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 23 November
Trading update: McBride (MCB)
Interims: Cake Box Holdings (CBOX), Codemasters (CDM), D4T4 Solutions (D4T4), LXI REIT (LXI), Mind Gym (MIND), Northern Bear (NTBR), Sirius Real Estate (SRE), SysGroup (SYS), Thruvision (THRU)
Finals: Carrs (CARR), Cerillion (CER), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT)
AGMs: CPL Resources (CPS), Leeds Group (LDSG), McBride (MCB), Schroder Japan Growth Fund (SJG), TR European Growth Trust (TRG)
Companies paying dividends: Caretech Holding (4p), Ground Rents Income Fund (0.99p)
Tuesday 24 November
Trading updates: Intertek (ITRK)
Interims: AO World (AO.), Appreciate (APP), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), CML Microsystems (CML), Cranswick (CWK), Eckoh (ECK), IG Design (IGR), Knights (KGH), Pennon (PNN), Pets At Home (PETS), Record (REC), Severfield (SFR), Trifast (TRI), Vp (VP)
Finals: Compass (CPG), Greencore (GNC), Renew Holdings (RNWH), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG), Treatt (TET), UDG Healthcare (UDG), Brewin Dolphin (BRW)
AGMs: Essensys (ESYS), Go Ahead Group (GOG)
Wednesday 25 November
Trading updates: Melrose Industries (MRO), Rotork (ROR)
Interims: Babcock (BAB), D4T4 Solutions (D4T4), De La Rue (DLAR), Helical (HLCL), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), James Latham (LTHM), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), Shearwater (SWG), United Utilities (UU.), Alpha Financial (AFM)
Finals: AB Dynamics (ABDP), Cambria Automobiles (CAMB), Marstons (MARS)
AGMs: Berkeley Energia (BKY), Brand Architekts (BAR), Croma Security Solutions (CSSG), Fulham Shore (FUL), Genus (GNS), JPEL Private Equity (JPEL), London Finance & Investment (LFI), Red Emperor Resources (RMP), ScS (SCS), Thor Mining (THR)
Companies paying dividends: Henderson Eurotrust (17p), Vincapital Vietnam Opportunity (4.26p)
Thursday 26 November
Trading updates: Aviva (AV), CVS Group (CVSG), The Vitec Group (VTC)
Interims: First Property (FPO), JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN), Motorpoint (MOTR), NewRiver REIT (NRR), OTAQ (OTAQ), Paypoint (PAY), Severn Trent (SVT), Ted Baker (TED), XPS Pensions (XPS)
Finals: Britvic (BVIC), Tracsis (TRCS)
AGMs: Alternative Income REIT (AIRE), ASOS (ASC), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), Castillo Copper (CCZ), Clinigen (CLIN), Crown Place VCT (CRWN), CVS (CVSG), DX (DX.), IronRidge Resources (IRR), Pan African Resources (PAF), PZ Cussons (PZC)
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen New Thai (8p), BlackRock Greater European (4.4p), FW Thorpe (4.2p), Invesco Asia Trust (6.7p), Schroder Japan Growth (4.9p)
Friday 27 November
Economics: Nationwide house price index, consumer credit, money supply, mortgage approvals
Trading updates: Reach (RCH)
Interims: Carclo (CAR), Harbourvest Global Private Equity (HVPE)
Finals: Benchmark Holdings (BMK)
AGMs: Hotel Chocolat (HOTC), Murray Income Trust (MUT), Quadrise Fuels International (QFI), Sylvania Platinum (SLP)
Companies paying dividends: Amati AIM VCT (3.5p), Anpario (2.75p), BlackStone/GSO Loan Financing (0.015p), Croma Security Solutions Group (1.2p), Dechra Pharmaceuticals (24p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (3p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.333p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.73p), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (1.55p), Henderson Far East Income Trust (5.8), Hilton Food Group (6p), Impact Health (1.5725p), London Security (40p), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (3.12p), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (1.06p), Secure Income REIT (3.65p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5625p), Tesco (3.2p), TR European Growth Trust (14.2p), UK Commercial Property REIT (0.46p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 26 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| 3i Infrastructure PLC | 4.9 | 11-Jan-21 |
| Bellway Ord 12.5p | 50 | 08-Jan-21 |
| BlackRock North American Inc | 2 | 04-Jan-21 |
| Castings Ord 10p | 3.57 | 07-Jan-21 |
| Clarkson Ord 25p | 25 | 11-Dec-20 |
| Diversified Gas & Oil | 2.69 | 16-Dec-20 |
| iEnergizer Ld | 5.72 | 18-Dec-20 |
| Inspiration Healthcare Group | 0.2 | 29-Dec-20 |
| JPMorgan Global Growth & Income | 3.29 | 08-Jan-21 |
| Land Securities Group Ord 10 2/3 p | 12 | 04-Jan-21 |
| Lok'N Store Group Ord 1p | 9 | 08-Jan-21 |
| National Grid Ord 11 17/43p | 17 | 13-Jan-21 |
| Octopus Titan VCT | 2 | 11-Dec-20 |
| Warehouse REIT | 1.55 | 31-Dec-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.
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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.
