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 June 1
Finals: GB, Syqic
Trading statement: SVG Capital
AGMs: CPP, Keywords Studios, Silence Therapeutics
EGM: Euromoney Institutional Investor
Economics: Market UK PMI - manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: BAE Systems (12.3p), Belvoir Lettings (3.4p), Burford Capital (3.55p), JPM Claverhouse IT (5p), North American Income (11.5p), Smart (J) Contractors (0.92p), Smart Metering Systems (1.88p), Travis Perkins (25.75p)
Tuesday June 2
Interim: RWS
Finals: Acal, AO World, First Derivatives, Londonmetric Property, Synergy Health
Trading statements: Amec Foster Wheeler, Harvey Nash, Wolseley
AGMs: Gem Diamonds, OneSavings Bank, WANdisco
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Market/CIPS UK construction
Companies paying dividends: Dialight (9.8p), London Stock Exchange (12.8p)
Wednesday June 3
Interims: Alternative Networks, easyHotel
Finals: Advanced Oncotherapy, Workspace
Trading statements: Dixons Carphone, International Consolidated Airlines
AGMs: Amara Mining, Arrow Global, JKX Oil & Gas, Johnston Press, Mears, Outsourcery, Robert Walters, Sprue Aegis
Economics: BRC shop price index, Official reserves, Market/CIPS UK services, composite PMI
Companies paying dividends: Northbridge Industrial Services (4p), Peel Hotels (1.5p), Unilever (21.8p)
Thursday June 4
Finals: Johnson Matthey, Vp, Wincanton
Trading statement: easyJet
AGMs: Air Partner, Camellia, Chariot Oil & Gas, G4S, Gaming Realms, Litebulb, Michael Page International, William Morrison Supermarkets
Economics: New car registrations, Bank of England rate announcement, Asset purchase target
Companies paying dividends: Legal & General (8.35p), Macfarlane (1.15p), Trinity Mirror (3p), TT Electronics (3.8p)
Friday June 5
Finals: Fuller, Smith & Turner, Halfords, Kcom
Trading statement: Bellway
AGM: MP Evans
Economics: Bank of England/GfK inflation (next 12 months), Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: Barr (AG) (9.01p), Card Factory (interim) (2.3p), Card Factory (final) (4.5p), Clarkson (39p), Exova (2p), Goals Soccer Centres (1.325p), H&T (2.7p), Highcroft Investment Trust (22.75p), Intertek (33.1p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment (12.15p), James Halstead (3.142p), Learning Technologies (0.07p), Lookers (1.87p), Maven Income & Growth VCT 4 (2.9p), Maven Income & Growth VCT 5 (1.7p), Merlin Entertainments (4.2p), Neptune Calculus Income & Growth (2p), Ocean Wilson (42.5p), Octopus Second AIM VCT (2p), OneSavings Bank (3.9p), Playtech (12.6p), Porvair (2p), Redefine International (1.6p), Rightmove (22p), SDL (2.5p), Seplat Petroleum Development (6p), SThree (9.3p), William Hill (8.2p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 4 June
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aberdeen New Thai Inv Trust ord 25p | 8.2 | 30 Jun |
| Acorn Income Fund | 3.5 | 26 Jun |
| Alliance Trust ord 2.5p | 2.546 | 30 Jun |
| Associated British Foods ord 5p | 10 | 3 Jul |
| Augean ord 10p | 0.5 | 12 Jun |
| Billington | 3 | 3 Jul |
| Bioquell ord 10p | 3.3 | 2 Jul |
| BlackRock Frontiers Inv Trust | 1.53 | 3 Jul |
| Brammer ord 20p | 7.1 | 2 Jul |
| Cardiff Property ord 20p | 3.5 | 8 Jul |
| CDialogues | 2 | 1 Jul |
| Character ord 5p | 5 | 26 Jun |
| Christie ord 2p | 1.5 | 3 Jul |
| Daily Mail & General Trust 'A'ord (non voting) | 6.5 | 3 Jul |
| Debenhams ord | 1 | 3 Jul |
| Elderstreet VCT ord 5p | 5 | 30 Jun |
| Electra Private Equity ord 25p | 38 | 24 Jul |
| Flowtech FluidPower | 3.33 | 24 Jun |
| Galasys | 0.19 | 3 Jul |
| Gamma Communications | 3.95 | 30 Jun |
| Grainger | 0.64 | 3 Jul |
| Greencore ord I £0.50 | 2.4 | 2 Oct |
| Hargreave Hale Aim VCT 1 ord 1p | 1.75 | 4 Jul |
| Headlam ord 5p | 12.3 | 1 Jul |
| Henderson Global Trust | 2.5 | 1 Jul |
| Inspired Energy | 0.18 | 4 Jul |
| Irish Continental | 5.05 | 19 Jun |
| Jelf ord | 0.8 | 26 Jun |
| Jiasen International US$0.1 | 2.35 | 25 Jun |
| JPMorgan Senior Secured Loan | 1.15 | 3 Jul |
| Keywords Studios | 0.74 | 26 Jun |
| Laird ord 25p | 8.23 | 3 Jul |
| Marshalls ord 25p | 4 | 3 Jul |
| Moss Bros ord 5p | 3.55 | 26 Jun |
| Mucklow (A&J) ord 25p | 9.31 | 1 Jul |
| Murray Income Trust ord 25p | 7 | 3 Jul |
| National Grid ord 11 17/43p | 28.16 | 5 Aug |
| Nostrum Oil & Gas | 18 | 26 Jun |
| Octopus VCT 2 | 2.5 | 3 Jul |
| Pace | 3.093 | 3 Jul |
| Personal ord 5p | 5.225 | 25 Jun |
| Renew | 2.25 | 6 Jul |
| Rotala ord 1p | 1.2 | 26 Jun |
| Saga ord 1p | 4.1 | 30 Jun |
| Slingsby (HC) ord 25p | 4 | 6 Jul |
| Spire Healthcare | 1.8 | 30 Jun |
| SSP | 2.1 | 3 Jul |
| Staffline | 8.5 | 6 Jul |
| Standard Life Equity Inc Trust ord 25p | 3.4 | 26 Jun |
| Synthomer | 4.8 | 3 Jul |
| Synthomer (special) | 7.8 | 3 Jul |
| WPP | 26.58 | 6 Jul |
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 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.
