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 21 November
Interims: Bonmarche, Mitie, Omega Diagnostics
Final: Diploma
AGM: Imperial Innovations
EGM: Red 24
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: Barratt Developments (12.3p), Barratt Developments (special) (12.4p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), NB Global Floating Rate Income (1.1p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042p), TR European Growth Trust (9p)
Tuesday 22 November
Interims: AO World, Assura, Babcock International, Big Yellow, CML Microsystems, De La Rue, Halma, Homeserve, Scapa Group, Sepura, Severfield, Solid State, Telecom Plus, UK Mail, ULS Technology, Victoria
Finals: Cambria Automobiles, Compass, CYBG, Focusrite, Mitchells & Butlers, Renew
Trading statements: Chemring, Intertek, Kingfisher, Rotork, SeaDrill Partners, Spectris, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, SVG Capital
AGM: Dunelm
Economics: Public sector borrowing, CBI trends - total orders, selling prices
Companies paying dividends: Close Brothers (38p), GCP Asset backed Income Fund (1.5p), Intu Properties (4.6p), Iona Environmental VCT (63p)
Wednesday 23 November
Interims: CMC Markets, United Utilities, Vectura
Finals: Future, Paragon Group of Companies, Thomas Cook
AGMs: Feedback, Pantheon International, ScS, Transense Technologies
Companies paying dividends: Galliford Try (56p), Henderson Eurotrust (14p), JPM Emerging Markets Investment Trust (9p)
Thursday 24 November
Interims: Caledonia Investments, Charles Stanley, Helical, James Latham, Mothercare, PayPoint, Pets at Home, Severn Trent
Finals: Euromoney Institutional Investor, Marston', UDG Healthcare
AGMs: CVS, Doriemus, Gemfields, Netcall, Thor Mining
EGMs: Bioquell, Cluff Natural Resources, JD Sports Fashion
Economics: BBA house purchase loans
Companies paying dividends: Airea (1.5p), Centrica (3.6p), JZ Capital Partners (15.5p), Mulberry (5p), Thorpe (FW) (2.85p), Wetherspoon (JD) (8p)
Friday 25 November
Interims: Immunodiagnostic Systems, Pennon
AGMs: Pan African Resources, Range Resources, Thor Mining
EGM: Sirius Minerals
Economics: GDP (Q3 provisional), Index of services, CBI reported sales - retail & total distribution
Companies paying dividends: Action Hotels (0.76p), Aeorema Communications (3p), Amati VCT2 (2.75p), Animalcare (4.7p), Axiom European Financial Debt (1.5p), Booker (0.63p), Calculus VCT (special) (7p), Card Factory (2.8p), Card Factory (special) (15p), Caretech (3p), City Natural Resources High Yield (0.86p), Clinigen (2.7p), CVC Credit Partners European (1.25p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (2.575p), Dunelm (19.1p), GCP Infrastructure (1.9p), Go-Ahead (67.52p), Greencoat UK Wind (1.585p), Hansa Trust (8p), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (3.2p), JPM Income & Growth Investment Trust (3p), JZ Capital Partners (12.4p), Lookers (1.28p), McBride (2.4p), Morgan Advanced Materials (4p), Moss Bros (1.91p), Next Fifteen Communications (1.5p), P2P Global Investments (11p), Primary Health Properties (1.28125p), Provident Financial (43.2p), Secure Income Reit (2.9375p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5p), Smart Metering Systems (1.37p), Target Healthcare Reit (1.57p), Trinity Mirror (2.1p), U+I (2.4p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 24 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| 3i Infrastructure | 3.775 | 9 Jan |
| Amec Foster Wheeler | 7.4 | 4 Jan |
| BlackRock North American Income Trust | 1.2 | 5 Jan |
| Carnival ord $1.66 | 28.61 | 16 Dec |
| CVS ord 2p | 3.5 | 9 Dec |
| Datatec ord zar 0.01 | 3.43 | 28 Nov |
| Ground Rents Income ord 50p | 1.024 | 30 Dec |
| HICL Infrastructure Company | 1.91 | 30 Dec |
| Hill & Smith ord 25p | 8.5 | 5 jan |
| JPM Elect Mngd Growth 0.01p | 2.9 | 21 Dec |
| JPM Elect Mngd Inc 0.003p | 0.85 | 21 Dec |
| JPM Japanese InvestTrust ord 25p | 3.65 | 28 Dec |
| Mediclinic International | 3.2 | 12 Dec |
| National Grid ord 11 17/43p | 15.17 | 11 Jan |
| River & Mercantile | 2.5 | 14 Dec |
| Smart (J) Contractors ord 2p | 2.15 | 21 Dec |
| St Ives ord 10p | 5.45 | 19 Dec |
| Tate & Lyle ord 25p | 8.2 | 3 Jan |
| UK Mail | 5.5 | 2 Dec |
| Utilitywise | 4.3 | 19 Dec |
| World Careers Network ord 0.1p | 3.5 | 16 Dec |
| Young & Co's Brewery 'A' ord 12.5p | 8.88 | 9 Dec |
| Young & Co's Brewery Non.V ord 50p | 8.88 | 9 Dec |
| Yu | 0.75 | 5 Jan |
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.
