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 9 November
Finals: Carr's, Lonmin
Interims: Falanx, Redcentric
Trading statements: Aggreko, Dignity, Hiscox, John Laing Infrastructure, Lonmin
AGM: DX
Companies paying dividends: Manx Telecom (3.5p), Morrison (Wm) (1.5p), WPP (15.91p)
Tuesday 10 November
Final: BowLeven
Interims: Aveva, BTG, Energy Assets, Experian, Hayward Tyler, Land Securities, Liontrust Asset Management, National Grid, Oxford Instruments, Penna Consulting, Premier Foods, Speedy Hire, Trifast, Vodafone
Trading statements: Drax, ITV, Optimal Payments, Prudential, Tyman, UBM, Wolseley
AGMs: Hays, Mucklow (A&J), Redrow
EGMs: Hutchison China Meditech, International Public Partnership
Economics: BRC sales
Company paying dividend: Travis Perkins (14.75p)
Wednesday 11 November
Final: Fenner
Interims: Great Portland Estates, First Derivatives, Flybe, Icap, James Cropper, J Sainsbury, Sophos, SSE, TalkTalk Telecom, Workspace
Trading statements: Barratt Developments, Centamin, Centaur Media, esure, Exova, Kier, Tullow Oil
AGMs: Barratt Developments, Hays
EGM: Primary Health Properties
Economics: Employment data
Companies paying dividends: Exova (1p), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (0.35p)
Thursday 12 November
Finals: AB Dynamics, Punch Taverns
Interims: 3i, Burberry, FirstGroup, Halfords, Infinis Energy, Norcros, SABMiller, Volex, WS Atkins, Young & Co's Brewery
Trading statements: Aldermore, Beazley, Derwent London, IMI, Premier Oil, Restaurant Group, Rexam, Rolls-Royce, Safestore, Tungsten
AGMs: FW Thorpe, Digital Globe Services, Kier, Wetherspoon (JD)
Economics: RICS house prices
Companies paying dividends: British & American Investment Trust (2.7p), Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (6.6p), Ideagen (0.11p), JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust (12p), JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust (special) (4.5p), Ladbrokes (1p), Merchants Trust (6p), Photo-Me International (2.54p), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (1.75p), S&U (20p), S&U (special) (125p), Tullett Prebon (5.6p)
Friday 13 November
Interims: Auto Trader, Castings
Trading statements: Hellermann Tyton, Rotork
AGMs: Base Resources, Galliford Try
EGM: Eurasia Drilling, Trinity Mirror
Economics: Construction output
Companies paying dividends: Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Fund (1.42p), British Polythene Industries (6p), Daejan (53p), Darty (1.9p), Go-Ahead (63.4p), Hays (1.89p), Invesco Perpetual (1.2p), Kingfisher (3.18p), M&C Saatchi (1.61p), Murgitroyd (10.5p), NewRiver Retail (4.5p), Redrow (4p), Restore (1p), Ricardo (11.95p), Spectris (17.3p), Stadium (0.9p), Staffline (7.5p), Walker Greenbank (0.44p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 5 November
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Abcam ord 1p | 5.92 | 4 Dec |
| Bluefield Solar Income Fund | 3.25 | 15 Dec |
| Brunner Inv Trust | 3.2 | 16 Dec |
| Caretech ord 0.5p | 2.8 | 27 Nov |
| Finsbury Food ord 1p | 1.67 | 10 Dec |
| Home Retail | 1 | 21 Jan |
| JPM Overseas Inv Trust | 16 | 11 Dec |
| JPM Smaller Cos IT ord 25p | 11 | 18 Dec |
| Jupiter European Opportunities Trust | 3.8 | 11 Dec |
| Just Retirement | 2.2 | 7 Dec |
| Next Fifteen Communications ord 2.5p | 1.2 | 11 Dec |
| Octopus Apollo VCT | 2.5 | 18 Dec |
| Picton Property Income | 0.825 | 30 Nov |
| Panther Securities ord 25p | 3 | 27 Nov |
| Swallowfield ord 5p | 2 | 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.
