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 3 November
Trading statements: HSBC, Telecity
AGMs: Abcam, Plutus Powergen
EGM: New World Resources
Economics: Markit UK Purchasing managers' index - manufacturing, Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: DS Smith (6.8p), Fisher (James) (7.1p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.2p), GVC Holdings (12p), Journey Group (1.375p), Mears (2.85p), Safestyle (3.1p), WYG (0.5p)
Tuesday 4 November
Interims: Advanced Computer Software, DCC
Finals: Associated British Foods, Imperial Tobacco
Trading statements: 888 Holdings, Biome Technologies, Hilton Food Group, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Legal & General, Old Mutual, Persimmon, Quotient, Santander, Unite, Weir Group
AGMs: DX Group, Mobile Streams, Monitise, Premaitha Health
EGM: NextEnergy Solar Fund
Economics: Markit/CIPS Purchasing managers' index - construction
Companies paying dividends: M.P. Evans (2.25p)
Wednesday 5 November
Interims: First Derivatives, Firstgroup, Marks & Spencer, Wincanton
Final: Applied Graphene Materials
Trading statements: Avocet Mining, Drax Group, esure, Hunting, JD Wetherspoon, Lancashire Holdings, Meggitt, Smurfit Kappa
AGMs: Hargreaves Services, Haynes Publishing, Quoram
Economics: British retail consortium shop price index, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS Purchasing managers' index - services
Companies paying dividends: Alumasc (2.8p), Assura (0.45p), Carillion (5.6p), IPPlus (0.15p), M&G High Income Investment Trust Inc Shares (1.5p), M&G High Income Investment Trust Package Units (1.5p), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (1.4p), Statpro (0.85p)
Thursday 6 November
Interims: Cable & Wireless Communications, Dairy Crest, Experian, Halfords, Shanks Group, Tate & Lyle
Trading statements: AstraZeneca, Beazley, Cobham, Costain, Croda International, easyJet, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Inmarsat, Intu Properties, Promethean World, Randgold Resources, Rightmove, RSA Insurance, Schroders, Smith DS, Stock Spirits Group, SuperGroup, Synthomer, William Morrison Supermarkets
AGMs: Daniel Stewart Securities, Hansard Global, Thor Mining
Economics: New car registrations, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Bank of England rate announcement, Asset purchase target, NIESR GDP estimate (October)
Companies paying dividends: Brammer (3.6p), British & American Investment Trust (2.7p), Cenkos Securities (7p), Photo-Me International (1.95p), Redde (3.5p), Synthomer (3p)
Friday 7 November
Interim: National Grid
Trading statements: Admiral Group, Bovis Homes, Capital & Counties, International Consolidated Airlines, KNOT Offshore Partners, Rentokil Initial, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, Tullett Prebon
AGMs: Galliford Try, Thorntons
Companies paying dividends: Amati VCT2 (2.75p), Begbies Traynor (1.6p), Bodycote (4.6p), British Land (6.92p), Cello Group (0.8p), Clinigen (2.1p), Cobham (2.904p), F&C Private Equity Trust (5.39p), Hydrogen (1.5p), Investors Capital Trust A Shares (1.1p), Investors Capital Trust B Shares (1.11p), Johnson Service Group (0.5p), JPMorgan Senior Secured Loan (2.25p), Judges Scientific (7.3p), Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust Com (0.5p), Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust (0.18p), Nationwide Accident Repair (1p), Primary Health Properties (9.75p), Rightmove (13p), River & Mercantile Group (2.3p), Schroder Japan Growth (1.8p), SIG (1.42p), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (19.5p), Unite Group (2.2p), Walker Greenbank (0.35p), Weir Group (15p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 6 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Abcam Ord 1p | 5.62 | 28 Nov |
| Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co Inv Tst | 10 | 4 Dec |
| Aberdeen Asian Smaller Co Inv Tst (special) | 3 | 4 Dec |
| Amati VCT | 2 | 5 Dec |
| Andrews Sykes Ord 20p | 11.9 | 2 Dec |
| Ashmore Ord 0.01P | 12 | 5 Dec |
| Avingtrans Ord 5p | 1.8 | 12 Dec |
| Bloomsbury Publishing | 1.02 | 4 Dec |
| Bunzl Ord 32 1/7p | 11 | 2 Jan |
| Crown Place VCT Ord 10p | 1.25 | 28 Nov |
| Dechra Pharmaceuticals Ord 1p | 10.65 | 21 Nov |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Tst Ord 25p | 2.575 | 28 Nov |
| Eclectic Bar Group | 2.5 | 27 Nov |
| Ecofin Water & Power Opps0.1p | 1.8125 | 28 Nov |
| Elderstreet VCT Ord 5p | 2 | 12 Dec |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 19 | 8 Jan |
| Hunting Ord 25p | 4.9 | 26 Nov |
| James Halstead Group Ord 5p | 7 | 5 Dec |
| JPM Overseas Inv Tst Ord 25p | 15 | 5 Dec |
| JPM Smaller Companies IT | 9.6 | 5 Dec |
| Laird Group Ord 25p | 4.27 | 5 Dec |
| Matchtech Group Ord 1p | 14.59 | 5 Dec |
| Mission Marketing | 0.25 | 5 Dec |
| Morgan Advanced Materials | 3.9 | 28 Nov |
| Next Fifteen Communications Ord 2.5p | 1 | 5 Dec |
| Next Fifteen Communications Ord 2.5p (special) | 1.3 | 5 Dec |
| Pace PLc | 1.326 | 6 Dec |
| Proven Planned Exit | 6 | 19 Nov |
| Regenersis | 2.68 | 5 Dec |
| STHREE Ord 1p | 4.7 | 5 Dec |
| Stobart Group | 2 | 5 Dec |
| The Mission Marketing Ord 10p | 0.25 | 5 Dec |
| UK Commercial Property Ord 25p | 0.92 | 28 Nov |
| Unilever | 22.52 | 10 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.
