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 28 April
Interim: Ab Dynamics
Finals: SimiGon, Verona Pharma
Trading statement: Global Health Partner
AGMs: Acencia Debt Strategies, Access Intelligence, DP World, Greencoat UK Wind, Microgen, Peer TV, Personal Group, TXO
Economics: Hometrack housing survey, Nationwide house prices
Tuesday 29 April
Interims: Infrastrata, Utilitywise
Finals: Huntsworth, Jqw, LiDCO, Lifeline Scientific, Petropavlovsk, TLA Worldwide, Walker Greenbank, Whitbread
Trading statements: BP, Carphone Warehouse, Ensco, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Redrow, Segro, Stagecoach, St James's Place, Telecity, UBM
AGMs: Bodycote, Essentra, FBD, Global Health Partner, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Premier Foods, SDL, Servelec, Shire, Wolson Microelectronics
Economics: GDP (Q1), Index of services
Companies paying dividends: Anglo American (32.3p), LSL Property Services (7.2p), RIT Capital Partners (14.7p)
For a preview of results from Whitbread, read here.
Wednesday 30 April
Interims: Avon Rubber, Superglass
Finals: GameAccount Network, Globo, Home Retail Group, Macromac, Panther Securities
Trading statements: Antofagasta, Asia Resource Minerals, Barclays, British American Tobacco, CSR, GlaxoSmithKline, Greene King, Greggs, International Personal Finance, Kazakhmys, Ladbrokes, Next, PBF Energy, Playtech, Royal Dutch Shell, Smith (DS), Standard Life, Subsea 7, SVG Capital, Tullow Oil, Ultra Electronics, Unite
AGMs: Aviva, British American Tobacco, Countrywide, Devro, Emis, Fidessa, HellermannTyton, International Personal Finance, Juridica, Lancashire, Nichols, Pendragon, Phoenix, RIT Capital Partners, Segro, Synectics, Tullow Oil, Ultra Electronics
Economics: GfK consumer confidence
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (1p), Aberdeen Smaller Companies (1.6p), Albion Technology & General VCT (1.25p), Caledonia Mining (0.9p), Chrysalis VCT (3.25p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.125p), Henderson International Income Trust (1.05p), HSBC (11.45p), Invesco Perpetual Advanced (1.25p), Keywords Studios (0.67p), Lavendon (2.4p), Lowland Investment (9p), Manchester & London Investment Trust (5.5p), Middlefield Canadian (1.25p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (2p), Schroder Oriental Income Fund (1.5p), Shires Income (3p), Tamar Euro Industrial Fund (0.75p), Twentyfour Income Fund (2.63p), Wynnstay (6.2p)
For a preview of results from Avon Rubber, read here.
Thursday 1 May
Final: N Brown
Trading statements: Allegion, BG, British Sky Broadcasting, Go-Ahead, Howden Joinery, Kerry, Kingspan, Lancashire, Lloyds Banking, Millennium & Copthorne, Phoenix, Rolls-Royce, RPS, Schroders, Shire, Smith & Nephew, Synthomer, Weir, Wolfson Microelectronics
AGMs: Aga Rangemaster, Alliance Trust, Arm, Dialog Semiconductor, GKN, Greggs, Henderson, James Fisher, Johnson Service, Kerry, Kingspan, Millennium & Copthorne, Robinson, Rolls-Royce, Schroders, Synthomer, Weir
EGM: Sirius Real Estate
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net credit secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: Digital Globe Services (3.68p), Dragon Oil (10.7p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.7p), ISG (4.54p), Jardine Lloyd Thompson (17.1p), Mercantile Investment Trust (16p), Next (special) (50p), NWF (1p), Plus500 (0.1504p), Raven Russia (3p), Smith (DS) (3.2p), Wolseley (27.5p)
For a preview of results from N Brown, read here.
