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 10 May
Economics: Halifax house price index
Trading updates: Dignity (DTY), HG Capital Trust (HGT)
Interims: Victrex (VCT)
Finals: Providential Financial (PFG)
AGMs: Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), Centrica (CNA), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Midwich (MIDW)
Companies paying dividends: Barratt Developments (7.5p), Scottish Inv Tst (5.8p)
Tuesday 11 May
Economics: Retail sales
Trading updates: Arrow Global (ARW), Morrisons (MRW), Renishaw (RSW)
Interims: Treatt (TET)
Finals: Angling Direct (ANG), Medica (MGP)
AGMs: AstraZeneca (AZN), Cairn Energy (CNE), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Capita (CPI), Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC), Centamin (CEY), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), GLI Finance (GLIF), Gym (GYM), HG Capital Trust (HGT), IWG (IWG), Just Group (JUST), M Winkworth (WINK), MacFarlane (MACF), Vector Capital (VCAP)
Companies paying dividends: Ferguson (52.44p, 129.49p special), Rathbone Brothers (47p)
Wednesday 12 May
Economics: Balance of trade, GDP, index of services, industrial production, manufacturing production
Trading updates: Airtel Africa (AAF), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), National Express (NEX), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS)
Interims: Compass Group (CPG), Stock Spirits (STCK)
Finals: Investec (INVP), Mears Group (MER), Mirriad Advertising (MIRI), Vertu Motors (VTU)
AGMs: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (AAIF), Airea (AIEA), Albion Development VCT (AADV), Allied Minds (ALM), Antofagasta (ANTO), BP (BP.), Cenkos Securities (CNKS), Centaur Media (CAU), Condor Gold (CNR), ContourGlobal (GLO), EnQuest (ENQ), FBD Holdings (FBH), Gresham House (GHE), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Irish Continental (ICGC), Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (JET), LMS Capital (LMS), Marshalls (MSLH), Maven Income & Growth VCT 4 (MAV4), National Express (NEX), Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Robert Walters (RWA), Savills (SVS), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Standard Chartered (STAN), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), UK Oil & Gas (UKOG), Ultra Electronics Holdings (ULE), Uniphar (UPR), Vesuvius (VSVS), Wood Group (WG.), Xtract Resources (XTR)
Companies paying dividends: British American Tobacco (53.9p), CPPGroup (25p), Personal Group Holdings (5.1p), Smith & Nephew (16.86p)
Thursday 13 May
Trading updates: Beazley (BEZ), ContourGlobal (GLO), Greggs (GRG), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.), Superdry (SDRY), TT Electronics (TTG)
Interims: Brewin Dolphin Holdings (BRW), Countryside Properties (CSP), Grainger (GRI), Ten Lifestyle Group (TENG)
Finals: 3i Group (III), BT Group (BT.A), Burberry (BRBY), Morses Club (MCL)
AGMs: Access Intelligence (ACC), Balfour Beatty (BBY), Conduit Holdings Limited (CRE), ContourGlobal (GLO), Direct Line Insurance (DLG), Elementis (ELM), Empresaria (EMR), Eurocell (ECEL), Hiscox (HSX), IGas Energy (IGAS), Kenmare Resources (KMR), Luceco (LUCE), Merchants Trust (MRCH), Moneysupermarket.Com (MONY), Ocado (OCDO), One Media iP (OMIP), Prudential (PRU), Quilter (QLT), Rolls Royce (RR.), Schiehallion Fund (MNTN), Serinus Energy (SENX), Sig (SHI), Spire Healthcare (SPI), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), Unite Group (UTG), Valeura Energy (VLU)
Companies paying dividends: Convatec Group (2.845p), F&C Investment Trust (3.4p), Hammerson (0.2p), Mondi (29.28p)
Friday 14 May
Trading updates: Sabre Insurance (SBRE)
Interims: Sage Group (SGE)
AGMs: Derwent London (DLN), Digitalbox (DBOX), John Menzies (MNZS), JPMorgan American Investment Trust (JAM), Phoenix Group (PHNX), Pittards (PTD), Sabre Insurance (SBRE), Spectris (SXS), St James's Place (STJ), Tasty (TAST), Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), Wishbone Gold (WSBN)
Companies paying dividends: Alpha FX (8p), Antofagasta (35.4p), Aviva (14p), Drax (10.3p), EMIS (16p), Finsbury Growth & Income (8p), Gresham Technologies (0.75p), Ibstock (1.6p), IMI (15p), John Laing (3.76p, 4.06p special), Prudential (7.66p), Schroder Asian TR (7.1p), Smiths Group (11.7p), Softcat (6.4p), Taylor Wimpey (4.14p), Ultra Electronics Holdings (41.5p), Vitec (4.5p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 13 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Avast | 8.1 | 18-Jun-21 |
| Cenkos Securities Ord 1p | 2.5 | 17-Jun-21 |
| Clarkson Ord 25p | 54 | 28-May-21 |
| Empresaria Ord 5p | 1 | 04-Jun-21 |
| Epwin Group | 1 | 07-Jun-21 |
| FDM Group (Hldgs) Ord 1p | 15 | 04-Jun-21 |
| Fidelity Special Values Ord 5p | 2.17 | 23-Jun-21 |
| Focusrite Ord 0.1p | 1.5 | 04-Jun-21 |
| Franchise Brands | 0.8 | 28-May-21 |
| FRP Advisory Group | 0.8 | 11-Jun-21 |
| GCP Asset Backed Income Fund | 1.575 | 14-Jun-21 |
| Gem Diamonds | 1.82 | 15-Jun-21 |
| Genel Energy Ord 10p | 7.15 | 14-Jun-21 |
| H&T Group Ord 5p | 6 | 25-Jun-21 |
| Holders Technology Ord 10p | 0.25 | 01-Jun-21 |
| Inchcape Ord 25p | 6.9 | 21-Jun-21 |
| Invesco Perp UK Smaller Co's Inv Ord £1 | 8.07 | 11-Jun-21 |
| IP Group Ord 2p | 1 | 16-Jun-21 |
| Macfarlane Group Ord 25p | 1.85 | 03-Jun-21 |
| Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ord 20p | 51.094 | 04-Jun-21 |
| Phoenix Spree Deutschland | 4.4 | 07-Jun-21 |
| PRINCESS PRIVATE EQUITY HLDGS ORD EUR0.0 | 33.5 | 24-Jun-21 |
| Reach | 4.26 | 04-Jun-21 |
| Royal Dutch Shell B Ord Euro 0.07 | 12.665 | 21-Jun-21 |
| Royal Dutch Shell A Ord €0.07 | 12.9665 | 21-Jun-21 |
| Serco Group Ord 2p | 1.4 | 04-Jun-21 |
| Spectris Group Ord 5p | 46.5 | 30-Jun-21 |
| Tandem Ord 4p | 5.5 | 24-Jun-21 |
| Target Healthcare REIT | 1.68 | 28-May-21 |
| Vector Capital | 1.43 | 21-May-21 |
The ex-dividend day 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.
