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 27 January
Interim: ITM Power
Finals: Global Invacom, SThree
Economics: Housing loans
Trading statement: Petra Diamonds
Companies paying dividends: Marsons (4.8p), Schroder European Reit (1.56p)
Tuesday 28 January
Interims: NWF, PZ Cussons
Finals: Crest Nicholson, McCarthy & Stone
Economics: Retail sales, house prices
Trading Statements: AG Barr, DP Eurasia, UDG Healthcare
AGMs: Euromoney Institutional Investor, Greencore, Lowland Investment Company, Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund, Wey Education
Company paying dividend: Majedie Investments (7p)
Wednesday 29 January
Interim: Hargreaves Services
Economics: Shop price index
Trading statement: Wizz Air
AGMs: Proactis, Red Rock Resources, Renew, Tharisa, Virgin Money UK
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (0.875p), Amigo (3.1p)
Thursday 30 January
Interims: Best of the Best, Haynes Publishing, Rank, Renishaw, UK Commercial Property Reit
Final: Unilever
Trading statements: Evraz, Fuller Smith & Turner
AGMs: Avon Rubber, Hollywood Bowl, Inspirit Energy, Schroder Asia Pacific Fund, Unicorn AIM VCT
Economics: Bank of England interest rate
Companies paying dividends: UP Global Sourcing (2.925p), WH Smith (41p)
Friday 31 January
Interim: Hargreaves Lansdown
Final: Premier Veterinary
Economics: Money supply
Trading statement: SSE
AGMs: Britvic, C4X Discovery, Henderson European Focus Trust, Infrastrata, Regency Mines, Shaftesbury
Companies paying dividends: Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (21.5p), BMO Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), BMO Private Equity Trust (3.87p), Burberry (11.3p), Character (13p), DotDigital (0.67p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4792p), Experian (11.32p), Focusrite (2.6p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.475p), International Biotechnology Trust (12.4p), Iomart (2.6p), Lowland Investment Co. (15p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust (0.9p), Topps Tiles (2.3p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 30 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Cohort | 3.2 | 26 Feb |
| Hollywood Bowl | 5.16 | 19 Feb |
| Renew | 7.67 | 6 Mar |
| Stock Spirits | 5.34 | 21 Feb |
| Tracsis | 1 | 14 Feb |
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.
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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.
