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 27 October
Trading statement: Petra Diamonds
AGM: Brooks Macdonald
Economics: Confederation of British Industry reported sales figures, Nationwide house price data
Companies paying dividends: Gulf Marine Services (0.41p), Northbridge Industrial Services (2.2p), Pendragon (0.3p), Playtech (7.06p), Quarto (3.35p), Randall & Quilter (3.4p)
Tuesday 28 October
Finals: Epistem, Utilitywise
Trading statements: BG, BP, Guinness Peat, Lloyds Banking, Standard Chartered, UBM
AGM: Indus Gas
EGMs: Balfour Beatty, Bellzone Mining, Doriemus, TUI Travel
Companies paying dividends: Anite (1.265p), Brooks Macdonald (19p)
Wednesday 29 October
Interims: Braemar Shipping Services, C&C
Trading statements: Antofagasta, CSR, Jazztel, Lombard Medical, Next, Noble Corp, Stagecoach, Standard Life
AGMs: Arcontech, Goldplat, Ricardo, Sacoven
Economics: Net consumer credit data, Figures for net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals data, M4 money supply data
Companies paying dividends: JPM Global Emerging (1.9p)
Thursday 30 October
Interims: BT, First Quantum Minerals
Trading statements: Afren, Aviva, Barclays, Cairn Energy, Care.com, Henderson, Kazakhmys, Millennium & Copthorne, National Express, Royal Dutch Shell, Smith & Nephew, RPS, St James's Place
AGMs: Ashmore, Clinigen, Redde
EGMs: AFC Energy, Dignity
Companies paying dividends: Essentra (5.7p), Middlefield Canadian Investment Trust (1.25p), Partnership Assurance (0.5p), Produce Investments (4.55p), TT Electronics (1.7p)
Friday 31 October
Interim: 1Spatial
Trading statements: Aon, Asia Resource Minerals, Berendsen, Direct Line, International Consolidated Airlines, Royal Bank of Scotland, WPP
AGMs: Cientifica, Ideagen
EGM: Gresham House
Economics: GfK consumer confidence data for October
Companies paying dividends: 32Red (1p), Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund (1.25p), Aberdeen Smaller Companies (1.6p), Advanced Medical Solutions (0.22p), BBA Aviation (2.733p), Bioventix (14.4p), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (2p), Caledonia Mining (0.9p), Central Asia Metals (5p), City of London Investment Group (16p), Cranshaw (0.1p), Dignity (6.49p), EMIS (9.2p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), Hargreave Hale VCT2 (2p), Henderson High Income Trust (2.125p), Henderson International Income Trust (1.1p), Huntsworth (1p), Invesco Perpetual Enhanced (1.25p), JPMorgan Global Convertibles Income Fund (2.25p), Lighthouse (0.06p), Lowland Investment (9p), Maven Income & Growth VCT2 (1.85p), Mercantile Investment Trust (8p), Middlefield Canadian Income (1.25p), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (2.5p), Murray Income Trust (10.25p), Nahl (5p), New City Energy (0.78p), NewRiver Retail (4.25p), North American Income Trust (6p), Old Mutual (2.45p), Schroder Income Growth Fund (4.1p), Servelec (1.5p), Shires Income (3p), Smurfit Kappa (12.2p), Troy Income & Growth Trust (0.575p), Twentyfour Income Fund (1.5p), Wynnstay (3.4p), XLMedia (0.972p).
Shares going ex-dividend on 30 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Airea | 0.6 | 26 Nov |
| Barratt Developments ord 10p | 7.1 | 20 Nov |
| Booker ord 1p | 0.52 | 28 Nov |
| El Oro | 3.7 | 24 Nov |
| GLI Finance | 1.25 | 18 Dec |
| Go-Ahead ord 10p | 59 | 14 Nov |
| Hilton Food ord 10p | 3.8 | 28 Nov |
| ITV ord 10p | 1.4 | 1 Dec |
| Lombard Risk Management ord 0.1p | 0.035 | 14 Nov |
| Lookers ord 25p | 0.97 | 28 Nov |
| M&C Saatchi | 1.4 | 14 Nov |
| Moss Bros ord 5p | 1.7 | 27 Nov |
| NWF ord 25p | 4.1 | 5 Dec |
| ProVen Growth & Income VCT | 2 | 21 Nov |
| Proven VCT ord 10p | 2.5 | 21 Nov |
| Provident Financial ord 10 4/11p | 34.1 | 28 Nov |
| Sabien Technology ord 5p | 0.275 | 28 Nov |
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.
