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 23 December
AGMs: Mila Resources, Webis
EGM: Trufin
Companies paying dividends: Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (2.1p), Finsbury Food (2.34p), Kosmos Energy (4.52p)
Tuesday 24 December
No companies reporting
Wednesday 25 December
Christmas Day – no companies reporting
Thursday 26 December
Boxing Day – no companies reporting
Friday 27 December
AGM: Agriterra
Economics: Finance loans for housing
Companies paying dividends: DFS Furniture (7.5p), Honeycomb Investment Trust (20p), Invesco Income Growth Trust (2.5p), Palace Capital (4.75p), Premier Global Infrastructure (2.5p), Record (1.15p), Residential Secure Income (1.25p), RM Secured Direct Lending (1.625p), RM Secured Direct Lending (special – 0.075p), Warehouse Reit (1.5p)
Monday 30 December
AGM: Harvest Minerals, Iconic Labs, Maestrano, Simigon, Zambeef Products
Companies paying dividends: Atlantic Japan Growth Fund (2.37p), BMO Capital & Income Investment Trust (3.75p), J Smart Contractors (2.24p), Mobeus Income & Growth (2p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.7175p), Pan African Resources (0.1266p), Perpetual Income & Growth (3.4p), RDL Realisation (special - 22p), Tharisa (0.193p)
Tuesday 31 December
AGM: Leafclean Energy
Companies Paying Dividends: Albion Technology and General VCT (2p), Alliance Trust (3.49p), BMO Real Estate Investments (1.25p), Helical (2.7p), Imperial Brands (72p), Manolete Partners (0.5p), Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.66p)
Wednesday 1 January
New Year’s Day - no companies reporting
Companies paying dividends: Genel Energy (4.1p)
Thursday 2 January
No companies reporting
Economics: PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Bunzl (15.5p), Castings (3.48p), Daniel Thwaites (1.1p), Great Portland Estates (4.7p), Headlam (7.55p), McKay Securities (2.8p), Next (57.5p)
Friday 3 January
Trading statement: Next
Economics: Shop prices, Consumer credit, Construction, Mortgage approvals, Money supply
Companies paying dividends: Blackrock North American (2p), First Property (0.45p), Gresham House Strategic (10.1p), Hill & Smith (10.6p), JD Sports Fashion (0.28p), Land Securities Group (11.6p), Liontrust Asset Management (9p), Montaro Euro Smaller Companies (2p), Severn Trent (40.03p), Tate & Lyle (8.8p), Ten Entertainment (3.7p), TOC Property Backed Lending Trust (1.5p), ULS Technology (1.25p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 24 December
| Name | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Bovis Homes ord 50p | 41 | 29 May |
| Diverse Income Trust | 0.8 | 28 Feb |
| Dixons Carphone | 2.25 | 24 Jan |
| Electra Private Equity ord 25p | 31 | 24 Jan |
| Grainger ord 5p | 3.46 | 10 Feb |
| Halma ord 10p | 6.54 | 5 Feb |
| Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust | 2.4 | 17 Jan |
| Morses Club | 2.6 | 17 Jan |
| NewRiver Reit | 5.4 | 7 Feb |
| Securities Trust of Scotland ord 25p | 1.45 | 24 Jan |
Companies going ex-dividend on 2 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| AB Dynamics | 2.79 | 13 Feb |
| Anglo Pacific Group Ord 10p | 1.625 | 13 Feb |
| Auto Trader Group Ord 150p | 2.4 | 24 Jan |
| Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust | 21.5 | 31 Jan |
| Blackrock Frontiers Inv Tst $ cents | 3.68 | 07 Feb |
| British Land Company Ord 25p | 7.9825 | 07 Feb |
| Brown (N) Ord 10p | 2.83 | 05 Feb |
| Cerillion | 3.3 | 11 Feb |
| Experian PLC | 11.32 | 31 Jan |
| Greencore Ord I£0.50 | 3.75 | 28 Feb |
| Hibernia REIT € | 1.5 | 23 Jan |
| Hyve Group | 1.6 | 03 Feb |
| Latham (James) Ord 25p | 5.5 | 24 Jan |
| Lowland Investment Co. Ord 25p | 15 | 31 Jan |
| PHSC Ord 10p | 0.5 | 28 Feb |
| Shires Income Ord 50p | 3 | 24 Jan |
| UP Global Sourcing Holdings | 2.925 | 30 Jan |
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.
