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 24 May
Trading updates: Hilton Food (HFG)
Finals: Kainos (KNOS), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Randall & Quilter Investment (RQIH), Sirius Real Estate (SRE)
AGMs: 4D Pharma (DDDD), Blackbird (BIRD), Cloudcall (CALL), Energean (ENOG), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Hilton Food (HFG), Old Mutual (OMU), Phoenix Copper (PXC)
Companies paying dividends: 888 (7.45p final, 1.15p special), Chesnara (14.29p), Old Mutual (1.73p)
Tuesday 25 May
Economics: Public sector net borrowing
Trading update: Mothercare (MTC)
Interims: Avon Rubber (AVON), Greencore (GNC), Ixico (IXI), Shaftesbury (SHB)
Finals: AVEVA (AVV), Big Yellow (BYG), Electrocomponents (ECM), Helical (HLCL), Hurricane Energy (HUR), NAHL (NAH), Speedy Hire (SDY), Warehouse Reit (WHR)
AGMs: Aston Martin Lagonda (AML), Bank Of Cyprus (BOCH), Bank Of Georgia (BGEO), Bank Of Ireland (BIRG), Crossword Cybersecurity (CCS), Empiric Student Property (ESP), Epwin (EPWN), Georgia Capital (CGEO), Harworth (HWG), Hill & Smith (HILS), Logistics Development (LDG), Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1), Portmeirion (PMP), Restaurant Group (RTN), Riverstone Energy (RSE), Yew Grove Reit (YEW)
Companies paying dividends: Central Asia Metals (8p), Coats (0.9285p), Lloyds (0.57p), Standard Life Aberdeen (7.3p)
Wednesday 26 May
Trading updates: Intertek (ITRK), SDI (SDI)
Interims: Auction Technology (ATG), Oxford Metrics (OMG)
Finals: ASA International (ASAI), Biffa (BIFF), British Land (BLND), De La Rue (DLAR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Marks & Spencer (MKS), Mediclinic International (MDC), SSE (SSE)
AGMs: Anglo Pacific (APF), Bango (BGO), Deltic Energy (DELT), Equiniti (EQN), Eve Sleep (EVE), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Intertek (ITRK), Judges Scientific (JDG), Keywords Studios (KWS), M&G (MNG), Playtech (PTEC), Rambler Metals & Mining (RMM), Sherborne Investors (SIGB), Zotefoams (ZTF)
Companies paying dividends: London Stock Exchange (51.7p), Polypipe (4.8p), Sanne (9.9p)
Thursday 27 May
Trading updates: Aviva (AV.), Johnson Matthey (JMAT)
Interims: AJ Bell (AJB), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), Impax Asset Management (IPX)
Finals: Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Charles Stanley (CAY), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), LondonMetric Property (LMP), PayPoint (PAY), Pets At Home (PETS), Picton Property Income (PCTN), Renewi (RWI), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Ted Baker (TED), United Utilities (UU.)
AGMs: Albion Technology & General VCT (AATG), Belvoir (BLV), BMO Private Equity Trust (BPET), Bodycote (BOY), Bonhill (BONH), Brave Bison (BBSN), Cambridge Cognition (COG), Curtis Banks (CBP), Deltex Medical (DEMG), Ferrexpo (FXPO), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Great Western Mining (GWMO), Inchcape (INCH), Independent Investment Trust (IIT), Instem (INS), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Nucleus Financial (NUC), OSB (OSB), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Resolute Mining (RSG), Restore (RST), Strix (KETL), Valirx (VAL), Vectura (VEC), Xeros Technology (XSG), XLMedia (XLM), YU (YU.)
Companies paying dividends: AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (0.65p), Legal & General (12.64p), Northamber (0.3p)
Friday 28 May
Economics: Consumer credit, mortgage approvals
Finals: Volvere (VLE)
AGMs: AG Barr (BAG), AIQ (AIQ), Caledonia Mining (CMCL), Ebiquity (EBQ), HSBC (HSBA), Real Estate Investors (RLE), Reckitt Benckiser (RKT), Rotala (ROL), Tekcapital (TEK), United Oil & Gas (UOG), Wameja (WJA), Zinc Media (ZIN)
Companies paying dividends: Aptitude Software (3.6p), City of London Investment Trust (4.8p), Clarkson (54p), Eleco (0.4p), EP Global Opps Trust (6p), Fevertree Drinks (10.27p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.73p), Franchise Brands (0.8p), Harworth (1.466p), Henry Boot (3.3p), HgCapital Trust (3p), JPM American (4.25p), Luceco (4.7p), Mortgage Advice Bureau (19.2p), Polymetal (63.97p), Rightmove (4.5p), Seplat (5p), STV (6p), Tyman (4p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 27 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aberdeen Emerging Markets Inv Co ord £0.01 | 5.75 | 25 Jun 21 |
| Aberdeen New Thai Inv Tst Ord 25p | 11 | 25 Jun 21 |
| Advanced Medical Solutions Ord 10p | 1.2 | 18 Jun 21 |
| Andrews Sykes Ord 20p | 11.5 | 18 Jun 21 |
| Cardiff Property Ord 20p | 5 | 1 Jul 21 |
| Diversified Gas & Oil | 2.85 | 24 Jun 21 |
| Grainger Ord 5p | 1.83 | 2 Jul 21 |
| Impact Health | 1.6025 | 11 Jun 21 |
| Intertek Ord 1p | 71.6 | 18 Jun 21 |
| Mincon | 0.766 | 18 Jun 21 |
| Mincon | 0.766 | 18 Jun 21 |
| RA International | 1.35 | 8 Jul 21 |
| STM Ord 0.1p | 0.85 | 30 Jun 21 |
| Stock Spirits € | 2.5 | 18 Jun 21 |
| Town Centre Securities Ord 25p | 1.75 | 25 Jun 21 |
| Vectura Ord .025p | 19 | 11 Jun 21 |
| Vivo Energy | 3.8 | 25 Jun 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.
