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 August
Interims: Ascential, Fidessa, Intertek, Keller, Senior, Trinity Mirror, Ultra Electronics
Final: OPG Power Ventures
Trading statement: Vedanta Resources
AGM: Arian Silver
Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: Dee Valley Group Ord (42p), Dee Valley Group NV (42p), Electronic Data Processing (2p), Establishment Investment Trust (3.2p), Establishment Investment Trust (special) (3.9p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.35p), Homeserve (8.9p), JD Sports Fashion (6.2p), Mercantile Investment Trust (10.25p), Next (105p), United Utilities (25.64p)
Tuesday 2 August
Interims: 4imprint, BBA Aviation, Clarke (T), Dialight, Direct Line Insurance, Elementis, Fresnillo, InterContinental Hotels, Greggs, LSL Property Services, Meggitt, Morgan Sindall, Rotork, SDL, Shire, Spirent Communications, Travis Perkins, Tullett Prebon, Zotefoams
Final: Filtronic
Trading statements: Oxford Immunotec Global, WS Atkins
AGMs: Kodal Minerals, Steris, ULS Technology, WS Atkins
Economics: Market/CIPS UK construction PMI
Companies paying dividends: e2v Technologies (3.8p), Johnson Matthey (52p), KCom (3.94p), TR Property Investment Trust (5.2p), Vp (13.5p)
Wednesday 3 August
Interims: Aggreko, Delphi Automotive, Devro, Ferrexpo, HSBC, Millennium & Copthorne, Moneysupermarket.com, Novae, Rio Tinto, Soco International, Standard Chartered, StatPro
Final: NWF Group
Trading statement: Next
AGM: Walker Crips
EGM: NewRiver Retail
Economics: BRC shop price index, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services PMI, composite PMI
Companies paying dividends: De La Rue (16.7p), Montanaro Euro Smaller Companies (5.75p), TalkTalk (10.58p), Vodafone (7.77p)
Thursday 4 August
Interims: Aviva, Brammer, Cobham, Communisis, Hill & Smith, Johnston Press, Ladbrokes, London Stock Exchange, Mondi, Randgold Resources, RPS, RSA Insurance, Serco, Vitec
Trading statements: easyJet, International Consolidated Airlines, Matchtech, OM Asset Management, Pets at Home
AGMs: Hayward Tyler, Investec, Michael Kors
Economics: New car registrations, Bank of England rate announcement, asset purchase target, inflation report
Companies paying dividends: Mitie Group (6.7p), WH Smith (13.4p)
Friday 5 August
Interims: esure, Ibstock, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, Royal Bank of Scotland, William Hill
Trading statement: Bellway
AGM: Vedanta Resources
Economics: Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: Anglo Pacific (3p), Aveva (30p), B&M European Value Retail SA (3.2p), Bonmarche Holdings (4.64p), British Land (7.09p), British Smaller Companies VCT (interim) (2p), British Smaller Companies VCT (final) (3.5p), Burberry (26.8p), Calculus VCT (4.5p), Charles Stanley (3.5p), Crawshaw (0.47p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities (2.5p), Frenkel Topping (0.2375p), Game Digital (1.67p), Heavitree Brewery Ord (3.675p), Heavitree Brewery 'A' Limited Voting (3.675p), Intermediate Capital (15.8p), Investors Capital Trust A shares (1.17p), ITE Group (1.5p), Monks Investment Trust (1p), Next Fifteen Communications (3p), North American Income (7p), ULS Technology (0.26p), Walker Greenbank (2.45p), Wincanton (5.5p), Workspace (10.19p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 4 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust | 2.9 | 2 Sep |
| Albion Enterprise VCT | 2.5 | 31 Aug |
| Avon Rubber Ord £1 | 3.16 | 5 Sep |
| Creston Ord 10p | 2.99 | 9 Sep |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.575 | 26 Aug |
| General Industries Ord 5p | 0.44 | 18 Aug |
| GLI Alternative Finance 1p | 0.6 | 26 Aug |
| Halfords Group Ord 1p | 11.3 | 26 Aug |
| Latham (James) Ord 25p | 10.3 | 26 Aug |
| Melrose Industries 48/7p | 1 | 1 Sep |
| Microgen Ord 5p | 1.5 | 26 Aug |
| Northern Bear Ord 1p | 2 | 26 Aug |
| Plastics Capital Ord 1p | 2.94 | 7 Sep |
| Polar Capital Global Financials Trust | 1.95 | 25 Aug |
| QINETIQ Group Ord 1p | 3.8 | 2 Sep |
| SABMiller Ord 10c | 71.196 | 12 Aug |
| St Modwen Properties Ord 10p | 1.94 | 1 Sep |
| TrakM8 Holdings Ord 1p | 2 | 9 Sep |
| Unilever Ord 3 1/9p | 26.89 | 7 Sep |
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.
