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 24 August
Economics: Distributive trades surveys
Interims: Bunzl (BNZL), Henry Boot (BOOT)
Finals: Clipper Logistics (CLG), Studio Retail (STU)
AGMs: Motorpoint (MOTR), Keras Resources (KRS)
Tuesday 25 August
Interims: Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Arrow Global (ARW), Integrated Diagnostics (IDHC), James Fisher & Sons (FSJ), Polymetal (POLY)
AGMs: Iomart (IOM), Livermore Investments (LIV)
Wednesday 26 August
Interims: Pharos Energy (PHAR), Provident Financial (PFG)
Final: Creightons (CRL)
AGMs: French Connection (FCCN), Omega Diagnostics (ODX)
Company paying dividend: Ferrexpo (5p)
Thursday 27 August
Interims: Anglo Pacific (APF), Chesnara (CSN), Grafton (GFTU), Hunting (HTG), MacFarlane (MACF), OneSavings Bank (OSB), Puretech Health (PRTC), Rolls-Royce (RR), WPP (WPP)
Final: Hays (HAS)
AGMs: Angle (AGL), Kodal Minerals (KOD), UK Commercial Property Reit (UKCM)
Friday 28 August
Economics: Nationwide house price index
Interims: Cathay International (CTI), Essentra (ESNT)
AGMs: Ariana Resources (AAU), Distil (DIS), Kropz (KRPZ), Simec Atlantis Energy (SAE), Total Produce (TOT)
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen New Dawn (3.3p), Albion Enterprise VCT (2.7p), Celtic (60p), CQS Natural Resources (1.82p), D4T4 Solutions (1.9p), Diverse Income Trust (0.9p), Dunedin Income Growth (3p), Henderson Far East Income (5.8p), Maven Income & Growth (2p), NB Global Floating Rate Income (0.085p), NB Private Equity (0.29p), Northern Venture Trust (1.5p), Polar Capital Global (2.4p), ProVen Growth & Income (1.75p), Proven VCT (2p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5625p), Tatton Asset Management (6.4p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 27 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| ABERDEEN EMERG MTKS INV CO LTD ORD £0.01 | 5.5 | 25-Sep-20 |
| Anexo | 0.5 | 23-Sep-20 |
| Aquila European Renewables Income Fund G | 0.75 | 14-Sep-20 |
| Bodycote | 13.3 | 25-Sep-20 |
| Carr's Ord 2.5p | 2.25 | 02-Oct-20 |
| Globaldata Ord 1/14p | 5.4 | 02-Oct-20 |
| Halma Ord 10p | 9.96 | 01-Oct-20 |
| Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst Ord 25p | 16.5 | 12-Oct-20 |
| JPM American ITst Ord 25p | 2.5 | 02-Oct-20 |
| JPMorgan Global Growth & Income | 3.29 | 02-Oct-20 |
| PayPoint Ord 1/3p | 7.8 | 28-Sep-20 |
| Personal Assets Trust Ord £12.5 | 140 | 09-Oct-20 |
| Rights & Issues Inv Tst Inc 25p | 10.75 | 28-Sep-20 |
| Ultra Electronics Ord 5p | 15.4 | 21-Sep-20 |
| Ultra Electronics Ord 5p | 39.2 | 18-Sep-20 |
| Warehouse Reit | 1.55 | 02-Oct-20 |
| XPS Pensions | 4.3 | 24-Sep-21 |
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.
