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 18 May.
Companies 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 25 May
Finals: RDL Realisation (RDL)
Companies paying dividends: Gresham Technologies (0.75p)
Tuesday 26 May
AGMs: Aviva (AV.), Bank Of Cyprus Holdings (BOCH), Chesnara (CSN), Empresaria Group (EMR), JTC (JTC), Management Consulting Group (MMC), Metro Bank (MTRO), Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) (MAB1), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Oriole Resources (ORR), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), SDL (SDL), Uniphar (UPR)
Companies paying dividends: Capital & Regional Properties (11p)
Wednesday 27 May
Trading updates: Provident Financial (PFG)
Interims: Britvic (BVIC)
Finals: Biffa (BIFF), British Land Co (BLND), Hibernia REIT (HBRN)
AGMs: Anglo Pacific Group (APF), BP (BP.), Brunner Investment Trust (BUT), ContourGlobal (GLO), GoCo (GOCO), Gym Group (GYM), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Keywords Studios (KWS), M&G (MNG), RM Secured Direct Lending (RMDL), Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE), Scotgems (SGEM), Trident Resources (TRR), Vectura (VEC), Vitec (VTC), Wameja (WJA), XLMedia (XLM)
Companies paying dividends: GoCo (0.5p), London Stock Exchange (49.9p)
Thursday 28 May
Trading updates: ContourGlobal (GLO), IWG (IWG)
Interims: Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT)
Finals: Urban Exposure (UEX)
AGMs: Bidstack (BIDS), Bodycote (BOY), ContourGlobal (GLO), CPP (CPP), Crossword Cybersecurity (CCS), Ferrexpo (FXPO), IDOX (IDOX), SEPLAT Petroleum (SEPL), Strix Group (KETL), STV Group (STVG)
Companies paying dividends: Croda International (50.5p), Reckitt Benckiser (101.6p), RELX (32.1p), Sabre Insurance (8.1p)
Friday 29 May
Economics: House prices, consumer confidence
Trading updates: Eve Sleep (EVE)
Finals: Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), Volvere (VLE)
AGMs: Eve Sleep (EVE), Fresnillo (FRES), Holders Technology (HDT), K3 Business Technology (KBT), Old Mutual Limited (OMU), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Spirent Communications (SPT), Tanfield Group (TAN), Yew Grove REIT (YEW)
Companies paying dividends: Albion Development VCT (2p), Aptitude Software Group (3.6p), Bankers Investment Trust (5.35p), City of London Investment Trust (4.75p), Clarkson (53p), CQS Natural Resources Growth (1.26p), Dunedin Income Growth (3.7p), EP Global Opps Trust (1.5p special, 6p final), Greencoat UK Wind (1.775p), Hastings Group (5.5p), Investment Company (1p), M&G (3.85p special, 11.92p final), NB Global Floating Rate Income (1.11p), Polymetal International (33p), TI Fluid Systems (5.44p), Vistry (41p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 28 May
| Company name | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| ABERDEEN EMERG MTKS INV CO LTD ORD £0.01 | 5.5 | 26-Jun-20 |
| Aberdeen Frontier Markets Fund Npv | 0.75 | 29-Jun-20 |
| Aberdeen New Thai Inv Tst Ord 25p | 11 | 26-Jun-20 |
| Advanced Medical Solutions Grp Ord 10p | 1 | 19-Jun-20 |
| Andrews Sykes Ord 20p | 10.5 | 19-Jun-20 |
| BlackRock World Mining Trust | 4 | 26-Jun-20 |
| Cardiff Property Ord 20p | 4.8 | 02-Jul-20 |
| Cerillion | 1.75 | 19-Jun-20 |
| DFS Furniture | 3.7 | 17-Jun-20 |
| Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment T | 1.6 | 03-Jul-20 |
| Frenkel Topping Group Ord 0.5p | 1.03 | 26-Jun-20 |
| Gamma Communications | 7 | 18-Jun-20 |
| Genel Energy Ord 10p | 9 | 29-Jun-20 |
| Good Energy Group | 2.6 | 03-Jul-20 |
| Hilton Food Group Ord 10p | 15.4 | 26-Jun-20 |
| Pacific Assets Trust Ord 12.5p | 3 | 02-Jul-20 |
| RA International Group | 1.25 | 09-Jul-20 |
| Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust | 1.68 | 19-Jun-20 |
| Sigma Capital Ord 1p | 2 | 30-Jun-20 |
| Stock Spirits Group € | 2.385 | 19-Jun-20 |
| Town Centre Securities Ord 25p | 3.25 | 26-Jun-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.
