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Week Ahead: 7-11 December

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
December 1, 2015

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 December

Interims: Evgen Pharma, ReNeuron, Plastics Capital

AGMs: Avanti Capital, BWA, Eclectic Bar, Parallel Media

EGMs: Ixico, Restore

Economics: CBI trends, selling prices, total orders

Companies paying dividends: DCC (33.04p), International Consolidated Airlines (7.17p), Just Retirement (2.2p), Petra Diamonds (1.923p)

 

Tuesday 8 December

Interims: Daily Internet, Hornby, Vianet

Finals: Caretech, OMG, RWS, Servoca, Treatt, Victrex, Zytronic

AGMs: Billing Services, C4X Discovery, Ten Alps

Economics: BRC like-for-like sales, Industrial production, Manufacturing output, NIESR GDP estimate (November)

Companies paying dividends: ISG (5p), Rotala (0.725p)

 

Wednesday 9 December

Interims: Ashtead, Scholium, Stagecoach

Finals: Alternative Networks, easyHotel, Focusrite, Medicx Fund, On the Beach, Redhall

Trading statement: Carillion

AGMs: K3 Business Technology, Shore Capital, YouGov

Economics: BRC shop price index

Companies paying dividends: Unilever (22.59p)

 

Thursday 10 December

Interims: Darty, Micro Focus International, Mulberry, Photo-Me International, Sports Direct International

Finals: Lakehouse, Titon

Trading statements: Centrica, Go-Ahead, John Wood, LHR Airports, Marshalls, Ocado, PZ Cussons, Whitbread

AGMs: AB Dynamics, Ganapati, Greatland Gold, Nanoco, Plexus, Starvest

Economics: RICS house prices, Trade figures, Bank of England interest rate announcement, asset purchase target

Companies paying dividends: Fidelity Asian Values (2p), Finsbury Food (1.67p), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investments (3.4p), Jarvis Securities (4.25p), Jupiter Primadona Growth Trust (1.6p)

 

Friday 11 December

Interim: Polar Capital

Trading statements: Bellway, SThree

AGMs: Bellway, MJ Gleeson, Paragon Entertainment, River & Mercantile, Waterman

EGM: Bacit

Economics: Construction output, Bank of England/GfK inflation outlook

Companies paying dividends: Amati VCT (2p), Avingtrans (2p), Barclays (1p), Carnival (19.5p), CVS (3p), Elderstreet VCT (2.5p), First Derivatives (5p), Grafenia (0.25p), Hargreave Hale VCT (2p), JPMorgan Overseas Investment Trust (16p), Jupiter European Opportunities Trust (3.8p), London Finance & Investment Group (0.5p), Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust (2.5p), Matchtech (16.32p), Next Fifteen Communications (1.2p), Pennant International (1p), Ranger Direct Lending Fund (8.36p), Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (1.47p), SThree (4.7p), TalkTalk (5.29p), Volta Finance (21.9p), VPC Speciality Lending Investments (1.89p), Walker Crips (0.58p), Young & Co's Brewery 'A' ord (8.38p)

 

Shares going ex-dividend on 10 December

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
3i ord 7319/22p 2.76 Jan
3i ord 73 19/22p (special)3.36 Jan
Associated British Foods ord 5p258 Jan
Babcock International ord 60p6.0514 Jan
Big Yellow ord 10p12.17 Jan
Brown (N) ord 10p5.678 Jan
Cropper (James) ord 25p2.28 Jan
DFS Furniture9.330 Dec
F&C UK Real Estate Investments1.2531 Dec
Homeserve ord 12.5p3.88 Jan
Investec ord 0.2p9.523 Dec
JPM Euro. Inv Trust Income1.115 Jan
K3 Business Tech ord 25p 1.515 Jan
Netcall ord 5p 112 Jan
Netcall ord 5p (special)1.212 Jan
Next ord 10p534 Jan
Pan African Resources ord 1p0.539824 Dec
Pets at Home28 Jan
Scottish Oriental Smaller Co Trust ord 25p11.522 Jan
Temple Bar Inv Tst ord 25p7.9330 Dec
Ventus VCT3.513 Jan
Ventus VCT 'D' shares213 Jan
Ventus VCT 22.513 Jan
Waterman ord 10p1.28 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.