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, and extended the deadline for reporting audited numbers out to 30 June from 31 April. The dividend payment information is correct as of 30 March.
Companies still holding annual general meetings are either encouraging shareholders to vote via proxy instead of attending or banning them from attending entirely, please check with the company if planning to attend.
Monday 6 April
Final: Mobile Tornado
Companies paying dividends: AdEPT Technology (5.1p), Appreciate (1.05p), Independent Investment Trust (5p special, 5p final), PZ Cussons (2.67p)
Tuesday 7 April
Trading update: Gooch & Housego
Wednesday 8 April
AGMs: Athelney, Rio Tinto
Final results: Camellia, Impact Healthcare Reit, Pebble, Tesco
Company paying dividend: Dechra Pharmaceuticals (10.29p)
Thursday 9 April
AGMs: 88 Energy, Smith & Nephew
Final results: Puretech Health
Companies paying dividends: BB Healthcare Trust (2.425p), Diageo (27.4p), Hays (1.1p). Jupiter Fund Management (9.2p), Land Securities (11.6p), Palace Capital (4.75p), Regional Reit (2.55p), Safestore (12p), Scottish American Investment Company (3p), Trifast (1.2p)
Friday 10 April
Companies paying dividends: Standard Life UK Small Companies (2.7p), TOC Property Lending Trust (1.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 9 April
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment date |
| 4imprint ord 38 6/13p | 46.16 | 5 May 20 |
| Begbies Traynor ord 5p | 0.9 | 11 May 20 |
| British Smaller Companies VCT 2 | 2 | 12 May 20 |
| Capital Drilling | 0.6 | 4 May 20 |
| DS Smith ord 10p | 5.4 | 6 May 20 |
| EMIS ord 1p | 15.6 | 11 May 20 |
| FBD ord Euro 0.60 | 84 | 15 may-20 |
| ICG-Longbow Snr Sec. UK Pty Dbt Inv | 1.5 | 1 May 20 |
| International Personal Finance ord 10p | 7.8 | 11 May 20 |
| Kin and Carta | 0.65 | 7 May 20 |
| Manchester & London Inv Tst ord 25p | 7 | 5 May 20 |
| Rotork ord 0.5p | 3.9 | 22 May 20 |
| Savills ord 5p | 15 | 12 May -20 |
| Savills ord 5p | 12.05 | 12 May 20 |
| VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund ord | 4.62 | 1 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.
