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 25 April
Trading update: GlobalData (DATA)
Interim: Lok'n Store (LOK)
Finals: Arecor Therapeutics (AREC), Audioboom (BOOM), Frenkel Topping (FEN)
AGMS: Belluscura (BELL), ECR Minerals (ECR), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JUSC), Symphony International (SIHL)
Company paying dividend: Abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust (2.4p)
Tuesday 26 April
Economics: Public sector net borrowing
Trading updates: Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), IWG (IWG), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), National Express (NEX), Taylor Wimpey (TW.)
Finals: Billington (BILN), Corero Network Security (CNS), Learning Technologies (LTG), Northcoders (CODE), Puretech Health (PRTC), Warpaint London (W7L)
AGMs: Aquis Exchange (AQX), Elementis (ELM), Franchise Brands (FRAN), GlobalData (DATA), Maven Income & Growth VCT 5 (MIG5), Oriole Resources (ORR), RPS (RPS), Taylor Wimpey (TW.), Tissue Regenix (TRX)
Companies paying dividends: Invesco Asia Trust (7.6p), Nippon Active Value (1.95p)
Wednesday 27 April
Trading updates: Aveva (AVV), Drax (DRX), Fresnillo (FRES), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Lloyds Banking (LLOY), Network International (NETW), Persimmon (PSN), Petropavlovsk (POG), Reckitt Benckiser (RKT)
Interims: AB Dynamics (ABDP), WH Smith (SMWH)
Final: 1Spatial (SPA)
AGMs: Drax (DRX), Global Invacom (GINV), EP Global Opportunities Trust (EPG), Hutchmed (China) (HCM), Lancashire (LRE), London Stock Exchange (LSEG), Nichols (NICL), Persimmon (PSN), Primary Health Properties (PHP), Seneca Growth Capital VCT (HYG), Tern (TERN)
Thursday 28 April
Trading updates: Barclays (BARC), Evraz (EVR), Glencore (GLEN), Howden Joinery (HWDN), Inchcape (INCH), Indivior (INDV), Lancashire (LRE), PPHE Hotel (PPH), Schroders (SDR), Smith & Nephew (SN.), Standard Chartered (STAN), Unilever (ULVR)
Finals: Brave Bison (BBSN), Checkit (CKT), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Keystone Law (KEYS), Sanderson Design (SDG)
AGMs: Arden Partners (ARDN), Breedon (BREE), British American Tobacco (BATS), Capital Limited (CAPD), CLS (CLI), CRH (CRH), Dalata Hotel (DAL), Devro (DVO), Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), Glencore (GLEN), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Grafton (GFTU), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Hammerson (HMSO), Helios Towers (HTWS), International Personal Finance (IPF), ITV (ITV), Kerry (KYGA), NatWest (NWG), Octopus AIM VCT 2 (OSEC), Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust (PMGR), Robert Walters (RWA), Schroders (SDR), Serco (SRP), Synthomer (SYNT), TOC Property Backed Lending Trust (PBLT), Weir (WEIR)
Company paying dividend: Northamber (0.3p)
Friday 29 April
Economics: Nationwide house price index, consumer credit
Trading updates: Rotork (ROR), Smurfit Kappa (SKG), Travis Perkins (TPK)
Interim: UP Global Sourcing (UPGS)
AGMs: AstraZeneca (AZN), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), Holders Technology (HDT), HSBC (HSBA), JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust (JCH), Kingspan (KGP), Minoan (MIN), NatWest (NWG), Pearson (PSON), Photo-Me International (PHTM), Rotork (ROR), Smurfit Kappa (SKG), Travis Perkins (TPK)
Companies paying dividends: BMO Private Equity Trust (5.65p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.42p), European Assets Trust (2.2p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.5p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust (1.5p), Real Estate Investors (0.8p), Shires Income (3.2p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.49p), US Solar Fund (1.1p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 28 April
| Company | Dividend (p) | Date |
| 4imprint Group Ord 38 6/13p | 22.94 | 31-May-22 |
| AVI Japan Opportunity Trust | 0.7 | 26-May-22 |
| Bakkavor Group | 3.96 | 30-May-22 |
| Derwent London Ord 5p | 53.5 | 01-Jun-22 |
| Drax Group Ord 11 16/29p | 11.3 | 13-May-22 |
| Elixirr International | 4.1 | 31-May-22 |
| Fintel | 2 | 07-Jun-22 |
| Fresnillo Ord $0.50 | 18.32 | 27-May-22 |
| Gulf Keystone Petroleum Comm USD0.01 | 17.204 | 13-May-22 |
| Henderson Far East Income Trust Ord npv | 5.9 | 27-May-22 |
| Hercules Site Services | 1.7 | 01-Jun-22 |
| London Stock Exchange Ord 6 79/86p | 70 | 26-May-22 |
| LSL Property Services Ord 0.2p | 7.4 | 03-Jun-22 |
| M.P. Evans Group 10p | 25 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Medica Group | 1.79 | 22-Jul-22 |
| Mobius Investment Trust | 0.35 | 27-May-22 |
| Morgan Advanced Materials Ord 25p | 5.9 | 20-May-22 |
| Morgan Sindall Group | 62 | 18-May-22 |
| Octopus Titan VCT | 3 | 17-May-22 |
| Porvair Ord 2p (new Co ) | 3.5 | 01-Jun-22 |
| Quixant | 2.4 | 27-May-22 |
| Reckitt Benckiser Ord 10 10/19p | 101.6 | 09-Jun-22 |
| Rightmove Ord 1p | 4.8 | 27-May-22 |
| Sabre Insurance Group | 4.6 | 01-Jun-22 |
| Sabre Insurance Group | 4.7 | 01-Jun-22 |
| Schroder Asian TR Inv Co | 8.5 | 27-May-22 |
| St. James's Place Capital Ord 15p | 40.41 | 27-May-22 |
| Stelrad Group | 0.96 | 27-May-22 |
| The Property Franchise Ord 1p | 7.8 | 27-May-22 |
| TT Electronics Ord 25p | 3.8 | 20-May-22 |
| Tyman Ord 5p | 8.9 | 27-May-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.
