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
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Aberdeen Emerging Markets INV CO LTD ORD £0.01 | 5.5 | 27 Mar |
Appreciate | 1.05 | 6 Apr |
Barclays Ord 25p | 6 | 3 Apr |
Beazley ord 5p | 8.2 | 30 Mar |
Diageo ord 28 101/108p | 27.41 | 9 Apr |
easyJet ord 25p | 43.9 | 20 Mar |
Hargreaves Services 10p | 2.7 | 6 Apr |
Ideagen ord £0.01 | 0.104 | 18 Mar |
LPA Industries Ord 10p | 1.8 | 27 Mar |
Plus500 | 0.3 | 13 Jul |
Shoe Zone Ord 1p | 8 | 18 Mar |
Warehouse REIT | 1.6 | 31 Mar |
Witan Investment Co Ord 25p | 1.825 | 3 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.