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 on at http://announce.ft.com and our daily online news summaries record all key company announcements and business press headlines.
Monday 27 August
UK markets closed for public holiday
EGM: Independent News & Media (Dublin)
Tuesday 28 August
Interims: British Polythene Industries, Bunzl, Cairn Energy, Eurasia Drilling, FBD, G4S, Inspired Energy, Lamprell, UTV Media, Yule Catto
AGMs: Advanced Computer Software, Amiad Water Systems, Development Securities, Omega Diagnostics, Pinewood-Shepperton, RCG Holdings, Vedanta Resources
EGM: Vedanta Resources
Wednesday 29 August
Interims: 888 Holdings, Ant, Antofagasta, Ark Therapeutics, Chime Communications, Corin, D'Amico Group, DRS Data and Research Services, Grafton, Hansteen Holdings, Paddy Power, Serco, Servicepower Technologies
Final: Mattioli Woods
AGMs: Coral Products, Green Compliance
Thursday 30 August
Interims: Admiral Group, APR Energy, Archipelago Resources, Cape, Churchill China, Evraz, Hardy Oil & Gas, Hunting, Integra, International Public Partnerships, Irish Continental Group, Kentz Corporation, Lombard Medical Technologies, Macfarlane Group, Marshalls, Melrose, H.R.Owen, Perform Group, Playtech, Polymetal International, Salamander Energy, Unite, Vislink, WPP
Final: Hays
AGMs: Consort Medical, Enk, Iomart
EGMs: Heritage Oil, Songbird Estates
Economics: Net consumer credit, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply
Friday 31 August
Interims: Bwin.party digital entertainment, Charles Taylor, Chesnara, Computacenter, EMIS, Headlam, Independent News & Media, Lavendon Group, Molins, Oxford Biomedica, Restaurant Group
AGMs: CareCapital, Jubilant Energy, Victoria
Economics: GfK consumer confidence (Aug)
Shares going ex-dividend on 29 August
| Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
| Acencia Debt Strategies | 1.73p | 28 Sep |
| African Barrick Gold | 2.569 | 24 Sep |
| Albion Dev VCT | 2.5 | 28 Sep |
| Alliance Trust | 2.1375 | 01 Oct |
| Bloomsbury Publishing | 4.31 | 25 Sep |
| Croda | 26.75 | 04 Oct |
| Devro | 2.65 | 05 Oct |
| Downing Absolute Income VCT2 | 2.5 | 28 Sep |
| Downing Distribution VCT1 | 2.5 | 28 Sep |
| Downing Income VCT 3 | 2.5 | 28 Sep |
| Eco Animal Health | 3.75 | 05 Oct |
| Energy XXI | US$0.07 | 14 Sep |
| Falkland Island Holdings | 7 | 19 Sep |
| Fletcher King | 0.75 | 27 Sep |
| Henderson | 2.1 | 21 Sep |
| Hikma Pharmaceutical | 3.834 | 08 Oct |
| JPM Inc & Gwth IT Inc | 1.1 | 28 Sep |
| Lancashire Holdings | 3 | 26 Sep |
| Legal & General | 1.96 | 01 Oct |
| Low & Bonar | 0.8 | 27 Sep |
| LPA Industries | 0.5 | 21 Sep |
| Micro Focus | 14.9 | 02 Oct |
| Mobeus Inc & Grwth VCT | 4.5 | 20 Sep |
| NCC | 11 | 28 Sep |
| Park Group | 1.475 | 01 Oct |
| Personal Group | 4.45 | 21 Sep |
| Premier Energy & Water | 1.7 | 31 Aug |
| Rank | 1.3p | 31 Oct |
| Real Estate Credit | 1.7 | 21 Sep |
| Rotork | 16.4 | 28 Sep |
| Stagecoach | 5.4 | 03 Oct |
| Utilico Emerg Markets Utilities | 1.375 | 28 Sep |
| Xstrata | 9.03 | 13 Sep |
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.
