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 1 May
UK Bank holiday - nothing scheduled
Tuesday 2 May
Interim: Aberdeen Asset Management
Trading statements: Bovis Homes, BP, Just Eat, Shire
AGMs: Bovis Homes, Howden Joinery, Lighthouse Group, Randgold Resources, RPS
EGM: Bovis Homes
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing survey
Companies paying dividends: Adnams 'B' Ord (1.5p), DS Smith (4.6p), Essentra (14.4p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.7p), LSL Property Services (6.3p), Manchester & London Investment Trust 1.82p), Manchester & London Investment Trust (special) (1.18p), Mercantile Investment Trust (15.25p), Next (special) (45p), NWF Group (1p)
Wednesday 3 May
Interims: Focusrite, Imperial Brands, Sage Group
Finals: Inspiration Healthcare, J Sainsbury, Osirium Technologies, Quantum Pharma
Trading statements: Carillion, Centamin, Concentric, Delphi Automotive, Direct Line Insurance, Indivior, International Personal Finance, Intu Properties, LivaNova, Paddy Power
AGMs: Carillion, Empresaria Group, Frenkel Topping, International Personal Finance, Intu Properties, Lancashire Holdings, Ocado, Secure Trust Bank, Spirent Communications, Standard Chartered, Virgin Money
Economics: BRC shop price index, Markit/CIPS UK construction
Companies paying dividends: Emis (11.7p), Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company (4.5p)
Thursday 4 May
Trading statements: esure, Fisher (James), Glencore, HSBC, IMI, Inmarsat, Lancashire Holdings, Next, OM Asset Management, Randgold Resources, Royal Dutch, RSA Insurance, Trinity Mirror, William Morrison Supermarkets, Willis Towers Watson
AGMs: Computacenter, Arbuthnot Banking, Dialog Semiconductor, Elecosoft, GKN, GlaxoSmithKline, Gresham Technologies, IMI, Inmarsat, James Fisher, Johnson Service Group, Ladbrokes Coral Group, Moneysupermarket.com, Morgan Sindall, Reckitt Benckiser, Rio Tinto, Rolls-Royce, Stadium Group, St James's Place, Trinity Mirror
Economics: New car registrations, Markit/CIPS UK services PMI, composite PMI, Official reserves, Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: AFH Financial Group (3p), Amiad Water Systems (3.2p), British American Tobacco (118.1p), Hydro Hotel (Eastbourne) (14p), Jardine Lloyd Thompson (20.6p), Miton Group (1p), Schroders Non-Voting (64p), Schroders Voting (64p), Segro (11.2p), Ultra Electronics (33.6p), Volution (1.35p)
Friday 5 May
Trading statements: BBA Aviation, easyJet, InterContinental Hotels, International Consolidated Airlines, Millennium & Copthorne, Smith & Nephew
AGMs: AssetCo, BBA Aviation, Capital & Counties Properties, Clarke (T), DP Poland, FBD Holdings, H&T Group, InterContinental Hotels, Man Group, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Morgan Advanced Materials, Pearson, RSA Insurance, Smurfit Kappa
EGM: Goldcrest Resources
Companies paying dividends: Begbies Traynor (0.6p), Berendsen (22.5p), British Land (7.3p), CRH (38p), Electra Private Equity (special) (2612p), F&C UK High Income Trust A shares (1.21p), F&C UK High Income Trust B shares (1.21p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.55p), Kingspan (23.5p), Lighthouse Group (0.18p), Meggitt (10.3p), Mithras Investment Trust (1p), Nichols (20.3p), Quartix Holdings (4.3p), Quartix Holdings (special) (4.7p), Redrow (6p), Spirent (1.8p), St Ives (0.65p), Synectis (2p), Telit Communications (4p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 4 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
|---|---|---|
| Acacia Mining | 6.55 | 31 May |
| Albion Development VCT | 2 | 31 May |
| Card Factory | 6.3 | 9 Jun |
| Cello Group Ord 10p | 2.4 | 26 May |
| Coats Group | 0.84 | 17 May |
| Croda International Ord 10p | 41.25 | 1 Jun |
| Derwent London Ord 5p | 38.5 | 9 Jun |
| Derwent London Ord 5p | 52 | 9 Jun |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 3.975 | 26 May |
| Ebiquity Ord 25p | 0.65 | 26 May |
| Empresaria Ord 5p | 1.15 | 31 May |
| EP Global Opps Tst Ord 0.1p | 4.3 | 26 May |
| EP Global Opps Tst Ord 0.1p | 1 | 26 May |
| F&C Private Equity Tst Ord | 6.48 | 31 May |
| Ferrexpo Ord 10p | 3.3 | 31 May |
| H & T Group Ord 5p | 5.3 | 2 Jun |
| Harworth Group | 0.523 | 30 May |
| Hastings Group Hldgs 2p | 6.6 | 31 May |
| Henderson Group Ord 10p | 7.3 | 19 May |
| Henderson Group Ord 10p | 1.85 | 19 May |
| Highcroft Investment Trust Ord 25p | 26 | 2 Jun |
| Holders Technology Ord 10p | 0.25 | 23 May |
| InterContinental Hotels Grp. 11 3/7p | 51.2 | 22 May |
| InterContinental Hotels Grp. 11 3/7p | 162.71 | 22 May |
| James Halstead Group Ord 5p | 3.75 | 6 Jun |
| JRP Group | 2.4 | 26 May |
| Kingfisher Ord 15 5/7p | 7.15 | 19 Jun |
| London Stock Exchange Ord 6 79/86p | 31.2 | 31 May |
| Lookers Ord 25p | 2.36 | 31 May |
| Luceco | 0.3 | 2 Jun |
| McColl's Retail Group | 6.8 | 24 May |
| Microgen Ord 5p | 3.5 | 26 May |
| Morgan Advanced Materials Ord 25p | 7 | 26 May |
| Mortgage Advice Bureau Holdings | 10.5 | 31 May |
| Pembroke VCT | 1 | 7 Jun |
| PLAYTECH PLC ORD NPV | 21.7 | 2 Jun |
| Polymetal International | 14.5 | 26 May |
| Rightmove Ord 1p | 32 | 2 Jun |
| SafeCharge International Group | 7.64 | 23 May |
| Servelec Group Ord 18p | 4 | 26 May |
| Simigon Ord il$0.1 | 4.25 | 26 May |
| Smart (J) Contractors Ord 2p | 0.95 | 5 Jun |
| STHREE Ord 1p | 9.3 | 9 Jun |
| Stock Spirits | 4.55p | 26 May |
| Swallowfield Ord 5p | 1.7 | 26 May |
| Total Produce €0.01 | 1.922 | 26 May |
| Unilever Ord 3 1/9p | 30.21 | 7 Jun |
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.
