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 12 August
Interims: RHI Magnesita, Valeura Energy
Companies paying dividends: Investec (13.5p), Mountview Estates (200p)
Tuesday 13 August
Interims: Caledonia Mining, CLS Holdings, IFG, John Menzies, JPJ, Mears, Plus500
Trading statements: Card Factory, TUI, Volution
AGMs: Ethernity Networks, iEnergizer
Economics: Employment data, Weekly earnings
Wednesday 14 August
Interims: Admiral, Avast, Balfour Beatty, Hochschild Mining, IndigoVision, Lookers, Network International, Prudential, Romgaz
AGMs: Creightons, John Laing Environmental Assets, Triad Group
Economics: Consumer prices, Retail prices, Production prices, House prices
Companies paying dividends: Halma (9.6p), National Grid (31.26p), Shoe Zone (3.5p)
Thursday 15 August
Interims: GVC, Kaz Minerals, Marshalls, Marshall Motor Holdings, TBC Bank
EGM: XLMedia
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: Anglo Pacific (1.625p), DP Aircraft (1.75p), Treatt (1.7p), Tritax Big Box REIT (1.7125p)
Friday 16 August
Companies paying dividends: Blackrock Latin American Investment Trust (5.73p), Globalworth Real Estate Investments (0.3p), Heath Samuel & Sons (6.875p), Immunodiagnostic Systems (0.7p), Invesco Perpetual Select Trust UK Equity (1.5p), Invesco Perpetual Select Global Equity (1.55p), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust (14p), Murray International Trust (12p), Safestore (5.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 14 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Renewables Infrastructure Group | 1.66 | 30 Sep |
| Anglo American Ord 54.945c | 48.15 | 20 Sep |
| Ashtead Group Ord 10p | 33.5 | 13 Sep |
| FIH Group | 3.35 | 20 Sep |
| Henderson Opportunities trust Ord 25p | 7 | 20 Sep |
| Ibstock Ord 1p | 3.2 | 20 Sep |
| Ibstock Ord 1p | 5 | 20 Sep |
| Iomart Group Ord 1p | 5.01 | 05 Sep |
| Lindsell Train Inv Ord 75p | 163 | 09 Sep |
| Lindsell Train Inv Ord 75p | 2787 | 09 Sep |
| Mondi Ord €0.2 | 24.8 | 20 Sep |
| Motorpoint Group | 5 | 20 Sep |
| Pearson Ord 25p | 6 | 13 Sep |
| Provident Financial Ord 10 4/11p | 9 | 26 Sep |
| Quartix Holdings | 2.4 | 13 Sep |
| Royal Dutch Shell B Ord Euro 0.07 | 38.84 | 23 Sep |
| Royal Dutch Shell A Ord €0.07 | 38.84 | 23 Sep |
| Scottish American Inv Co Ord 25p | 2.95 | 20 Sep |
| SEGRO | 6.3 | 23 Sep |
| Severfield | 1.8 | 13 Sep |
| UK Commercial Property REIT | 0.92 | 30 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.
