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 21 June
Finals: Brandshield Systems (BRSD), SysGroup (SYS)
AGMs: Borders & Southern Petroleum (BOR), Globalworth Real Estate Investments (GWI), Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Randall & Quilter (RQIH)
Companies paying dividends: Inchcape (6.9p)
Tuesday 22 June
Economics: Public sector net borrowing
Finals: DS Smith (SMDS), Gear4Music (G4M), Trackwise Designs (TWD), Trifast (TRI)
AGMs: Bisichi (BISI), Caerus Mineral Resources (CMRS), CEPS (CEPS), Coca-Cola (CCH), Cora Gold (CORA), EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), Intelligent Ultrasound (IUG), Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), Morses Club (MCL), Surgical Innovations (SUN)
Wednesday 23 June
Trading updates: Harbour Energy (HBR)
Finals: Berkeley Group Holdings (BKG), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO)
AGMs: 1Spatial (SPA), Angling Direct (ANG), Clontarf Energy (CLON), Dignity (DTY), Directa Plus (DCTA), ECSC (ECSC), Harbour Energy (HBR), JKX Oil & Gas (JKX), North Atlantic Smaller Cos Inv Tst (NAS), Oriole Resources (ORR), Velocys (VLS), Vertu Motors (VTU), Woodbois (WBI)
Thursday 24 June
Economics: Interest rates
Trading updates: Wood Group (WG.)
Finals: Alpha Financial Markets (AFM), James Latham (LTHM), Redcentric (RCN), XPS Pensions (XPS)
AGMs: AltynGold (ALTN), Argo Blockchain (ARB), Atalaya Mining (ATYM), DeepMatter (DMTR), Fresnillo (FRES), Gemfields (GEM), Itaconix (ITX), Kavango Resources (KAV), New Century AIM VCT 2 (NCA2), Robinson (RBN), Science In Sport (SIS), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), Serica Energy (SQZ), STM (STM), Tandem (TND), THG (THG), Union Jack Oil (UJO), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL), Westminster Group (WSG)
Companies paying dividends: Diversified Energy (2.85p), Gamma Communications (7.8p), Tandem (5.5p)
Friday 25 June
Economics: Consumer confidence
Finals: Jade Road Investments (JADE), Norman Broadbent (NBB)
AGMs: Cadogan Petroleum (CAD), Entain (ENT), HeiQ (HEIQ), Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals (HEMO), Inspiration Healthcare (IHC), MetalNRG (MNRG), Norman Broadbent (NBB), Proton Motor Power Systems (PPS), SDX Energy (SDX), Serabi Gold (SRB), Tesco (TSCO), Tiziana Life Sciences (TILS)
Companies paying dividends: H&T (6p), Henderson Opportunities Trust (6.5p), Keller (23.3p), Learning Technologies (0.5p), Orchard Funding Group (1p), Spectra Systems (6.8p), Town Centre Securities (1.75p), Vivo Energy (3.8p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 24 June
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aberdeen Japan Investment Trust | 9 | 23-Jul-21 |
| Anexo Group | 1 | 20-Jul-21 |
| BP Marsh & Partners Ord 10p | 2.44 | 30-Jul-21 |
| Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust | 4.6 | 23-Jul-21 |
| Braemar Shipping Services | 5 | 30-Jul-21 |
| British Land Company Ord 25p | 6.64 | 06-Aug-21 |
| Diverse Income Trust | 0.9 | 31-Aug-21 |
| Edinburgh Investment Trust Ord 25p | 6 | 29-Jul-21 |
| Edinburgh Investment Trust Ord 25p | 4.65 | 29-Jul-21 |
| Experian PLC | 23.045 | 23-Jul-21 |
| Gooch & Housego Ord 20p | 4.5 | 30-Jul-21 |
| Helical | 7.4 | 26-Jul-21 |
| Helios Underwriting | 3 | 19-Jul-21 |
| JD Sports Fashion | 1.44 | 02-Aug-21 |
| LXI REIT | 1.46 | 16-Jul-21 |
| Mercantile Investment Trust | 1.35 | 02-Aug-21 |
| Norcros Ord 10p | 8.2 | 30-Jul-21 |
| Paypoint Ord 1/3p | 8.3 | 29-Jul-21 |
| RWS Holdings Ord 5p | 2 | 16-Jul-21 |
| SERICA ENERGY PLC ORD US$0.10 | 3.5 | 23-Jul-21 |
| Tate & Lyle Ord 25p | 22 | 06-Aug-21 |
| United Utilities Group | 28.83 | 02-Aug-21 |
| Vodafone Ord $0.11 3/7 | 3.879 | 06-Aug-21 |
| Vp Ord 5p | 25 | 22-Jul-21 |
| Wentworth Resources PLC | 1 | 23-Jul-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.
