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 7 September
Interim: SimiGon
Finals: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Green Reit
Trading statements: Associated British Foods, Betfair
AGMs: Creston, Sepura
EGM: Adgorithms
Companies paying dividends: BT Group (8.5p), Fenner (4p), Japan Residential Investment (1.8p)
Tuesday 8 September
Interims: Curtis Banks Group, Gamma Communications, Hilton Food Group, Hydro International, Powerflute Oyj, SQS Software Quality Systems, Stadium Group
Finals: Ashmore, Craneware, Frontier Developments, Genus. ISG, McBride, Mucklow (A&J), Redrow
Trading statements: Berkeley Group, Whitbread
AGMs: BATM Advanced Communications, Berkeley Group, Byotrol, Falkland Island Holdings, Greene King, IMImobile, Liontrust Asset Management, Mulberry Group, Oxford Instruments, Smith (DS)
Economics: British Retail Consortium sales
Companies paying dividends: LSL Property Services (4p)
Wednesday 9 September
Interims: Advanced Medical Solutions, Alkane Energy, Alliance Pharma, Futura Medical, Goals Soccer Centres
Finals: Barratt Developments, Hargreaves Lansdown, Matioli Woods, Monitise
Trading statement: Sports Direct International
AGMs: Betfair, Pets at Home, Sports Direct International, SuperGroup, Trakm8 Holdings
EGM: Alent
Economics: British Retail Consortium shop price index, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, Trade figures, NIESR GDP estimate (August)
Companies paying dividends: International Greetings (1p), Unilever (21.1p)
Thursday 10 September
Interims: Cambridge Cognition Holdings, Gable Holdings, M&C Saatchi, Next, William Morrison Supermarkets
Finals: Dunelm, Ricardo
Trading statements: Darty, Dixons Carphone, Home Retail
AGMs: Acorn Minerals, Carpetright, Cic Gold Group, Darty, Dixons Carphone
Economics: RICS house prices, Bank of England interest rate announcement, asset purchase target
Companies paying dividends: Entertainment OnLine (1.1p), Fresnillo (1.346p), Jarvis Securities (4.25p), Rio Tinto (68.92p)
Friday 11 September
Final: JD Wetherspoon
Trading statement: SThree
AGM: Schroder Real Estate
Economics: Construction output
Companies paying dividends: 4imprint (7.75p), BG Group (9.22p), Carnival (19.1p), Creston (2.85p), Direct Line Insurance (4.6p), Informa (6.55p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies (3.4p), Jupiter Primadona Growth Trust (1.6p), Latchways (27.5p), Law Debenture Corp (5.2p), Lindsell Train Investment Trust (6.42p), Lindsell Train Investment Trust (special) (0.78p), M Winkworth (1.6p), Moneysupermarket.com (2.55p), New Century Aim VCT (0.4p), Pearson (18p), RM (1.2p), Severfield (0.5p), Spirent (1.08p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 10 September
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Admiral Group | 25.1 | 9 Oct |
| Admiral Group (special) | 25.9 | 9 Oct |
| Berendsen | 10 | 9 Oct |
| Betfair | 25 | 9 Oct |
| BHP Billiton | 39.6 | 29 Oct |
| Blackrock Income Strategies Trust | 1.67 | 9 Oct |
| Camellia Ord 10p | 34 | 2 Oct |
| Cape Ord 25p | 4.5 | 9 Oct |
| Carillion Ord 50p | 5.7 | 4 Nov |
| Centaur Media Ord 10p | 1.5 | 9 Oct |
| Chime Communications Ord 25p | 2.53 | 2 Oct |
| Churchill China Ord 10p | 5.6 | 1 Oct |
| Clarke (T.) Ord 10p | 0.5 | 9 Oct |
| Clarkson Ord 25p | 22 | 25 Sep |
| Colefax Ord 10p | 2.3 | 9 Oct |
| Communisis Ord 25p | 0.73 | 8 Oct |
| Conviviality Retail Ord 0.02p | 6.3 | 9 Oct |
| CRH Ord Eur0.32 | 13.57 | 6 Nov |
| Countrywide | 5 | 9 Oct |
| Dart Group Ord 5p | 2.25 | 16 Oct |
| Eco Animal Health Ord 5p | 3 | 1 Oct |
| Elementis Ord 5p | 1.7279 | 2 Oct |
| Eurocell | 2.7 | 9 Oct |
| Glencore | 4 | 29 Sep |
| Goodwin Ord 10p | 42.348 | 9 Oct |
| Grafton Group Units € | 4.5 | 9 Oct |
| H & T Group Ord 5p | 3.5 | 9 Oct |
| Holders Technology Ord 10p | 0.25 | 6 Oct |
| Land Securities Group Ord 10p | 8.15 | 9 Oct |
| PPHE Hotel Group | 10 | 8 Oct |
| Rank Group Ord 10p | 4 | 21 Oct |
| Rathbone Brothers Ord 5p | 21 | 7 oct |
| RSA Insurance Grp | 3.5 | 15 Oct |
| Savills Ord 5p | 4 | 12 Oct |
| Standard Life Ord 10p | 6.02 | 20 Oct |
| Stewart & Wight Ord 5p | 16 | 19 Oct |
| STV Group | 3 | 9 Oct |
| Temple Bar Inv Tst Ord 25p | 7.93 | 30 Sep |
| Tex Holdings Ord 10p | 2 | 6 Oct |
| Treatt Ord 2p | 1.28 | 16 Oct |
| UBM | 5.3 | 9 Oct |
| Xaar Ord 10p | 3.15 | 9 Oct |
| XP Power Ord 1p | 14 | 9Oct |
| Zotefoams Ord 5p | 1.8 | 8 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 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.
