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 19 October
Finals: Inland Homes
AGMs: City of London Investment Group, CPL Resources
EGM: Microsaic Systems
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: Andrews Sykes (11.9p), Renishaw (34p), Standard Chartered (9.23p), Stewart & Wight (16p), Witan Pacific (2.15p)
Tuesday 20 October
Interims: Quantum Pharmaceuticals, Whitbread
Final: Asos
Trading statements: Genel Energy, Go-Ahead, Informa, InterContinental Hotels, McBride, Pentair, Petropavlovsk
AGMs: Frontier Developments, McBride, Scancell
EGM: RM2 International
Companies paying dividends: Graphite Enterprise Trust (5p), John Laing Infrastructure Fund (3.375p), Standard Life (6.02p), Synergy Healthcare (special) (15.8p)
Wednesday 21 October
Interims: Development Securities, Home Retail
Trading statements: Acacia Mining, Arm, BHP Billiton, Computcenter, Hochschild Mining, International Personal Finance, Reckitt Benckiser, Sky
AGM: Photo-Me International
Economics: Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: Rank (4p)
Thursday 22 October
Interim: Stobart
Final: Debenhams
Trading statements: Anglo-American, Britvic, GKN, Inchcape, Ladbrokes, London Stock Exchange, Mothercare, Phoenix, Relx, Segro, Travis Perkins, Zoopla Property
AGMs: Ashmore, BHP Billiton, Castleton Technology, Go-Ahead, Monitise
EGMs: FBD, Pace, Ryanair
Economics: Retail sales
Companies paying dividends: Aquatic Food (0.7p), Derwent London (12.6p), Netplay TV (0.22p), Oxford Instruments (9.3p), Premier Farnell (2.6p)
Friday 23 October
Trading statements: Concentric, Shire, William Hill
AGMs: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Hargreaves Lansdown
EGM: Treveria
Companies paying dividends: AA (3.5p), BlackRock Commodities Income Investment Trust (1.5p), Boot (Henry) (2.3p), Burford Capital (1.49p), Consort Medical (11.68p), Costain (3.75p), Epwin (2.12p), Fairpoint (2.45p), Flowtech FluidPower (1.75p), Gamma Communications (2.2p), Hargreaves Services (20p), ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments (1.5p), Indivior (2.05p), Inmarsat (12.57p), Interserve (7.9p), JPM Income & Capital Trust (1.7p), Lighthouse (0.08p), Morgan Sindall (12p), Norish Units (1.11p), Pendragon (0.6p), Real Estate Investors (1p), RIT Capital Partners (15p), Servelec (1.65p), Vitec (9.5p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 22 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| BAE Systems ord 2.5p | 8.4 | 30 Nov |
| Bailey (CH) ord 10p | 20 | 16 Nov |
| Bankers Investment Trust ord 25p | 4 | 30 Nov |
| Capita ord 2.06666p | 10.5 | 30 Nov |
| Cello ord 10p | 0.84 | 27 Nov |
| City of London Inv Trust ord 25p | 3.9 | 30 Nov |
| Darty ord € | 1.9 | 13 Nov |
| Edge Performance VCT E shares 10p | 7 | 6 Nov |
| Galliford Try ord 50p | 46 | 25 Nov |
| Hansteen ord 10p | 2.1 | 20 Nov |
| Harvey Nash ord 5p | 1.49 | 20 Nov |
| Howden Joinery | 2.8 | 22 Nov |
| HSBC | 6.53 | 3 Dec |
| Interquest ord 1p | 1 | 16 Nov |
| Intu Properties | 4.6 | 24 Nov |
| ISG ord 1p | 5 | 8 Dec |
| JPM Emerging Mkts Inv Trust ord 25p | 6 | 24 Nov |
| Marshalls ord 25p | 2.25 | 4 Dec |
| McBride ord 10p | 1.9 | 27 Nov |
| Menzies (John) ord 25p | 5 | 20 Nov |
| Penna Consulting ord 5p | 4 | 19 Nov |
| Ricardo ord 25p | 11.95 | 13 Nov |
| Rolls-Royce ord 20p | 9.27 | 6 Jan |
| Rotala ord 1p | 0.725 | 8 Dec |
| S&U ord 12.5p | 20 | 12 Nov |
| S&U ord 12.5p (special) | 125 | 12 Nov |
| Senior ord 10p | 1.84 | 30 Nov |
| Sky | 20.5 | 20 Nov |
| Smiths ord 25p | 28 | 20 Nov |
| Thorpe (FW) ord 10p | 2.55 | 19 Nov |
| TR European Growth Trust ord 12.5p (special) | 2.5 | 23 Nov |
| TR European Growth Trust ord 12.5p | 7 | 23 Nov |
| Tullett Prebon ord 325p | 5.6 | 12 Nov |
| Wetherspoon (JD) ord 2p | 8 | 26 Nov |
| William Hill ord 10p | 4.1 | 4 Dec |
| Wilmington | 4 | 16 Nov |
| Wolseley ord 25p | 60.5 | 3 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.
