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 27 July
Final: Bilby
AGMs: Cambridge Cognition, City Pub Group, National Grid, Tekcapital
Companies paying dividends: Paypoint (7.8p), Helical (6p)
Tuesday 28 July
Economics: CBI trades survey
Trading update: Sanne
Interims: Greggs, Quartix, St James's Place, Fresnillo
Final: IG Design
AGMs: 1Spatial, Codemasters, Irish Continental, Mitie, Polar Capital, Strategic Minerals, Syncona, ULS Technology, Vodafone, Wizz Air
Companies paying dividends: Great Portland Estates (7.9p), Trans-Siberian Gold (1.8p)
Wednesday 29 July
Economics: Consumer credit, money supply, mortgage approvals
Trading updates: Horizon Discovery, Next, Smith & Nephew
Interims: Aptitude Software, Aston Martin Lagonda, Dignity, Drax, Jupiter Fund Management, Primary Health Properties, Rathbone Brothers, Rio Tinto, Smith & Nephew, Smurfit Kappa, Taylor Wimpey, Unite
AGMs: Advanced Oncotherapy, Aminex, Amryt Pharma, Aquila Services, Boussard & Gavaudan, British Land, Caledonia Investments, Caspian Sunrise, CML Microsystems, Hibernia Reit, James Cropper, Matomy Media, Plaza Centres, Rose Petroleum, Urban Exposure, Walker Greenbank, Wandisco, Water Intelligence
Thursday 30 July
Economics: House price index
Trading updates: Compass, Evraz, Volution
Interims: AstraZeneca, BAE Systems, Franchise Brands, GoCo, Greencoat UK Wind, Hutchison China Meditech, Inchcape, Rentokil Initial, Robert Walters, Schroders, Segro
Final: Diageo
AGMs: Angling Direct, Card Factory, Highland Gold Mining, London & Associated Properties, Norcros, OnTheMarket, Stobart, TMT Investments, Volex
Companies paying dividends: Anglo Asian Mining (3.25p), Real Estate Credit Investments (3p), Robinson (3.5p)
Friday 31 July
Finals: China Nonferrous Gold, Dillistone, IDE
AGMs: Checkit, FBD, JD Sports Fashion, Midatech Pharma, Pennon, Safe Harbour, Sirius Real Estate, System1
Companies paying dividends: Anpario (5.5p), Tate & Lyle (20.8p), Caledonia Mining Corporation (6.69p), Character (2p), Edinburgh Investment Trust (9.45p), European Assets Trust (1.755p), Gabelli Merger Plus Trust (9.44p), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (1.25p) Lowland Investment Company (15p), Oxford Technology 4 VCT (5p), Polar Capital (25p), Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (0.84p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (2.5p), TwentyFour Income Fund (1.5p), UK Mortgages (0.375p), Zegona Communications (2.6p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 30 July
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Anexo | 0.5 | 21 Aug 20 |
| Henderson Far East Income Trust ord NPV | 5.8 | 28 Aug 20 |
| Independent Investment Trust | 3 | 21 Aug 20 |
| Keller ord 10p | 27.4 | 21 Aug 20 |
| Maven Income & Growth VCT 3 | 2 | 28 Aug 20 |
| Monks Invest. Trust ord 5p | 2.5 | 13 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.
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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.
