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Week Ahead: 27-31 March

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
March 23, 2017

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 March

Interim: YouGov

Finals: Inspired Energy, SpaceandPeople

AGM: Toople

Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust (8.25p), Mountview Estates (200p), Personal Group (5.675p), Royal Dutch Shell A Ord (38.21p), Royal Dutch Shell B Ord (38.21p)

Tuesday 28 March

Interims: Bowleven, Wolseley

Finals: AA, Barr (AG), Card Factory, Clarke (T), Cloudcall, Ebiquity, Gulf Marine Services, Hostelworld, Instem, Ladbrokes Coral Group, Lidco, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Moss Bros, Personal Group, Premier Technical Services, S&U, Silence Therapeutics, Yu Group

Trading statements: IHS Markit, Thomas Cook, United Utilities

AGM: Quartix Holdings

EGM: 7digital

Companies paying dividends: BHP Billiton (32p)

Wednesday 29 March

Interims: Allergy Therapeutics, Game Digital, James Halstead, Transense Technologies

Finals: Alliance Pharma, Cambridge Cognition Holdings, Centaur Media, Faron Pharmaceuticals, Jackpotjoy, Johnston Press, Saga, Sanne Group

Trading statements: Stagecoach, Tui Travel

AGMs: Adept4, Amino Technologies, Angus Energy, St Modwen Properties

EGM: BSD Crown

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

Companies paying dividends: Beazley (7p), Beazley (special) (10p), Blackrock Throgmorton Trust (6.25p), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (2p)

Thursday 30 March

Interim: DFS Furniture

Finals: Amyrt Pharma, Anglo Pacific, Genel Energy, Hilton Food Group, Nomad Foods, Polypipe, Tribal Group

Trading statements: Booker, CMC Markets RPC Group

AGMs: Intelligent Energy, Milestone Group, Starvest, Sula Iron & Gold, WH Ireland

Companies paying dividends: Hansard Global (3.6p), Hargreaves Lansdown (8.6p), Jersey Electricity (8p), JPMorgan Global Convertibles Income (1.125p), Redde (5p), Volta Finance (0.15p)

Friday 31 March

Interim: DX Group

Final: Chesnara

AGMs: Autins Group, Lakehouse

EGMs: C4X Discovery Holdings

Economics: GfK consumer confidence, Current account balance, GDP (Q4 final), Index of services

Companies paying dividends: Acorn Income Fund (4.5p), AEW UK REIT (2p), Alliance Trust (3.274p), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (3p), Baronsmead Venture Trust (3p), BP (7.936p), Centamin (1.35p), Custodian REIT (1.5875p), Edistone Property Investment Company (0.4583p), F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust (2.4p), F&C UK Real Estate Investments (1.25p), Genus (7.4p), Ground Rents Income (0.98p), Henderson Diversified Income (1.25p), HICL Infrastructure Company (1.91p), Honeycomb Investment Trust (23.5p), Imperial Brands (54.1p), Kennedy Wilson Euro REIT (12p), Matioli Woods (4.7p), MedicX Fund (1.5p), Murray Income Trust (7p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.5775p), OM Asset Management (6.48p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3p), Persimmon (25p), Premier Energy & Water Trust (4p), River & Mercantile (4.2p), River & Mercantile (special) (1.4p), SSP (2.9p), Standard Life Investment Property Income Trust (1.19p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (16.18p), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.5625p), Witan Investment (6.25p)

Shares going ex-dividend on 30 March

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
ABBEY ORD EUR0.320.728 Apr
British Land Company Ord 25p7.35 May
Craneware Ord 1p8.720 Apr
Devro Ord 10p6.112 May
Diverse Income Trust0.731 May
EMIS Group Ord 1p11.73 May
Foreign & Colonial Inv Tst Ord 25p2.72 May
Go-Ahead Group Ord 10p30.1721 Apr
Headlam Group Ord 5p824 Apr
IDOX Ord 1p0.6521 Apr
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Ord 5p20.64 May
Kingspan Group Ord €23.55 May
LSL Property Services Ord 0.2p6.320 Apr
Maven Income & Growth VCT 33.7528 Apr
Maven Income & Growth VCT 51.728 Apr
Miton Group Ord 0.1p14 May
Old Mutual Ord 10p3.0528 Apr
Origin Enterprises2.7414 Apr
PPHE Hotel Group1112 May
Prudential Ord 5p30.5719 May
Schroders Non-Vtg £1644 May
Schroders Vtg £1644 May
Smith & Nephew Ord 20c15.410 May
SOMERO ENTERPRISES INC COM STK US$0.0018.617 Apr
Synectics25 May
Value & Income Trust Ord 10p2.628 Apr
Wynnstay Group Ord 25p828 Apr

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.