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 6 October
Finals: Waterman Group
Trading statements: Aer Lingus, easyJet
EGMs: British Sky Broadcasting, Electra Private Equity, Fresnillo
Economics: New car registrations, Halifax house prices
Companies paying dividends: Dialight (5.2p), Friends Life Group (7.05p), Pinewood Shepperton (1.9p), Tex Holdings (2p)
Tuesday 7 October
Interims: Next Fifteen Communications
Finals: St Ives
Trading statements: Ferrexpo, Robert Walters
EGM: Matomy Media Group
Economics: Industrial production, Manufacturing output, NIESR GDP estimate (September)
Companies paying dividends: British Smaller Companies VCT (2p), Capita (9.6p), Holders Technology (1p)
Wednesday 8 October
Trading statements: FirstGroup, Marston's
AGMs: Goodwin
Economics: BRC shop price index, Bank of England credit conditions survey
Companies paying dividends: JPM American Inv Tst (1p), Rathbone Brothers (19p), Shore Capital (5p)
Thursday 9 October
Interims: N Brown
Trading statements: Hays, John Wood Group, Victrex
AGMs: Standard Life UK Smaller Companies
EGMs: Mothercare
Economics: RICS house price balance, Bank of England bank rate, asset purchase target
Companies paying dividends: Antofagasta (6.96p), Arrow Global (1.7p), Colefax (2.2p), Communisis (0.67p), Crest Nicholson (4.1p), HSBC Holdings (5.92p), Molins (2.5p), Restaurant Group (6.1p), UBM (6.8p), Zotefoams (1.75p)
Friday 10 October
Trading statements: Vedanta Resources, XP Power
Economics: Trade balance, Construction output
Companies paying dividends: Adept Telecom (1.5p), Admiral Group (49.4p), APR Energy (3.3p), Berendsen (9.5p), British Assets Trust (1.53p), Bwin.Party Digital (1.89p), Cape (4.5p), Carr's Milling Industries (8.5p), Centaur Media (1.7p), Chime Communications (2.53p), Clarke (T.) (0.5p), Drax Group (4.7p), Foxtons (special) (2.77p), Foxtons (1.77p), Glanbia (3.54p), Goodwin (42.348p), H&T Group (2.1p), Henderson Smaller Companies Inv Tst (8p), JPM Euro Inv Trust Growth (5.45p), JPM Euro Inv Trust Income (1.1p), Jupiter European Opps Tst (3.5p), Land Securities Group (7.9p), Lavendeon Group (1.4p), Soco International (22p), Swan (John) & Sons (5p), Univision Engineering (0.24p), XP Power (13p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 9 October
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Alumasc Group Ord 12.5p | 2.8 | 05 Nov |
| Amiad Water Systems | 1.35 | 29 Oct |
| Aviva Ord 25p | 5.85 | 17 Nov |
| Balfour Beatty Ord 50p | 5.6 | 05 Dec |
| Begbies Traynor Ord 5p | 1.6 | 07 Nov |
| Brammer Ord 20p | 3.6 | 06 Nov |
| British & American Inv Tst Ord Shs £1 | 2.7 | 06 Nov |
| Central Asia Metals | 5p | 31 Oct |
| City of London Investment Group | 16 | 31 Oct |
| CPL Resources | 3.9 | 03 Nov |
| Cobham Ord 2.5p | 2.904 | 07 Nov |
| F&C Private Equity Trust | 5.39 | 07 Nov |
| Finsbury Growth & Income Trust | 6.2 | 10 Nov |
| Hays Ord 1p | 1.8 | 14 Nov |
| Hydrogen Group Ord 1p | 1.5 | 07 Nov |
| IPPlus | 0.15 | 05 Nov |
| Johnson Service Group Ord 10p | 0.5 | 07 Nov |
| Kingfisher Ord 15 5/7p | 3.15 | 14 Nov |
| Lowland Investment Co | 9 | 31 Oct |
| Macfarlane Group Ord 25p | 0.5 | 16 Oct |
| Merchants Trust | 5.9 | 11 Nov |
| Middlefield Canadian INC PCC | 1.25 | 31 Oct |
| Murray International Trust Ord 25p | 10 | 17 Nov |
| Nahl Group | 0.15 | 30 Nov |
| Pacific Horizon Inv Tst Ord 10p | 1.4 | 05 Nov |
| Rightmove Ord 1p | 13 | 07 Nov |
| River and Mercantile Group | 2.3 | 07 Nov |
| SIG Ord 10p | 1.42 | 07 Nov |
| Spirax-Sarco Engineering Ord 25p | 19.5 | 07 Nov |
| Statpro Group Ord 1p | 0.85 | 05 Nov |
| Synthomer | 3 | 06 Nov |
| Travis Perkins Ord 10p | 12.25 | 11 Nov |
| Unite Group Ord 25p | 2.2 | 07 Nov |
| Weir Group Ord 2.5p | 15 | 07 Nov |
| WPP | 11.62 | 10 Nov |
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 Wednesday. The record date is usually two days after the ex-date. The payment day is the day on which the funds are transferred to shareholders.
