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 16 May
Trading update: Greggs (GRG)
Interim: Diploma (DPLM)
AGMs: 88 Energy (88E), Blackbird (BIRD), Crossword Cybersecurity (CCS), Digitalbox (DBOX), Ethernity Networks (ENET), Mast Energy Developments (MAST), Metal Tiger (MTR), Proteome Sciences (PRM), Stelrad (SRAD)
Companies paying dividends: Mondi (37.8p), Quilter (3.9p), Tate & Lyle (107p)
Tuesday 17 May
Economics: Claimant count rate, unemployment rate
Trading update: TI Fluid Systems (TIFS)
Interims: Britvic (BVIC), Imperial Brands (IMB), Renew (RNWH), Sureserve (SUR), Watkin Jones (WJG)
Finals: DCC (DCC), GENinCode (GENI), Land Securities (LAND), Velocys (VLS), Vodafone (VOD)
AGMs: Accesso Technology (ACSO), Airea (AIEA), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Chesnara (CSN), Equals (EQLS), European Assets Trust (EAT), Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV), Fresnillo (FRES), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (GABI), Greggs (GRG), IQGeo (IQG), Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT (MIG4), Pittards (PTD), PPHE Hotel (PPH), Vitec (VTC), Vivo Energy (VVO)
Companies paying dividends: Cairn Homes (2.27p), Direct Line Insurance (15.1p), InterContinental Hotels (63.2p), Just (1p), NB Global Monthly Income Fund (0.415p), Octopus Titan VCT (3p), Savills (12.75p, 15.6p interim, 27p special)
Wednesday 18 May
Economics: Consumer price index, producer price index, retail price index
Trading update: TBC Bank (TBCG)
Interims: Benchmark (BMK), Marstons (MARS)
Finals: British Land (BLND), N Brown (BWNG), Burberry (BRBY), Experian (EXPN), Ninety One (N91)
AGMs: Abrdn (ABDN), Alliance Pharma (APH), Burford Capital (BUR), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities (CCPG), Deltex Medical (DEMG), EKF Diagnostics (EKF), Highcroft Investments (HCFT), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Keller (KLR), Merchants Trust (MRCH), PensionBee (PBEE), PYX Resources (PYX), Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income (RCOI), Schroder UK Public Private Trust (SUPP), Science (SAG), Seplat Energy (SEPL), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), Vesuvius (VSVS), Vistry (VTY)
Companies paying dividends: Morgan Sindall (62p), Murray International Trust (19p), Rentokil Initial (4.3p), Seplat Energy (1.86p)
Thursday 19 May
Trading update: Watches Of Switzerland (WOSG)
Interims: Auction Technology (ATG), Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM)
Finals: Inspecs (SPEC), Investec (INVP), National Grid (NG.), QinetiQ (QQ.), Royal Mail (RMG)
AGMs: Bigblu Broadband (BBB), BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust (BRLA), Capital & Regional (CAL), Computacenter (CCC), Dialight (DIA), Drumz (DRUM), Ebiquity (EBQ), EQTEC (EQT), Essentra (ESNT), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Genuit (GEN), Headlam (HEAD), Inchcape (INCH), K3 Business Technology (KBT), Light Science Technologies (LST), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), MusicMagpie (MMAG), Network International (NETW), Next (NXT), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Portmeirion (PMP), Property Franchise (TPFG), Rotala (ROL), Smart Metering Systems (SMS), St James's Place (STJ), Tyman (TYMN)
Companies paying dividends: Aviva (14.7p), BlackRock World Mining Trust (27p), Convatec (3.17p), FBD (84p), Lloyds Banking (1.33p), Rotork (4.05p)
Friday 20 May
Economics: GFK consumer confidence, retail sales
Trading update: Close Brothers (CBG)
Final: Wincanton (WIN)
AGMs: Bank Of Cyprus (BOCH), Georgia Capital (CGEO), Keywords Studios (KWS), Real Estate Investors (RLE), Reckitt Benckiser (RKT), Resolute Mining (RSG)
Companies paying dividends: Breedon (1.1p), Glencore (9.55p), Greggs (42p), Gresham Technologies (0.75p), Howden Joinery (15.2p), Jupiter Fund Management (9.2p), Man (6.27p), Morgan Advanced Materials (5.9p), Relx (35.5p), Robert Walters (15p), Seneca Growth Capital VCT (1.5p), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (97.5p), T Clarke (4.1p), TT Electronics (3.8p), Vitec (24p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 19 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Bellway Ord 12.5p | 45 | 01-Jul-22 |
| Braime A Non Voting | 8.2 | 08-Jun-22 |
| Braime Ord | 8.2 | 08-Jun-22 |
| Bunzl Ord 32 1/7p | 40.8 | 04-Jul-22 |
| FDM Ord 1p | 18 | 10-Jun-22 |
| FRP Advisory | 0.8 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Gem Diamonds | 1.85 | 21-Jun-22 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Ord 25p | 14 | 01-Jul-22 |
| Henderson Opportunities Trust Ord 25p | 7 | 24-Jun-22 |
| Kingfisher Ord 15 5/7p | 8.6 | 27-Jun-22 |
| Lookers Ord 25p | 2.5 | 24-Jun-22 |
| Murray Income Trust Ord 25p | 8.25 | 16-Jun-22 |
| PageGroup | 10.3 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Science | 5 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Shell | 20.21 | 27-Jun-22 |
| Spectris Ord 5p | 48.8 | 30-Jun-22 |
| Tesco Ord 5p | 7.7 | 24-Jun-22 |
| Town Centre Securities Ord 25p | 2.5 | 24-Jun-22 |
| Virgin Money UK | 1 | 21-Jun-22 |
| Xpediator | 0.6 | 01-Jul-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.
