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Week Ahead: 19-30 December

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming two weeks
December 16, 2016

Welcome to the two weeks 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 December

Interims: Collagen Solutions, Goodwin

AGMs: Management Resource Solutions, Proactis, World Careers Network

EGM: Alternative Networks

Economics: Rightmove house prices

Companies paying dividends: Aquila Services (0.24p), Fidelity Special Values (1.09p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investments (3.45p), Lok'nStore (6.33p), Sanditon Investment Trust (1.1p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042), St Ives (5.45p), Utilitywise (4.3p), VPC Speciality Lending Investments (1.5p)

Tuesday 20 December

AGMs: Applied Graphene Materials, Artilium, dotdigital, Gfinity

EGM: Tritax Big Box REIT

Economics: CBI retailing reported sales

Companies paying dividends: Creston (1.42p), e2v Technologies (1.7p)

Wednesday 21 December

AGMs: Blue Star Capital, SyQic, Uranium Resources

EGMs: Charles Stanley, Empiric Student Property

Economics: Public sector borrowing

Companies paying dividends: Investec (10p), JPM Elect plc Managed Growth (2.9p), JPM Elect plc Managed Income (0.85p), JPMorgan Global Convertibles Income (1.125p), Smart (J) Contractors (2.15p), UIL (1.875p)

Thursday 22 December

AGMs: Reconstruction Capital, Uvenco

EGM: Avocet Mining

Economics: GfK consumer confidence

Companies paying dividends: Establishment Investment Trust (2.5p), John Laing Environmental (1.53p), Liontrust Asset Management (4p), Pan African Resources (0.8782p), Regional REIT (1.75p)

Friday 23 December

AGMs: Frontier IP Group

EGM: LiDCO

Economics: GDP (Q3 final), Current account balance, Index of services

Companies paying dividends: B&M European Value Retail (1.9p), CMC Markets (2.98p), Keystone Investment Trust (35p), Keystone Investment Trust (special) (5.3p), Majestic Wines (1.5p), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust (2.6p), MS International (1.5p), Northern Venture Trust (3p), Pacific Industrial & Logistics (3p), Record (0.825p), The SME Loan Fund (0.6p), Trans-Siberian Gold (special) (0.7p)

Monday 26 December

UK Bank holiday - nothing scheduled

Tuesday 27 December

UK Bank holiday - nothing scheduled

Wednesday 28 December

AGM: Lombard Capital

Companies paying dividends: DFS Furniture (7.5p), JPM Japanese Investment Trust (3.65p), Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust (3p), Phaunos Timber Fund (0.24p)

Thursday 29 December

AGM: Altona Energy

Friday 30 December

AGMs: K&C REIT, Red Rock Resources

Companies paying dividends: Albion Venture Capital Trust (2.5p), Alliance Trust (3.85p), Clipper Logistics (2.4p), Ediston Property Investment Company (0.4583p), F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust (3.25p), F&C Commercial Property Trust (0.5p), F&C UK Real Estate Investments (1.25p), First Property Group (0.4p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.54p), Ground Rents Income (1.024p), Helical (2.4p), Henderson Diversified Income (1.35p), HICL Infrastructure (1.91p), Imperial Brands (54.1p), Invesco Income Growth Trust (2.2p), Kainos Group (1.9p), NextEnergy Solar Fund (1.5775p), OM Asset Management (6.3p), Palace Capital (9p), Premier Energy & Water (1.9p), Temple Bar Investment Trust (8.09p), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (1.5625p)

Shares going ex-dividend on 22 December

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
Acal Ord 5p2.4513 Jan
Alliance Pharma Ord 1p0.40312 Jan
Burberry Group Ord  0.05p10.527 Jan
Solid State  Ord 5p420 Jan
Standard Life Euro Pvt Eq Trust3.627 Jan
Stobart Group Ord 10p320 Jan
Vertu Motors Ord 10p0.529 Jan

Shares going ex-dividend on 29 December

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
Anglo Pacific Group Ord 10p38 Feb
BT Group Ord 5p4.856 Feb
Cambria Automobiles Ord 10p0.720 Jan
Diverse Income Trust0.728 Feb
Experian PLC10.427 Jan
Fulcrum Utility Servs0.627 Jan
Game Digital1.7510 Feb
Grainger Ord 5p3.0510 Feb
Halma Ord 10p5.338 Feb
Inland Homes0.927 Jan
ITE Group Ord 1p35 Feb
KCOM Group Ord 10p21 Feb
NewRiver REIT57 Jan
Octopus Aim  Vct 1p2.520 Jan
Polar Capital Holdings Ord 2.5p5.51 Mar
Proactis Holdings Ord 10p1.323 Jan
Real Good Food0.0425 Jan
RPC Group Ord 5p6.527 Jan
Value & Income Trust Ord 10p2.627 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.