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 29 April
Trading updates: Beazley (BEZ)
Finals: Biome Technologies (BIOM), Christie Group (CTG), Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID), Gresham Technologies (GHT), Jadestone Energy (JSE), One Media iP Group (OMIP), Spaceandpeople (SAL)
AGMs: Goldstone Resources (GRL), Ocado Group (OCDO), Symphony International Holdings (SIHL)
Companies paying dividends: NatWest Group (11.5p), New Star Investment Trust (1.7p), Quartix Technologies (1.5p)
Tuesday 30 April
Economics: Consumer credit, M4 money supply, mortgage approvals, Nationwide house price index
Trading updates: Elementis (ELM), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), HSBC (HSBA), IDOX (IDOX), Rotork (ROR), St James's Place (STJ)
Finals: Capital & Regional (CAL), Card Factory (CARD), Kelso Group Holdings (KLSO), Northcoders Group (CODE), RBG Holdings (RBGP), Roadside Real Estate (ROAD), Shield Therapeutics (STX), Whitbread (WTB)
AGMs: Anglo American (AAL), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), Elementis (ELM), Minoan Group (MIN), Pebble Group (PEBB), Petro Matad (MATD), Rotork (ROR), Versarien (VRS)
Companies paying dividends: Amedeo Air Four Plus (2p), abrdn (7.3p), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (0.44p), CT Private Equity Trust (7.01p), Doric Nimrod Air Two (4.5p), Doric Nimrod Air Three (2.0625p), European Assets Trust (1.475p), Kings Arms Yard VCT (0.51p), Lowland Investment Company (1.6p), Shires Income (3.2p), US Solar Fund ($0.0154), Wynnstay Group (11.75p)
Wednesday 1 May
Economics: BRC shop price index, PMI manufacturing
Trading updates: Aston Martin Lagonda (AML), Computacenter (CCC), GSK (GSK), Haleon (HLN), Next (NXT), Smith & Nephew (SN.)
Finals: HSS Hire Group (HSS), Maintel Holdings (MAI)
AGMs: Alfa Financial Software Holdings (ALFA), Alpha Group International (ALPH), Apax Global Alpha Limited (APAX), Domino's Pizza Group plc (DOM), Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), Glanbia (GLB), Johnson Service Group (JSG), Lancashire Holdings (LRE), Smith & Nephew (SN.), Spirent Communications (SPT), STV Group (STVG), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN)
Companies paying dividends: NWF Group (1p)
Thursday 2 May
Trading updates: Lancashire Holdings (LRE), RHI Magnesita NV (RHIM), Shell (SHEL), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), Spectris (SXS), Standard Chartered (STAN), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS)
Interims: Smiths News (SNWS)
AGMs: AIB Group (AIBG), Aviva (AV.), Ecora Resources plc (ECOR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Grafton Group (GFTU), Hostelworld Group (HSW), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), ITV (ITV), Kerry Group (KYGA), Melrose Industries (MRO), Moneysupermarket.Com (MONY), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Reach (RCH), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), RHI Magnesita NV (RHIM), RIT Capital Partners (RCP),Sig (SHI)
Companies paying dividends: Banco Santander SA (€0.095), British American Tobacco (58.8795p), CLS Holdings (5.35p), Nichols (15.6p), Octopus Apollo VCT (1.3p), Schroders (15p)
Friday 3 May
Economics: PMI composite, PMI services
Trading updates: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Mondi (MNDI), Trainline (TRN)
AGMs: HSBC Holdings (HSBA), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Mondi (MNDI), More Acquisitions (TMOR)
Companies paying dividends: Anglo American (32.894p), Beazley (14.2p), B.P. Marsh & Partners (2.68p), CT UK High Income Trust (1.66p), CT UK High Income Trust B (1.66p), European Smaller Companies Trust (1.45p), Hikma Pharmaceuticals ($0.47), i3 Energy (0.2565p), Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (2.15p), Maven Income and Growth VCT 5 (1.1p), North American Income Trust (3.9p), Pearson (15.7p), Segro (19.1p), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (0.75p), Synectics (3p), TwentyFour Income Fund (3.96p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 2 May | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| 4imprint Group | $1.5 | 3-Jun-2024 |
| AB Dynamics | 2.33 | 17-May-2024 |
| Albion Development VCT | 2.22 | 31-May-2024 |
| Alfa Financial Software Holdings | 2 | 30-May-2024 |
| Ashtead Technology Holdings | 1.1 | 3-Jun-2024 |
| Atrato Onsite Energy | 1.37 | 28-May-2024 |
| Blackstone Loan Financing | €0.02 | 7-Jun-2024 |
| Boot (Henry) | 4.4 | 31-May-2024 |
| Carr's Group | 2.35 | 5-Jun-2024 |
| Coats Group | $0.0199 | 30-May-2024 |
| CQS New City High Yield Fund | 1 | 31-May-2024 |
| Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust | 4.15 | 31-May-2024 |
| Elementis | $0.021 | 31-May-2024 |
| FBD Holdings | €1 | 7-Jun-2024 |
| Genuit Group | 8.3 | 5-Jun-2024 |
| Glencore | $0.065 | 5-Jun-2024 |
| Global Opportunities Trust | 5 | 31-May-2024 |
| Hiscox | $0.25 | 12-Jun-2024 |
| Inchcape | 24.3 | 17-Jun-2024 |
| IWG | 1 | 31-May-2024 |
| Porvair | 4 | 5-Jun-2024 |
| RELX | 41.8 | 13-Jun-2024 |
| Robert Walters | 17 | 31-May-2024 |
| Seneca Growth Capital VCT B | 1.5 | 17-May-2024 |
| Senior | 1.7 | 31-May-2024 |
| Zotefoams | 4.9 | 3-Jun-2024 |
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.
