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Week Ahead: 22-26 May

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
May 19, 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 22 May

Interim: Cerillion

Final: McKay Securities

AGMs: Brady, Cloudcall, Ensco, Gamma Communications, Integrated Diagnostics, Johnston Press, Restore, StatPro

EGMs: BNN Technology, Echo Energy, Glanbia

Companies paying dividends: InterContinental Hotels (51.2p), InterContinental Hotels (special) (162.71p), Morgan Sindall (22p), Tritax Big Box (1.6p)

Tuesday 23 May

Interims: easyHotel, Greencore, Paragon Group of Companies, Premier Veterinary Group, Renew Holdings, Shaftesbury, Topps Tiles, UDG Healthcare

Finals: 1Spatial, Assura, Aveva, Big Yellow Group, Cranswick, De La Rue, Electrocomponents, Hibernia REIT, Homeserve, Scapa Group, Severn Trent

AGMs: Accesso Technology, eg solutions, Epwin, Forterra, Fresnillo, Golden Prospect Precious Metals, InterQuest, Marshall Motor Holdings, MedaPhor, Metminco, NMC Health, Oxford BioMedica, Riverstone Energy, Sound Energy, Stock Spirits Group, Time Out, Tribal Group, Venture Life Group, Zoltav Resources

EGM: Evraz, Wolseley

Economics: Public sector borrowing, CBI retailing and total distribution reported sales

Companies paying dividends: Holders Technology (0.25p), Impax Environmental Markets (1.95p), NB Global Floating Rate (0.9p), Pendragon (0.75p), SafeCharge International (7.64p), Sanne Group (6.4p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042p), Standard Life (13.35p), Stilo International (0.05p)

Wednesday 24 May

Interims: Britvic, Sanderson, ZPG

Finals: Babcock International, Great Portland Estates, Hogg Robinson, Lombard Risk Management, Marks and Spencer, Mediclinic International, Pennon Group, Schroder Real Estate, Vedanta Resources

Trading statements: Dixons Carphone, Exova, HSS Hire Group, Kingfisher, Softcat, Sportech

AGMs: Antofagasta, Arrow Global, Bango, Exova, French Connection, Harworth Group, Hilton Food Group, Ibstock, Judges Scientific, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Northern Petroleum, Polypipe, Providence Resources, Smart Metering Systems, Sportech, SQS Software Quality Systems, STM Group, Travis Perkins, WANdisco, XLMedia

EGM: Sportech, Toople

Companies paying dividends: Aggreko (17.74p), Chesnara (12.69p), Churchill China (14.8p), Elecosoft (0.25p), Eurocell (5.7p), McColl's Retail Group (6.8p), Paddy Power Betfair (113p)

Thursday 25 May

Interims: Daily Mail and General Trust, Urban & Civic

Finals: Halfords, Helical, Intermediate Capital, PayPoint, Pets at Home, Qinetiq, Renewi, Tate & Lyle, United Utilities, Volvere, Wizz Air Holdings, Young & Co's Brewery

Trading statements: Card Factory, Inchcape, PetroMaroc, Regional REIT

AGMs: Alliance Pharma, Amryt Pharma, Avocet Mining, Belvoir Lettings, Cambridge Cognition Holdings, Card Factory, Concurrent Technologies, Crossword Cybersecurity, EnQuest, Ferrexpo, Flowtech Fluidpower, G4S, Gamma Aviation, Gocompare.Com, Hastings Group, Headlam, Henry Boot, Huntsworth, Immedia Group, Inchcape, Itaconix, Jersey Oil & Gas, Kenmare Resources, Keywords Studios, Legal & General, Luceco, NAHL Group, Nasstar, Old Mutual, Parity Group, Portmeirion, Regional REIT, Robert Walters, TP Group, Vectura, Yu Group

Economics: BBA loans for house purchases, GDP (Q1), Index of services, Total business investment

