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Week Ahead: 28 September - 2 October

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
September 24, 2020

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 28 September 

Economics: Business climate indicator 

Interims: 7digital (7DIG), Avacta (AVCT), Ceres Power (CWR), Instem (INS), Reach (RCH)

Finals: Morses Club (MCL)

AGMs: Challenger Acquisitions (CHAL), Christie (CTG), Diageo (DGE), Galileo Resources (GLR), Mulberry (MUL), Time Out (TMO), Van Elle (VANL)

Companies paying dividends: B&M European Value Retail (5.4), Paypoint (7.8p), Rights & Issues (10.75p)

Tuesday 29 September  

Economics: Consumer credit, current account, money supply, mortgage approvals 

Trading updates: Grainger (GRI)

Interims: AA (AA), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), Animalcare (ANCR), Cairn Energy (CNE), Card Factory (CARD), FireAngel Safety Technology (FA.), Invinity Energy Systems Plc (IES), John Menzies (MNZS), Mereo Biopharma (MPH), Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1), XLMedia (XLM)

Finals: Blancco Technology (BLTG), Ferguson (FERG), Hotel Chocolat (HOTC), ScS Group (SCS)

AGMs: Afritin Mining (ATM), Amigo (AMGO), Arcontech (ARC), Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Brickability (BRCK), Carclo (CAR), DCD Media (DCD), Dods (DODS), Gama Aviation (GMAA), IMImobile (IMO), Ince (INCE), Jaywing (JWNG), Novacyt (NCYT)

Companies paying dividends: Miton UK Microship Trust (0.1p), Mondi (26.57p final, 17.11p interim), Reckitt Benckiser (73p), Standard Life Aberdeen (7.3p)

Wednesday 30 September

Economics: Shop price index, GDP, house price index 

Trading updates: Compass (CPG)

Interims: 888 Holdings (888), Boohoo (BOO), Bushveld Minerals (BMN), Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), Everyman (EMAN), Getech (GTC), Itaconix (ITX), OptiBiotix Health (OPTI), Northbridge Industrial Services (NBI), Quixant (QXT), S & U (SUS), Sumo (SUMO), Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), VR Education (VRE), Xaar (XAR), YU (YU.)

Finals: Anglo African Oil & Gas (AAOG), Avingtrans (AVG), Bezant Resources (BZT), Itaconix (ITX), Compass (CPG), Premier African Minerals (PREM), Topps Tiles (TPT)

AGMs: Active Energy (AEG), Anglesey Mining (AYM), Catena (CTNA), City Of London (CIN), Clipper Logistics (CLG), Creightons (CRL), daVictus (DVT), Distribution Finance Capital (DFCH), HML (HMLH), Marlowe (MRL), Mobile Tornado Group (MBT), Motif Bio (MTFB), Panthera Resources (PAT), Pennpetro Energy (PPP), PHSC (PHSC), Powerhouse Energy (PHE), PurpleBricks (PURP), Renishaw (RSW), San Leon (SLE), Scholium (SCHO), Tekmar (TGP), TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS), Univision Engineering (UVEL), Volga Gas (VGAS)

Companies paying dividends: Alliance Trust (3.595p), BMO Capital & Income Investment Trust (2.55p), Gresham House Strategic (12.8p), HICL Infrastructure (2.06p), Imperial Brands (20.85p), M&G (6p), Manolete Partners (3p), Premier Global Infrastructure (2.5p), Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.69p)

Thursday 1 October 

Interims: Burford Capital (BUR), Lamprell (LAM)

Finals: Renew Holdings (RNWH)

AGMs: Anglo African Oil & Gas (AAOG), Diageo (DGE), Sosandar (SOS)

Companies paying dividends: BlackRock North American (2p), Croda International (39.5p), Halma (9.96p), Robinson (2p)

Friday 2 October

AGMs: Abbey (ABBY)

Companies paying dividends: Antofagasta (4.76p), Best of the Best (3p) , Carr’s Group (2.25p), Devro (6.3p), Drax (6.8p), Evraz (15.38p), Glanbia (9.097p), Globaldata (5.4p), GoCo (0.4p), H&T Group (2.5p), Henderson Alternative Strategy (5.5p), JPM American (2.5p), JPM Global Growth & Income (3.29p), Spectris (43.2p), Warehouse REIT (1.55p) 

Companies going ex-dividend on 1 October

Company Dividend (p)Pay date
Anglo Pacific Group Ord 10p1.7513-Nov-20
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust0.6526-Oct-20
Beeks Financial Cloud Group0.1530-Oct-20
BMO Private Equity Trust3.9930-Oct-20
British American Tobacco Ord 25p52.612-Nov-20
Fisher (James) & Sons Ord 25p806-Nov-20
Fletcher King Ord 10p0.530-Oct-20
Franchise Brands0.319-Oct-20
Hastings Group Hldgs  2p4.506-Nov-20
HML Holdings Ord 1.5p0.5216-Oct-20
Hunting Ord 25p1.53823-Oct-20
IG Design Group5.7530-Nov-20
Invesco Income Growth Trust Ord 25p2.523-Oct-20
Kaz Minerals3.0723-Oct-20
Lowland Investment Co. Ord 25p1530-Oct-20
Mid Wynd International Inv Tst Ord 25p3.1227-Nov-20
Murray International Trust Ord 25p 1219-Nov-20
Oakley Capital Investments Ord 1p2.2522-Oct-20
PHSC Ord 10p0.516-Oct-20
RIT Capital Partners Ord £117.530-Oct-20
Scottish Inv Tst Ord Stk 25p5.702-Nov-20
Shires Income Ord 50p323-Oct-20
Smart Metering Systems6.2529-Oct-20
Smith & Nephew Ord 20c11.0828-Oct-20
Standard Life UK Small Cos Tst530-Oct-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.