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 16 September
Interims: Horizon Discovery, Learning Technologies, MP Evans, Ocean Outdoor, Spire Healthcare
Finals: City of London Investment Group, MJ Gleeson, Petra Diamonds
AGMs: BCA Marketplace
Companies paying dividends: CMC Markets (0.68p), Empiric Student Property (1.25p), IG Design Group (6p), Keller Group (12.6p), LSL Property Services (4p), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust (5.7p)
Tuesday 17 September
Interims: Aquis Exchange, Bango, Central Asia Metals, French Connection, Hydrogen, JTC, Kape Technologies, NAHL, Personal Group Holdings, Smart Metering Systems, Uniphar
Finals: K3 Capital, Springfield Properties
Trading statement: Ocado
AGMs: Cohort, Galileo Resources, Great Eastern Energy Corporation, HML, Mulberry, Yourgene Health
EGM: John Menzies
Companies paying dividends: 4imprint (20.52p), London Stock Exchange (20.1p)
Wednesday 18 September
Interims: Accesso Technology, Attraqt, Bonhill, Cello Health, Clearstar, Maxcyte, Judges Scientific, Keywords Studios, Kingfisher, Pendragon, Science in Sport, Strix, Surgical Innovations, Warpaint London, Yü Group
Finals: Avingtrans, Pan African Resources
AGMs: Colefax, Games Workshop, Zoo Digital
Economics: Consumer prices, Retail prices, Production prices, House prices
Companies paying dividends: Cohort (6.25p)
Thursday 19 September
Interims: Allied Minds, Cambridge Cognition, City Pub Group, hVIVO, Next
Finals: Clinigen, Kier, Wilmington
Trading statement: IG Group
AGMs: Auto Trader, Begbies Traynor, Diageo, Eco Animal Health, Gateley, IG Group, Induction Healthcare Group, Peel Hotels, Stenprop, Veltyco
Economics: Retail sales, Bank of England bank rate, Corporate bond target, Asset purchase target, CBI trends
Companies paying dividends: Brunner Investment Trust (4.66p), Hochschild Mining (1.65p), JPM Elect Managed Cash (0.4p), JPM Elect Managed Growth (3.49p), JPM Elect Managed Income (1.35p), Rio Tinto (123.32p), Rio Tinto (special - 49.82p), Sabre Insurance (4.7p), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (2p)
Friday 20 September
Interims: Applegreen
Finals: Smiths
Trading statement: Investec
AGMs: Cadence Minerals, DWF, Fusion Antibodies, Liontrust Asset Management, Manolete Partners, Petroneft Resources, Solgold, Sysgroup
Companies paying dividends: Anglo American (48.15p), BP (8.47p), Capital & Counties Properties (0.5p), Clarkson (25p), FDM Group (16p), FIH (3.35p), Games Workshop (30p), Gresham House (1.1p), Henderson Opportunities Trust (7p), Hostelworld (3.85p), Ibstock (3.2p), Ibstock (special - 5p), Marshall Motor Holdings (2.815p), Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT (13p), Mobeus Income & Growth (4p), Mondi (24.8p), Motorpoint (5p), National Express (5.16p), OneSavings Bank (4.9p), Polypipe (4p), Quilter (1.7p), Ramsdens Holdings (4.8p), Royal Bank of Scotland (special - 12p), Scottish American Investment Company (2.95p), SSE (68.2p), Synectics (1.3p), Ultra Electronics (15p), Vesuvius (6.2p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 19 September
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay Date |
| Airea | 0.8 | 24 Oct |
| BCA Marketplace | 6.55 | 30 Sep |
| Boot (Henry) & Sons Ord 10p | 3.7 | 18 Oct |
| Braveheart Investment Group | 0.5 | 11 Oct |
| Clipper Logistics | 6.5 | 23 Oct |
| Consort Medical Ord 10p | 13.8 | 25 Oct |
| Crest Nicholson Ord 5p | 11.2 | 4 Oct |
| Drax Group Ord 11 16/29p | 6.4 | 11 Oct |
| Driver Group Ord 0.4p | 0.5 | 31 Oct |
| Equiniti Group | 1.95 | 25 Oct |
| Forterra | 4 | 10 Oct |
| Hargreaves Services 10p | 4.5 | 1 Nov |
| Henderson High Income Trust | 2.425 | 25 Oct |
| Hunters Property | 0.87 | 18 Oct |
| Macfarlane Group Ord 25p | 0.69 | 10 Oct |
| Non-Standard Finance | 0.7 | 17 Oct |
| Petrofac Ord $ 0.025 | 10.5 | 18 Oct |
| PPHE Hotel Group | 17 | 15 Oct |
| Rank Group Ord 10p | 5.5 | 29 Oct |
| Redrow Group Ord 10p | 20.5 | 13 Nov |
| Unite Group Ord 25p | 10.25 | 1 Nov |
| Vitec Group Ord 20p | 12.3 | 18 Oct |
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.
