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 2 November
Interim: e2v technologies
Trading statements: HSBC, Lonmin, Travelport Worldwide
Economics: Manufacturing data
Companies paying dividends: Alumasc (3.5p), DS Smith (7.7p), Foreign & Colonial (2.3p), GVC (10p), Mercantile Investment Trust (10p), Next (special) (60p), Safestyle (3.4p)
Tuesday 3 November
Finals: Associated British Foods, Egdon Resources, Imperial Tobacco
Trading statements: Amec Foster Wheeler, Direct Line, Indivior, Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Just Eat, Oxford Immunotec, Pendragon, Standard Chartered, Weir
EGMs: Amlin
Economics: Construction data
Company paying dividends: Mears (3.1p), MP Evans (2.25p), Produce Investments (4.775p)
Wednesday 4 November
Interims: Marks and Spencer, Tracsis, Vedanta Resources, Wizz Air
Trading statements: Glencore, Hunting, Legal & General, Lombard Medical, Old Mutual, OneSavings Bank, Persimmon, Wetherspoon (JD), Stagecoach
AGMs: Ricardo, Sky
Economics: BRC shop price index, Official reserves, Purchasing data - services, composite
Companies paying dividends: Assura (0.5p), Cambian (0.91p), Carillion (5.7p), Empiric Student Property (1.5p), Statpro (0.85p)
Thursday 5 November
Interims: Cable & Wireless Communications, Dairy Crest, Shanks, Tate & Lyle
Trading statements: AstraZeneca, Cobham, Croda International, easyJet, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Howden Joinery, Just Retirement, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, Knot Offshore Partners, Lancashire, Morrison (Wm), Partnership Assurance, Randgold Resources, Rentokil Initial, RSA Insurance, SuperGroup, Synthomer, Schroders
AGMs: Abcam, Wilmington
EGM: Development Securities
Economics: Bank of England asset purchase target, Bank of England bank rate, inflation report, Halifax house prices, new car registrations
Companies paying dividends: Brammer (3.6p), Cenkos Securities (7p), Fisher (James) & Sons (7.8p), Haynes Publishing (4p), IPPlus (0.15p), Redde (4.25p), Synthomer (3.2p)
Friday 6 November
Trading statements: International Consolidated Airlines, Intu Properties
AGM: Revolution Bars, Pacific Horizon
Economics: Industrial production, Manufacturing production, NIESR GDP estimate, Trade balance
Companies paying dividends: Begbies Traynor (1.6p), Bodycote (4.8p), British Land (7.09p), Clinigen (2.3p), Cobham (3.05p), CRH (13.57p), Edge Performance VCT (7p), F&C Private Equity (5.58p), Huntsworth (0.5p), Inspired Energy (0.1p), Investors Capital Trust - A shares (1.14p), Johnson Service (0.65p), Judges Scientific (8.1p), London Stock Exchange (10.8p), Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (2.65p), OneSavings Bank (2p), Rightmove (16p), Schroder Japan Growth (2p), SIG (1.69p), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (20.8p), Unite (5.5p), Weir (15p), WYG (0.7p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 5 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Aeorema Communications | 3 | 27 Nov |
| Amati VCT | 2 | 11 Dec |
| Ashmore ord 0.01p | 12.1 | 4 Dec |
| Avingtrans ord 5p | 2 | 11 Dec |
| BlackRock Greater Europe Inv Trust | 3.35 | 18 Dec |
| BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust | 7 | 30 Nov |
| Bloomsbury Publishing | 1.06 | 30 Nov |
| Crown Place VCTord 10p | 1.25 | 30 Nov |
| Dunedin Income Growth Inv Trust | 2.575 | 27 Nov |
| Ecofin Water & Power | 1.8125 | 27 Nov |
| Elderstreet VCT ord 5p | 2.5 | 11 Dec |
| Greencoat UK Wind | 1.565 | 27 Nov |
| Henderson Far East Income | 4.9 | 30 Nov |
| Henderson International Income Trust | 1.15 | 27 Nov |
| James Halstead ord 5p | 7.858 | 4 Dec |
| JPMorgan Claverhouse Inv Trust | 5 | 1 Dec |
| Laird ord 25p | 4.4 | 4 Dec |
| Morgan Advanced Materials ord 25p | 4 | 27 Nov |
| New Star Investment Trust ord 1p | 0.3 | 20 Nov |
| Regenersis | 3.35 | 3 Dec |
| RTC | 1 | 30 Nov |
| SCS | 11.2 | 25 Nov |
| SQN Asset Finance Income Fund | 0.6042 | 27 Nov |
| SThree ord 1p | 4.7 | 11 Dec |
| Stobart | 2 | 4 Dec |
| The Mission Marketing ord 10p | 0.3 | 4 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.
