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 March
Interims: Bioventix (BVXP)
Finals: Dialight (DIA), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), RTC Group (RTC), Tandem Group (TND)
Companies paying dividends: Diversified Energy (3.1), Mountview Estates (225p interim, 275p special), Shell (17.77p)
Tuesday 29 March
Economics: M4 money supply, mortgage approvals
Interims: Bellway (BWY), Genedrive (GDR), Orchard Funding Group (ORCH), SkinBioTherapeutics (SBTX)
Finals: Animalcare (ANCR), AG Barr (BAG), Aquis Exchange (AQX), Bellway (BWY), Burford Capital (BUR), Central Asia Metals (CAML), CPP Group (CPP), Digitalbox (DBOX), EKF Diagnostics Holdings (EKF), Ergomed (ERGO), FireAngel Safety Technology Group (FA.), Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO), Good Energy Group (GOOD), IQE (IQE), NAHL Group (NAH), Personal Group (PGH), RBG Holdings (RBGP), Regional REIT (RGL), S & U (SUS), STM Group (STM), Ten Entertainment Group (TEG), The Mission Group (TMG), XLMedia (XLM)
AGMs: Impax Asset Management Group (IPX), Tekmar Group (TGP)
Wednesday 30 March
Trading updates: Electrocomponents (ECM)
Interims: Bowleven (BLVN)
Finals: Anglo Pacific (APF), Ebiquity (EBQ), Equals (EQLS), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Inspired (INSE), Michelmersh Brick Holdings (MBH), Next (NXT), Strix Group (KETL), Team17 (TM17)
AGMs: Brunner Investment Trust (BUT), Mediazest (MDZ), Oxford BioDynamics (OBD), Power Metal Resources (POW), Sureserve (SUR)
Thursday 31 March
Economics: Gross domestic product, Nationwide house price index, current account
Interims: Aptamer (APTA) , Gattaca (GATC), James Halstead (JHD)
Finals: BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), Chesnara (CSN), Hostelworld (HSW), Mears (MER), Reach (RCH), RTW Venture Fund (RTW), S4 Capital (SFOR), Sportech (SPO)
AGMs: Aukett Swanke (AUK), Banco Santander (BNC), BiVictriX Therapeutics (BVX), Cloudcoco (CLCO), Guild Esports (GILD), Pressure Technologies (PRES), Red Rock Resources (RRR), Toople (TOOP), Various Eateries (VARE)
Companies paying dividends: Chemring (3.2p), Gateley (3p), Imperial Brands (48.8p), Renewables Infrastructure (1.69p)
Friday 1 April
Economics: PMI manufacturing
Trading updates: Pennon (PNN)
Interims: Renew Holdings (RNWH)
Companies going ex-dividend on 31 March
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Convatec Group | 3.17 | 19-May-22 |
| Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Ord 25p | 8.3 | 13-May-22 |
| Globaldata Ord 1/14p | 13.2 | 29-Apr-22 |
| Hammerson Ord 25p | 0.2 | 10-May-22 |
| Intercontinental Hotels Grp. 11 3/7p | 63.16 | 17-May-22 |
| Moneysupermarket.com Ord O.02p | 8.61 | 12-May-22 |
| Phoenix Group Holdings | 24.8 | 09-May-22 |
| Quartix Technologies | 1.9 | 29-Apr-22 |
| Quartix Technologies | 5.1 | 29-Apr-22 |
| RIT Capital Partners Ord £1 | 18.5 | 29-Apr-22 |
| Rotala Ord 1p | 1 | 29-Apr-22 |
| Smith & Nephew Ord 20c | 16.8985 | 11-May-22 |
| Taylor Wimpey ord 25p | 4.44 | 13-May-22 |
| The European Smaller Cos Trust | 1.25 | 29-Apr-22 |
| Travis Perkins Ord 10p | 26 | 12-May-22 |
| Value & Income Trust Ord 10p | 3 | 29-Apr-22 |
| Wynnstay Group Ord 25p | 10.5 | 29-Apr-22 |
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.
