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Week Ahead: 24-28 February

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
February 20, 2020

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 24 February

Interims: Dechra Pharmaceutical, Finsbury Food, Tristel

Finals: Ascential, Kosmos Energy, Lucara Diamond Corp, Quartix, Reach, RTC

Company paying dividend: Compass (26.9p)

 

Tuesday 25 February

Interims: Clinigen, Dotdigital, Hotel Chocolate, Innovaderma, Springfield Properties

Finals: Croda, Dalata Hotel, Hammerson, Meggitt, Petrofac, Synectics

AGMs: Image Scan, Sage

Economics: CBI retail sales

Company paying dividend: City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p)

 

Wednesday 26 February 

Interims: Avingtrans, Revolution Bars, Town Centre Securities

Finals: Avast, Capital & Counties Properties, Mail.RU, Restaurant Group, Rio Tinto, Serco, Taylor Wimpey, Unite, William Hill

AGM: SSP

Economics: BRC shop price index

Companies paying dividends: Cohort (3.2p), Dewhurst ‘A’ Non-Voting (9.25p), Dewhurst (9.25p)

 

Thursday 27 February

Interims: Haydale Graphene, Netcall

Finals: Bakkavor, Evraz, FBD, Flutter Entertainment, Grafton, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Hunting, Inchcape, Macfarlane, Mondi, Persimmon, PPHE Hotel Group, Provident Financial, Reckitt Benckiser, Rentokil Initial, RSA Insurance, St James’s Place, WPP

AGMs: Driver, Formation

EGM: Iconic Labs 

Companies paying dividends: IG (12.96p), JP Morgan Global Core Real Assets (0.75p)

 

Friday 28 February

Finals: CRH, Essentra, Foxtons, Glenveagh, Jupiter Fund Management, London Stock Exchange, Rightmove, Rolls-Royce, Societatea Energetica Electrica, Vitec

AGM: Green & Smart

Economics: GfK consumer confidence, Lloyds business barometer, Nationwide house prices

Companies paying dividends: AEW Long-Lease REIT (1.375p), AEW REIT (2p), Axiom European Financial Debt NPV (1.5p), Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing (0.025p), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (1.95p), BMO Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Chenavari Capital Solutions (0.5p), City of London Investment Trust (4.55p), CPL Resources (8.474p), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (1.226p), Custodian REIT (1.6625p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities EUR (0.1375p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities GBP (1.375p), Diverse Income Trust (0.8p), Downing One VCT (2p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (3p), Ecofin GBL Utilities & Infrastructure Trust (1.65p), Edinburgh Investment Trust (6.4p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4792p), EJF (2.675p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.69p), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (1.55p), Gooch & Housego (7.2p), Greencoat UK Wind (1.735p), Greencore (3.75p), Hansa Investment Company (0.8p), Henderson Far East Income Trust (5.7p), Henderson International Income Trust (1.5p), K3 Capital (3.7p), M&G Credit Income Investment Trust (1.65p), NB Global Floating Rate Income (1.08p), Oxford Metrics (1.88p), PHSC (0.5p), Picton Property Income (0.875p), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (1.1p), Totally (0.25p), Triple Point VCT 2011 (28p), UK Commercial Property REIT (0.92p)

 

Companies going ex-dividend on 27 February

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
Aberdeen Emerging Markets INV CO LTD ORD £0.015.527 Mar
Appreciate1.056 Apr
Barclays Ord 25p63 Apr
Beazley ord 5p8.230 Mar
Diageo ord 28 101/108p27.419 Apr
easyJet ord 25p43.920 Mar
Hargreaves Services 10p2.76 Apr
Ideagen ord £0.010.10418 Mar
LPA Industries Ord 10p1.827 Mar
Plus5000.313 Jul
Shoe Zone Ord 1p818 Mar
Warehouse REIT1.631 Mar
Witan Investment Co Ord 25p1.8253 Apr

 

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.