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 20 October
Trading statement: McBride
AGMs: CPL Resources, McBride
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: John Lain Infrastructure (3.25p), Renishaw (29.87p), Standard Chartered (17.04p), Witan Pacific (2.1p)
Tuesday 21 October
Interims: BP Marsh & Partners, Whitbread
Final: Asos
Trading statements: Arm, GKN, Go-Ahead, InterContinental Hotels, Pentair, Reckitt Benckiser, William Hill
AGMs: Ashley House, Leeds
Economics: Public sector finances
Companies paying dividends: Mattoli Woods (6p), Standard Life (5.6p), Keywords Studios (0.36p)
Wednesday 22 October
Interims: Home Retail, Ingenious Media Active Capital, Norsk Hydro
Finals: Spirit Pub Co, Xeros Technology
Trading statements: BHP Billiton, British American Tobacco, Computercenter, GlaxoSmithKline, International Personal Finance, Laird, Petropavlovsk, Playtech, Plus500, Senior
AGM: City of London Investment Group
Economics: Bank of England minutes
Companies paying dividends: King Digital Entertainment (46.9p), Rank (3.15p)
Thursday 23 October
Interims: Bloomsbury Publishing, Stobart, Tesco
Finals: Debenhams, Volution
Trading statements: African Barrick Gold, Anglo American, Britvic, Colt Telecom, Hochschild Mining, Inchcape, Ladbrokes, Mecom, National Express, Phoenix, Premier Foods, Reed Elsevier, Segro, Unilever
AGMs: BHP Billiton, Photo-Me International, River & Mercantile, Rosslyn Data Technologies
Economics: Retail sales, BBA loans, CBI data
Companies paying dividends: Derwent London (11.65p), Interserve (7.5p), Morgan Sindall (12p), NetPlay TV (0.22p), Oxford Instruments (9.04p), Premier Farnell (4.4p)
Friday 24 October
Trading statements: Concentric, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Shire, Spectris, Vesuvius
AGMs: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Go-Ahead, Greenko, Hargreaves Lansdown
EGM: Immedia
Economics: GDP data, Index of services
Companies paying dividends: Air Partner (6.66p), Avare Global Coins (0.15p), BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust (1.4875p), Boot (Henry) & Sons (2.1p), Charlemagne Capital (0.3074p), Consort Medical (13.35p), Costain (13.35p), CRH (14.65p), Doric Nimrod Air 3 (2.0625p), Doric Nimrod Air 1 (2.25p), Doric Nimrod Air 2 (4.5p), Epwin (1.41p), Fairpoint (2.3p), Flowtech FluidPower (1.67p), Good Energy (1p), Highland Gold Mining (2.5p), Inmarsat (11.05p), International Public Partnerships (3.15p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies (1.6p), JPM Income & Capital Trust (1.625p), Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust (0.9p), Real Estate Investors (0.75p), RIT Capital Partners (14.7p), Stadium (0.7p), Vitec (9.3p), Volga Gas (2.31p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 23 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| BAE Systems ord 2.5p | 8.2 | 1 Dec |
| Bankers Investment Trust ord 25p | 3.7 | 28 Nov |
| City of London Investment Trust ord 25p | 3.75 | 28 Nov |
| Edge Performance VCT | 7 | 7 Nov |
| Goals Soccer Centres ord 0.25p | 0.625 | 28 Nov |
| Hansteen ord 10p | 2 | 20 Nov |
| Hargreaves Services 10p | 16.7 | 21 Nov |
| Harvey Nash ord 5p | 1.36 | 21 Nov |
| Haynes Publishing ord 20p | 4 | 13 Nov |
| Howden Joinery | 1.9 | 21 Nov |
| HSBC ord $0.50 | 5.95 | 10 Dec |
| Ideagen | 0.1 | 12 Nov |
| IG ord 10p | 22.4 | 18 Nov |
| Intu Properties | 4.6 | 25 Nov |
| ISG | 4.91 | 9 Dec |
| JPM Emerging Markets Investment Trust ord 25p | 5.5 | 26 Nov |
| Marshalls ord 25p | 2 | 5 Dec |
| McBride ord 10p | 3.3 | 28 Nov |
| Menzies (John) ord 25p | 8.1 | 21 Nov |
| Octopus Titan VCT 4 | 15 | 28 Nov |
| Penna Consulting ord 5p | 1.5 | 20 Nov |
| Ricardo ord 25p | 10.9 | 14 Nov |
| Rolls-Royce ord 20p | 9 | 6 Jan |
| Rotala ord 1p | 0.65 | 8 Dec |
| Senior ord 10p | 1.67 | 28 Nov |
| Smith & Nephew ord 20c | 6.6 | 11 Nov |
| Smiths ord 25p | 27.5 | 21 Nov |
| Thorpe (FW) ord 10p special | 1.5 | 20 Nov |
| Thorpe (FW) ord 10p | 2.2 | 20 Nov |
| Tullett Prebon ord 325p | 5.6 | 13 Nov |
| Wetherspoon (JD) ord 2p | 8 | 27 Nov |
| William Hill ord 10p | 4 | 5 Dec |
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 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.
