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 3 August
Interims: Coats Group, Fidessa, HSBC, Intertek Group, Keller, Telit Communications, Trinity Mirror, Ultra Electronics
AGMs: Camco Clean Energy, Dods Group, Vedanta Resources
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Aveva (25p), CML Microsystems (6.9p), De La Rue (16.7p), Dee Valley Group (42p), Dee Valley Group (non-voting) (42p), Electronic Data Processing (2p), Establishment Investment Trust (3p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.3p), Homeserve (7.87p), JD Sports Fashion (5.9p), Next (100p), Next (special) (60p), TalkTalk (9.2p), United Utilities (25.14p)
Tuesday 4 August
Interims: Clarke (T), Direct Line Insurance, Fresnillo, Just Eat, LSL Property Services, Meggitt, Morgan Sindall, Rotork, SDL, Standard Life, Travelport Worldwide, Travis Perkins, Zotefoams
Final: NWF Group
Trading statements: Immunodiagnostic Systems, Oxford Immunotec Global
AGM: Immunodiagnostic Systems
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI
Companies paying dividends: Bonmarche Holdings (4.5p), e2v Technologies (3.6p), Empiric Student Property (1p), Johnson Matthey (49.5p), KCom (3.58p), Mitie (6.5p), TR Property Investment Trust (4.75p)
Wednesday 5 August
Interims: BBA Aviation, Devro, IP Group, Ferrexpo, Legal & General, London Stock Exchange, Novae, Soco International, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Standard Chartered, Unite
Trading statements: International Consolidated Airlines
AGMs: Schroder UK Growth Fund
Economics: BRC shop price index, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services PMI, composite PMI, Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: Charles Stanley (2p), National Grid (28.16p), Vodafone (7.62p)
Thursday 6 August
Interims: Aggreko, Aviva, Cobham, Genel Energy, Hill & Smith Holdings, Inmarsat, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, Mondi, Old Mutual, Rio Tinto, RSA Insurance, Spirent Communications, Vitec
Trading statements: easyJet, Enterprise Inns, SABMiller
AGMs: Investec, Majestic Wine, Mytrah Energy, Sirius Petroleum
EGM: SPARK Ventures
Economics: New car registrations, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Bank of England interest rate announcement, asset purchase target, inflation report, NIESR GDP estimate (July)
Companies paying dividends: Caledonia Investments (36.8p), Dairy Crest (15.7p), ITE (2.5p), Smith (WH) (12.1p), Tristel (special) (3p)
Friday 7 August
Interim: William Hill
Trading statement: Bellway
EGM: Jubilee Platinum
Economics: Trade figures
Companies paying dividends: Anglo Pacific (4p), B&M European Value Retail (2.5p), British Land (6.92p), Cable & Wireless Communications (1.73p), Cropper (James) (6.3p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities EUR (0.25p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities GBP (2.5p), Driver Group (0.6p), Energy Technique (2.25p), Ensor Holdings (1.3p), Heavitree Brewery (3.675p), Heavytree Brewery 'A' Limited Voting (3.675p), Impellam Group (7.75p), Infinis Energy (12.2p), Investors Capital Trust A shares (1.14p), Investors Capital Trust B Shares (1.14p), Jupiter Green Investment Trust (0.55p), Martin Currie Pacific Trust (5p), Monks Investment Trust (3.45p), Next Fifteen Communications (2.5p), Octopus Aim VCT (2.8p), Octopus Aim VCT (special) (4p), Oxford Technology VCT 4 (10p), P2P Global Investments (10.5p), Pressure Technologies (2.8p), Quantum Pharma (0.25p), Vp (11.5p), Walker Crips (1.17p), Walker Greenbank (1.96p), Workspace (8.15p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 6 July
Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust | 2.8 | 4 Sep |
Albion Enterprise VCT | 2.5 | 28 Aug |
Avon Rubber Ord £1 | 2.43 | 4 Sep |
Cayenne Tst Ord 25p | 3.8 | 21 Aug |
Creston Ord 10p | 2.85 | 11 Sep |
Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.575 | 28 Aug |
Halfords Group Ord 1p | 11 | 28 Aug |
Hargreave Hale Aim VCT 2 | 4 | 28 Aug |
Henderson Far East Income | 4.9 | 28 Aug |
Henderson International Income Trust | 1.15 | 28 Aug |
Independent Investment Trust | 2 | 28 Aug |
Latham (James) Ord 25p | 8.8 | 28 Aug |
Microgen Ord 5p | 1.4 | 28 Aug |
Northern Bear Ord 1p | 1.5 | 28 Aug |
Pennon Group Ord 40.7p | 21.82 | 2 Oct |
Plastics Capital Ord 1p | 2.67 | 28 Aug |
QINETIQ Group Ord 1p | 3.6 | 4 Sep |
RELX | 7.4 | 28 Aug |
RPC Group Ord 5p | 11 | 4 Sep |
SABMiller Ord 10c | 55 | 14 Aug |
St Modwen Properties Ord 10p | 1.9 | 3 Sep |
Unilever Ord 3 1/9p | 21.1 | 9 Sep |
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.