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 14 April.
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 20 April
Final: Pennant International
AGMs: MetalNRG, SThree
Company paying dividend: Invesco Asia Trust (3.6p)
Tuesday 21 April
Trading update: Segro
Finals: ASA International, Calisen, Filta, Flowtech Fluidpower, Lidco, Sumo
Interims: Associated British Foods, Egdon Resources
AGMs: GlobalData, London Stock Exchange, Porvair
Companies paying dividends: Hansard Global (1.8p), FW Thorpe (1.46p)
Economics: Unemployment rate, Industrial trends
Wednesday 22 April
Trading update: CRH
Final Results: Boohoo, JTC, XLMedia
Interims: AB Dynamics, WH Smith
AGMs: Drax, Glanbia
EGM: Arkle Resources
Economics: Consumer price index, producer price index, retail price index
Thursday 23 April
Trading updates: Gear4Music, Meggitt, Relx, Taylor Wimpey
AGMs: AFC Energy, Aggreko, CLS, Croda International, Meggitt, N4 Pharma, RedX Pharma, Relx, Synectics, Taylor Wimpey, Tullow Oil
Final: Walker Greenbank
Companies paying dividends: JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust (8p), Oakley Capital Investments (2.25p)
Friday 24 April
Trading updates: Science
AGMs: AssetCo, ITV, Pearson, Rotork, Science, Senior
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust (2.06p), Brooks Macdonald (20p), Glanbia (13.39p), Henderson Eurotrust (8p), Impax Environmental Markets (3p), JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets (1p), Shires Income (3p), SQN Secured Income (0.583p), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (3.3p), Troy Income & Growth (0.695p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 23 April
Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
Antofagasta ord 5p | 18.135 | 22 May 20 |
Bankers Investment Trust ord 25p | 5.35 | 29 May 20 |
Chesnara ord 5p | 13.9359 | 2 Jun 20 |
City Merchants HIgh Yield Trust | 2.5 | 22 May 20 |
City of London Inv Tst Ord 25p | 4.75 | 29 May 20 |
CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income | 1.26 | 29 May 20 |
Drax ord 11 16/29p | 9.5 | 15 May 20 |
Fresnillo ord $0.50 | 9.37 | 2 Jun 20 |
International Public Partnerships | 3.59 | 19 Jun 20 |
Investment Co ord 50p | 1 | 29 May 20 |
John Laing | 3.63 | 15 May 20 |
John Laing | 3.98 | 15 May 20 |
JPM American IT ord 25p | 4 | 18 May 20 |
Kaz Minerals | 6.15 | 22 May 20 |
Legal & General ord 2.5p | 12.64 | 4 Jun 20 |
MP Evans 10p | 12.75 | 19 Jun 20 |
NB Global Floating Rate Income | 1.11 | 29 May 20 |
Relx | 32.1 | 28 May 20 |
Sanne | 9.4 | 20 May 20 |
Smart Metering Systems | 4.58 | 4 Jun 20 |
Spirax-Sarco Engineering ord 25p | 78 | 22 May 20 |
TI Fluid Systems | 5.44 | 29 May 20 |
Tritax Big Box Reit ord 1p | 1.5625 | 21 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.