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 19 October
Trading update: Petra Diamonds (PDL),
Interims: Record (REC)
Finals: Tristel (TSTL)
AGMs: City of London Investment (CLIG), Colefax (CFX), Mattioli Woods (MTW)
Companies paying dividends: Franchise Brands (0.3p)
Tuesday 20 October
Trading updates: BHP (BHP), Gamesys (GYS), Luceco (LUCE), Reckitt Benckiser (RB), Shanta Gold (SHG)
Interims: TP Group (TPG)
Finals: Bellway (BWY), Softcat (SCT)
AGMs: GRC International (GRC), McBride (MCB), NCC (NCC)
Wednesday 21 October
Trading updates: Antofagasta (ANTO), Centamin (CEY), Marstons (MARS), Segro (SGRO), William Hill (WMH)
Interims: C&C (CCR)
AGMs: Duke Royalty (DUKE), DWF (DWF), Frontier Developments (FDEV)
Thursday 22 October
Trading updates: Anglo American (AAL), National Express (NEX), Renishaw (RSW), Rentokil (RTO), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Unilever (ULVR)
Interims: Aveva (AVV), Gear4music (G4M)
Finals: AJ Bell (AJB)
AGMs: 1PM (OPM), Alumasc (ALU), FRP Advisory (FRP), MobilityOne (MBO), Superdry (SDRY)
Companies paying dividends: Gamma Communications (3.9p), IG Group (30.24p), Oakley Capital Investments (2.25p)
Friday 23 October
Trading updates: Barclays (BARC)
Interims: Essentra (ESNT)
AGMs: Collagen Solutions (COS), Itaconix (ITX), Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP)
Companies paying dividends: John Laing (1.85p), Kaz Minerals (3.07p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 22 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Amati AIM VCT | 3.5 | 27-Nov-20 |
| Animalcare Group Ord 20p | 2 | 20-Nov-20 |
| BAE Systems Ord 2.5p | 9.4 | 30-Nov-20 |
| Bankers Investment Trust Ord 25p | 5.42 | 30-Nov-20 |
| Caretech Holding Ord 0.5p | 4 | 23-Nov-20 |
| Cenkos Securities Ord 1p | 1 | 20-Nov-20 |
| Henderson Eurotrust Ord 5p | 17 | 25-Nov-20 |
| Invesco Perpetual Sel Trst UK Eq 1p | 1.5 | 16-Nov-20 |
| Invesco Perpetual Select Global Eqty | 1.55 | 16-Nov-20 |
| River and Mercantile Group | 2.34 | 20-Nov-20 |
| River and Mercantile Group | 2.81 | 20-Nov-20 |
| Smiths Group Ord 25p | 24 | 20-Nov-20 |
| Smiths Group Ord 25p | 11 | 20-Nov-20 |
| STM Group Ord 0.1p | 0.55 | 19-Nov-20 |
| TR European Growth Trust Ord 12.5p | 14.2 | 27-Nov-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.
