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 26 October
Trading update: THG (THG)
Interim: President Energy (PPC)
AGMs: All Active Asset Capital (AAA), Asimilar (ASLR), Banco Santander (BNC), Marechale Capital (MAC)
Company paying dividends: AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (0.65p)
Tuesday 27 October
Trading updates: BP (BP.), ContourGlobal (GLO), HSBC (HSBA), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Plus500 (PLUS), St James’s Place (STJ)
Interims: First Derivatives (FDP), Whitbread (WTB)
Finals: Quiz (QUIZ), Renalytix AI (RENX)
AGMs: Accrol (ACRL), Brooks Macdonald (BRK), City Of London Investment Trust (CTY), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), MyCelx Technologies (MYX), Tlou Energy (TLOU), Trafalgar Property (TRAF)
Company paying dividends: K3 Capital (3.8p)
Wednesday 28 October
Economics: BRC Shop Price Index, CBI Distributive Trades Surveys
Trading updates: Gem Diamonds (GEMD), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Ibstock (IBST), John Laing (JLG), Next (NXT)
AGMs: Hargreaves Services (HSP), Ideagen (IDEA), Redde Northgate (REDD), Zoetic International (ZOE)
Companies paying dividends: Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (2.05p), Law Debenture Corporation (6.5p), Smith & Nephew (11.08p)
Thursday 29 October
Economics: Nationwide house price index
Trading updates: Altitude (ALT), Evraz (EVR), Helios Towers (HTWS), Indivior (INDV), IAG (IAG), Kaz Minerals (KAZ), Lloyds (LLOY), Nostrum (NOG), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Standard Chartered (STAN), Smith & Nephew (SN.), Travis Perkins (TPK), WPP (WPP)
Interims: Angle (AGL), BT (BT.A), ConvaTec (CTEC), Tri-Star Resources (TSTR)
Finals: Oncimmune Holdings (ONC), Proactis (PHD)
AGMs: Aberforth Split Level Income Trust (ASIT), Argos Resources (ARG), Filtronic (FTC), Fox Marble Holdings (FOX), ITM Power (ITM), JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust (JMF), Rosslyn Data Technologies (RDT), South32 (S32), Vela Technologies (VELA), Zoltav Resources (ZOL)
Companies paying dividends: Smart Metering Systems (6.25p). Volta Finance (0.11p), Yew Grove REIT (1.05p)
Friday 30 October
Trading updates: AIB (AIBG), ConvaTec (CTEC), Gamesys (GYS), NatWest (NWG)
Interims: BiON (BION), Comptoir (COM)
AGMs: Atlas Mara (ATMA), Ferro-Alloy Resources (FAR), Gateley Holdings (GTLY),
Intosol Holdings (INTO), MaxCyte (MXCT), Provexis (PXS), Sensyne Health (SENS), Smartspace Software (SMRT), Springfield Properties (SPR), Vietnam Holding (VNH), Zanaga Iron Ore Company (ZIOC)
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Latin American Income (0.875p), Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income (2.06p), Alumasc (2p), Beeks Financial Cloud (0.15p), Belvoir (3.4p, 2p special), BMO Private Equity Trust (3.99p), City of London Investment (20p), Close Brothers (40p), Creightons (0.5p), European Assets Trust (1.755p), Fidelity European Values (2.6p), Fletcher King (0.5p), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (2p), Hargreaves Services (4.5p), Henderson High Income (2.475p), HgCapital Trust (2p), ICG-Longbow (1.5p), Jadestone Energy (0.54p), JPM Russian Securities (25p), Learning Technologies (0.25p), Lowland Investment Company (15p), Morrisons (2.04p), North American Income (1.8p), RIT Capital Partners (17.5p), Seneca Growth Capital (5p), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies (5p), Strix (2.6p), UK Mortgages (1.25p, 1.5p), Witan Pacific IT (2.55p), Wynnstay (4.6p), Xpediator (0.45p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 29 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| City of London Inv Tst Ord 25p | 4.75 | 30 Nov 20 |
| Foresight Solar Fund | 1.73 | 27 Nov 20 |
| Henderson Far East Income Trust Ord npv | 5.8 | 27 Nov 20 |
| Hilton Food Group Ord 10p | 6 | 27 Nov 20 |
| JPM Claverhouse IT | 6.5 | 4 Dec 20 |
| JPM Smaller Cos IT Ord 25p | 5.5 | 7 Dec 20 |
| JPMorgan China Growth & Income | 5.7 | 1 Dec 20 |
| Murray Income Trust Ord 25p | 12.55 | 17 Dec 20 |
| S & U Ord 12.5p | 22 | 20 Nov 20 |
| Thorpe (F.W.) Ord 10p | 4.2 | 26 Nov 20 |
| US Solar Fund GBP | 0.395 | 20 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.
