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
Interim: Lok’n Store, Proactis, UP Global Sourcing
Finals: Horizon Discovery, Nasstar
Trading statement: Evraz
AGMs: Holders Technology
Companies paying dividends: CLS (4.7p), Old Mutual (3.5p)
Tuesday 30 April
Interim: C4X Discovery
Finals: Animalcare, Inspiration Healthcare, Rosenblatt, Whitbread, Xeros Technology
Trading statement: BP, Dillistone, Elementis, Greene King, Jupiter, Samsung Electronics, Standard Chartered, St James's Place, Weir
AGM: AFC Energy, Anglo American, Aquis Exchange, BBGI, Countrywide, e-Therapeutics, LSL Property Services, Minoan, Proteome Sciences, Symphony International
Companies paying dividends: Abbey (8p), CRH (44.78p), Ferguson (48p), Royal Bank of Scotland (3.5p), Royal Bank of Scotland (special 7.5p), Sureserve (0.25p), Tristel (2.04p), Wynnstay (8.95p)
Wednesday 1 May
Interims: Avon Rubber, Connect
Finals: Circassia Pharmaceuticals, J Sainsbury
Trading statements: GlaxoSmithKline, Inmarsat, London Stock Exchange, Persimmon, RPS
AGMs: GetBusy, Lancashire Holdings, Lighthouse, London Stock Exchange, Next, Non-Standard Finance, Ocado, Persimmon, RPS, Spirent Communications, Unilever
Economics: Consumer credit, Mortgage approvals, Money supply, PMI manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: 1PM (0.28p) DS Smith (5.25p), NWF (1p)
Thursday 2 May
Final: Morses Club
Trading statements: Coca-Cola, HBC, Howden Joinery, Indivior, International Personal Finance, James Fisher, Kerry, Lancashire, Lloyds Banking, Reckitt Benckiser, Royal Dutch Shell, Schroders, Smith & Nephew
AGM: Barclays, Dalata Hotel, Empiric Student Property, Equiniti, Eve Sleep, Gresham Technologies, Howden Joinery, International Personal Finance, James Fisher, Kaz Minerals, Kerry, Mpac, Personal Group, Phoenix, Reach, Rolls-Royce, Schroders, Urban Exposure
Economics: Bank of England bank rate, inflation report, corporate bond target, asset purchase target
Companies paying dividends: Hammerson (14.8p), Hydro Hotel (14p), Segro (13.25p), SimplyBiz (2.05p)
Friday 3 May
Interim: Numis
Trading statements: Convatec, HSBC, InterContinental Hotels, Intu Properties
AGMs: AssetCo, InterContinental Hotels, Intu Properties, Merlin Entertainments, Kingspan, Petrofac, Symphony Environmental Technologies
Economics: PMI services, composite, official reserves
Companies paying dividends: Anglo American (39.53p), British Land (7.75p), Capital Drilling (1.5p), Meggitt (11.35p), Nichols (26.8p), Quartix (3.8p), Quartix (special 6.2p), Spirent (2.08p), Tracsis (0.8p), Volution (1.6p), XLMedia (3.0419p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 2 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Axiom European Financial Debt NPV | 1.5 | 24 May |
| Bakkavor | 4 | 29 May |
| Cenkos Securities ord 1p | 2.5 | 31 May |
| Coats | 1.16 | 28 May |
| ContourGlobal | 7.28 | 30 May |
| Derwent London ord 5p | 46.75 | 7 Jun |
| Elementis ord 5p | 4.2611 | 31 May |
| EP Global Opps Tst ord 0.1p | 1 | 24 May |
| EP Global Opps Tst ord 0.1p | 5.5 | 24 May |
| Franchise Brands | 0.36 | 20 May |
| G4S ord 25p | 6.11 | 14 Jun |
| H&T ord 5p | 6.6 | 31 May |
| Harworth | 0.633 | 31 May |
| Highcroft Investment Trust ord 25p | 33.75 | 31 May |
| Holders Technology ord 10p | 0.5 | 21 May |
| Hydrogen ord 1p | 1 | 31 May |
| Kingfisher ord 15 5/7p | 7.49 | 15 Jul |
| London Stock Exchange ord 6 79/86p | 43.2 | 29 May |
| Luceco | 0.6 | 30 May |
| McCarthy & Stone | 1.9 | 11 Jun |
| Moneysupermarket.com ord O.02p | 7.46 | 21 May |
| Morgan Advanced Materials ord 25p | 7 | 24 May |
| NMCN | 12 | 24 May |
| PlaytechH ord NPV | 10.43 | 31 May |
| Porvair ord 2p (new Co ) | 3 | 7 Jun |
| Relx | 29.7 | 4 Jun |
| Rightmove ord 1p | 40 | 31 May |
| Safecharge International | 7.22 | 24 May |
| Senior ord 10p | 5.23 | 31 May |
| Sequoia Economic Infrastructure | 1.5 | 30 May |
| Swallowfield ord 5p | 2.15 | 24 May |
| Tribal ord 5p | 1.1 | 29 May |
| Unilever ord 3 1/9p | 35.46 | 5 Jun |
| Volga Gas ord 1p | 9 | 27 May |
| Wetherspoon (JD) ord 2p | 4 | 30 May |
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.
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The data in the table above is a small selection of what’s available on our website. Just go to www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares and click on the dividend calendar box. You can download a full table of ex-dividend dates as an Excel spreadsheet. The dividend calendar is updated every Friday.
