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 2 March
Interim: PCI-PAL
Finals: Hiscox, Johnson Service, Senior
Economics: PMI manufacturing data, Consumer credit, Mortgage approvals, Money supply
Companies paying dividends: APQ Global (1.5p), Games Workshop (45p), JPM Claverhouse Investment Trust (10.25p), Sage (11.12p)
Tuesday 3 March
Interim: Craneware
Finals: 4imprint, Cairn Homes, Direct Line Insurance, GetBusy, Greggs, Huntsworth, Hutchison China Meditech, Ibstock, Intertek, Rotork, Signature Aviation
Trading statement: Ashtead
Economics: PMI construction
Wednesday 4 March
Interims: Allergy Therapeutics, Gfinity
Final: Attraqt, BATM Advanced Communications, Devro, Elementis, Hill & Smith, Hostelworld, Legal & General, Mpac, Polymetal, Vivo Energy
AGMs: Chemring, Inland Homes, Pressure Technologies
Economics: PMI construction, PMI services
Company paying dividend: Stagecoach (3.8p)
Thursday 5 March
Interim: Kier
Finals: Admiral, Aviva, Capital & Regional, Domino’s Pizza, Franchise Brands, Gresham House, GVC, Headlam, Hong Kong Land, IndigoVision, Intu Properties, ITV, Jardine Matheson, Mandarin Oriental, Melrose, PageGroup, Premier Oil, Schroders, Spire Healthcare, Spirent, Tyman
AGMs: Jersey Electricity, Shoe Zone
Economics: New car registrations
Friday 6 March
Final: SIG
AGMs: PCF
Companies paying dividends: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (22p), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (special – 4p), Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (1.51p), Artemis Aim VCT (5p), Baronsmead Venture Trust (3.5p), Daejan (35p), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (1.54p), NCC (1.5p), Renew (7.67p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 5 March
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust | 5.2 | 27 Mar |
| Alumasc ord 12.5p | 2.95 | 7 Apr |
| Ashmore ord 0.01p | 4.8 | 30 Apr |
| BHP | 50 | 24 Mar |
| BMO Capital & Income Investment Trust | 2.65 | 31 Mar |
| Caretech ord 0.5p | 7.95 | 6 May |
| City of London Investment Group | 10 | 20 Mar |
| Gleeson (MJ) ord 2p | 12 | 3 Apr |
| Grit Real Estate Income | 5.25 | 3 Apr |
| Hays ord 1p | 1.11 | 9 Apr |
| Joules | 0.77 | 7 Apr |
| LXI Reit | 1.4375 | 27 Mar |
| McCarthy & Stone | 3.5 | 3 Apr |
| Oxford Instruments ord 5p | 4.1 | 14 Apr |
| Personal Assets Trust ord £12.5 | 140 | 16 Apr |
| Puma VCT 12 | 3 | 20 Mar |
| Redrow ord 10p | 10.5 | 9 Apr |
| Renishaw ord 20p | 14 | 6 Apr |
| Safestore ord 1p | 12 | 9 Apr |
| Scottish American Inv Co ord 25p | 3 | 9 Apr |
| SSP | 6 | 27 Mar |
| St Modwen Properties ord 10p | 5.1 | 2 Apr |
| The Ince Group | 2 | 16 Apr |
| Tritax EuroBox | 0.932 | 27 Mar |
| Utilico Emerging Markets Trust ord | 1.925 | 27 Mar |
| Wilmington | 4.2 | 9 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.
