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Week Ahead: 2-6 February

A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week
January 28, 2015

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 2 February

Final: Amino Technologies

EGM: Arc Capital

Economics: Markit UK PMI manufacturing

Companies paying dividends: Aveva (5.5p), Baring Emerging Europe (19p), Dart (0.75p), Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust (2.2p), Kcom (1.79p), Marston's (4.3p), Mercantile Investment Trust (8p), Mitie (5.2p), Next (special) (50p), Schroder Asia Pacific Fund (2.75p), United Utilities (12.56p)

Tuesday 3 February

Interim: Alumasc

Finals: BG, BP, Low & Bonar, Ocado, St Modwen Properties

Trading statements: Aberdeen Asset Management, Pentair

AGMs: Aberdeen Asset Management, Numis

EGM: Gulfsands Petroleum

Economics: Markit/CIPS UK construction

Companies paying dividends: Johnson Matthey (18.5p), JPM Asian Investment Trust (2.2p), JPM Chinese Investment Trust (1.6p), Workspace (3.89p)

Wednesday 4 February

Interims: Hargreaves Lansdown, Sky

Final: GlaxoSmithKline

Trading statements: Daily Mail & General Trust, International Consolidated Airlines, Victrex

AGMs: Connect, Conygar, Daily Mail & General Trust, Future, Grainger, Impax Asset Management, Victrex

EGMs: Asia Resource Minerals, Future

Economics: BRC shop price index, Official reserves, Markit/CIPS UK services PMI, Markit/CIPS UK composite PMI

Companies paying dividends: Anglo Pacific (4.45p), Ashtead (3p), Halma (4.65p), Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund (6p), Vodafone (3.6p)

Thursday 5 February

Interims: Avanti Communications, McBride

Finals: AstraZeneca, Beazley, Fusionex International, Smith & Nephew

Trading statements: Dairy Crest, easyJet, Enterprise Inns, Future, Grainger, Noble, Vodafone

AGMs: Compass, Enterprise Inns, GW Pharmaceuticals

Economics: New car registrations, Bank of England rate announcement, asset purchase target, Halifax house prices

Companies paying dividends: Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (1.5p), Hayward Tyler (0.525p), Scottish Investment Trust (7.2p)

Friday 6 February

Trading statement: Aon

AGM: Shaftesbury

EGMs: Ophir Energy, Salamander Energy

Economics: Trade figures

Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asset Management (11.25p), Britvic (14.8p), Connect (6.6p), Daily Mail & General Trust 'A' ord (non-voting) (14.2p), Grainger (1.89p), Henderson European Focus Trust (17.45p), Icap (6.6p), Investors Capital Trust 'A' shares (1.11p), Investors Capital Trust 'B' shares (1.11p)

 

Shares going ex-dividend on 5 February

CompanyDividend (p)Payment
Albion Enterprise VCT2.527 Feb
Albion Venture Cap Trust ord 50p2.527 Feb
Chrysalis VCT3.256 Mar
Cohort ord 10p1.64 Mar
Coral Products0.230 Mar
Daejan ord 25p356 Mar
Dunedin Income Growth Inv Trust ord 25p2.57527 Feb
Henderson Far East Income4.727 Feb
Latchways ord 5p12.16 Mar
Stagecoach ord 12/19p3.24 Mar
Unilever21.7711 Mar
Urban&Civic1.520 Feb
Victrex ord 1p (special)5020 Feb
Victrex ord 1p33.7620 Feb

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.