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 August
UK public holiday
Tuesday 27 August
Interims: Bunzl (BNZL)
AGMs: Belluscura (BELL), RUA Life Sciences (RUA), Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT)
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (3.75p)
Wednesday 28 August
Economics: BRC shop price index
Interims: Faron Pharmaceuticals (FARN), Hochschild Mining (HOC), PensionBee Group (PBEE), Prudential (PRU)
AGMs: Ethernity Networks (ENET), Kinovo (KINO), Wishbone Gold (WSBN)
Companies paying dividends: Seplat Energy ($0.03)
Thursday 29 August
Interims: BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A. (BBGI), Grafton (GFTU), Hunting (HTG), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH)
AGMs: Guinness VCT (GVCT)
Companies paying dividends: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (13.6p), Bellevue Healthcare Trust (2.52p), Calculus VCT (2.77p)
Friday 30 August
Economics: Consumer credit, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: abrdn Property Income Trust (1p), Albion Enterprise VCT (3.14p), Alternative Income REIT (1.625p), Atrato Onsite Energy (1.37p), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (0.44p), Bankers Investment Trust (0.672p), Calnex Solutions (0.62p), City of London Investment Trust (5.25p), CQS New City High Yield Fund (1.5p), Cranswick (67.3p), Custodian Property Income REIT (1.5p), CVC Income & Growth EURO (€0.02), CVC Income & Growth GBP (2.0625p), Diverse Income Trust (1.05p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (3.2p), Ecofin Global Utilities & Infrastructure Trust (2.05p), EJF Investments (2.675p), Greencoat UK Wind (2.5p), Hansa Investment Company (0.8p), Henderson Far East Income (6.2p), Henderson International Income Trust (1.92p), ICG Enterprise Trust (8.5p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Cos IT (3.85p), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (1.05p), Marwyn Value Investors (2.265p), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (1.51p), Picton Property Income (0.925p), Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (2.5p), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (1.2p), PRS REIT (1p), Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (0.853p), Target Healthcare REIT (1.428p), Taylor Maritime Investments (1.553277p), Tetragon Financial ($0.11), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (0.5p), Volex (2.8p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 29 August | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| abrdn Equity Income Trust | 5.7 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| Alliance Trust | 6.62 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| Auto Trader Group | 6.4 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| Bluefield Solar Income Fund | 2.2 | 30-Sep-2024 |
| Brickability Group | 2.28 | 26-Sep-2024 |
| Canadian General Investments | C$0.25 | 15-Sep-2024 |
| Capital | $0.013 | 3-Oct-2024 |
| Centamin | $0.0225 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| Clarkson | 32 | 13-Sep-2024 |
| Diageo | $0.6298 | 17-Oct-2024 |
| Diversified Energy Company | $0.29 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| Dowlais Group | 1.4 | 4-Oct-2024 |
| Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust | 1.45 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| Dr. Martens | 0.99 | 1-Oct-2024 |
| Genuit Group | 4.1 | 2-Oct-2024 |
| Glencore | $0.065 | 20-Sep-2024 |
| Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst | 19.5 | 7-Oct-2024 |
| InterContinental Hotels Group | $0.532 | 3-Oct-2024 |
| International Personal Finance | 3.4 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| JPMorgan American Investment Trust | 2.75 | 7-Oct-2024 |
| JPMorgan Global Growth & Income | 5.7 | 7-Oct-2024 |
| Knights Group Holdings | 2.79 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| LondonMetric Property | 2.85 | 8-Oct-2024 |
| Northern Bear | 2 | 25-Sep-2024 |
| PageGroup | 5.36 | 11-Oct-2024 |
| PayPoint | 9.6 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| PetroTal Corporation | $0.015 | 13-Sep-2024 |
| Plus500 | $1 | 11-Nov-2024 |
| Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust | 2 | 30-Sep-2024 |
| Quartix Technologies | 1.5 | 30-Sep-2024 |
| Quilter | 1.7 | 23-Sep-2024 |
| RHI Magnesita N.V. | €0.60 | 26-Sep-2024 |
| Robert Walters | 6.5 | 27-Sep-2024 |
| Savills | 7.1 | 30-Sep-2024 |
| Secure Trust Bank | 11.3 | 26-Sep-2024 |
| Serco Group | 1.34 | 4-Oct-2024 |
| Team Internet Group | 1 | 4-Oct-2024 |
| ZIGUP | 17.5 | 27-Sep-2024 |
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.
