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 21 February
Interims: Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), Sylvania Platinum (SLP), Tristel (TSTL), Wilmington (WIL)
Final: Bank Of Cyprus (BOCH)
Tuesday 22 February
Economics: Public sector net borrowing
Trading update: Benchmark (BMK)
Interims: Blancco Technology (BLTG), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.), Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies (OCTP), Petra Diamonds (PDL), Springfield Properties (SPR)
Finals: Antofagasta (ANTO), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), HSBC (HSBA), InterContinental Hotels (IHG), Smith & Nephew (SN.), Synectics (SNX)
AGMs: Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth Trust (ADIG), Image Scan (IGE)
Company paying dividend: Schroders Oriental Inc Fund (1.9p)
Wednesday 23 February
Interims: Avingtrans (AVG), Cap-XX (CPX), Netcall (NET)
Finals: Barclays (BARC), Capital & Counties Properties (CAPC), Hochschild Mining (HOC), Metro Bank (MTRO), Photo-Me International (PHTM), Rio Tinto (RIO), Unite (UTG)
AGMs: Blencowe Resources (BRES), Gooch & Housego (GHH), Income & Growth VCT (IGV), RWS (RWS), Ten Lifestyle (TENG), Tharisa (THS), Titon (TON)
Thursday 24 February
Trading update: ASA International (ASAI)
Interims: Genus (GNS), Hays (HAS), Pantheon International (PIN), Ricardo (RCDO)
Finals: Anglo American (AAL), Aston Martin Lagonda (AML), BAE Systems (BA.), Centrica (CNA), Conduit (CRE), Derwent London (DLN), Drax (DRX), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), Howden Joinery (HWDN), Inchcape (INCH), Lloyds Banking (LLOY), Morgan Sindall (MGNS), Rathbones (RAT), Rolls-Royce (RR), Serco (SRP), Spectris (SXS), St James's Place (STJ), WPP (WPP)
AGMs: Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC), Integrafin (IHP), Victorian Plumbing (VIC)
Company paying dividend: Brickability (0.96p)
Friday 25 February
Economics: GFK consumer confidence
Interim: European Opportunities Trust (EOT)
Finals: Evraz (EVR), IAG (IAG), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Man (EMG), Pearson (PSON), Rightmove (RMV)
AGMs: Caledonian Trust (CNN), GRIT Investment Trust (GRIT), On The Beach (OTB)
Companies paying dividends: CQS Natural Resources and Growth (1.26p), Downing One VCT (1.25p), Dunedin Income Growth Inv Trust (3p), Henderson Far East Income Trust (5.8p), Nexus Infrastructure (1.4p), RWS (8.5p), Standard Life Inv Property Income Trust (1p), UK Commercial Property REIT (0.75p), Watkin Jones (5.6p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 24 February
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| Alumasc Group Ord 12.5p | 3.35 | 06-Apr-22 |
| Appreciate Group | 0.6 | 06-Apr-22 |
| Astrazeneca Group Ord 25p | 145.3 | 28-Mar-22 |
| City of London Investment Group | 11 | 25-Mar-22 |
| City of London Investment Group | 13.5 | 25-Mar-22 |
| Diageo Ord 28 101/108p | 29.36 | 07-Apr-22 |
| Driver Group Ord 0.4p | 0.75 | 06-Apr-22 |
| Dunelm Group Ord 1p | 37 | 18-Mar-22 |
| FRP Advisory Group | 0.8 | 25-Mar-22 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Ord 25p | 23 | 07-Apr-22 |
| Hargreaves Services 10p | 2.8 | 06-Apr-22 |
| Heath (Samuel) & Sons Ord 10p | 5.5 | 25-Mar-22 |
| Ideagen | 0.138 | 17-Mar-22 |
| Impact Health | 1.6025 | 11-Mar-22 |
| Redrow Group Ord 10p | 10 | 08-Apr-22 |
| Safestore Holdings Ord 1p | 17.6 | 17-Mar-22 |
| Unilever Ord 3 1/9p | 36.02 | 22-Mar-22 |
| Witan Investment Co Ord 25p | 1.52 | 18-Mar-22 |
The ex-dividend day 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.
