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 24 March
Interims: Allergy Therapeutics, Finsbury Food
Finals: Frenkel Topping, Greencoat UK Wind, Kentz Corporation, Miton Group, Plant Healthcare, SpaceandPeople
Companies paying dividends: AstraZeneca (116.8p), Samuel Heath (5.5p)
Tuesday 25 March
Interims: Epistem Holdings, Nanoco, Wolseley
Finals: 888 Holdings, accesso Technology Group, AG Barr, Corero Network Security, Kingfisher, Mission Marketing, ProPhotonix, Quixant, S&U, Ubisense
Trading statements: easyJet, Topps Tiles
AGMs: Aukett Fitzroy Robinson, Innovation Group, Low & Bonar
EGM: F&C Asset Management
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, ONS house prices, BBA house purchase loans, CBI reported sales
Companies paying dividends: Personal Group (4.9p)
For a preview of Wolseley's results click here.
For a preview of Kingfisher's results, click here
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Wednesday 26 March
Interims: Bellway, Leaf Clean Energy
Finals: Alliance Pharma, APR Energy, Augean, Chime Communications, EnQuest, Instem, IQE, Marshalls, Michelmersh Brick, Moss Bros, Phoenix Group Holdings, SciSys, Servicepower Technologies
Trading statements: Euromoney Institutional Investor, Speedy Hire, TUI Travel
AGMs: Amino Technologies, Beazley, eServGlobal, Pinnacle Technology
Companies paying dividends: BHP Billiton (35.32p), Brunner Investment Trust (8.5p)
Thursday 27 March
Finals: Afren, Biome Technologies, Boot (Henry), Churchill China, Hilton Food Group, International Public Partnerships, Personal Group Holdings, PhotonStar LED Group, Signet Jewelers, Skyepharma, Stock Spirits Group
Trading statements: Compass Group, Daily Mail & General Trust, London Stock Exchange, Thomas Cook
AGM: Electronic Data Processing
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: Helphire (0.054), Royal Dutch Shell A (27.17p), Royal Dutch Shell B (27.17p)
Friday 28 March
Finals: Asia Resource Minerals, Chesnara, Futura Medical, Hydrodec, Judges Scientific, Optimal Payments, Songbird Estates, Tawa
AGMs: Helius Energy, MTI Wireless Edge, St. Modwen Properties
EGMs: Trinity Mirror
Companies paying dividends: Acorn Income Fund (3p), Arden Partners (1.75p), Barclays (3.5p), Beazley (5.9p), Beazley (special) (16.1p), BP (5.763p), Brewin Dolphin (5.05p), Clinigen (1p), Downing One VCT (2p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Ferrexpo (special) (3.95p), Genus (5.5p), Hazel Renewable Energy VCT 1 (5p), Hazel Renewable Energy VCT 2 (5p), Henderson Value Trust (1.5p), JPM Income & Growth (1.1p), JPM Global Convertibles (2.25p), Jersey Electricity (6.8p), NewRiver Retail (special) (10p), Northern VCT (3.5p), Perpetual Income & Growth Inv. Tst. (2.7p), Ruffer Investment (1.7p), Sanderson Group (0.85p), Securities Trust of Scotland (1.5p), SWP Group (0.075p), Witan Investment Trust (4.5p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 26 March
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Blackrock Latin American IT | 8.93 | 2 May |
| Bovis Homes Group Ord 50p | 9.5 | 23 May |
| Braime (T.F. & J.H.) Hldgs 'A' Non.V | 6.2 | 4 Apr |
| Braime (T.F. & J.H.) Hldgs Ord 25p | 6.2 | 4 Apr |
| British Sky Broadcasting Ord 50p | 12 | 22 Apr |
| Chrysalis VCT | 3.25 | 30 Apr |
| Countrywide | 6 | 7 May |
| Craneware Ord 1p | 5.7 | 25 Apr |
| Devro Ord 10p | 6.1 | 16 May |
| Driver Group Ord 0.4p | 1 | 8 Apr |
| Foreign & Colonial Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.7 | 1 May |
| Henderson Opportunities trust Ord 25p | 7.2 | 2 May |
| Ladbrokes Ord 28 1/3 p | 4.6 | 15 May |
| LSL Property Services Ord 0.2p | 7.2 | 29 Apr |
| Nichols Ord 10p | 13.3 | 2 May |
| Photo-Me International Ord 0.5p | 1.8 | 6 May |
| Prudential Ord 5p | 23.84 | 22 May |
| Schroders Non-Vtg £1 | 42 | 7 May |
| Schroders Vtg £1 | 42 | 7 May |
| SEGRO | 9.9 | 9 May |
| Synectics | 5.5 | 7 May |
| Tristel Ord 1p | 0.36 | 14 Apr |
| Wynnstay Group Ord 25p | 6.2 | 30 Apr |
The ex-dividend date 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 Wednesday. The record date is usually two days after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.
