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 2 November
Economics: PMI manufacturing
Trading update: Hiscox (HSX)
Finals: Brighton Pier (PIER), Lok'n Store (LOK)
AGM: Manchester & London Investment Trust (MNL)
Companies paying dividends: Mercantile Investment Trust (1.35p), Ingenta (1.5p), Scottish Investment Trust (5.7p), F&C Investment Trust (2.9p)
Tuesday 3 November
Economics: PMI construction
Trading updates: GW Pharmaceuticals (GWPRF), Weir (WEIR), Wizz Air (WIZZ)
Interim: Warehouse Reit (WHR)
Finals: Associated British Foods (ABF), Cap-XX (CPX), UP Global Sourcing (UPGS)
Companies paying dividends: Redde Northgate (6.8p), Tritax Big Bog (1.5625p)
Wednesday 4 November
Economics: PMI services
Trading updates: Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Provident Financial (PFG), Smurfit Kappa (SKG)
Interims: Stobart (STOB)
Finals: Connect (CNCT), Gattaca (GATC), Shepherd Neame (SHEP)
AGMs: GCP Student Living (DIGS), Hansard Global (HSD), Investment Co (INV), Wilmington (WIL)
Companies paying dividends: 888 (2.46p, 2.15p special)
Thursday 5 November
Economics: PMI construction
Trading updates: Amryt Pharma (AMYT), AstraZeneca (AZN), Derwent London (DLN), DWF (DWF), Hansard Global (HSD), Howden Joinery (HWDN), Inchcape (INCH), Lancashire (LRE), RSA Insurance (RSA), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS)
Interims: Auto Trader (AUTO), Aveva (AVV), IMI (IMI), N Brown (BWNG), Sainsburys (SBRY), Superdry (SDRY), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Trainline (TRN), Wincanton (WIN), Wizz Air (WIZZ)
Finals: Bowleven (BLVN), RDI Reit (RDI)
AGMs: Arc Minerals (ARCM), Panthera Resources (PAT), Pci-Pal (PCIP)
Companies paying dividends: DWF (0.75p), Anglo Asian Mining (3.46p), Begbies Traynor (1.9p), EMIS (16p), Octopus Second AIM VCT (2.1p)
Friday 6 November
Trading update: Beazley (BEZ)
AGMs: Adriatic Metals (ADT1), Redrow (RDW)
Companies paying dividends: Brooks Macdonald (32p), James Fisher & Sons (8p), Hastings (4.5p), JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust (1p), Judges Scientific (16.5p), Andrew Sykes (11.9p), Camellia (102p), Circle Property (2p), NCC (3.15p), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (33.5p), Trans-Siberian Gold (6.15p), WPP (10p), MP Evans (5p), Manchester & London Investment Trust (7p), Spectris (21.9p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 5 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Ashmore ord 0.01P | 12.1 | 11 Dec 20 |
| Clinigen | 5.46 | 2 Dec 20 |
| Dechra Pharmaceuticals ord 1p | 24 | 27 Nov 20 |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst ord 25p | 3 | 27 Nov 20 |
| Jupiter UK Growth Inv. Trust ord 5p | 5 | 30 Nov 20 |
| New Century AIM VCT | 1.5 | 4 Dec 20 |
| New Star Investment Trust ord 1p | 1.4 | 30 Nov 20 |
| NWF ord 25p | 5.9 | 8 Dec 20 |
| Schroder Japan Growth ord 10p | 4.9 | 26 Nov 20 |
| Softcat ord 0.0005p | 5.4 | 11 Dec 20 |
| Softcat ord 0.0005p | 7.6 | 11 Dec 20 |
| Softcat ord 0.0005p | 11.2 | 11 Dec 20 |
| Warpaint London | 1.5 | 20 Nov 20 |
| Warpaint London | 1.3 | 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.
