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 12 May.
Companies 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 18 May
Finals: Centamin (CEY), EKF Diagnostics Holdings (EKF), LXI REIT (LXI)
AGMs: Alliance Pharma (APH), Bank Of Georgia (BGEO), Faron, Pharmaceuticals OY (FARN), SigmaRoc (SRC)
Companies paying dividends: JPM American Investment Trust (4p), Quilter (3.5p)
Tuesday 19 May
Trading updates: Glenveagh Properties (GLV)
Interims: Avon Rubber (AVON), Greencore (GNC), Hardide (HDD), Imperial Brands (IMB), Renew Holdings (RNWH), Shoe Zone (SHOE), Topps Tiles (TPT), Tritax Eurobox (EBOX), UDG Healthcare (UDG)
Finals: DCC (DCC), Scapa (SCPA), Speedy Hire (SDY)
AGMs: Accesso Technology (ACSO), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Aquis Exchange (AQX), Bank Of Ireland (BIRG), Diaceutics (DXRX), Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Portmeirion (PMP), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Quixant (QXT), Restaurant Group (RTN), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Team17 (TM17)
Economics: Unemployment rate, claimant rate
Companies paying dividends: Holders Technology (0.25p), Kenmare Resources (5.2p), Phoenix Group Holdings (23.4p), Standard Life Aberdeen (14.3p), TP ICAP (11.25p)
Wednesday 20 May
Trading updates: Coats (COA)
Interims: Britvic (BVIC), Ixico (IXI)
Finals: Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), Experian (EXPN), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Marks & Spencer (MKS), Severn Trent (SVT), Wincanton (WIN)
AGMs: 888 Holdings (888), Access Intelligence (ACC), Antofagasta (ANTO), BioPharma Credit Investments (BPCR), Cairn Homes (CRN), Capital & Regional (CAL), Cello Health (CLL), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Coats (COA), Funding Circle (FCH), Judges Scientific (JDG), Medica (MGP), Nucleus Financial Group (NUC), Path Investments (PATH), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Playtech (PTEC), Tyman (TYMN), Vistry (VTY), Vivo Energy (VVO)
Companies paying dividends: Sanne Group (9.4p)
Thursday 21 May
Trading updates: Essentra (ESNT), Intertek (ITRK), Keller (KLR), Kingfisher (KGF)
Interims: Euromoney Institutional Investors (ERM), Integrafin Holdings (IHP), Oxford Metrics (OMG)
Finals: Mediclinic International (MDC), National Grid (NG.), Pets At Home (PETS), System1 (SYS1), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Universe Group (UNG)
AGMs: Avast (AVST), Bakkavor (BAKK), Belvoir (BLV), Bigblu Broadband (BBB), Central Asia Metals (CAML), Energean Oil & Gas (ENOG), EnQuest (ENQ), Essentra (ESNT), Genel Energy (GENL), Hastings Group Holdings (HSTG), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Ibstock (IBST), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Inchcape (INCH), Intertek (ITRK), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Kape Technologies (KAPE), Keller Group (KLR), Legal & General (LGEN), Lloyds Banking (LLOY), Marshall Motor Holdings (MMH), Polypipe (PLP), Resolute Mining (RSG), Restore (RST), YU Group (YU.)
Companies paying dividends: Tritax Big Box REIT (1.5625p)
Friday 22 May
Trading updates: Close Brothers (CBG)
Interims: Future (FUTR)
Finals: Burberry (BRBY), United Utilities Group (UU.)
AGMs: Arbuthnot Banking (ARBB), Bango (BGO), AG Barr (BAG), Breedon Group (BREE), Centrica (CNA), CIP Merchant Capital Limited (CIP), GoCo (GOCO), Headlam (HEAD), Low & Bonar (LWB), One Media iP (OMIP), SDX Energy (SDX), Spectris (SXS)
Companies paying dividends: Antofagasta (18.135p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), Kaz Minerals (6.15p), Marshall Motor Holdings (5.69p), Octopus Second AIM VCT (2.1p), Schroder Asian Total Return Investment (6.5p), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (78p), Supermarket Income REIT (1.46p), T Clarke (3.65p), US Solar Fund (0.39p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 21 May
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Centamin Plc | 4.61 | 12-Jun-20 |
| Impact Health | 1.5725 | 12-Jun-20 |
| LXI REIT | 1.4375 | 26-Jun-20 |
| Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets Ord 10p | 4.84 | 29-Jun-20 |
| Tesco Ord 5p | 6.5 | 03-Jul-20 |
| VPC Specialty Lending Investments 0.01p | 2 | 11-Jun-20 |
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.
IC ONLINE
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.
