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
Company | Dividend (p) | Payment |
Albion Enterprise VCT | 2.5 | 27 Feb |
Albion Venture Cap Trust ord 50p | 2.5 | 27 Feb |
Chrysalis VCT | 3.25 | 6 Mar |
Cohort ord 10p | 1.6 | 4 Mar |
Coral Products | 0.2 | 30 Mar |
Daejan ord 25p | 35 | 6 Mar |
Dunedin Income Growth Inv Trust ord 25p | 2.575 | 27 Feb |
Henderson Far East Income | 4.7 | 27 Feb |
Latchways ord 5p | 12.1 | 6 Mar |
Stagecoach ord 12/19p | 3.2 | 4 Mar |
Unilever | 21.77 | 11 Mar |
Urban&Civic | 1.5 | 20 Feb |
Victrex ord 1p (special) | 50 | 20 Feb |
Victrex ord 1p | 33.76 | 20 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.