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 9 November
Economics: Retail sales
Trading update: Dignity (DTY)
Interim: Totally (TLY)
Finals: On the Beach (OTB), Wey Education (WEY)
AGM: Prophotonix (PPIX)
Companies paying dividends: City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), Blackrock Latin American (4.325p)
Tuesday 10 November
Economics: Unemployment, claimant count rate
Trading updates: Direct Line Insurance (DLG), Meggitt (MGGT), Persimmon (PSN)
Interims: DCC (DCC), Electrocomponents (ECM), Land Securities (LAND), Manolete Partners (MANO), Oxford Instruments (OXIG), Premier Foods (PFD), Renewi (RWI), Zoo Digital (ZOO)
AGM: Harvest Minerals (HMI)
Company paying dividend: Tandem (3.12p)
Wednesday 11 November
Economics: GDP, services index, industrial production, manufacturing production
Trading updates: Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), JD Wetherspoon (JDW), Taylor Wimpey (TW.), William Hill (WMH)
Interims: Braemar Shipping Services (BMS), Great Eastern Energy Corp (GEEC), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Renold (RNO), Workspace (WKP)
Final: Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP)
AGMs: Hays (HAS), Innovaderma (IDP), Rank (RNK), Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), Supermarket Income Reit (SUPR), Thinksmart (TSL)
Thursday 12 November
Economics: Housing market survey, balance of trade
Trading updates: Arrow Global (ARW), Georgia Capital (CGEO), OneSavings (OSB), Regional Reit (RGL), Vesuvius (VSVS), Vistry (VTY)
Interims: Burberry (BRBY), Enteq Upstream (NTQ), Mediclinic International (MDC), National Grid (NG.), Norcros (NXR), Picton Property Income (PCTN), QinetiQ (QQ.), Volex (VLX), Young & Co’s Brewery (YNGA)
Final: WH Smith (SMWH)
AGMs: Clear Leisure (CLP), Grand Vision Media (GVMH), James Halstead (JHD), New Star Investment Trust (NSI)
Companies paying dividends: British American Tobacco (52.6p), Hansard Global (2.65p), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (4.2p), Merchants Trust (6.8p)
Friday 13 November
Interim: Castings (CGS)
AGMs: Byotrol (BYOT), DFS Furniture (DFS), Galliford Try (GFRD), Gulf Investment Fund (GIF)
Companies paying dividends: International Public Partnerships (3.38p), Anglo Pacific (1.75p), Chesnara (7.65p), JPMorgan Mid Cap (21.5p), Pacific Horizon (0.25p), BMO Commercial Property Trust (0.25p), Harworth (0.334p), Kerry (23.31p), T Clarke (0.75p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 12 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus | 14.5 | 9 Dec 20 |
| Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus | 4.5 | 9 Dec 20 |
| Anpario ord 23p | 2.75 | 27 Nov 20 |
| Baillie Gifford Japan Trust ord 5p | 4.5 | 11 Dec 20 |
| Croma Security Solutions | 1.2 | 27 Nov 20 |
| Ferguson | 160.15 | 11 Dec 20 |
| Genel Energy ord 10p | 3.84 | 11 Dec 20 |
| Inspired Energy | 0.1 | 9 Dec 20 |
| Invesco Perp UK Smaller Co's Inv ord £1 | 3.75 | 11 Dec 20 |
| Royal Dutch Shell B ord €0.07 | 12.87 | 16 Dec 20 |
| Royal Dutch Shell A ord €0.07 | 12.87 | 16 Dec 20 |
| Springfield Properties | 2 | 10 Dec 20 |
| Tristel ord 1p | 3.84 | 11 Dec 20 |
| UK Commercial Property Reit | 0.46 | 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.
