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.
Note: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked all listed companies to delay the release of their full-year results by at least a fortnight. Many companies have postponed their annual general meetings. Those listed as still going ahead as of 24 March may still be postponed, so check with the company for details.
Monday 30 March
Trading update: Pennon
Companies paying dividends: AstraZeneca (146.4p), Beazley (8.2p), Mountview Estates (200p)
AGMs: Angus Energy, Keras Resources
Economics: Current account, GDP
Tuesday 31 March
AGMs: CloudCoCo, N4 Pharma, Toople
Companies paying dividends: Acorn Income Fund (5.75p), Berkeley (99.32p), BMO Capital & Income Investment Trust (2.65p), BMO Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Ediston Property Investment (0.4792p), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (3p), Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.66p), Standard Life Investment Property Income Trust (1.19p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (18.39p), Warehouse Reit (1.6p)
Economics: Consumer confidence
Wednesday 1 April
AGM: Primary Health Properties
Trading updates: Topps Tiles, Wizz Air
Company paying dividend: Beeks Financial Cloud (0.2p)
Thursday 2 April
AGMs: Amino Technologies, Gunsynd, Wishbone Gold
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (7.7p), Genus (9.4p), St Modwen Properties (5.1p), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (2p)
Friday 3 April
Trading statement: CMS Markets
Companies paying dividends: Apax Global Alpha (4.68p), Barclays (6p), Brunner Investment Trust (6p), Concurrent Technologies (1.45p), Grit Real Estate (5.25p), JPM European Investment Trust Growth (4p), JPM European Investment Trust Income (4p), JPM Global Growth & Income (3.26p), London Finance and Investment (0.55p), MJ Gleeson (12p), MTI Wireless (0.155p), Pennon (13.66p), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (21.5p), Witan Investment (1.825p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 2 April. Note: some companies have suspended previously-announced dividends.
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment date | |
| Amino Technologies Ord 1p | 5.637 | 24 Apr 20 | |
| Capital & Regional Properties Ord 10p | 11 | 26 May 20 | |
| CLS Holdings Ord 2.5p | 5.05 | 29 Apr 20 | |
| Finsbury Food Group Ord 1p | 1.23 | 24 Apr 20 | |
| Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Ord 25p | 8 | 15 May 20 | |
| Fisher (James) & Sons Ord 25p | 23.4 | 11 May 20 | |
| Gresham Technologies | 0.75 | 15 May 20 | |
| IMI Ord 25p | 26.2 | 15 May 20 | |
| Intercontinental Hotels Grp. 11 3/7p | 66 | 14 May 20 | |
| Man Group | 3.95 | 15 May 20 | |
| Melrose Industries 48/7p | 3.4 | 20 May 20 | |
| Mondi Ord €0.2 | 47.66 | 14 May 20 | |
| Moneysupermarket.com Ord O.02p | 8.61 | 14 May 20 | |
| Oakley Capital Investments Ord 1p | 2.25 | 23 Apr 20 | |
| Old Mutual(Ltd) | 4.0168 | 04 May 20 | |
| Phoenix Group Holdings | 23.4 | 19 May 20 | |
| Quilter Plc Ord 0.07p | 3.5 | 18 May 20 | |
| Shires Income Ord 50p | 3 | 24 Apr 20 | |
| Smith & Nephew Ord 20c | 17.76 | 06 May 20 | |
| Softcat Ord 0.0005p | 5.4 | 15 May 20 | |
| Standard Life Aberdeen | 14.3 | 19 May 20 | |
| Synectics | 3.5 | 07 May 20 | |
| TP ICAP | 11.25 | 19 May 20 | |
| Travis Perkins Ord 10p | 33 | 13 May 20 | |
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.
