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 7 December
Economics: House price index
Interim: Ted Baker (TED)
Final: Hardide (HDD)
AGMs: Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), Renalytix AI (RENX), UK Mortgages (UKML)
Company paying dividend: JPM Small Companies (5.5p)
Tuesday 8 December
Trading update: Ferguson (FERG)
Interims: Ashtead (AHT), Begbies Traynor (BEG), GB (GBG), Redde Northgate (REDD), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), Solid State (SOLI), Vianet (VNET)
Finals: Mears (MER), Renew (RNWH)
AGMs: Allergy Therapeutics (AGY), Avation (AVAP), Fidelity Asian Values (FAS), Greatland Gold (GGP), Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD), Henderson International Income Trust (HINT), UIL (UTL), Worsley Investors (WINV)
Companies paying dividends: NWF (5.9p), Tribal (1.1p)
Wednesday 9 December
Trading updates: Balfour Beatty (BBY), S&U (SUS)
Interims: Creightons (CRL), Duke Royalty (DUKE), SDI (SDI), Stagecoach (SGC), Superdry (SDRY)
Finals: Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (SERE), Victrex (VCT)
AGMs: CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), Orchard Funding (ORCH)
Company paying dividend: Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus (4.5p, 14.5p)
Thursday 10 December
Economics: RICS housing market survey, balance of trade, GDP, index of services, industrial production, manufacturing production
Trading update: Ocado (OCDO)
Interims: Cohort (CHRT), DS Smith (SMDS), DWF (DWF), FirstGroup (FGP)
Finals: Marstons (MARS), On The Beach (OTB), RWS (RWS)
AGMs: 7digital (7DIG), Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (ALAI), Amur Minerals (AMC), Asia Dragon Trust (DGN), Bioventix (BVXP), Ceres Power (CWR), Chelverton Growth Trust (CGW), Doric Nimrod Air One (DNA), Doric Nimrod Air Three (DNA3), Doric Nimrod Air Two (DNA2), Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG), Lok'n Store (LOK), MJ Hudson (MJH), Petro Matad (MATD), PRS REIT (PRSR), Softcat (SCT), Upland Resources (UPL), Windar Photonics (WPHO), YouGov (YOU)
Companies paying dividends: British & American Investment Trust (2.7p), Fidelity Asian Values (8.5p), Jarvis Securities (3.125p), Springfield Properties (2p)
Friday 11 December
Trading update: Bellway (BWY)
Interims: Frasers (FRAS), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT)
Final: Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS)
AGMs: Bellway (BWY), Star Phoenix (STA), UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Volution (FAN), Westmount Energy (WTE)
Companies paying dividends: Ashmore (12.1p), Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (4.5p), Central Asia Metals (6p), Clarkson (25p), Ferguson (160.15p), Genel Energy (3.84p), Genus (19.7p), Gresham House Energy (1.75p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies (3.75p), James Halstead (10p), Octopus Titan VCT (2p), PRS REIT (1p), Smurfit Kappa (25.36p), Softcat (5.4p, 11.2p, 7.6p), Tristel (3.84)
Companies going ex-dividend on 10 December
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Alpha Financial Markets Consulting | 2.1 | 22 Dec 20 |
| Aviva Ord 25p | 7 | 27 Jan 21 |
Charles Stanley Ord 25p | 3 | 15 Jan 21 |
| Gresham House Strategic | 12.1 | 6 Jan 21 |
| Henderson High Income Trust | 2.475 | 29 Jan 21 |
| Homeserve Ord 12.5p | 6.2 | 8 Jan 21 |
| Intermediate Capital Ord 20p | 17 | 8 Jan 21 |
| Investec Ord 0.2p | 5.5 | 4 Jan 21 |
| Orchard Funding Ord 1p | 2 | 18 Dec 20 |
| Palace Capital | 2.5 | 31 Dec 20 |
| Severfield | 1.1 | 8 Jan 21 |
| Temple Bar Inv Tst Ord 25p | 8.25 | 31 Dec 20 |
| XP Power Ord 1p | 20 | 15 Jan 21 |
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.
