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 23 May
Trading updates: CentralNic (CNIC)
Finals: Big Yellow Group (BYG), Kainos (KNOS)
AGMs: Arecor Therapeutics (AREC), Belvoir (BLV), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Empiric Student Property (ESP), Hummingbird Resources (HUM), TMT Investments (TMT)
Companies paying dividends: Franchise Brands (0.9p), Thungela Resources (73p)
Tuesday 24 May
Economics: Public sector net borrowing
Trading updates: Nostrum Oil & Gas (NOG)
Interims: Avon Protection (AVON), Greencore (GNC), Hyve Group (HYVE), On The Beach (OTB), Shaftesbury (SHB), SSP Group (SSPG), Topps Tiles (TPT)
Finals: AVEVA (AVV), Bytes Technology (BYIT), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited (CORD), Cranswick (CWK), RS Group (RS1), Helical (HLCL), Homeserve (HSV), Likewise Group (LIKE), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Speedy Hire (SDY), Trinity Exploration and Production (TRIN)
AGMs: 4imprint (FOUR), Afentra (AET), Artisanal Spirits Company (ART), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Epwin Group (EPWN), FDM Group (FDM), Forterra (FORT), Harworth Group (HWG), Hill & Smith Holdings (HILS), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Horizonte Minerals (HZM), JPMorgan American Investment Trust (JAM), Judges Scientific (JDG), M Winkworth (WINK), Pebble Group (PEBB), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Quarto (QRT), Restaurant Group (RTN), Riverstone Energy (RSE), Shell (SHEL), Thungela Resources (TGA), Vector Capital (VCAP)
Companies paying dividends: Abrdn (14.6p), Chesnara (14.7p), Merchants Trust (6.85p), Vistry (40p)
Wednesday 25 May
Trading updates: Intertek (ITRK), Regional REIT (RGL)
Interims: Hollywood Bowl (BOWL)
Finals: Braemar Shipping Services (BMS), De La Rue (DLAR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Marks & Spencer (MKS), Mediclinic International (MDC), Pennant International Group (PEN), Pets At Home (PETS), Severn Trent (SVT), SSE (SSE), Synaigen (SNG)
AGMs: Access Intelligence (ACC), Aston Martin Lagonda (AML), Bakkavor (BAKK), Bango (BGO), Bodycote (BOY), Eleco (ELCO), Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust (FEET), Hercules Site Services (HERC), International Public Partnerships Limited (INPP), Intertek (ITRK), M&G (MNG), Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB1), Regional REIT (RGL), RHI Magnesita NV (RHIM), Sabre Insurance Group (SBRE), Trustpilot (TRST), Tullow Oil plc (TLW), Zenova (ZED), Zotefoams (ZTF)
Companies paying dividends: Coats (1.2p), Genuit (8.5p), Global Opportunities Trust (5p)
Thursday 26 May
Trading updates: Kingfisher (KGF), Ted Baker (TED)
Interims: AJ Bell (AJB), Integrafin Holdings (IHP)
Finals: Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Edinburgh Investment Trust (EDIN), Intermediate Capital (ICP), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), LondonMetric Property (LMP), PayPoint (PAY), United Utilities (UU.)
AGMs: Albion Technology & General VCT (AATG), Aminex (AEX), Bank Of Ireland (BIRG), Belvoir (BLV), BMO Private Equity Trust (BPET), Boot (Henry) (BOOT), Central Asia Metals (CAML), Curtis Banks Group (CBP), Diaceutics (DXRX), East Star Resources (EST), Energean (ENOG), Ferrexpo (FXPO), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), Kenmare Resources (KMR), LBG Media (LBG), Legal & General (LGEN), Mobeus Income & Growth VCT (MIX), National World (NWOR), Non-Standard Finance (NSF), Petrofac (PFC), Prudential (PRU), Robinson (RBN), S & U (SUS), Sherborne Investors C (SIGC), Staffline Group (STAF), Strix Group (KETL), Wickes Group (WIX), YU Group (YU.), Zinc Media (ZIN)
Companies paying dividends: AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (0.7p), Bridgepoint (3.6p), ITV (3.3p), London Stock Exchange (70p), Portmeirion (13p)
Friday 27 May
Finals: Volvere (VLE)
AGMs: AG Barr (BAG), Big Technologies (BIG), BMO Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), DeepMatter (DMTR), Destiny Pharma Holdings (DEST), Hostmore (MORE), LSL Property Services (LSL), Old Mutual Limited (OMU), Oxford Biomedica (OXB), Spectris (SXS), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO)
Companies paying dividends: Atrato Onsite Energy (1.76p), Centaur Media (0.5p), Clarkson (57p), CQS New City High Yield (1p), Dunedin Income Growth (3.9p), Fevertree (10.47p), Fresnillo (18.3p), Harworth Group (0.845p), Headlam (17.7p special, 8.6p final), Henderson Far East Income Trust (5.9p), Mobius Investment Trust (0.35p), Octopus AIM VCT 2 (2.1p), Quixant (2.4p), Rightmove (4.8p), Schroder Asian TR (8.5p), St James’s Place Capital (40.4p), Stelrad (0.96p), The Property Franchise (7.8p), Tyman (8.9p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 26 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Advanced Medical Solutions Grp Ord 10p | 1.37 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Alfa Financial Software Holdings | 1.1 | 24-Jun-22 |
| Andrews Sykes Ord 20p | 12.5 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Atlantis Japan Growth Fund $0.01 | 2.88 | 30-Jun-22 |
| Balfour Beatty Ord 50p | 6 | 06-Jul-22 |
| BlackRock World Mining Trust | 5.5 | 30-Jun-22 |
| Burford Capital | 4.807 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Cardiff Property Ord 20p | 5.5 | 30-Jun-22 |
| Cerillion | 2.6 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Trus | 1.07 | 10-Jun-22 |
| Intertek Group Ord 1p | 71.6 | 17-Jun-22 |
| JPMorgan Global Growth & Income | 4.24 | 01-Jul-22 |
| Keywords Studios | 1.45 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Mincon Group | 0.766 | 17-Jun-22 |
| Northbridge Industrial Services Ord 10p | 1 | 16-Jun-22 |
| Seplat Energy | 1.87 | 26-Jul-22 |
| TI Fluid Systems | 1.222 | 23-Jun-22 |
| Titon Holdings Ord 10p | 1.5 | 01-Jul-22 |
| Victrex Ord 1p | 13.42 | 29-Jun-22 |
| Whitbread Holdings Ord 76 122/153p | 34.7 | 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.
