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
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Bilby | 2.32 | 28 Aug |
Fenner ord 25p | 4 | 7 Sep |
Frenkel Topping Group ord 0.5p | 0.19 | 14 Aug |
Investec ord 0.2p | 11.5 | 14 Aug |
Maven Income & Growth VCT 3 | 2 | 28 Aug |
Porvair ord 2p | 1.3 | 4 Sep |
UK Mail | 14.5 | 28 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.