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 29 January
Companies paying dividends: Smart (J) & Co (Contractors) (2.27p)
Tuesday 30 January
Economics: Nationwide house price index, M4 money supply, mortgage approvals
Trading updates: Diaceutics (DXRX), Luceco (LUCE), Pets At Home Group (PETS), Saga (SAGA), Synthomer (SYNT)
Interims: Diageo (DGE)
Finals: SThree (STEM)
AGMs: AJ Bell (AJB), Auction Technology Group (ATG), Mineral & Financial Investments (MAFL), Renew Holdings (RNWH), SSP Group (SSPG), Webis Holdings (WEB)
Wednesday 31 January
Trading updates: SSE (SSE)
Interims: ITM Power (ITM), NWF Group (NWF)
Finals: Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), GSK (GSK)
AGMs: Imperial Brands Group (IMB), Mobile Streams (MOS), Oxford Metrics (OMG), Schroder Asia Pacific Fund (SDP)
Companies paying dividends: Albion Venture Capital Trust (1.19p), Amedeo Air Four Plus (2p), Artemis Alpha Trust (2.54p), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (0.44p), CT Private Equity Trust (7.01p), Doric Nimrod Air Three (2.0625p), Doric Nimrod Air Two (4.5p), dotDigital Group (1p), European Assets Trust (1.475p), Focusrite (4.5p), Lowland Investment Company (1.6p), Mitie Group (1p), Shires Income (3.2p), Smith (DS) (6p), Triad Group (2p)
Thursday 1 February
Economics: BoE interest rate decision, PMI manufacturing
Trading updates: A.G. Barr (BAG), Airtel Africa (AAF), BT Group (BT.A)
Interims: Rank Group
Finals: Janus Henderson Group, Shell (SHEL)
AGMs: Cerillion (CER), Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust (KPC), Sage Group (SGE)
Companies paying dividends: British American Tobacco (57.72p), F&C Investment Trust (3.4p), Mercantile Investment Trust (1.45p), United Utilities Group (16.59p), WH Smith (20.8p)
Friday 2 February
AGMs: Critical Metals (CRTM), Gunsynd (GUN)
Companies paying dividends: Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (0.4p), Bisichi (3p), BT Group (2.31p), Cardiff Property (16p), CT UK High Income Trust (1.32p), Diploma (40p), Dr Martens (1.56p), Experian (14.1032p), Halma (8.41p), Jet2 (4p), QinetiQ Group (2.6p), Severfield (1.4p), Thames Ventures VCT 1 (1p), Topps Tiles (2.4p), TwentyFour Income Fund (2p), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited (0.5p), Vodafone Group (€0.045 ), Workspace Group (9p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 1 February | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Albion Enterprise VCT | 3.06 | 29-Feb-2024 |
| Blackstone Loan Financing | €0.03 | 8-Mar-2024 |
| CC Japan Income & Growth Trust | 3.75 | 1-Mar-2024 |
| Coral Products | 0.5 | 29-Feb-2024 |
| Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust | 3.2 | 29-Feb-2024 |
| Henderson International Income Trust | 1.92 | 29-Feb-2024 |
| Hollywood Bowl Group | 11.27 | 23-Feb-2024 |
| JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets | 1.05 | 23-Feb-2024 |
| Paragon Banking Group | 26.4 | 8-Mar-2024 |
| PayPoint | 9.5 | 5-Mar-2024 |
| Polar Capital Global Financials Trust | 2.1 | 29-Feb-2024 |
| Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust | 1.2 | 29-Feb-2024 |
| Schroder Oriental Income Fund | 2 | 16-Feb-2024 |
| SSP Group | 2.5 | 29-Feb-2024 |
| Treatt | 5.46 | 14-Mar-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.
