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 22 February
Interims: Dechra Pharmaceuticals, MJ Gleeson, Petra Diamonds
Finals: Bovis Homes, HSBC, XP Power
Trading statement: Associated British Foods
EGM: Immupharma
Economics: CBI trends - total orders, selling prices
Companies paying dividends: Compass (19.6p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042p)
Tuesday 23 February
Interims: BHP Billiton, dotDigital, Genus, Pan African Resources
Finals: Croda International, Drax, GKN, InterContinental Hotels, John Wood, Morgan Advanced Materials, Morgan Sindall, Ladbrokes, Meggitt, Persimmon, Provident Financial, Standard Chartered, Unite, Vitec
Trading statement: LHR Airports
AGMs: Image Scan, OMG, Thomas Cook
EGM: Instem
Wednesday 24 February
Interims: Barratt Developments, Hays, IBEX Global, McBride, Town Centre Securities, Tristel, Wilmington
Finals: Capital & Counties Properties, Harworth, International Personal Finance, Interserve, Man, New World Resources, Petrofac, Rathbone Brothers, STV, Synectics, Transocean Partners, Weir
AGM: Gooch & Housego
EGM: Liontrust Asset Management
Economics: BBA house purchase loans, CBI reported sales
Companies paying dividends: Merchants Trust (6p)
Thursday 25 February
Interims: Ceres Power, Galliford Try
Finals: Bodycote, British American Tobacco, Capita, Coats, Countrywide, Derwent London, Ensco, Howden Joinery, KAZ Minerals, Lavendon, Lloyds Banking, Macfarlane, Merlin Entertainments, Mondi, National Express, Playtech, Premier Oil, RELX, Rentokil Initial, RSA Insurance, Seadrill, Serco, Sphere Medical, Spirent Communications, St James's Place, UBM
Trading statement: Zoopla
AGMs: APC Technology, IDOX, Zoopla, Zytronic
EGM: Home Retail
Economics: GDP (fourth quarter, provisional), Index of services
Companies paying dividends: GCP Infrastructure Investments (1.9p), Hayward Tyler (0.552p), Red24 (0.25p)
Friday 26 February
Interim: Ricardo
Finals: Berendsen, IMI, International Consolidated Airlines, Intu Properties, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, Pearson, Rightmove, Riverstone Energy, Royal Bank of Scotland, William Hill
Trading statement: Harvey Nash
AGM: Intelligent Energy
Companies paying dividends: Aberforth Geared Income Trust (2.7p), Chrysalis VCT (3.25p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), Curtis Banks (3.5p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities EUR (0.25p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities GBP (2.5p), Drum Income Plus Reit (1.3125p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (2.575p), Electra Private Equity (78p), GLI Alternative Finance (0.55p), GLI Finance (0.625p), Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust (3.3p), Henderson International Income Trust (1.15p), IG (8.45p), NCC (1.5p), Primary Health Properties (1.28125p), RWS (3.85p), Servoca (0.3p), Solid State Supplies (4p), Target Healthcare Reit (1.545p), UK Commercial Property Trust (0.92p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 25 February
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
| Beazley ord 5p (special) | 18.4 | 31 Mar |
| Beazley ord 5p | 6.6 | 31 Mar |
| Diageo ord 28 101/108p | 22.6 | 7 Apr |
| easyJet ord 25p | 55.2 | 18 Mar |
| F&C Capital & Income Inv Trust ord 25p | 2.35 | 31 Mar |
| Heath (Samuel) & Sons ord 10p | 5.5 | 21 Mar |
| JPM Inc & Growth IT Inc 1p | 1.2 | 24 Mar |
| Jupiter Global Trust | 1.6 | 17 Mar |
| Real Estate Credit Investments | 0.27 | 16 Mar |
| Rio Tinto ord 10p (Reg) | 74.21 | 7 Apr |
| Securities Trust of Scotland ord 25p | 1.45 | 18 Mar |
| Shoe Zone ord 1p | 6 | 16 Mar |
| Shoe Zone ord 1p | 6.5 | 16 Mar |
| WYG ord 10p | 0.5 | 16 Mar |
| Zytronic ord 1p | 8.87 | 11 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.
