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 29 September
Interims: Camkids, CityFibre Infrastructure, Gameaccount Network, Globo
Finals: DX, Inland Homes, MJ Gleeson
Trading statements: Aberdeen Asset Management, Compass
AGMs: Aortech International, Aurum Mining, Maple Energy, Namibian Resources, Pinewood Shepperton, Speymill, Trafalgar New Homes
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Companies paying dividends: Phoenix IT (1p)
Tuesday 30 September
Interims: African Minerals, e2v technologies, Ergomed, Flowgroup, Harvey Nash, InternetQ, Saga
Final: Wolseley
Trading statements: Euromoney Institutional Investor, ICAP, KCOM
AGMs: African Consolidated Resources, Angle, Anglesey Mining, Begbies Traynor, Castleton Technology, Ludorom, Max Petroleum, Surface Transforms, Tanfield, United Carpets, Zoo Digital
Economics: GfK consumer confidence (Sep), GDP (Q2 final), Current account balance (Q2), Index of services, Total business investment
Companies paying dividends: Acorn Income Fund (3.25p), Albion Development VCT (2.5p), Alliance Trust (2.4585p), British American Tobacco (47.5p), Croda International (29.5p), Custodian Reit (1.25p), Downing Structured Opps VCT1 (2.5p), F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust (2.25p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.55p), F&C UK Real Estate Investments (1.25p), Foresight Solar Fund (3p), Henderson Diversified Income (1.25p), HICL Infrastructure (1.81p), MartinCo (1.3p), Medicx Fund (1.45p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (2.8p), PHSC (1.5p), Premier Energy & Water (1.9p), Premier Energy & Water (special) (0.75p), Renewables Infrastructure (3p), Rights & Issues Investment Trust (10.5p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (15.5p)
Wednesday October 1
Interim: Walker Greenbank
Final: James Halstead
Trading statements: ITE, J Sainsbury
EGM: Macfarlane Group
Economics: Markit UK Purchasing managers' index - manufacturing
Companies paying dividends: 888 (2.12p), Avesco (1.5p), Henderson Global Trust (2.5p), Jardine Lloyd Thompson (10.6p), Legal & General (2.9p), Novae (6.6p), Park (1.75p), Portmeiron (5.5p), PZ Cussons (5.23p), Robinson (2.25p), RTC (0.5p), Stagecoach (6.6p)
Thursday October 2
Interim: Ted Baker
Trading statements: Carillion, Domino's Pizza, Electrocomponents, Tate & Lyle
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction
Companies paying dividends: Amlin (8.1p), BlackRock North American Income Trust (1p), Diageo (32p), GlaxoSmithKline (19p), Hammerson (8.8p), Phoenix (26.7p)
Friday October 3
Trading statement: Dunelm, easyJet
AGM: Abbey
EGM: Standard Life
Economics: Official reserves, Markit/CIPS Purchasing managers' index - services
Companies paying dividends: Aggreko (9.38p), Arbuthnot Banking (11p), Arm (2.52p), Ashley (Laura) (1p), Betfair (14p), BlackRock Latin American IT (8.92p), Camellia (34p), Carclo Enginerring (1.8p), Centamin (0.52p), Churchill China (5.1p), Cineworld (3.8p), Darty (2.08p), Devro (2.7p), Elementis (1.588p), Grafton (3.75p), Greencore (2.2p), Greggs (6p), Inspired Energy (0.07p), International Personal Finance (4.2p), Maintel (9.3p), Meggitt (4.25p), Michael Page International (3.42p), Micro focus (17.7p), Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (2.08p), Pennant International (0.9p), Pennon (20.92p), Regus (1.25p), Segro (4.9p), Shire (2.242p), TUI Travel (4.05p), Tullow Oil (4p), Xaar (3p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 1 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Abbey | 4.76 | 31 Oct |
| Accumuli ord 0.25p | 0.46 | 15 Oct |
| Advanced Medical Solutions ord 10p | 0.22 | 31 Oct |
| AlbionTech & Gen Trust VCT | 1.25 | 31 Oct |
| Anite ord 10p | 1.265 | 28 Oct |
| Bodycote | 4.6 | 7 Nov |
| Braime (TF & JH) 'A' Non.V | 2.9 | 17 Oct |
| Braime (TF & JH) ord 25p | 2.9 | 17 Oct |
| British Land ord 25p | 6.92 | 7 Nov |
| Cello ord 10p | 0.8 | 7 Nov |
| CQS Diversified Fund | 1 | 29 Oct |
| DS Smith ord 10p | 6.8 | 3 Nov |
| Fairpoint | 2.3 | 24 Oct |
| Fisher (James) & Sons ord 25p | 7.1 | 3 Nov |
| Huntsworth ord 10p | 1 | 31 Oct |
| Idox ord 1p | 0.325 | 15 Oct |
| Inmarsat ord €0.0005 | 11.05 | 24 Oct |
| Intertek ord 1p | 16 | 14 Oct |
| Kings Arm Yard VCT | 0.5 | 31 Oct |
| Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust | 0.9 | 24 Oct |
| Mid Wynd International Inv Trust ord 25p | 2.5 | 31 Oct |
| Morgan Sindall | 12 | 23 Oct |
| Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets ord 10p | 4.03 | 10 Nov |
| Murgitroyd ord 10p | 9.5 | 14 Nov |
| New Europe Property Inv | 11.8 | 15 Oct |
| North American Income | 6 | 3 Oct |
| RIT Capital Partners ord £1 | 14.7 | 24 Oct |
| Safestyle UK | 3.1 | 3 Nov |
| Shires Income ord 50p | 3 | 31 Oct |
| Smith (DS) | 6.8 | 3 Nov |
| Smurfit Kappaord €0.001 | 12.2 | 31 Oct |
| Somero Enterprises | 0.91 | 20 Oct |
| Stadium ord 5p | 0.7 | 24 Oct |
| Torchmark | 7.73 | 31 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.
