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 2 May
UK bank holiday - nothing scheduled
Tuesday 3 May
Interim: Aberdeen Asset Management
Trading statements: HSBC, Just Eat
AGMs: DP Poland, Fresnillo, Randgold Resources, Stadium, Stratex International
Economics: Markit UK manufacturing PMI
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust (4.7p), DS Smith (4p), Essentra (14.4p), Jardine Lloyd Thompson (19.5p), Mercantile Investment Trust (13p), Nichols (17.6p), NWF (1p)
Wednesday 4 May
Interims: Avon Rubber, Imperial Brands
Finals: 1Spatial, J Sainsbury, Venture Life
Trading statements: Dialog Semiconductor, Direct Line Insurance, Glencore, International Personal Finance, JD Wetherspoon, Next, Randgold Resources, Royal Dutch Shell, Virgin Money
AGMs: Amerisur Resources, Audioboom, Aviva, BAE Systems, Carillion, International Personal Finance, Intu Properties, Lancashire, Ocado, Royal Bank of Scotland, Spirent Communications, Standard Chartered, St James's Place, Virgin Money
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction PMI
Companies paying dividends: Asian Total Return (3.8p)
Thursday 5 May
Interim: Sage
Final: BT
Trading statements: Beazley, Belmond, Derwent London, easyJet, esure, IMI, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, Lancashire, Millennium & Copthorne, OM Asset Management, Provident Financial, RSA Insurance, Smith & Nephew, Travelport Worldwide, Trinity Mirror, William Morrison
AGMs: Access Intelligence, Arbuthnot Banking, Costain, Empresaria, GKN, GlaxoSmithKline, Gulfsands Petroleum, Howden Joinery, IMI, Johnson Service, Inmarsat, KAZ Minerals, Ladbrokes, Millennium & Copthorne, Morgan Sindall, Personal Group, Provident Financial, Real Estate Investors, Reckitt Benckiser, Rightmove, Robinson, Rolls-Royce, Sanne, Transocean Partners, Trinity Mirror
EGMs: CPP, Northbridge Industrial Services, Ruspetro, Skyepharma, Vectura
Economics: BRC shop price index, Halifax house prices, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services PMI, composite PMI
Companies paying dividends: British American Tobacco (104.6p), Capital Drilling (1.75p), Countrywide (10p), Schroders non voting (58p), Schroders voting (58p), Segro (10.6p), Ultra Electronics (32.3p), Volution (1.2p)
Friday 6 May
Interim: Numis
Trading statements: Hastings, International Consolidated Airlines, Willis Towers Watson
AGMs: Alliance Trust, BBA Aviation, Brainjuicer, Capital & Counties, Clarkson, InterContinental Hotels, James Fisher & Sons, Man, Morgan Advanced Materials, RSA Insurance, Starwood European Real Estate Finance, T Clarke, Transocean Partners
EGMs: Target healthcare Reit
Economics: New car registrations
Companies paying dividends: Animalcare (1.8p), Begbies Traynor (0.6p), BlackRock World Mining Trust (14p), Britsh Land (7.09p), Charles Taylor (7p), CRH (34p), EP Global Opportunities (3.1p), Fevertree Drinks (2.3p), Fisher (James) & Sons (16p), Fyffes (1.52p), Indigovision (2.5p), LSL Property Services (8.6p), Maven Income & Growth VCT4 (3.05p), Meggitt (9.8p), Mithras Investment Trust (1p), Moneysupermarket.com (6.6p), Pearson (34p), Rexam (11.9p), St Ives (2.35p), Secure Trust Bank (55p), Spirent Communications (1.59p), Stadium (1.8p), Synectics (1p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 5 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Acacia Mining | 2 | 27 May |
| Albion Development VCT | 2.5 | 31 May |
| Braime (TF & JH) 'A' non voting | 6.2 | 12 May |
| Braime (TF & JH) ord 25p | 6.2 | 12 May |
| Card Factory | 6 | 10 Jun |
| Cello ord 10p | 2.02 | 27 May |
| Centaur Media ord 10p | 1.5 | 27 May |
| Croda International ord 10p | 38 | 2 Jun |
| Derwent London | 30.8 | 10 Jun |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Trust ord 25p | 3.625 | 27 May |
| Empresaria ord 5p | 1 | 31 May |
| F&C Private Equity Tst ord | 5.83 | 31 May |
| Good Energy | 2.3 | 26 May |
| Greencoat UK Wind | 1.585 | 27 May |
| H&T ord 5p | 4.5 | 3 Jun |
| Henderson | 7.2 | 27 May |
| Highcroft Investment Trust ord 25p | 24.5 | 3 Jun |
| Holders Technology ord 10p | 0.25 | 24 May |
| Ibstock ord 1p | 4.4 | 3 Jun |
| Inland Homes | 0.4 | 31 May |
| James Halstead ord 5p | 3.5 | 3 Jun |
| JRP | 1.1 | 20 May |
| Kingfisher ord 15 5/7p | 6.92 | 20 Jun |
| London Stock Exchange ord 6 79/86p | 25.2 | 1 Jun |
| Lookers ord 25p | 2.05 | 3 Jun |
| Morgan Advanced Materials ord 25p | 7 | 27 May |
| Mortgage Advice Bureau | 9.5 | 1 Jun |
| Neptune Calculus Income & Growth ord 10p | 2 | 10 Jun |
| NetDimensions ord $0.001 | 0.625 | 29 Jul |
| Playtech | 15 | 3 Jun |
| Polymetals | 9.1 | 27 May |
| Ocean Wilson ord 20p | 44.73 | 3 Jun |
| Rightmove ord 1p | 27 | 3 Jun |
| SCS | 4.67 | 27 May |
| SDL ord 1p | 3.1 | 3 Jun |
| Servelec ord 18p | 3.5 | 27 May |
| Simigon ord $0.1 | 4.28 | 27 May |
| Smart (J) Contractors ord 2p | 0.92 | 31 May |
| Stock Spirits € | 0.0455 | 27 May |
| Swallowfield ord 5p | 0.8 | 27 May |
| Total Produce €0.01 | 1.57 | 26 May |
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.
