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 15 September
Interims: Bond International Software, MP Evans, Quixant, SimiGon, Sphere Medical, Telit Communications
Finals: Avanti Communications, Monitise, Mysale Group
AGMs: Fastnet Oil & Gas, Rockhopper Exploration
EGM: Action Hotels
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: AstraZeneca (53.1p), Countrywide (5p), Countrywide (special) (9p), Dragon Oil (15.8p), Fidessa (13.1p), Greene King (20.8p)
Tuesday 16 September
Interims: Christie Group, IQE, Lidco, Porta Communications, Silence Therapeutics, TLA Worldwide
Finals: Craneware, Galliford Try, Pan African Resources
Trading statements: Asos, Brown (N), Crest Nicholson, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Thomas Cook
AGMs: Cohort, Daisy Group, HML Holdings, NCC Group
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, ONS house prices
Companies paying dividends: Mondi (10.72p), Rentokil Initial (0.77p)
Wednesday 17 September
Interims: Cello Group, JD Sports Fashion, Mi-pay Group, ServicePower Technologies
Finals: Brooks Macdonald, Smiths Group
Trading statements: Chemring, Daily Mail & General Trust, DS Smith, IG Group, Imagination Technologies
AGMs: Animal Health Group, Colefax, DS Smith, Games Workshop, Marwyn Value Investors, Private Equity Investor, Sefton Resources
Economics: Minutes of Bank of England MPC meeting, Unemployment figures, Average earnings
Companies paying dividends: Hiscox (7.5p)
Thursday 18 September
Interims: Card Factory, French Connection, Premier Farnell
Finals: Just Retirement, Kier, Petra Diamonds, Thorpe FW, Wilmington Group
Trading statements: Merlin Entertainments, Northgate
AGMs: Diageo, Trifast
Economics: Retail sales, CBI trends - total orders, selling prices
Companies paying dividends: Anglo American (18.71p), GLI Finance (1.25p), Red24 (0.23p), Rexam (5.8p), Small Companies Dividend Trust (1.575p), Witan Investment (3.6p)
Friday 19 September
Interim: Songbird Estates
Trading statement: Investec
AGMs: Imagination Technologies, Poundland, Supergroup, Vectura
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Private Equity (2p), Amino Technologies (1.15p), Barclays (1p), Baronsmead VCT 5 (2p), BlackRock World Mining Trust (7p), BP (5.76p), Downing One VCT (Nov2013) (2p), Duet Real Estate Finance (1.65p), Eckoh (0.3125p), Elderstreet VCT (special) (15p), Falkland Island Holdings (7.5p), Ferrexpo (1.95p), Glencore (3.57p), Henderson Group (2.6p), IMI (13.6p), JPM Brazil Investment Trust (0.85p), LPA Industries (0.7p), National Express (3.35p), Plus500 (0.139p), Secure Trust Bank (16p), SSE (60.7p), Telecity Group (4.5p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 17 September
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Acorn Income Fund | 3.25 | 30 Sep |
| Adept Telecom ord 10p | 1.5 | 10 Oct |
| Antofagasta Ord 5p | 6.96 | 9 Oct |
| BBA Aviation Ord 29 16/21p | 2.733 | 31 Oct |
| Best Of The Best Ord 5p | 1.1 | 17 Oct |
| Carr's Milling Industries Ord 25p | 8.5 | 10 Oct |
| Chime Communications Ord 25p | 2.53 | 10 Oct |
| Computacenter Ord 6p | 5.9 | 17 Oct |
| Consort Medical | 13.35 | 24 Oct |
| Conviviality Retail | 6 | 17 Oct |
| Costain Ord 50p | 3.25 | 24 Oct |
| Derwent London Ord 5p | 11.65 | 23 Oct |
| Henderson Smaller Cos Inv Tst Ord 25p | 8 | 10 Oct |
| Highcroft Investment Trust Ord 25p | 13.25 | 17 Oct |
| International Public Prtnshps | 3.15 | 24 Oct |
| Interserve Ord 10p | 7.5 | 23 Oct |
| Irish Continental Group | 2.74 | 3 Oct |
| Melrose Plc | 2.8 | 16 Oct |
| Molins Ord 25p | 2.5 | 9 Oct |
| Neptune Calculus Inc & Gwt Ord 10p | 1 | 15 Oct |
| Octopus Second Aim VCT | 2 | 17 Oct |
| Petrofac Ord $ 0.025 | 12.25 | 17 Oct |
| Primary Health Properties Ord 50p | 9.75 | 7 Nov |
| Renishaw Ord 20p | 29.87 | 20 Oct |
| RPS Group Ord 3p | 4.05 | 16 Oct |
| Smart Metering Systems | 0.94 | 21 Nov |
| Soco International Ord 20p | 22 | 10 Oct |
| Standard Life UK Small Cos Tst | 3.23 | 16 Oct |
| Stewart & Wight Ord 5p | 16 | 13 Oct |
| Total Produce €0.01 | 0.389 | 17 Oct |
| Tribal Group Ord 5p | 0.6 | 17 Oct |
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.
