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 18 August
Interim: Amlin, Bovis Homes, Clarkson, Coalfield Resources, Polypipe
AGM: Northern Bear
EGM: Chariot Oil & Gas,
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: London Stock Exchange (20.7p), Mountview Estates (150p)
Tuesday 19 August
Interim: Cairn Energy, CRH, H&T Group, Mears Group, John Menzies, Persimmon, TT Electronics, Wood (John)
Final: BHP Billiton
Trading Statement: Imperial Tobacco
AGM: Castings
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer price index, ONS house prices
Companies paying dividends: Imperial Tobacco (38.8p)
Wednesday 20 August
Interim: Carillion, Frutarom Industries, Gem Diamonds, Glanbia, Glencore, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Hochschild Mining, UK Commercial Property Trust
Trading statement: Harvey Nash
AGM: James Latham
EGM: United Carpets
Economics: Bank of England minutes, CBI trends - total orders, selling prices
Companies paying dividends: Halma (6.82p), National Grid (27.54p)
Thursday 21 August
Interim: Costain, Kazakhmys, London Mining, New World Resources, Phoenix Group, Premier Oil, Primary Health Properties, PV Crystalox Solar, Quindell, Skypharma, Sportech,
Final: Provexis
AGM: Triad
Friday 22 August
Interims: AGA Rangemaster, Henry Boot, HellermannTyton
AGM: Mincon, Prime Active Capital, Versarien
EGM: Prime Active Capital
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (1.8p), Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust (5.7p), Atkins (WS) (23.25p), Blackrock Throgmorton Trust (0.8p), Blue Capital Global Reinsurance (0.1893p), Castings (9.83p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), Development Securities (3.2p), Heath (Samuel) & Sons (6.25p), Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings (8.5p), Investment Company (5.72p), Latham (James) (8p), Manchester & London Investment Trust (5p), Microgen (1.1p), Polar Capital Global Finance Trust (1.75p), Scapa Group (1p), Sirius Real Estate (0.3p), Standard Life Investment Property Income Trust (1.161p), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (1.35p), Trinity Capital (2.5p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 20 August
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aberdeen Private Equity Npv | 2 | 19 Sep |
| Berkeley Gp Ord | 90 | 26 Sep |
| British American Tobacco Ord 25p | 47.5 | 30 Sep |
| Brunner Inv Tst Ord 25p | 3.1 | 22 Sep |
| Carnival Ord $1.66 | 14.88 | 12 Sep |
| Downing Structured Opps VCT 1 | 2.5 | 30 Sep |
| Eckoh Ord 0.25p | 0.3125 | 19 Sep |
| Fidessa Group ORD 10p | 13.1 | 15 Sep |
| First Property Group Ord 1p | 0.79 | 25 Sep |
| Hammerson Ord 25p | 8.8 | 02 Oct |
| Henderson Opportunities trust Ord 25p | 3.7 | 26 Sep |
| HICL Infrastructure Company | 1.81 | 30 Sep |
| HSBC Holdings Ord $0.50 | 5.92 | 09 Oct |
| Intercontinental Hotels Grp. 11 3/7p | 14.8 | 26 Sep |
| Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd | 22.6 | 15 Oct |
| Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd | 4.8 | 15 Oct |
| Jarvis Securities Ord 1p Aim | 4.25 | 11 Sep |
| JPM Brazil Invest Trust | 0.85 | 19 Sep |
| JPM Globall Emerg. | 1.9 | 29 Oct |
| Lindsell Train Inv Ord 75p (special) | 113 | 12 Sep |
| Lindsell Train Inv Ord 75p | 563 | 12 Sep |
| Mandarin Oriental International | 11.9 | 15 Oct |
| Mondi Ord €0.2 | 10.72 | 16 Sep |
| Phoenix IT Group Ord 10p | 1 | 29 Sep |
| PHSC Ord 10p | 1.5 | 30 Sep |
| Rexam Ord 64 2/7p | 5.8 | 18 Sep |
| Scottish American Inv Co Ord 25p | 2.625 | 26 Sep |
| Secure Trust Bank | 16 | 19 Sep |
| Taylor Wimpey ord 25p | 0.24 | 25 Sep |
| UBM | 6.8 | 08 Sep |
| Utilico Inv Ord | 1.875 | 08 Sep |
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.
