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 10 January
Companies paying dividends: 3i Infrastructure (5.2p), Intermediate Capital (18.7p)
Tuesday 11 January
Economics: Retail sales
Trading updates: B&M European Value Retail (BME), Electrocomponents (ECM), Rathbones (RAT), Robert Walters (RWA), Rotala (ROL), Shoe Zone (SHOE), SIG (SHI)
Interims: Games Workshop (GAW), Knights Group (KGH)
AGM: Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD)
Companies paying dividends: Norcros (3.1p)
Wednesday 12 January
Trading updates: Grafton (GFTU), JD Sports Fashion (JD), Nichols (NICL), PageGroup (PAGE), Sainsbury (J) (SBRY), Trustpilot (TRST), Vistry (VTY), Whitbread (WTB)
Interim: Gateley (GTLY)
AGM: AB Dynamics (ABDP)
Companies paying dividends: 3i (19.25p), Bellway (82.5p), Duke Royalty (0.6p), Fidelity Special Values (4.5p), Royal Mail (6.7p)
Thursday 13 January
Economics: RICS housing market survey
Trading updates: ASOS (ASC), Brooks MacDonald (BRK), Dunelm (DNLM), Halfords (HFD), Hilton Food (HFG), Marks & Spencer (MKS), Persimmon (PSN), Pharos Energy (PHAR), Taylor Wimpey (TW.), Tesco (TSCO), Wood Group (WG.)
Final: Safestore (SAFE)
AGM: Fragrant Prosperity (FPP)
Company paying dividend: Michelmersh Brick (1.15p)
Friday 14 January
Economics: Balance of trade, GDP, index of services, manufacturing production
Trading updates: Bellway (BWY), Experian (EXPN)
Companies paying dividends: Associated British Foods (20.5p final, 13.8p special), Devro (2.8p), Evraz (15.15p), FIH (1p), James Cropper (2.5p), Octopus Apollo VCT (1.3p interim, 3.1p special), Oxford Instruments (4.4p), Polar Capital (14p), Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (11.5p), Schroder European Reit (1.56p final, 4p special)
Companies going ex-dividend on 13 January
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Ashtead Ord 10p | 9.19 | 10-Feb-22 |
| Character Ord 5p | 9 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Creighton's Ord 20p | 0.15 | 11-Feb-22 |
| DotDigital Ord 0.5p | 0.86 | 31-Jan-22 |
| Dr Martens | 1.22 | 04-Feb-22 |
| Future Ord 1p | 2.8 | 09-Feb-22 |
| Majedie Investments 10p | 7 | 28-Jan-22 |
| Morses Club | 1 | 11-Feb-22 |
| Origin Enterprises €0.01 | 6.72 | 04-Feb-22 |
| Premier Miton | 6.3 | 11-Feb-22 |
| Sage Ord 1p | 11.68 | 10-Feb-22 |
| Schroder UK Mid Cap Fd | 11 | 14-Feb-22 |
| Scottish Inv Tst Ord Stk 25p | 7 | 11-Feb-22 |
| Shaftesbury Ord 25p | 4 | 11-Feb-22 |
| Smiths News | 1.15 | 10-Feb-22 |
| SSE Ord 50p | 25.5 | 10-Mar-22 |
The ex-dividend day 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.
