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 4 May
UK bank holiday - nothing scheduled
Tuesday 5 May
Interim: Aberdeen Asset Management
Trading statements: Glencore, Greene King, HSBC, Indivior
AGMs: BG, Bioquell, Burford Capital, Macfarlane, Pentair, Randgold Resources, Spirent Communications, Stratex International
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction - purchasing managers' index, Halifax house prices
Company paying dividend: Nichols (15.3p)
Wednesday 6 May
Interims: Imperial Tobacco, Sage
Finals: boohoo.com, J Sainsbury
Trading statements: Carillion, CRH, Direct Line Insurance, GlaxoSmithKline, GKN, JD Wetherspoon, Legal & General, National Express
AGMs: 4imprint, Amerisur Resources, Carillion, Costain, Howden Joinery, Inmarsat, Intu Properties, Medaphor, National Express, Serco, Standard Chartered, Tullett Prebon
Economics: BRC shop price index, Official UK reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services, composite - purchasing managers' index
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust (9.74p), British Land (6.92p), Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (5.5p), GVC (14p), GVC (special) (1.5p), Hellermann Tyton (4.06p), Jardine Lloyd Thompson (18.3p), Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT (8p), Schroders (54p), Smith & Nephew (12.4p), Ultra Electronics (31.1p)
Thursday 7 May
Final: BT
Trading statements: Aviva, Beazley, easyJet, esure, IMI, Millennium & Copthorne, Morgan Sindall, RSA Insurance, SuperGroup, Telecity, Trinity Mirror, William Morrison, Provident Financial
AGMs: Alent, BAE Systems, Brainjuicer, Charles Taylor, Communisis, Fevertree Drinks, GKN, Gresham Computing, GlaxoSmithKline, IMI, KAZ Minerals, Ladbrokes, Markit, Millennium & Copthorne, Morgan Sindall, Oxford Biomedica, Provident Financial, Reckitt Benckiser, Rightmove, Trinity Mirror, William Hill
Economics: New car registrations
Companies paying dividends: Animalcare (1.8p), Begbies Traynor (0.6p), British American Tobacco (100.6p), Countrywide (10p), LSL Property Services (8.3p)
Friday 8 May
Trading statements: BG, InterContinental Hotels, Laird, Man
AGMs: BBA Aviation, Clarke (T), Clarkson, InterContinental Hotels, Laird, Man, Morgan Advanced Materials, Pendragon, Rolls-Royce, RSA Insurance, Starwood European Real Estate Finance
Economics: Trade figures
Companies paying dividends: Berendsen (20.5p), BlackRock World Mining Trust (14p), Chemring (1.7p), Chrysalis VCT (4p), Fisher (James) & Sons (14.9p), Greggs (16p), International Personal Finance (7.8p), JPMorgan Senior Secured Loan (1.6p), Meggitt (9.5p), Moneysupermarket.com (5.69p), Segro (10.2p), Smurfit Kappa (30p), Spirent (1.43p), St Ives (2.25p), Tracsis (0.4p), XLMedia (1.06p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 7 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Acacia Mining | 1.88 | 29 May |
| Admiral ord 0.1p | 22.5 | 29 May |
| Admiral ord 0.1p (special) | 26.5 | 29 May |
| Advanced Medical Solutions ord 10p | 0.48 | 29 May |
| Barr (AG) | 9.01 | 5 Jun |
| British Smaller Companies VCT 2 | 2.5 | 8 Jun |
| Burford Capital | 3.55 | 1 Jun |
| Centaur Media ord 10p | 1.3 | 29 May |
| Constellation Healthcare Technologies | 1.959 | 26 May |
| Derwent London ord 5p | 28 | 12 Jun |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Trust ord 25p | 3.525 | 29 May |
| EP Global Opps Trust ord 0.1p | 3.3 | 29 May |
| G4S ord 25p | 5.82 | 12 Jun |
| Gem Diamonds | 3.37 | 9 Jun |
| Good Energy | 2.3 | 29 May |
| H&T ord 5p | 2.7 | 5 Jun |
| Henderson Far East Income Trust ord NPV | 4.7 | 29 May |
| Henderson ord 10p | 6.4 | 29 May |
| Henderson International Income Trust | 1.1 | 29 May |
| Highcroft Investment Trust ord 25p | 22.75 | 5 Jun |
| IFG ord E0.12 | 2.73 | 30 May |
| James Halstead ord 5p | 3.142 | 5 Jun |
| London Stock Exchange ord 5p | 12.8 | 2 Jun |
| Lookers ord 25p | 1.87 | 5 Jun |
| Macfarlane ord 25p | 1.15 | 4 Jun |
| Maven Income & Growth VCT 3 | 3.5 | 5 Jun |
| Maven Income & Growth VCT 4 | 2.9 | 5 Jun |
| Maven Income & Growth VCT 5 | 1.7 | 5 Jun |
| Morgan Advanced Materials | 7 | 29 May |
| Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets ord 10p | 9.62 | 10 Jun |
| Mortgage Advice Bureau | 2 | 29 May |
| North American Income | 11.5 | 1 Jun |
| Ocean Wilson ord 20p | 42.5 | 5 Jun |
| Octopus Second AIM VCT | 2 | 5 Jun |
| Panmure Gordon & Co ord 4p | 2.5 | 29 May |
| Partnership Assurance | 1 | 29 May |
| Playtech | 12.6 | 5 Jun |
| Polypipe | 3 | 28 May |
| Rightmove ord 1p | 22 | 5 Jun |
| Safecharge International | 3.57 | 26 May |
| Seplat Petroleum Development Co. | 6 | 5 Jun |
| Simigon ord il$0.1 | 4.05 | 29 May |
| Smart (J) Contractors ord 2p | 0.92 | 1 Jun |
| Trinity Mirror ord 10p | 3 | 4 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.