Companies paying dividends: Foxtons (0.33p), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (17.75p), Indigovision (3p), Intu Properties (9.4p), ITV (4.8p), ITV (special) (5p), Reckitt Benckiser (95p), RELX (25.7p), UBM (16.6p), Wetherspoon (JD) (4p), Zotefoams (3.9p)

Friday 26 May

Interim: MedicX Fund

Finals: Caffyns, Volvere

Trading statement: Intertek

AGMs: 4d Pharma, Access Intelligence, Circassia Pharmaceuticals, Informa, Intertek, Restaurant Group, Rotala, Spectris, Spire Healthcare

Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (2.25p), Antofagasta (12.25p), BlackRock Greater Europe (1.75p), British Smaller Companies VCT (5.75p), Cello Group (2.4p), Cenkos Securities (5p), Centaur Media (1.5p), Charles Taylor (7.35p), Chenavari Capital Solutions (1.25p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), Communisis (1.61p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities (0.125p), Drum Income Plus REIT (1.375p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (3.975p), Ebiquity (0.65p), Elementis (4.53p), Elementis (special) (6.62p), EP Global Opportunities Trust (4.3p), EP Global Opportunities Trust (special) (1p), esure (10.5p), Fevertree Drinks (4.71p), Frenkel Topping (0.8719p), Fresnillo (16.64p), Greggs (21.5p), Inmarsat (27.35p), IWG (3.55p), JRP Group (2.4p), Marshall Motor Holdings (3.7p), Maven Income & Growth VCT (3.6p), Maven Income & Growth VCT4 (3.05p), McBride (1.4p), Microgen (3.5p), Morgan Advanced Materials (7p), P2P Gobal Investments (12p), Polymetal International (14.5p), Primary Health Properties (1.31p), Randgold Resources (79.35p), Senior (4.62p), Servelec (4p), Simigon (4.25p), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (53.5p), Statpro (2.05p), Stock Spirits (4.58p), Swallowfield (1.7p), Target Healthcare REIT (1.57p), The SME Loan Fund (0.676p), Total Produce (1.922p), Travis Perkins (29.75p)

Shares going ex-dividend on 25 May

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
Action Hotels1.515 Jun
Advanced Medical Solutions0.6216 Jun
Andrews Sykes Ord 20p11.926 Jun
Avingtrans Ord 5p1.216 Jun
Bunzl Ord 32 1/7p293 Jul
British & American Investment Trust5.729 Jun
Burford Capital5.1816 Jun
Capita Ord 2.06666p20.63 Jul
Carnival Ord $1.6631.98416 Jun
Cineworld Group ord 1p13.822 Jun
Exova Group2.359 Jun
FDM Group (Hldgs) Ord 1p10.316 Jun
Gattaca616 Jun
Hill & Smith Holdings Ord 25p17.93 Jul
Huntsworth Ord 10p1.256 Jul
IFG Group Ord Eur0.123.3520 Jun
Impax Asset Management0.723 Jun
Ingenta116 Jun
Irish Continental6.579 Jun
Manx Telecom7.223 Jun
Maven Income & Growth VCT 22.2523 Jun
Menzies (John) Ord 25p13.13 Jul
Mid Wynd International Inv Tst Ord 25p2.9223 Jun
Midwich Group7.0923 Jun
Mincon Group0.8623 Jun
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets Ord 10p3.8529 Jun
Neptune Calculus Inc & Gwt Ord 10p 230 Jun
Soco International Ord 5p516 Jun
Spectris Group Ord 5p3430 Jun
Tarsus Group Ord 5p6.46 Jul
The Gym Group0.7516 Jun
The Renewables Infrastructure Group1.629 Jun
Town Centre Securities Ord 25p3.2523 Jun
Venture Life Group0.0423 Jun
Whitbread Holdings Ord 76 122/153p65.930 Jun
Worldpay1.3527 Jun
Xaar Ord 10p6.726 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.