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 13 May
Trading updates: Serinus Energy (SENX), Team Internet Group (TIG)
Interims: Cerillion (CER), Diploma (DPLM), Victrex (VCT)
Finals: Arecor Therapeutics (AREC), Huddled Group (HUD)
AGMs: 88 Energy (88E), 888 Holdings (888). Bank Of Georgia Group (BGEO), Hvivo (HVO)
Companies paying dividends: Games Workshop Group (105p), Life Science REIT (1p), SEED Innovations (1p), Smiths Group (13.55p), VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (5.611222p)
Tuesday 14 May
Economics: Claimant count rate, unemployment rate
Trading updates: Currys (CURY), Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), Greggs (GRG), Virgin Money UK (VMUK)
Interims: Marstons (MARS), On The Beach Group (OTB), Treatt (TET)
Finals: Angling Direct (ANG), DCC (DCC), Land Securities Group (LAND), Vodafone Group (VOD)
AGMs: Aptitude Software Group (APTD), Chesnara (CSN), Cirata (CRTA), Computacenter (CCC), FDM Group (FDM), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Luceco (LUCE), Midwich Group (MIDW), Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS)
Companies paying dividends: InterContinental Hotels Group (83.9p), Mondi (40.25848p), Uniphar (€0.01), Rathbones Group (24p), BlackRock World Mining Trust (17p), OSB Group (21.8p), Fidelity European Trust (4.99p)
Wednesday 15 May
Trading updates: Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Conduit Holdings (CRE), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), TP ICAP Group (TCAP)
Interims: Britvic (BVIC), Compass Group (CPG), Imperial Brands Group (IMB), TUI AG (TUI), Ultimate Products (ULTP)
Finals: Burberry (BRBY), Creo Medical Group (CREO), Experian (EXPN), Lords Group Trading (LORD), Vertu Motors (VTU)
AGMs: Aura Renewable Acquisitions (ARA), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Burford Capital (BUR), Conduit Holdings Limited (CRE), Funding Circle (FCH), Greggs (GRG), IQGeo Group (IQG), JPMorgan American Investment Trust (JAM), Keller Group (KLR), Literacy Capital (BOOK), LMS Capital (LMS), Marshalls (MSLH), Mpac Group (MPAC), Permanent TSB Group Holdings (PTSB), Savills (SVS), Seneca Growth Capital VCT (HYG), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX), St James's Place (STJ), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), TP ICAP Group (TCAP), Vanquis Banking Group (VANQ), Vesuvius (VSVS)
Companies paying dividends: DFI Retail Group Holdings (3.9919p), Grit Real Estate Income Group ($0.015), Jardine Matheson Holdings (131.7334p), Just Group (1.5p), Mandarin Oriental International (2.7943p), Rentokil Initial (5.93p), TT Electronics (4.65p)
Thursday 16 May
Trading updates: Bank Of Cyprus Holdings (BOCH), ConvaTec Group (CTEC), Helios Towers (HTWS), Vistry Group (VTY)
Interims: Auction Technology Group (ATG), easyJet (EZJ), Future (FUTR), Grainger (GRI), Nexus Infrastructure (NEXS), Sage Group (SGE), Tritax Eurobox (EBOX)
Finals: BT Group (BT.A), Premier Foods (PFD), United Utilities Group (UU.)
AGMs: Bank Of Georgia Group (BGEO), Ceres Power Holdings (CWR), ConvaTec Group (CTEC), Costain Group (COST), Eurocell (ECEL), Global Opportunities Trust (GOT), Grainger (GRI), H & T Group (HAT), HG Capital Trust (HGT), Ibstock (IBST), Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), M&C Saatchi (SAA), Merchants Trust (MRCH), Michelmersh Brick Holdings (MBH), Next (NXT), Octopus AIM VCT 2 (OSEC), PensionBee Group (PBEE), Predator Oil & Gas Holdings (PRD), Proteome Sciences (PRM), PYX Resources (PYX), RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW), Secure Trust Bank (STB), SEPLAT Energy (SEPL), Sound Energy (SOU), Triple Point Social Housing REIT (SOHO), Tullow Oil (TLW), Tyman (TYMN), Unite Group (UTG), Vector Capital (VCAP), Vistry Group (VTY), WAG Payment Solutions (WPS)
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust (5.963693p), Haleon (4.2p), Mercantile Investment Trust (3.3p), Morgan Sindall Group (78p), M Winkworth (3p), Prudential (11.342251p), Supermarket Income REIT (1.515p)
Friday 17 May
Finals: Land Securities Group (LAND), XLMedia (XLM)
AGMs: Bank Of Cyprus Holdings (BOCH), Central Asia Metals (CAML), EKF Diagnostics Holdings (EKF)
Companies paying dividends: AB Dynamics (2.33p), Barratt Developments (4.4p), Breedon Group (9.5p), Cairn Homes (€0.03), Direct Line Insurance Group (4p), Drax Group (13.9p), Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (8.8p), IMI (19.2p), Impact Healthcare REIT (1.7375p), JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (3.6p), JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust (3p), Luceco (3.2p), Morgan Advanced Materials (6.7p), Primary Health Properties (1.725p), Seneca Growth Capital VCT B (1.5p), Standard Chartered ($0.21)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 16 May | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| abrdn Property Income Trust | 1 | 31-May-2024 |
| Aquila European Renewables | €0.01 | 14-Jun-2024 |
| Balfour Beatty | 8 | 3-Jul-2024 |
| BP | $0.0727 | 28-Jun-2024 |
| Bunzl | 50.1 | 2-Jul-2024 |
| Churchill China | 25 | 17-Jun-2024 |
| EJF Investments | 2.675 | 31-May-2024 |
| Essentra | 2.4 | 5-Jul-2024 |
| Fevertree Drinks | 10.9 | 21-Jun-2024 |
| FRP Advisory Group | 0.9 | 14-Jun-2024 |
| Greencoat UK Wind | 2.5 | 31-May-2024 |
| GSK | 15 | 11-Jul-2024 |
| Henderson Opportunities Trust | 1.5 | 20-Jun-2024 |
| Irish Continental Group | €0.10 | 7-Jun-2024 |
| James Halstead | 2.5 | 14-Jun-2024 |
| Kingfisher | 8.6 | 25-Jun-2024 |
| Majedie Investments | 2 | 7-Jun-2024 |
| Manx Financial Group | 0.4551 | 24-Jun-2024 |
| Murray Income Trust | 9.5 | 13-Jun-2024 |
| Ocean Wilsons Holdings | $0.85 | 14-Jun-2024 |
| Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust | 1.5 | 31-May-2024 |
| PageGroup | 11.24 | 21-Jun-2024 |
| Pershing Square Holdings | $0.1456 | 14-Jun-2024 |
| Princess Private Equity Holding | €0.36 | 17-Jun-2024 |
| Property Franchise Group | 7.4 | 12-Jun-2024 |
| RHI Magnesita N.V. | €1.25 | 13-Jun-2024 |
| Shell | $0.344 | 24-Jun-2024 |
| Spectris | 53.9 | 28-Jun-2024 |
| Tclarke | 4.525 | 7-Jun-2024 |
| Tesco | 8.25 | 28-Jun-2024 |
| Unilever | 36.74 | 7-Jun-2024 |
| Vaalco Energy | $0.0625 | 21-Jun-2024 |
| Vector Capital | 1.53 | 3-Jun-2024 |
| Witan Investment Trust | 1.51 | 7-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.
