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 3 August
Economics: PMI manufacturing
Interims: Dialight (DIA), Hiscox (HSX)
Finals: Argentex (AGFX), Tekmar (TGP)
Companies paying dividends: BMO Global Smaller Companies (1.15p), F&C Investment Trust (2.9p), Homeserve (17.8p), Scottish Investment Trust (5.7p), United Utilities (8.4p)
Tuesday 4 August
Economics: PMI construction
Interims: Brave Bison (BBSN), Calisen (CLSN), Direct Line Insurance (DLG), Keller (KLR), Meggitt (MGGT), Spectris (SXS)
Finals: Diageo (DGE), Science Group (SAG)
AGMs: Babcock International (BAB), Goldstone Resources (GRL), Pathfinder Minerals (PFP), Record (REC), SysGroup (SYS), WH Ireland (WHI)
Companies paying dividends: Johnson Matthey (31.125p), TR Property Investment Trust (8.8p)
Wednesday 5 August
Economics: PMI services
Trading updates: UDG Healthcare (UDG)
Interims: Hill & Smith (HILS), Legal & General (LGEN), Morgan Sindall (MGNS), PageGroup (PAGE), RHI Magnesita N.V. (RHIM), William Hill (WMH)
AGMs: Big Yellow Group (BYG), Bushveld Minerals (BMN), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Regional REIT Ltd (RGL), Shefa Gems (SEFA), TomCo Energy (TOM)
Companies paying dividends: Intermediate Capital Group (35.8p)
Thursday 6 August
Economics: Interest rates, house price index
Interims: AIB (AIBG), Aviva (AV.), ContourGlobal (GLO), Evraz (EVR), Hammerson (HMSO), Mondi (MNDI), Phoenix Group (PHNX), Savills (SVS), Serco (SRP), Spirent Communications (SPT)
AGMs: D4T4 Solutions (D4T4), De La Rue (DLAR), Dekel Agri-Vision (DKL), Echo Energy (ECHO), Investec (INVP), Minoan Group (MIN), Naked Wines (WINE)
Companies paying dividends: Caledonia Investments (44.5p)
Friday 7 August
Interims: Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA)
Finals: Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.), Simec Atlantis Energy (SAE)
AGMs: Alpha Real Trust Limited (ARTL), Samuel Heath & Sons (HSM), Manx Financial (MFX), Palace Capital (PCA), Scapa (SCPA)
Companies paying dividends: BMO UK High Income Investment Trust (1.29p), CML Microsystems (2p), ICG-Longbow (1.5p), JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust (1p), North American Income (1.8p), Supermarket Income REIT (1.46p), TalkTalk (1.5p), Vodafone (3.56p), Volex (2p), Workspace (24.49p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 6 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aberdeen New Dawn Inv Tst Ord 5p | 3.3 | 28-Aug-20 |
| Albion Enterprise VCT | 2.7 | 28-Aug-20 |
| Avon Rubber Ord £1 | 9.02 | 04-Sep-20 |
| Chenavari Toro Income | 1.5 | 09-Sep-20 |
| CMC Markets | 12.18 | 11-Sep-20 |
| CVC Credit Partners European Opp EUR | 0.1 | 28-Aug-20 |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 3 | 28-Aug-20 |
| HICL Infrastructure PLC | 2.06 | 30-Sep-20 |
| Invesco Perp UK Smaller Co's Inv Ord £1 | 3.75 | 03-Sep-20 |
| Latham (James) Ord 25p | 10 | 04-Sep-20 |
| Northern Venture Trust Ord 25p | 1.5 | 28-Aug-20 |
| Panther Securities Ord 25p | 6 | 07-Sep-20 |
| Polar Capital Global Fin Tst | 2.4 | 28-Aug-20 |
| ProVen Growth & Income VCT | 1.75 | 28-Aug-20 |
| Proven VCT Ord 10p | 2 | 28-Aug-20 |
| St. Modwen Properties Ord 10p | 1.1 | 02-Sep-20 |
| Unilever Ord 3 1/9p | 36.98 | 09-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.
