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
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
ABBEY ORD EUR0.32 | 0.7 | 28 Apr |
British Land Company Ord 25p | 7.3 | 5 May |
Craneware Ord 1p | 8.7 | 20 Apr |
Devro Ord 10p | 6.1 | 12 May |
Diverse Income Trust | 0.7 | 31 May |
EMIS Group Ord 1p | 11.7 | 3 May |
Foreign & Colonial Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.7 | 2 May |
Go-Ahead Group Ord 10p | 30.17 | 21 Apr |
Headlam Group Ord 5p | 8 | 24 Apr |
IDOX Ord 1p | 0.65 | 21 Apr |
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Ord 5p | 20.6 | 4 May |
Kingspan Group Ord € | 23.5 | 5 May |
LSL Property Services Ord 0.2p | 6.3 | 20 Apr |
Maven Income & Growth VCT 3 | 3.75 | 28 Apr |
Maven Income & Growth VCT 5 | 1.7 | 28 Apr |
Miton Group Ord 0.1p | 1 | 4 May |
Old Mutual Ord 10p | 3.05 | 28 Apr |
Origin Enterprises | 2.74 | 14 Apr |
PPHE Hotel Group | 11 | 12 May |
Prudential Ord 5p | 30.57 | 19 May |
Schroders Non-Vtg £1 | 64 | 4 May |
Schroders Vtg £1 | 64 | 4 May |
Smith & Nephew Ord 20c | 15.4 | 10 May |
SOMERO ENTERPRISES INC COM STK US$0.001 | 8.6 | 17 Apr |
Synectics | 2 | 5 May |
Value & Income Trust Ord 10p | 2.6 | 28 Apr |
Wynnstay Group Ord 25p | 8 | 28 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.