Friday 2 May
Trading statements: Capital & Counties Properties, Direct Line Insurance, InterContinental Hotels, Laird, Rentokil Initial, Rexam, Royal Bank of Scotland
AGMs: Aer Lingus, Capital & Counties Properties, DP Poland, InterContinental Hotels, Laird, Rexam, RPS, Smurfit Kappa, Stadium, Symphony Environmental Technologies
EGM: Ormonde Mining
Companies paying dividends: 32Red (1p), Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust (7.55p), Acencia Debt Strategies (1.92p), Animalcare (1.5p), Berendsen (19.2p), BlackRock Latin American (8.93p), Bodycote (9.1p), Bodycote (special) (10p), British Land (6.75p), Emis (8p), Essentra (10.6p), Henderson Opportunities Trust (7.2p), Investors Capital Trust (1.1225p), Moneysupermarket.com (5.12p), Nichols (13.3p), Pearson (32p), Phoenix (26.7p), Quindell (0.1p), Redrow (1p), Ultra Electronics (29.5p).
Shares going ex-dividend on 30 April
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Admiral (special) | 26.2 | 30 May |
| Admiral ord 0.1p | 24.4 | 30 May |
| Advanced Medical Solutions ord 10p | 0.41 | 28 May |
| Aer Lingus | 3.3 | 30 May |
| African Barrick Gold | 1.21 | 23 May |
| Albion Development VCT | 2.5 | 30 May |
| Boot (Henry) & Sons ord 10p | 3.15 | 30 May |
| Cenkos Securities ord 1p | 8.5 | 28 May |
| City of London Inv. Trust ord 25p | 3.75 | 30 May |
| Cobham ord 2.5p | 7.04 | 30 May |
| Croda International ord 10p | 35.5 | 30 May |
| Dialight ord 1.89p | 9.5 | 3 Jun |
| Dunedin Enterprise Inv. Trust | 16.5 | 23 May |
| Elementis ord 5p (special) | 3.51 | 30 May |
| Elementis ord 5p | 3.303 | 30 May |
| F&C Private Equity Trust ord | 5.36 | 30 May |
| Ferrexpo ord 10p | 2.2 | 30 May |
| Foxtons (special) | 3.74 | 30 May |
| Foxtons | 1.7 | 30 May |
| Fresnillo ord $0.50 | 4.096 | 22 May |
| G4S ord 25p | 5.54 | 13 Jun |
| Highcroft Investment Trust ord 25p | 21.25 | 30 May |
| Holders Technology ord 10p | 1 | 20 May |
| Hunting ord 25p | 13.48 | 27 May |
| Hydrogen ord 1p | 3.1 | 30 May |
| Informa ord 10p | 12.5 | 27 May |
| ITV (special) | 4 | 30 May |
| ITV | 2.4 | 30 May |
| JPM Claverhouse IT | 4.5 | 2 Jun |
| Morgan Sindall | 15 | 23 May |
| National Express ord 5p | 6.75 | 23 May |
| Neptune Calculus Income & Growth ord 10p | 2 | 6 Jun |
| Polymetal International | 4.8 | 30 May |
| Porvair ord 2p | 1.8 | 6 Jun |
| Powerflute Oyj NPV | 0.838 | 23 May |
| Quixant | 1 | 16 May |
| Raven Russia ord 1p | 3 | 1 May |
| Reed Elsevier | 17.95 | 23 May |
| Regus | 2.5 | 30 May |
| Senior ord 10p | 3.6 | 30 May |
| Sig ord 10p | 2.4 | 30 May |
| Signet Jewelers | 10.9 | 28 May |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering ord 25p | 41 | 30 May |
| SThree ord 1p | 9.3 | 4 Jun |
| Tesco | 10.13 | 4 Jul |
| Total Produce €0.01 | 1.364 | 27 May |
| Travis Perkins ord 10p | 21 | 30 May |
| UBM | 20.5 | 27 May |
| Weir ord 2.5p | 33.2 | 30 May |
| Wetherspoon (JD) ord 2p | 4 | 29 May |
| William Hill ord 10p | 7.9 | 6 Jun |
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.
