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 20 January
Trading statements: Audioboom, BHP, Henry Boot
AGM: Catalyst Media,
Economics: House prices
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Energy & Resources Income Trust (1p), Petrotal (0.1p)
Tuesday 21 January
Interims: IG, Joules, Sensyne Health
Trading statements: Dixons Carphone, easyJet, Eve Sleep
AGMs: John Lewis of Hungerford, Polo Resources
Economics: Employment figures, Weekly earnings
Wednesday 22 January
Interim: Van Elle
Trading statements: Burberry, Close Brothers, Pets at Home, Sage, WH Smith, William Hill
AGMs: AJ Bell, Topps Tiles, Tracsis
Economics: Public finances
Company paying dividend: AJ Bell (3.33p)
Thursday 23 January
Interims: CPL Resources, Ilika, NCC
Final: Blue Prism
Trading statements: Asos, CMC Markets, Computacenter, Daily Mail & General Trust, Fevertree, Gear4Music, Paypoint
AGMs: Countryside Properties, Equatorial Palm Oil, Hyve, RDI Reit
Economics: CBI reported sales
Company paying dividend: Hibernia Reit (1.5p)
Friday 24 January
Trading statement: Hansard Global
AGMs: Marstons, Nu-Oil and Gas
Economics: Composite PMI, Manufacturing PMI, Services PMI
Companies paying dividends: Auto Trader (2.4p), Cranswick (16.7p), Dixons Carphone (2.25p), Electra Private Equity (31p), FIH (1.8p), JPM Global Emerging Market Income Trust (1p), James Latham (5.5p), Securities Trust of Scotland (1.45p), Shires Income (3p), Standard Life Private Equity (3.2p), Superdry (2p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 23 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Cardiff Property ord 20p | 12.5 | 14 Feb |
| City Merchants High Yield Trust | 2.5 | 25 Feb |
| City of London Inv Tst ord 25p | 4.55 | 28 Feb |
| Gooch & Housego ord 20p | 7.2 | 28 Feb |
| Invesco Perpetual Sel Trust UK Eq 1p | 1.5 | 17 Feb |
| Invesco Perpetual Select Global Equity | 1.55 | 17 Feb |
| Manchester & London Inv Tst ord 25p | 8 | 14 Feb |
| Pennon ord 40.7p | 13.66 | 3 Apr |
| RWS ord 5p | 7 | 21 Feb |
| Solid State ord 5p | 5.25 | 14 Feb |
| Stagecoach ord 12/19p | 3.8 | 4 Mar |
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.
