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
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Action Hotels | 1.5 | 15 Jun |
Advanced Medical Solutions | 0.62 | 16 Jun |
Andrews Sykes Ord 20p | 11.9 | 26 Jun |
Avingtrans Ord 5p | 1.2 | 16 Jun |
Bunzl Ord 32 1/7p | 29 | 3 Jul |
British & American Investment Trust | 5.7 | 29 Jun |
Burford Capital | 5.18 | 16 Jun |
Capita Ord 2.06666p | 20.6 | 3 Jul |
Carnival Ord $1.66 | 31.984 | 16 Jun |
Cineworld Group ord 1p | 13.8 | 22 Jun |
Exova Group | 2.35 | 9 Jun |
FDM Group (Hldgs) Ord 1p | 10.3 | 16 Jun |
Gattaca | 6 | 16 Jun |
Hill & Smith Holdings Ord 25p | 17.9 | 3 Jul |
Huntsworth Ord 10p | 1.25 | 6 Jul |
IFG Group Ord Eur0.12 | 3.35 | 20 Jun |
Impax Asset Management | 0.7 | 23 Jun |
Ingenta | 1 | 16 Jun |
Irish Continental | 6.57 | 9 Jun |
Manx Telecom | 7.2 | 23 Jun |
Maven Income & Growth VCT 2 | 2.25 | 23 Jun |
Menzies (John) Ord 25p | 13.1 | 3 Jul |
Mid Wynd International Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.92 | 23 Jun |
Midwich Group | 7.09 | 23 Jun |
Mincon Group | 0.86 | 23 Jun |
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets Ord 10p | 3.85 | 29 Jun |
Neptune Calculus Inc & Gwt Ord 10p | 2 | 30 Jun |
Soco International Ord 5p | 5 | 16 Jun |
Spectris Group Ord 5p | 34 | 30 Jun |
Tarsus Group Ord 5p | 6.4 | 6 Jul |
The Gym Group | 0.75 | 16 Jun |
The Renewables Infrastructure Group | 1.6 | 29 Jun |
Town Centre Securities Ord 25p | 3.25 | 23 Jun |
Venture Life Group | 0.04 | 23 Jun |
Whitbread Holdings Ord 76 122/153p | 65.9 | 30 Jun |
Worldpay | 1.35 | 27 Jun |
Xaar Ord 10p | 6.7 | 26 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.