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.
Note: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked all listed companies to delay the release of their full-year results by at least a fortnight, and extended the deadline for reporting audited numbers out to 30 June from 31 April. The dividend payment information is correct as of 28 April. Friday, 8 May is a public holiday in the UK.
Companies still holding annual general meetings are either encouraging shareholders to vote via proxy instead of attending or banning them from attending entirely, please check with the company if planning to attend.
Monday 4 May
AGMs: Rightmove (RMV)
Companies paying dividends: Capital Drilling (0.6p), Old Mutual (4.0168p), SimplyBiz (2.85p)
Tuesday 5 May
Trading updates: GetBusy (GETB)
AGMs: 4imprint Group (FOUR), Anglo American (AAL), GetBusy (GETB) ,Johnson Service Group (JSG), Kerry Group (KYGA)
Economics: PMI construction, PMI services
Companies paying dividends: Manchester & London Investment Trust (7p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (2.5p)
Wednesday 6 May
Trading updates: Mpac (MPAC), Smith & Nephew (SN.)
Interims: Cambria Automobiles (CAMB)
Final Results: Avacta (AVCT), Vertu Motors (VTU)
AGMs: Ascential (ASCL), Caledonia Mining Corporation (CMCL), Clarkson (CKN), Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust (DNE), Emis (EMIS), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Glencore (GLEN), Mpac (MPAC), Ocado (OCDO), Permanent TSB Group Holdings (IL0A), Princess Private Equity Holdings (PEY), Savills (SVS), Standard Chartered (STAN), T Clarke (CTO), The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG), TT Electronics (TTG)
Companies paying dividends: Caretech (7.95p), NWF Group (1p), Smith & Nephew (17.76p)
Thursday 7 May
Trading updates: Equiniti (EQN), Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), InterContinental Hotels (IHG), Keller (KLR), Mondi (MNDI), National Express (NEX), RSA Insurance (RSA), Superdry (SDRY), TheWorks.co.uk (WRKS)
Interims: IMI (IMI)
Final Results: BT (BT.A), Trainline (TRN)
AGMs: BAE Systems (BA.), Barclays (BARC), Condor Gold (CNR), ConvaTec (CTEC), Costain (COST), Empiric Student Property (ESP), Equiniti (EQN), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Howden Joinery (HWDN), IMI (IMI), Indivior (INDV), InterContinental Hotels (IHG), John Laing (JLG), JPMorgan American Investment Trust (JAM), Keller Group (KLR), Melrose Industries (MRO), Mondi (MNDI), Moneysupermarket.Com (MONY), Morgan Advanced Materials (MGAM), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), National Express (NEX), OneSavings Bank (OSB), Provident Financial (PFG), Rathbone Brothers (RAT), Reach (RCH), Rolls Royce (RR.), RSA Insurance (RSA), St James's Place (STJ), Unite Group (UTG), Wood Group (John) (WG.)
Economics: Interest rates
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock World Mining Trust (10p), Hikma Pharmaceutical (23p), Mobeus Income & Growth VCT (6p), Mobeus Income & Growth 4 VCT (6p), Pearson (13.5p), Schroders Oriental Fund (1.9p), Schroders Vtg (79p)
Friday 8 May
AGMs: FBD Holdings (FBH)
Companies going ex-dividend on 7 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Admiral Group Ord 0.1p | 56.3 | 01-Jun-20 |
| Aptitude Software Group | 3.6 | 29-May-20 |
| EP Global Opps Tst Ord 0.1p | 1.5 | 29-May-20 |
| EP Global Opps Tst Ord 0.1p | 6 | 29-May-20 |
| GoCo Group | 0.5 | 27-May-20 |
| Polymetal International | 33 | 29-May-20 |
| RTC Group | 2.76 | 11-Jun-20 |
