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 10 August
Economics: Balance of trade, GDP, index of services, industrial production, manufacturing production
Interims: ContourGlobal (GLO), Diversified Gas & Oil (DGOC),
AGMs: Bezant Resources (BZT), GB Group (GBG), iEnergizer (IBPO)
Companies paying dividends: Big Yellow Group (16.7p), Ground Rents Income Fund (0.99p)
Tuesday 11 August
Economics: Unemployment rate
Trading updates: Cairn Homes (CRN), S & U (SUS)
Interims: Amino Technologies (AMO), Domino's Pizza (DOM), JKX Oil & Gas (JKX), Plus500 (PLUS), Prudential (PRU), SDL (SDL), Zotefoams (ZTF)
Finals: Versarien (VRS)
AGMs: B.S.D Crown (BSD), RUA Life Sciences (RUA)
Companies paying dividends: AVEVA (29p), Record (0.41p special, 1.15p final)
Wednesday 12 August
Interims: Admiral (ADM), Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC), CLS Holdings (CLI), Empresaria (EMR), Hostelworld (HSW), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX)
AGMs: Entertainment AI (SEEN), JZ Capital Partners (JZCP), Mountview Estates (MTVW), Premier Foods (PFD), SSE (SSE), Staffline (STAF), Valeura Energy (VLU)
Companies paying dividends: Baillie Gifford UK Growth Fund (3.1p) Unicorn AIM VCT (3p)
Thursday 13 August
Economics: Housing market survey
Trading updates: Pennant International (PEN), Watches Of Switzerland (WOSG)
Interims: Anexo (ANX), Empiric Student Property (ESP), GVC Holdings (GVC), Helios Towers (HTWS), National Express (NEX)
Finals: Frasers Group (FRAS), Renishaw (RSW), Watches Of Switzerland (WOSG)
Companies paying dividends: McKay Securities (4.4p) Treatt (1.84p)
Friday 14 August
Economics: Business inventories
Interims: Verona Pharma (VRP), Westminster Group (WSG), Yew Grove REIT (YEW)
AGMs: Adamas Finance Asia (ADAM), Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT)
Companies paying dividends: Anglo Pacific (1.75p), Gabelli Value Plus Trust plc (1p), Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings (1.9p), JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies (5p), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (4p), MS International (1.75p), Murray International Trust (12p), Palace Capital (2.5p), Murray International Trust (12p), Safestore Holdings (5.9p), Schroder REIT ( 0.38575p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 13 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Ashtead Group Ord 10p | 33.5 | 11-Sep-20 |
| Baronsmead Second Venture Trust | 3 | 11-Sep-20 |
| Baronsmead Venture Trust | 3 | 11-Sep-20 |
| Cohort Ord 10p | 6.9 | 18-Sep-20 |
| Games Workshop Group Ord 5p | 30 | 21-Sep-20 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Ord 25p | 19 | 08-Oct-20 |
| Greencoat UK Wind | 1.775 | 28-Aug-20 |
| Iomart Group Ord 1p | 3.93 | 04-Sep-20 |
| Lindsell Train Inv Ord 75p | 261 | 08-Sep-20 |
| Lindsell Train Inv Ord 75p | 4139 | 08-Sep-20 |
| Montanro Euro Smaller Co's Ord 50p | 7.25 | 15-Sep-20 |
| Northern 2 VCT | 1.5 | 04-Sep-20 |
| Northern 3 VCT | 2 | 04-Sep-20 |
| Octopus Apollo VCT | 1.1 | 07-Sep-20 |
| Pearson Ord 25p | 6 | 21-Sep-20 |
| Quartix Holdings | 2.5 | 11-Sep-20 |
| Quartix Holdings | 0.87 | 11-Sep-20 |
| Royal Dutch Shell B Ord Euro 0.07 | 12.23 | 21-Sep-20 |
| Royal Dutch Shell A Ord €0.07 | 12.23 | 21-Sep-20 |
| Seneca Growth Capital VCT | 8 | 28-Aug-20 |
| Severfield | 1.8 | 11-Sep-20 |
| Smurfit Kappa Group Ord €0.001 | 73.41 | 11-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.
