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 5 August
Interims: BBA Aviation, Dialight, HSBC, Senior
AGM: Premier African Minerals
Economics: Car registrations, Services PMI, Composite PMI, Official reserves, Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: CML Microsystems (5.8p), JD Sports Fashion (1.44p)
Tuesday 6 August
Interims: Genel Energy, Intercontinental Hotels, IWG, Meggitt, Rolls Royce, Rotork, SDL, Synthomer, T Clarke, TP Icap, Zotefoams
AGM: Goldstone Resources
Companies paying dividends: Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund (2.95p), Johnson Matthey (62.25p)
Wednesday 7 August
Interims: Glencore, Hill & Smith, Legal & General, Morgan Sindall, Phoenix Group, Spirax Sarco, Standard Life Aberdeen, Ultra Electronics
AGM: Papillon Holdings,
Economics: House prices
Company paying dividends: Supermarket Income REIT (1.419p)
Thursday 8 August
Interims: Arrow Global, Aviva, Coca Cola, Derwent, Hastings Group, Telecom Egypt, Tritax Big Box REIT
Final: Hargreaves Lansdown
Trading Statement: Lucara Diamond
AGMs: Bould Opportunities, Investec, Majestic Wine, Ovoca Bio
Companies paying dividends: Caledonia Investments (43.2p), JPM Asian Investment Trust (4p), JPM Japan Smaller Companies Investment Trust (4.4p), VP (22p)
Friday 9 August
Interims: Hikma Pharmaceutical, Irish Residential Properties REIT, William Hill, WPP
AGMs: Adams, Heath Samuel
Economics: GDP, Government spending, Imports, Exports, Business investment, Industrial production, Manufacturing production, Construction output, Index of services, Trade balance
Companies paying dividends: Babcock International (22.9p), James Cropper (11p), Finncap (0.355p), Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust (0.75p), Liontrust Asset Management (20p), Octopus Apollo (1.5p), Schroder UK Mid Cap (3.8p), Speedy Hire (2p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 8 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| AEW UK REIT | 2 | 30 Aug |
| Amino Technologies Ord 1p | 1.683 | 2 Sep |
| Astrazeneca Group Ord 25p | 71.9 | 9 Sep |
| Avon Rubber Ord £1 | 6.94 | 6 Sep |
| Axiom European Financial Debt Npv | 1.5 | 23 Aug |
| Brunner Inv Tst Ord 25p | 4.66 | 19 Sep |
| BT Group Ord 5p | 10.78 | 9 Sep |
| D4t4 Solutions | 2.3 | 13 Sep |
| Diageo Ord 28 101/108p | 3 Oct | |
| Downing One VCT (Nov2013) | 2 | 30 Aug |
| Fevertree Drinks | 5.2 | 6 Sep |
| Greene King Ord 25p | 24.4 | 13 Sep |
| Informa Ord 10p | 7.55 | 13 Sep |
| Lancashire Hldgs Com Shs US$0.50 | 4 | 6 Sep |
| Law Debenture Corp Ord 25p | 6.6 | 6 Sep |
| McColl's Retail Group | 1.3 | 6 Sep |
| Micro Focus International 10p | 46.66 | 30 Sep |
| New Century AIM VCT | 3.5 | 6 Sep |
| Northern Bear Ord 1p | 3.25 | 30 Aug |
| Northern Bear Ord 1p | 0.75 | 30 Aug |
| Panther Securities Ord 25p | 6 | 5 Sep |
| PZ Cussons Ord 10p | 5.61 | 3 Oct |
| RM Ord 2p | 2 | 13 Sep |
| St. Modwen Properties Ord 10p | 3.6 | 4 Sep |
| Unilever Ord 3 1/9p | 36.82 | 11 Sep |
| Vesuvius | 6.2 | 20 Sep |
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.
