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 28 July
Interims: Hiscox, JKX Oil & Gas, Reckitt Benckiser, Trinity Mirror, XP Power
Finals: Filtronic, Goodwin, Great Eastern Energy, ITM Power
Trading statements: Aberdeen Asset Management, Great Portland Estates, National Grid, Petra Diamonds, Ryanair
AGMs: Cranswick, National Grid, PeerTV, Polar Capital, Rame Energy
Economics: Nationwide house price index
Companies paying dividends: Fuller Smith & Turner 'A' (9.3p), Hogg Robinson (1.58p), Intermediate Capital (14.4p)
Tuesday 29 July
Interims: BP, Brammer, Circassia Pharmaceuticals, Domino's Pizza Group, Drax, Elementis, GKN, Hutchison China Meditech, Informa, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Pace, St James's Place, Synectics, Tullett Prebon, Tyman
Final: PZ Cussons
Trading statements: Acal, APR Energy, Carpetright, Greencore, Next, Titon Holdings
AGMs: Acal, Byotrol, Halfords, Icon, KCOM, Plastics Capital, RBA Holdings, Vodafone
EGM: IP Group
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: Aurora Investment Trust (3.8p), Compass Group (special) (56p), Electrocomponents (6.75p), Vertu Motors (0.5p)
Wednesday 30 July
Interims: 4Imprint, Allegion, Barclays, British American Tobacco, Devro, Dignity, First Quantum Minerals, Greggs, Impellam Group, International Personal Finance, ITV, Jupiter Fund Management, Mecom, Moneysupermarket.com, National Express, Rightmove, Segro, Shire, Smurfit Kappa, Tarsus Group, Taylor Wimpey, Travis Perkins, Tullow Oil
Final: Better Capital
Trading statements: 3i, Antofagasta, Atkins (WS), Compass Group, Diploma, Vedanta Resources, Victrex
AGMs: Atkins (WS), CML Microsystems, fastjet, James Cropper, Kibo Mining, Sepura, SerVision
EGMs: Forte Energy, Mirada
Companies paying dividends: CQS Diversified Fund (1p), Helical Bar (4.75p), Liontrust Asset Management (2p), Norcros (0.34p), Record (0.75p), Rensburg AIM VCT (2.5p)
Thursday 31 July
Interims: AstraZeneca, BAE Systems, BG, Bodycote, Centaur Media, Centrica, COLT Telecom Group, Communisis, Countrywide, Dairy Farm International, Essentra, Inchcape, Intu Properties, Laird, Lloyds Banking Group, Merlin Entertainments, Management Consulting, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Noble Corporation, Promethean World, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Royal Dutch Shell, Spirent Communications, Weir Group, Xchanging
Final: Diageo
Trading statements: BT, Creston, Delphi Automotive, Investec, Kazakhmys, Thomas Cook
AGMs: Elektron Technology, Messaging International, Pennon, Petrel Resources, Torotrak, Vitesse Media
Economics: GfK consumer confidence
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (1p), Aberdeen Smaller Companies High Income Trust (1.6p), Acal (6.85p), Albion Venture Capital Trust (2.5p), Burberry (23.2p), Caffyns (12p), Caledonoa Mining (0.9p), Chrysalis VCT (1.75p), Chrysalis VCT (special) (7.5p), Crawshaw Group (0.43p), Edinburgh Investment Trust (8.5p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.125p), Henderson International Income Trust (1.05p), Invesco Perpetual Enhanced (1.25p), Lowland Investment (9p), McKay Securities (5.9p), Middlefield Canadian Inv Trust (1.25p), Palace Capital (2.5p), Panther Securities (9p), Royal Mail (13.3p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (2p), Schroders Oriental Income Fund (1.5p), Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund (2.5p), Schroder UK Growth Fund (2.25p), Schroder UK Growth Fund (special) (1p), Shires Income (3p), Twentyfour Income Fund (1.5p), Venture Life Group (0.04p)
Friday 1 August
Interims: Capital & Counties, Direct Line Insurance, IMI, Man Group, Rentokil Initial, Rexam, Robert Walters, Royal Bank of Scotland, Smith & Nephew, UBM, Vesuvius, William Hill
AGMs: Charles Stanley, Hyder Consulting, Vedanta Resources
Economics: Markit UK Purchasing managers' index - manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: API Group (1.3p), Bisichi Mining (3p), British Smaller Companies VCT (3.5p), Brown (N) (8.56p), Carphone Warehouse (4p), CML Microsystems (6.25p), De La Rue (28.2p), Dee Valley Group NV (42p), Dee Valley Group (42p), Driver Group (0.6p), Electronic Data Processing (3p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.2p), Grafenia (1p), Halfords (9.1p), Heavitree Brewery 'A' Limited Vote (3.675p), Heavitree Brewery (3.675p), Homeserve (7.67p), KCOM (3.25p), Mercantile Investment Trust (8p), Next (93p), Next (special) (50p), North American Income (6p), Shanks (2.35p), TalkTalk Telecom (8p), Tate & Lyle (19.8p), Telecom Plus (19p), United Utilities (24.03p), Vianet (4p), Workspace (7.09p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 30 July
| Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
| Albion Enterprise VCT | 2.5 | 29 Aug |
| Fenner Ord 25p | 4 | 8 Sep |
| Infinis Energy | 6.63 | 28 Aug |
| Investec Ord 0.2p | 11 | 15 Aug |
| Latham (James) Ord 25p | 8 | 22 Aug |
| Porvair Ord 2p | 1.2 | 5 Sep |
| Redcentric | 1 | 5 Sep |
| Signet Jewelers | 10.55 | 27 Aug |
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 Wednesday. The record date is usually two days after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.
