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 21 April
UK Bank holiday - nothing scheduled
Tuesday 22 April
Final: Randall & Quilter
Trading statement: Genel Energy
AGMs: Genel Energy, Progressive Digital Media
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Com. Inc. Inv. Tst. (1.4875p), British Sky Broadcasting (12p)
Wednesday 23 April
Interims: Associated British Foods, Avacta, Fenner, Smiths News
Final: Mobile Tornado Group
Trading statements: Amec, Arm, Biome Technologies, Carpetright, Creston, Hammerson, Moneysupermarket.com, Petra Diamonds, Record, Reed Elsevier, Spirent Communications, Sports Direct International, STV
AGMs: Biome Technologies, Cambria Africa, Dragon Oil, Drax, Hammerson. Management Consulting, Modern Water, Moneysupermarket.com, Spirent Communications, STV, ValiRx
Economics: Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee minutes, public sector borrowing data, Confederation of British Industry trends data - total orders, selling prices, business optimism
Companies paying dividends: Assura (4.5p), Close Brothers (16.5p)
For a preview of Associated British Food's results, read here.
For a preview of Hammerson's trading statement, read here.
For a preview of Fenner's results, read here.
Thursday 24 April
Interim: Spirit Pub Company
Final: Camellia
Trading statements: African Barrick Gold, Anglo American, AstraZeneca, AZ Electronic Materials, Berendsen, Cobham, Computacenter, Croda International, Delphi Automotive, Elementis, Henderson, International Ferro Metals, Mecom, Pace, Premier Foods, Senior, Travis Perkins, Unilever
AGMs: African Barrick Gold, Aggreko, Anglo American, AstraZeneca, Barclays, Beale, Berendsen, Cloudtag, Cobham, Colt Telecom, Croda International, Elementis, Kenyedy Ventures, LSL Property Services, New World Resources, Pace, Reed Elsevier, SpaceandPeople, SThree, TomCo Energy
EGM: Aggreko
Economics: Confederation of British Industry reported sales data
Companies paying dividends: Maintel (9p), Belvoir Lettings (3.4p)
Friday 25 April
Interim: Egdon Resources
Final: Harvey Nash
Trading statements: Colt Telecom, Rotork, Spectris, William Hill, WPP
AGMs: Alpha Pyrenees, Minoan, Pearson, Quixant, Rotork, Senior, Spectris, Sterling Energy
EGM: Skyepharma
Economics: Retail sales figures, BBA house purchase loans data
Companies paying dividends: Charlemagne Capital (0.6014p), Costain (7.75p), Craneware (5.7p), Doric Nimrod Air 3 ord (preference) (2.0625p), Doric Nimrod Air One NPV (2.25p), Doric Nimrod Air 2 (4.5p), Finsbury Food (0.25p), Hammerson (10.8p), Heavitree Brewery 'A' (limited voting) ord. (3.5p), Heavitree Brewery (3.5p), Henderson Eurotrust (5p), IDOX (0.4p), Japan Residential Inv. Co. (1.8p), JPM Inc. & Cap. Trust (1.625p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust. (1.3p), New Britain Palm Oil (3.1p), Pennant International (1.8p), Plexus (0.48p), Primary Health Properties (9.75p), Schroder Real Estate Inv. Trust (0.62p), Smiths (12.75p), SpaceandPeople (4.1p), Spirent Communications (1.2p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.55p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 23 April
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aggreko ord 20p | 17.19 | 27 May |
| Alkane Energy ord 0.5p | 0.2 | 30 May |
| Antofagasta ord 5p | 53.81 | 23 May |
| Balfour Beatty ord 50p | 8.5 | 4 Jul |
| BG ord 10p | 9.51 | 30 May |
| Brady ord 1p | 1.7 | 20 May |
| Bwin.Party Digital ord 0.015p | 1.8 | 28 May |
| Centrica ord 5 5/9p | 12.08 | 11 Jun |
| Churchill China ord 10p | 9.7 | 23 May |
| Drax Group ord 11 16/29p | 8.9 | 17 May |
| DRS Data & Research Services ord 5p | 0.4 | 30 May |
| GVC | 9.4 | 19 May |
| GVC (special) | 3.7 | 19 May |
| HR Owen ord £1 | 2 | 23 May |
| Hansteen ord 10p | 2.9 | 21 May |
| Hikma Pharmaceutical | 7.8 | 22 May |
| Hikma Pharmaceutical (special) | 2.4 | 22 May |
| International Public Partnerships | 3.075 | 13 Jun |
| Invesco Perp UK Smaller Co's Inv ord £1 | 4.9 | 6 Jun |
| Kentz Corporation ord 1p | 7.03 | 23 May |
| Kingspan | 7.08 | 15 May |
| Legal & General ord 2.5p | 6.9 | 4 Jun |
| Lookers ord 25p | 1.7 | 4 Jun |
| Man | 3.19 | 16 May |
| McBride ord 10p | 1.7 | 30 May |
| Merchants Trust ord 25p | 5.9 | 23 May |
| Microgen ord 5p | 2.2 | 27 May |
| Mondi ord €0.2 | 21.68 | 22 May |
| Netplay TV ord 5p | 0.32 | 19 Jun |
| Octopus Second Aim VCT | 2 | 22 May |
| Old Mutual ord 10p | 6 | 30 May |
| Pendragon ord 5p | 0.3 | 8 May |
| Portmeirion ord 5p | 19 | 23 May |
| Rathbone Brothers ord 5p | 31 | 19 May |
| Rolls-Royce ord 20p | 13.4 | 1 Jul |
| Smart Metering Systems | 1.61 | 30 May |
| Statpro ord 1p | 1.95 | 21 May |
| Tullett Prebon ord 325p | 11.25 | 15 May |
| Vesuvius | 10.25 | 23 May |
| Xchanging ord 5p | 2.5 | 23 May |
| Zotefoams ord 5p | 3.6 | 28 May |
The ex-dividend date 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 Wednesday. The record date is usually two days after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.
