| UK Dividends Calendar | |
| Friday, May 1 | |
| Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Mercantile Investment Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| DS Smith | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Bodycote | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| EMIS Group | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Essentra | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Pearson | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Redrow | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Next | Special dividend payment date |
| Monday, May 4 | |
| No Events Scheduled | |
| Tuesday, May 5 | |
| Nichols | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Wednesday, May 6 | |
| Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| British Land | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Ultra Electronics | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Finsbury Growth & Income Trust | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Hellermantyton | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Schroders | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Smith & Nephew | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Thursday, May 7 | |
| BP | Ex-dividend date Q1 2015 |
| Playtech | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Trinity Mirror | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Henderson International Income Trust | Ex-dividend date 2015 |
| Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust | Ex-dividend date Q4 2014 |
| Lookers | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| LSL Property | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Advanced Medical Solutions Group | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Acacia Mining | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| G4S | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| AG Barr | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Countrywide | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Derwent London | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Edinburgh Investment Trust | Ex-dividend date 2015 |
| EP Global Opportunities Trust | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| H&T Group | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Henderson Far East Income | Ex-dividend date 2015 |
| IFG Group | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| James Halstead | Ex-dividend date 2015 |
| Macfarlane Group | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| WM Morrisons Supermarkets | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Partnership Assurance | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Rightmove | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| J Smart & Co | Ex-dividend date 2015 |
| Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust | Ex-dividend date 2015 |
| BAT | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Barclays | Ex-dividend date Q1 2015 |
| Morgan Advanced Materials | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Hansa Trust | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Admiral | Special dividend payment date |
| Starwood European Real Estate Finance | Ex-dividend date Q1 2015 |
| Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities | Ex-dividend date Q2 2015 |
| London Stock Exchange | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Centaur Media | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Safecharge International | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Summit Germany | Ex-dividend date Q1 2015 |
| Polypipe | Ex-dividend date 2014 |
| Custodian REIT | Ex-dividend date 2015 |
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