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 15 February
Interim: City of London Investment Group
Finals: Acacia Mining, Amino Technologies, Fidessa, Hammerson, Reckitt Benckiser
EGM: Redefine International
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: Income & Growth VCT (6p), Independent Investment Trust (3p), Knot Offshore Partners (36.2p), Paragon Group of Companies (7.4p)
Tuesday 16 February
Interims: Filtronic, Gemfields, Hargreaves Services, Mucklow (A&J)
Finals: Afarak, Anglo American, Spectris
AGM: MedicX Fund
EGMs: Berkeley, Vitesse Media
Economics: Consumer price index, Retail price index, Producer prices, ONS house prices
Wednesday 17 February
Final: Plus500
AGMs: Ecovista, Pressure Technologies, Titon
Economics: Employment data, Average earnings
Companies paying dividends: Dewhurst 'A' non-voting (7p), Dewhurst 'A' non-voting (special) 3p), Dewhurst ord (7p), Dewhurst ord (special) (3p), Redcentric (1.5p), TUI AG (0.56p)
Thursday 18 February
Interim: Go-Ahead
Finals: BAE Systems, Centrica, Lancashire, Rexam, Travelport Worldwide
Trading statements: Darty
AGMs: Sunrise Resources, Tertiary Minerals
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (2.5p), Cardiff Property (10p), Murray International Trust (10.5p), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (1.75p)
Friday 19 February
Finals: Essentra, Millennium & Copthorne, Segro, Standard Life
Economics: Retail sales, Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust (2.89p), Fletcher King (1p), Investment Company (5p), Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust Composite (0.7p), Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust ord (0.25p), NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund (0.99p), North American Income (7p), Numis Corporation (6p), Oxford Technology VCT2 (special) (2.5p), Oxford Technology VCT3 (special) (7p), Oxford Technology VCT4 (special) (10p), Titon (1.75p), UDG Healthcare (5.7p), Unicorn Aim VCT (6.25p), Urban&Civic (1.65p), Victrex (35.09p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 18 February
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| AstraZeneca ord 25p | 131 | 21 Mar |
| Avon Rubber ord £1 | 4.86 | 18 Mar |
| Brewin Dolphin ord 1p | 8.25 | 11 Mar |
| Carnival | 20.9 | 11 Mar |
| GlaxoSmithKline ord 25p | 23 | 14 Apr |
| GlaxoSmithKline ord 25p | 20 | 14 Apr |
| Ideagen ord 1p | 0.061 | 10 Mar |
| Jersey Electricity | 7.6p | 29 Mar |
| MedicX Fund NPV | 1.4875 | 31 Mar |
| Mountview Estates ord 5p | 200 | 29 Mar |
| Penna Consulting ord 5p | 4 | 17 Mar |
| Pressure Technologies ord 5p | 5.6 | 17 Mar |
| PZ Cussons ord 10p | 2.61 | 7 Apr |
| Royal Dutch Shell 'B' ord €0.07 | 33.09 | 29 Mar |
| Royal Dutch Shell 'A' ord €0.07 | 33.09 | 29 Mar |
| SSP | 2.2 | 16 Mar |
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.
