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 10p | 1.75 | 13-Nov-20 |
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust | 0.65 | 26-Oct-20 |
Beeks Financial Cloud Group | 0.15 | 30-Oct-20 |
BMO Private Equity Trust | 3.99 | 30-Oct-20 |
British American Tobacco Ord 25p | 52.6 | 12-Nov-20 |
Fisher (James) & Sons Ord 25p | 8 | 06-Nov-20 |
Fletcher King Ord 10p | 0.5 | 30-Oct-20 |
Franchise Brands | 0.3 | 19-Oct-20 |
Hastings Group Hldgs 2p | 4.5 | 06-Nov-20 |
HML Holdings Ord 1.5p | 0.52 | 16-Oct-20 |
Hunting Ord 25p | 1.538 | 23-Oct-20 |
IG Design Group | 5.75 | 30-Nov-20 |
Invesco Income Growth Trust Ord 25p | 2.5 | 23-Oct-20 |
Kaz Minerals | 3.07 | 23-Oct-20 |
Lowland Investment Co. Ord 25p | 15 | 30-Oct-20 |
Mid Wynd International Inv Tst Ord 25p | 3.12 | 27-Nov-20 |
Murray International Trust Ord 25p | 12 | 19-Nov-20 |
Oakley Capital Investments Ord 1p | 2.25 | 22-Oct-20 |
PHSC Ord 10p | 0.5 | 16-Oct-20 |
RIT Capital Partners Ord £1 | 17.5 | 30-Oct-20 |
Scottish Inv Tst Ord Stk 25p | 5.7 | 02-Nov-20 |
Shires Income Ord 50p | 3 | 23-Oct-20 |
Smart Metering Systems | 6.25 | 29-Oct-20 |
Smith & Nephew Ord 20c | 11.08 | 28-Oct-20 |
Standard Life UK Small Cos Tst | 5 | 30-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.