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 1 December
Interim: Bonmarche Holdings
Finals: Aberdeen Asset Management, Intelligent Energy
EGM: Connect
Economics: Net consumer credit, Net lending secured on dwellings, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply, Market UK purchasing managers' index - manufacturing, Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: BAE Systems (8.2p), ITV (1.4p)
Tuesday 2 December
Interims: Anite, Northgate, Park Group, Sweett Group, Tricorn, Vianet, WYG
Finals: Gooch & Housego, GW Pharmaceuticals, ITE Group, Urban & Civic
Trading statement: Merlin Entertainments
Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction
Companies paying dividends: Andrews Sykes (11.9p), Aukett Swanke Group (0.11p)
Wednesday 3 December
Interims: API Group, International Greetings
Finals: Brewin Dolphin, Innovation Group, Sage Group
Trading statements: International Consolidated Airlines
AGMs: Bioventix, Ceres Power, Haydale Graphene Industries, PureCircle
EGM: Daisy Group
Economics: Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services PMI, composite PMI
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (5.5p), Just Retirement (2.2p)
Thursday 4 December
Interims: Betfair, Consort Medical, Greene King, Mulberry, Smith DS
Finals: Numis Corporation, Pets at Home, Redhall Group, Servoca, TUI Travel
Trading statement: easyJet
AGMs: Axa Property, CVS Group
EGM: CSR
Economics: New car registrations, Bank of England interest rate announcement, asset purchase target
Companies paying dividends: Bloomsbury Publishing (1.02p)
Friday 5 December
Interim: Berkeley Group
Trading statement: SThree
AGMs: Associated British Foods, Green REIT, ISG, Waterman Group
Economics: Bank of England/GfK inflation (November)
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust (10p), Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust (special) (3.33p), Allocate Software (1.45p), Amati VCT (2p), Ashmore (12p), Balfour Beatty (5.6p), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (3.25p), British Sky Broadcasting (20p), Carador USD (1.56p), First Derivatives (3.3p), Genus (12.2p), James Halstead (7p), JPM Overseas Investment Trust (15p), JPM Smaller Companies Investment Trust (9.6p), Laird Group (4.27p), M Winkworth (1.5p), Marshalls (2p), Matchtech (14.59p), Maven Income & Growth VCT (2.4p), Next Fifteen Communications (1p), Next Fifteen Communications (special) (1.3p), NWF Group (4.1p), Pace (1.326p), Redefine International (1.7p), Regenersis (2.68p), SABMiller (16.3732p), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (1.38p), SThree (4.7p), Stobart Group (2p), The Mission Marketing (0.25p), William Hill (4p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 4 December
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Acorn Income Fund | 3.25 | 19 Dec |
| Alliance Pharma Ord 1p | 0.333 | 15 Jan |
| Atkins (WS) Ord 0.05p | 11 | 9 Jan |
| B&M European Value Retail | 0.9 | 16 Jan |
| British Empire Sec&General Tst. Ord 10p | 8.5 | 6 Jan |
| CVS Group Ord 2p | 2.5 | 22 Dec |
| Debenhams Ord | 2.4 | 9 Jan |
| Electrocomponents Ord 10p | 5 | 9 Jan |
| Headlam Group Ord 5p | 5.2 | 2 Jan |
| Homeserve | 3.63 | 2 Jan |
| Intermediate Capital | 6.9 | 8 Jan |
| JD Sports Fashion | 1.15 | 9 Jan |
| Land Securities Group Ord 10p | 7.9 | 9 Jan |
| London Stock Exchange Ord 5p | 9.7 | 6 Jan |
| Management Consulting Goup Ord 25p | 0.23 | 6 Jan |
| Next Ord 10p | 50 | 2 Jan |
| NextEnergy Solar Fund | 2.625 | 17 Dec |
| Norcros Ord 10p | 0.185 | 7 Jan |
| Northamber Ord 5p | 0.3 | 15 Jan |
| Northern 2 VCT | 2 | 16 Jan |
| Northern 3 VCT | 2 | 16 Jan |
| Perpetual Income & Growth Inv Tst | 2.8 | 29 Dec |
| Personal Assets Trust | 140 | 15 Jan |
| Premier Energy & Water Ord 1p (special) | 0.75 | 31 Dec |
| Premier Energy & Water Ord 1p | 1.9 | 31 Dec |
| Rensburg AIM VCT Ord 5p | 1.5 | 30 Dec |
| Rights & Issues Inv Tst Cap 25p | 86.3902 | 2 Jan |
| Shanks Group Ord 10p | 1.1 | 9 Jan |
| Slingsby (HC) Ord 25p | 2 | 2 Jan |
| Tarsus Group Ord 5p | 2.4 | 15 Jan |
| Town Centre Securities Ord 25p | 7.34 | 6 Jan |
| UK Mail Group | 7.3 | 16 Jan |
| Utilico Emerging Mkts Utilities | 1.525 | 17 Dec |
| Value & Income Trust Ord 10p | 4.3 | 2 Jan |
| Walker Crips | 0.53 | 19 Dec |
| Whitbread Holdings Ord 76 122/153p | 25.2 | 9 Jan |
| Worldwide Healthcare Trust | 6 | 9 Jan |
| YouGov Ord 1p | 0.8 | 15 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.
