land (7.75p), Burberry (31.5p), Caffyns (15p), Cake Box Holdings (2.4p), De La Rue (16.7p), Henderson Alternative Strat Tst (2.5p), Hibernia REIT (1.74p), Hipgnosis Songs fund (1.25p), Homeserve (16.2p), iEnergizer (10.4p), N Brown (7.1p), Norcros (5.6p), Prime People (3.4p), Scottish Inv Tst (5.3p), TalkTalk (1.5p), Target Healthcare REIT (1.6448p), Telecom Plus (27p), ULS Technology (1.2p), Vodafone (3.59p), Wincanton (7.29p), Workspace (22.26p), Xpediator (0.84p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 1 August
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
CMC Markets | 0.68 | 16 Sep |
Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 3 | 23 Aug |
Henderson Far East Income Trust Ord npv | 5.7 | 30 Aug |
Hipgnosis Songs fund npv | 1.25 | 2 Aug |
IG Design Group | 6 | 16 Sep |
Independent Investment Trust | 3 | 23 Aug |
Latham (James) Ord 25p | 12.9 | 23 Aug |
Moneysupermarket.com Ord O.02p | 3.1 | 13 Sep |
Monks Inv Tst Ord 5p | 1.85 | 6 Sep |
QINETIQ Group Ord 1p | 4.5 | 30 Aug |
Triad Group Ord 1p | 2 | 23 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.
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.
