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 9 May
Trading updates: Georgia Capital (CGEO), Kosmos Energy (KOS)
AGMs: Aviva (AV.), Maintel (MAI), Midwich (MIDW)
Tuesday 10 May
Trading update: Renishaw (RSW)
Interims: Hardide (HDD), Treatt (TET)
Finals: 3i Infrastructure (3IN), FD Technologies (FDP), Trellus Health (TRLS)
AGMs: Albion Development VCT (AADV), Centamin (CEY), Direct Line Insurance (DLG), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Gresham Technologies (GHT), HG Capital Trust (HGT), IWG (IWG), Just (JUST), MacFarlane (MACF), Sancus Lending (LEND), Temple Bar Investment Trust (TMPL)
Companies paying dividends: Domino’s Pizza (6.8p), Hammerson (0.2p), F&C Investment Trust (3.8p), Rathbones (54p), Spirent (3.3p)
Wednesday 11 May
Trading updates: Conduit (CRE), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX)
Interims: Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Compass (CPG), Ten Lifestyle (TENG)
Finals: Airtel Africa (AAF), Anexo (ANX), Angling Direct (ANG), Life Science Reit (LABS), Mirriad Advertising (MIRI), Vertu Motors (VTU)
AGMs: Abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF), Antofagasta (ANTO), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Cenkos Securities (CNKS), Clarkson (CKN), Conduit (CRE), Harbour Energy (HBR), Hostelworld (HSW), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Irish Continental (ICGC), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Marshalls (MSLH), Maven Income & Growth VCT 4 (MAV4), National Express (NEX), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Savills (SVS), Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company (ATR), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), Spire Healthcare (SPI), T Clarke (CTO), Tasty (TAST), TP ICAP Finance (TCAP), Transglobe Energy (TGL), Uniphar (UPR), Windward (WNWD)
Company paying dividend: Smith & Nephew (16.9p)
Thursday 12 May
Economics: RICS housing market survey, balance of trade, GDP, index of services, industrial production, manufacturing production
Trading updates: Balfour Beatty (BBY), Checkit (CKT), ConvaTec (CTEC), Eurocell (ECEL), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Superdry (SDRY)
Interims: Grainger (GRI), Titon (TON)
Finals: 3i (III), BT (BT.A)
AGMs: Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), Anglo Pacific (APF), Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS), Balfour Beatty (BBY), BP (BP.), Bridgepoint (BPT), Cairn Homes (CRN), Cineworld (CINE), Circassia (CIR), Condor Gold (CNR), ContourGlobal (GLO), ConvaTec (CTEC), Empresaria (EMR), Eurocell (ECEL), FBD (FBH), Genel Energy (GENL), Gresham House (GHE), Gym Group (GYM), Hiscox (HSX), Howden Joinery (HWDN), Lloyds Banking (LLOY), Logistics Development (LDG), Luceco (LUCE), Michelmersh Brick (MBH), OSB (OSB), Quilter (QLT), Rolls-Royce (RR.), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Serinus Energy (SENX), Shefa Gems (SEFA), Sig (SHI), Unbound (UBG), Unite (UTG)
Companies paying dividends: Hunting (2.99p), Moneysupermarket.com (8.6p), Travis Perkins (26p)
Friday 13 May
Trading update: ContourGlobal (GLO)
Interim: Sage (SGE)
AGMs: ContourGlobal (GLO), Derwent London (DLN), Metro Bank (MTRO), TT Electronics (TTG)
Companies paying dividends: Antofagasta (87p), Ibstock (5p), IMI (15.8p), Drax (11.3p), Gulf Keystone (17.2p), Schroders Oriental (1.9p), Taylor Wimpey (4.4p), Uniphar (0.92p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 12 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Aptitude Software | 3.6 | 03-Jun-22 |
| Avingtrans Ord 5p | 1.6 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Aviva Ord 25p | 100 | 31-May-22 |
| Barr (A.G.) Ord 25p | 10 | 10-Jun-22 |
| BMO Commercial Property Trust | 0.4 | 31-May-22 |
| Centaur Media Ord 10p | 0.5 | 27-May-22 |
| Clarkson Ord 25p | 57 | 27-May-22 |
| Empresaria Ord 5p | 1.2 | 08-Jun-22 |
| Epwin | 2.35 | 06-Jun-22 |
| Foxtons | 0.27 | 24-Jun-22 |
| Franchise Brands | 0.9 | 23-May-22 |
| Gresham House 25p | 10 | 27-May-22 |
| H&T Ord 5p | 8 | 24-Jun-22 |
| Holders Technology Ord 10p | 0.5 | 31-May-22 |
| Inchcape Ord 25p | 16.1 | 21-Jun-22 |
| Invesco Perp UK Smaller Co's Inv Ord £1 | 11.55 | 10-Jun-22 |
| LMS Capital Ord 10p | 0.625 | 14-Jun-22 |
| Macfarlane Ord 25p | 2.33 | 02-Jun-22 |
| Phoenix Spree Deutschland | 4.29 | 09-Jun-22 |
| Reach | 4.46 | 10-Jun-22 |
| Serco Ord 2p | 1.61 | 07-Jun-22 |
| Strix | 5.6 | 10-Jun-22 |
| Tandem Ord 4p | 6.57 | 30-Jun-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.
