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 9 March
Finals: Clarkson, Network International, Phoenix, Vaalco Energy
Companies paying dividends: Hargreaves Lansdown (11.2p), Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust (7p)
Tuesday 10 March
Interims: Close Brothers, DFS Furniture
Finals: Forterra, French Connection, Gresham Technologies, H&T, Informa, LSL Property Services, M&G, Menzies (John), Standard Life Aberdeen, STV, Team17, The Simplybiz Group, Ultra Electronics
AGM: GCM Resources
Economics: Retail sales
Wednesday 11 March
Finals: Advanced Medical Solutions, Aptitude Software, Balfour Beatty, Breedon, Dignity, FDM, Gem Diamonds, Lookers, Prudential
Economics: GDP, balance of trade, industrial production, manufacturing production, construction
Company paying dividend: Merchants Trust (6.8p)
Thursday 12 March
Interims: Brooks Macdonald, Galliford Try, Go-Ahead
Finals: Arrow Global, Computacenter, G4S, Helios Towers, Intu, Marshalls, Savills, Tullow Oil, Valeura Energy
Trading statement: Trainline
AGM: Benchmark
Economics: RICS housing
Companies paying dividends: Jarvis Securities (6.75p), TheWorks.co.uk (1.2p)
Friday 13 March
Finals: Eurocell
Companies paying dividends: Avon Rubber (13.89p), Carnival (38.46p), JPM Russian Securities (10p), Motorpoint (2.6p), Rank (2.8p), Residential Secure Income (1.25p), Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (0.7715p), SSE (24p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 12 March
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth Trust | 1.36 | 27 Mar |
| Aberdeen Standard Equity Income Trust | 5.2 | 27 Mar |
| Aberdeen Standard European Logistic | 1.27 | 27 Mar |
| Alumasc ord 12.5p | 2.95 | 7 Apr |
| Ashmore ord 0.01P | 4.8 | 30 Apr |
| BB Healthcare Trust | 2.425 | 9 Apr |
| BHP Group | 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 |
| Dechra Pharmaceuticals ord 1p | 10.29 | 8 Apr |
| Evraz ord US$1 | 31 | 27 Mar |
| Genus ord 10p | 9.4 | 2 Apr |
| 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 |
| Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT | 11 | 27 Mar |
| Oxford Instruments ord 5p | 4.1 | 14 Apr |
| Persimmon ord 10p | 125 | 2 Apr |
| Personal Assets Trust ord £12.5 | 140 | 16 Apr |
| Pollen Street Secured Lending | 12 | 27 Mar |
| Puma VCT 12 | 3 | 20 Mar |
| Redrow ord 10p | 10.5 | 9 Apr |
| Regional Reit | 2.55 | 9 Apr |
| Renishaw ord 20p | 14 | 6 Apr |
| Rio Tinto ord 10p (Reg) | 179 | 16 Apr |
| RM Secured Direct Lending | 1.625 | 27 Mar |
| RM Secured Direct Lending | 0.75 | 27 Mar |
| RSA Insurance | 15.6 | 14 May |
| Safestore ord 1p | 12 | 9 Apr |
| Scottish American Inv Co ord 25p | 3 | 9 Apr |
| Springfield Properties | 1.4 | 26 Mar |
| SQN Secured Income | 0.583 | 27 Mar |
| SSP = | 6 | 27 Mar |
| St Modwen Properties ord 10p | 5.1 | 2 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.
