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 20 July
Trading updates: Surface Transforms (SCE), Tungsten Corporation (TUNG)
AGMs: B.P Marsh & Partners (BPM), Providence Resources (PVR)
Tuesday 21 July
Economics: Public sector borrowing, CBI industrial trends
Trading updates: Euromoney Institutional Investors (ERM), Intermediate Capital (ICP), RPS (RPS)
Interims: Audioboom (BOOM), Gresham Technologies (GHT), T Clarke (CTO)
Finals: Begbies Traynor (BEG), Redcentric (RCN), SDI (SDI)
AGMs: Audioboom (BOOM), AVEVA (AVV), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Intermediate Capital (ICP), Talktalk Telecom (TALK), Ted Baker (TED)
Companies paying dividends: Airtel Africa (2p)
Wednesday 22 July
Economics: CBI Distributive Trades Surveys
Trading updates: Close Brothers (CBG), Eve Sleep (EVE), Tristel (TSTL)
Finals: Knights (KGH), Stagecoach (SGC)
AGMs: Anexo (ANX), Experian (EXPN), Mediclinic International (MDC), President Energy (PPC), Wincanton (WIN)
Companies paying dividend: LondonMetric Property (2.3p)
Thursday 23 July
Economics: Retail sales
Trading updates: Sage (SGE)
Interims: Croda International (CRDA), GetBusy (GETB), Howden Joinery (HWDN), RELX (REL), Unilever (ULVR)
Finals: Cohort(CHRT), NCC (NCC)
AGMs: C & C (CCR), Circassia (CIR), Clontarf Energy (CLON), Getech (GTC), Gusbourne (GUS), Helical (HLCL), Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings (IDH), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Live Company (LVCG), McKay Securities (MCKS), Mincon (MCON), Pennon (PNN), Petards (PEG), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Telecom Plus (TEP), Valirx (VAL), Vp (VP.)
Companies paying dividends: DCC (95.79p), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (1p)
Friday 24 July
Interims: Centrica (CNA)
AGMs: Arkle Resources (ARK), Ascent Resources (AST), Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Kingfisher (KGF), Nostra Terra Oil & Gas (NTOG), Paypoint (PAY), Petrel Resources (PET), QinetiQ (QQ.), Remote Monitored Systems (RMS), Renold (RNO), Surface Transforms (SCE), United Utilities (UU.)
Companies paying dividends: Amati AIM VCT (4.25p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.695p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 23 July
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| BlackRock Income & Growth Inv Trust | 2.6 | 01-Sep-20 |
| CML Microsystems Ord 5p | 2 | 07-Aug-20 |
| Cranswick Ord 10p | 43.7 | 04-Sep-20 |
| D4t4 Solutions | 1.9 | 28-Aug-20 |
| JPMorgan China Growth & Income | 3.7 | 01-Sep-20 |
| NB PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS LIMITED ZERO | 0.29 | 28-Aug-20 |
| Palace Capital | 2.5 | 14-Aug-20 |
| Porvair Ord 2p (new Co ) | 1.7 | 28-Aug-20 |
| SSE Ord 50p | 56 | 18-Sep-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.
