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 20 February
Interims: City of London Investment Group, Petra Diamonds
Finals: Bovis Homes, Hammerson
Trading statements: Hogg Robinson, Vedanta Resources
Economics: Rightmove house prices, CBI trends - total orders, selling prices
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (2.75p), Compass Group (21.1p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042p)
Tuesday 21 February
Interims: BHP Billiton, dotdigital, Galliford Try, Green REIT, Netcall, Vernalis
Finals: Anglo American, HSBC, InterContinental Hotels, John Wood, Synectics, Travelport Worldwide, Vitec
Trading statement: Safestore
AGMs: Image Scan Holdings, Karoo Energy
Economics: Public sector borrowing
Companies paying dividends: GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (1.5p), Titon Holdings (2.25p)
Wednesday 22 February
Interims: Barratt Developments, Hays, Hotel Chocolat, McBride, Pan African Resources, PCI-PAL
Finals: Capital & Counties, Indivior, Lloyds Banking, Metro Bank, Petrofac, Serco, STV, UBM, Unite, Weir Group
AGM: Gooch & Housego
EGM: Liontrust Asset Management
Economics: GDP (Q4), Index of services, Total business investment (Q4)
Thursday 23 February
Interims: Monitise, Tristel, Wilmington
Finals: BAE Systems, Barclays, British American Tobacco, Centrica, Glencore, Howden Joinery, Intu Properties, KAZ Minerals, Macfarlane Group, Mondi, Morgan Advanced Materials, Morgan Sindall, National Express, Playtech, Rathbone Brothers, RELX, Rentokil Initial, RSA Insurance, SeaDrill
AGM: Hollywood Bowl
EGMs: Berkeley Group, Sirius Real Estate
Economics: CBI retailing, total distribution - reported sales
Companies paying dividends: Hayward Tyler (0.58p), Merchants Trust (6p)
Friday 24 February
Finals: Coats Group, IMI, International Consolidated Airlines, Jupiter Fund Management, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate, Pearson, Rightmove, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Chartered, Standard Life, TBC Bank, William Hill
AGMs: APC Technology, Idox
EGM: Bagir Group
Economics: BBA house purchase loans
Companies paying dividends: Aberforth Geared Income Trust (3p), APQ Global (0.5p), Blue Capital Global Reinsurance (0.033p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities (Sterling share) (1.25p), Downing One VCT (Nov 2013) (3p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (2.575p), Hadrian's Wall Secured Investment (0.4p), JPM Income & Capital Trust (1.8p), M&G High Income Investment Trust Income & Growth Units (1.55p), M&G High Income Investment Trust Package Units (1.55p), NCC Group (1.5p), Primary Health Properties (1.31p), RWS Holdings (4.45p), Secure Income REIT (3.325p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5p), Urban&Civic (1.8p)
Shares going ex-dividend on 23 February
| Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Private Equity Npv | 2 | 17 Mar |
| Alumasc Group Ord 12.5p | 2.85 | 7 Apr |
| Carnival Ord $1.66 | 28.54 | 6 Apr |
| Diageo Ord 28 101/108p | 23.7 | 11 Apr |
| EasyJet Plc Ord 25p | 53.8 | 17 Mar |
| GlaxoSmithKline Ord 25p | 23 | 13 Apr |
| Hollywood Bowl Group | 0.19 | 24 Mar |
| IDEAGEN ORD £0.01 | 0.068 | 15 Mar |
| Ideagen Ord 1p | 0.068 | 15 Mar |
| Independent Investment Trust | 2.5 | 6 Apr |
| Jersey Electricity Company | 8 | 30 Mar |
| Real Estate Credit Investments | 2.7 | 17 Mar |
| Rio Tinto Ord 10p (Reg) | 100.56 | 6 Apr |
| Securities Trust of Scotland Ord 25p | 1.45 | 17 Mar |
| Shoe Zone Ord 1p | 6.8 | 15 Mar |
| Shoe Zone Ord 1p | 8 | 15 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.
