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Week Ahead: 27-31 July

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
July 24, 2015

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 27 July

Interims: Acacia Mining, Dialight, Fevertree Drinks, Hiscox, Reckitt Benckiser, Senior, XP Power

Final: Goodwin

Trading statements: Cranswick, Petra Diamonds

AGM: Cranswick

Economics: CBI trends - total orders, selling prices

Companies paying dividends: Aukett Swanke (0.11p), Aurora Investment Trust (3.85p), Compass (9.8p), Fuller Smith & Turner 'A' ord (10.2p), Invesco Income Growth Trust (3.75p), Lombard Risk Management (0.045p), Montanaro European Smaller Companies (5.75p), ULS Technology (1p)

 

Tuesday 28 July

Interims: BP, Brammer, Burford Capital, Domino's Pizza, Drax, Elementis, GKN, Greencoat UK Wind, Informa, ITV, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, McColl's Retail, Pace, Provident Financial, Rathbone Brothers, Segro, Shawbrook, Tullett Prebon, Virgin Money

Finals: Ebiquity, Games Workshop

Trading statements: Carpetright, Next, Willis

AGMs: Amiad Water Systems, Vodafone

EGM: PlayTech

Economics: GDP (Q2), Index of services, Nationwide house prices

Companies paying dividends: Aurora Investment Trust (3.85p), Coca-Cola (26.18p), Electrocomponents (6.75p), Hogg Robinson (1.69p), Intermediate Capital (15.1p), Intermediate Capital (special) (82.5p), Vertu Motors (0.7p)

 

Wednesday 29 July

Interims: 4imprint, Barclays, British American Tobacco, Capita, Capital & Counties Properties, Circassia Pharmaceuticals, Dignity, FDM, Foxtons, GlaxoSmithKline, Greggs, International Personal Finance, JKX Oil & Gas, Jupiter Fund Management, Lancashire, Man, National Express, Rightmove, Riverstone Energy, Smurfit Kappa, St James's Place, Tarsus, Taylor Wimpey, Telecity, Tullow Oil, Tyman

Final: Renishaw, Sky

Trading statements: Atkins (WS), Antofagasta,, Brewin Dolphin, CNH Industrial, Compass, Diploma, Paragon Group of Companies, Pets at Home, Subsea 7 SA, Tate & Lyle

AGMs: Acal, Atkins (WS), CML Microsystems, Dragon-Ukranian Properties & Development, James Cropper, Polar Capital, Stanley Gibbons, Tate & Lyle

Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, CBI reported sales

Companies paying dividends: JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust (1p), Norcros (0.375p), Record (0.9p)

 

Thursday 30 July

Interims: AstraZeneca, BAE Systems, Bodycote, Centaur Media, Centrica, Communisis, Countrywide, Henderson, Inchcape, InterContinental Hotels, Intu Properties, Laird, Luxfer, Megafon, Merlin Entertainments, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Moneysupermarket.com, Rentokil Initial, Rexam, Robert Walters, Rolls-Royce, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Dutch Shell, RPS, Schroders, Smith & Nephew, Spectris, Weir, Xchanging

Finals: Diageo, Victoria

Trading statements: BT, Babcock International, Delphi Automotive, Ensco, KAZ Minerals, Noble Corporation, Thomas Cook

AGMs: Argo, Babcock International, Electron, Findel, Halfords, IS Solutions, Michael Kors, Pennon

EGM: Anite

Companies paying dividends: Caffyns (13.5p), McKay Securities (6p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (2.625p), Redde (special) (1p), Shires Income (3.25p)

 

Friday 31 July

Interims: Alent, Berendsen, BG, Colt, Essentra, IMI, International Consolidated Airlines, Jardine Matheson, Lloyds Banking, UBM, Vesuvius

Trading statements: Aon, Range Resources, Vedanta Resources

AGMs: Charles Stanley, Kcom, Vitesse Media, Walker Crips

Economics: GfK consumer confidence

Companies paying dividends: 3i Infrastructure (special) (17p), Aberdeen Latin American Income (1p), Aberdeen Smaller Companies (1.65p), Acal (5.4p), Anpario (4.5p), Bisichi Mining (3p), Braemar Shipping Services (17p), Brown (N) (8.56p), Burberry (25.5p), Crawshaw (0.47p), Edinburgh Investment Trust (8.6p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), GTS Chemical (1.8p), Helical Bar (5.15p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.175p), Impellam (7.75p), Inland Homes (0.3p), Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income (1.25p), Lowland Investment (10p), Mercantile Investment Trust (10p), Middlefield Canadian Income (1.25p), New City Energy (0.42p), North American Income (6.5p), Palace Capital (7p), Panther Securities (9p), Royal Mail (14.3p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (2p), Schroder UK Growth Fund (2.5p), Schroder UK Growth Fund (special) (1p), Schroder Oriental Income (1.6p), Shanks (2.35p), Shires Income (3.25p), Tate & Lyle (19.8p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.575p), Twentyfour Select Monthly Income (0.5p)

Shares going ex-dividend on 30 July

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
Bilby2.3228 Aug
Fenner ord 25p47 Sep
Frenkel Topping Group ord 0.5p0.1914 Aug
Investec ord 0.2p11.514 Aug
Maven Income & Growth VCT 3228 Aug
Porvair ord 2p1.34 Sep
UK Mail14.528 Aug

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.