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 5 June
Economics: PMI composite, PMI services
Interims: Hercules Site Services (HERC)
Finals: Celadon Pharmaceuticals (CEL), Itaconix (ITX), Sirius Real Estate Limited (SRE)
AGMs: EnQuest (ENQ)
Companies paying dividends: Bakkavor Group (4.16p), Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Trust (1.40¢), Epwin Group (2.55p), Legal & General Group (13.93p), Smart (J) & Co (Contractors) (0.96p), Weir Group (19.3p)
Tuesday 6 June
Economics: BRC sales monitor, PMI construction
Trading updates: Ferguson (FERG)
Interims: Chemring Group(CHG), Gooch & Housego (GHH), Oxford Metrics (OMG), Paragon Banking Group (PAG)
Finals: Brown (N) Group (BWNG), Newriver REIT (NRR), Speedy Hire (SDY), Warehouse REIT (WHR)
AGMs: Billington Holdings (BILN), M Winkworth (WINK), Mast Energy Developments (MAST), NB Global Monthly Income Fund (NBMI), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF), Tasty (TAST)
Companies paying dividends: Holders Technology (0.5p)
Wednesday 7 June
Economics: Halifax house price index
Interims: Ramsdens Holdings (RFX), Residential Secure Income REIT (RESI)
Finals: DiscoverIE Group (DSCV), Evgen Pharma (EVG), Vp (VP.)
AGMs: City Pub Group (CPC), Gem Diamonds (GEMD), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), Pennant International Group (PEN), Third Point Investors (TPOU), United Oil & Gas (UOG)
Companies paying dividends: AEW UK REIT (2p), Ecora Resources (1.75p), International Public Partnerships Limited (INPP), Porvair (3.8p), RELX (38.9p), Vanquis Banking Group (10.3p), Wickes Group (7.3p)
Thursday 8 June
Economics: RICS housing market survey
Trading updates: M&G (MNG)
Interims: Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST), IDOX (IDOX), RWS Holdings (RWS)
Finals: FirstGroup (FGP), Mitie Group (MTO), Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (SREI), Wizz Air Holdings (WIZZ)
AGMs: Checkit (CKT), Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE), Fair Oaks Income (FAIR), Genflow Biosciences (GENF), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Cos Investment Trust (IPU), Kavango Resources (KAV), London & Associated Properties (LAS), Melrose Industries (MRO), Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF), North American Income Trust (NAIT), Oriole Resources (ORR), Phoenix Copper (PXC), Sopheon (SPE)
Companies paying dividends: Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (1.8375p)
Friday 9 June
Finals: Industrials REIT (MLI)
AGMs: Arecor Therapeutics (AREC), Hochschild Mining (HOC), M P Evans Group (MPE), S4 Capital (SFOR), Univision Engineering (UVEL)
Companies paying dividends: Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc (1.51p), Barr (A.G.) (10.6p), Civitas Social Housing (1.425p), Diploma (16.5p), Focusrite (2.1p), Hvivo (0.45p), Irish Continental Group plc (€0.0945), James Halstead (2.25p), Lok'n Store (5.75p), Property Franchise Group (The) (8.8p), Serco Group (1.92p), Sthree (11p), Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund (5.3517p), Witan Investment Trust (1.45p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 8 June | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| AJ Bell (AJB) | 3.5 | 30-Jun-2023 |
| Assura (AGR) | 0.82 | 12-Jul-2023 |
| Aurora Investment Trust (ARR) | 2.97 | 4-Jul-2023 |
| Billington Holdings (BILN) | 15.5 | 4-Jul-2023 |
| C & C Group (CCR) | €0.0379 | 21-Jul-2023 |
| Centrica (CNA) | 2 | 20-Jul-2023 |
| Christie Group (CTG) | 2.5 | 7-Jul-2023 |
| Compass Group (CPG) | 15 | 27-Jul-2023 |
| Empiric Student Property (ESP) | 0.8125 | 23-Jun-2023 |
| Energean (ENOG) | $0.3 | 30-Jun-2023 |
| FDM Group (FDM) | 19 | 30-Jun-2023 |
| Good Energy Group (GOOD) | 2 | 13-Jul-2023 |
| HSS Hire Group (HSS) | 0.37 | 14-Jul-2023 |
| Investec (INVR) | 21.58904 | 23-Jun-2023 |
| Johnson Matthey (JMAT) | 55 | 1-Aug-2023 |
| Judges Scientific (JDG) | 59 | 7-Jul-2023 |
| London Security (LSC) | 42 | 7-Jul-2023 |
| M&C Saatchi (SAA) | 1.5 | 12-Jul-2023 |
| Michelmersh Brick Holdings (MBH) | 2.95 | 12-Jul-2023 |
| Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM) | 6.7 | 3-Jul-2023 |
| Orchard Funding Group (ORCH) | 1 | 23-Jun-2023 |
| Pacific Assets Trust (PAC) | 2.3 | 6-Jul-2023 |
| Renew Holdings (RNWH) | 6 | 12-Jul-2023 |
| Restore (RST) | 4.8 | 7-Jul-2023 |
| Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) | 9.2 | 14-Jul-2023 |
| Smiths News (SNWS) | 1.4 | 6-Jul-2023 |
| Sopheon (SPE) | 3.25 | 7-Jul-2023 |
| Tharisa (THS) | 2.4139 | 21-Jun-2023 |
| Topps Tiles (TPT) | 1.2 | 14-Jul-2023 |
| Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO) | 1.365 | 30-Jun-2023 |
| Victorian Plumbing Group (VIC) | 0.45 | 7-Jul-2023 |
| Vodafone Group (VOD) | €0.05 | 4-Aug-2023 |
| Watkin Jones (WJG) | 1.4 | 30-Jun-2023 |
| WPP (WPP) | 24.4 | 7-Jul-2023 |
| Young & Co's Brewery (YNGA) | 10.26 | 13-Jul-2023 |
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.
