Friday preview: Lookers, Pendragon

25th Jun 2009 17:24

A quiet end to the week is in store on the corporate news front, though by coincidence two car dealers, Lookers and Pendragon both have annual general meetings, at which updates may be forthcoming on how the government's car scrappage scheme is affecting sales.Both companies have had to revise their finance facilities this year against the background of a sharply deteriorating car market. Lookers signed new banking facilities with lenders for £210m of loans maturing in 2012, while Pendragon also extended its bank facilities and loan notes to April 2012. INTERIMSAlternative NetworksINTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEBaronsmead VCT, Baronsmead VCT 2, F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd., Narborough Plant, Northern Venture Trust, Northern Venture Trust 'C' Shares, Shaftesbury, ZytronicINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSConsumer Confidence (FRA) (07:50)Consumer Price Index (GER) (08:00)Gross Domestic Product (FRA) (07:55)Personal Savings (US) (13:30)Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (13:30)Personal Spending (US) (13:30)U. of Michigan Confidence (US) (15:00)Consumer Price Index (JPN)FINALSMobilityOneEGMSBoussard & Gavaudan Holding Ltd. EUR Shares, Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Ltd. GBP Shares, The Hotel CorporationAGMSCluff Gold, Coolabi, European Islamic Investment Bank, Gresham Computing, Hawtin, Headlam, Herencia Resources, Lookers, Matra Petroleum, NetDimensions, Pendragon, Platmin, The Hotel Corporation, Top Level Domain Holdings, Ukrproduct Group, Yujin InternationalTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSInvista Real Estate Investment Management HoldingsFINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATEAberdeen Growth VCT I, Dignity, Gresham House, IRP Property Investments, Lees Foods, Melrose Resources, Narborough Plant, Peel Hotels, Printing.com, Randall & Quilter Investment, Spectris, Win, Witan Pacific Inv Trust