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 19 February
Interims: Transense Technologies (TRT), Wilmington (WIL)
Finals: Bank Of Cyprus Holdings (BOCH), Moneysupermarket.Com (MONY)
Tuesday 20 February
Interims: Petra Diamonds (PDL), Springfield Properties (SPR)
Finals: Antofagasta (ANTO), Barclays (BARC), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Plus500 (PLUS)
AGMs: Abrdn Equity Income Trust (AEI), Carrs Group (CARR), Dewhurst Group (DWHT)
Companies paying dividends: Invesco Bond Income Plus (2.875p)
Wednesday 21 February
Economics: Public sector net borrowing
Trading updates: Tate & Lyle (TATE)
Interims: Feedback (FDBK)
Finals: BAE Systems (BA.), Conduit Holdings (CRE), Glencore (GLEN), HSBC Holdings (HSBA), Rio Tinto (RIO), Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income (RCOI)
AGMs: Gooch & Housego (GHH), Tharisa (THS)
Thursday 22 February
Interims: Genus (GNS), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.), Hays (HAS), Pantheon International (PIN), Sylvania Platinum (SLP)
Finals: Anglo American (AAL), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), Indivior (INDV), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Mondi (MNDI), Morgan Sindall Group (MGNS), Rolls Royce Holdings (RR.), WPP (WPP)
AGMs: Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), ME Group International (MEGP), Narf Industries (NARF), RWS Holdings (RWS), Spiritus Mundi (SPMU), Sunrise Resources (SRES)
Companies paying dividends: Brickability Group (1.07p)
Friday 23 February
Economics: GFK consumer confidence
Interims: City of London Investment Group (CLIG)
Finals: Afarak Group (AFRK), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP)
AGMs: Bluebird Merchants Ventures (BMV), Chemring Group (CHG)
Companies paying dividends: abrdn Asian Income Fund (4.25p), abrdn Property Income Trust (1p), Capital Gearing Trust (11p), CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (1.26p), Edinburgh Investment Trust (6.7p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.88p), Games Workshop Group (120p), Gooch & Housego (8.2p), Hansa Investment Company (0.8p), Henderson Far East Income (6.1p), Hollywood Bowl Group (11.27p), Impact Healthcare Reit (1.6925p), Impellam Group (22.5p), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (1.05p), M&G Credit Income Investment Trust (2.14p), Marwyn Value Investors (2.265p), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (1.45p), Primary Health Properties (1.725p), RWS Holdings (9.8p), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (1.875p), Target Healthcare Reit (1.428p), Victrex (46.14p)
| Companies going ex-dividend on 22 February | ||
|---|---|---|
| Company | Dividend (p) | Pay date |
| abrdn Asia Focus | 1.6 | 21-Mar-2024 |
| Alumasc Group | 3.45 | 8-Apr-2024 |
| AstraZeneca | 156 | 25-Mar-2024 |
| BlackRock Throgmorton Trust | 11.45 | 28-Mar-2024 |
| Braemar | 4 | 2-Apr-2024 |
| easyJet | 4.5 | 22-Mar-2024 |
| Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust | $0.007 | 15-Mar-2024 |
| Endeavour Mining | $0.41 | 25-Mar-2024 |
| Gateley (Holdings) | 3.3 | 28-Mar-2024 |
| GSK | 16 | 11-Apr-2024 |
| Heath (Samuel) & Sons | 4.5 | 22-Mar-2024 |
| Hercules Site Services | 1.12 | 22-Mar-2024 |
| Jersey Electricity | 11.4 | 15-Mar-2024 |
| Land Securities Group | 9.3 | 12-Apr-2024 |
| Molten Ventures VCT | 1 | 5-Apr-2024 |
| Northern Bear | 2 | 15-Mar-2024 |
| Redrow | 5 | 8-Apr-2024 |
| Titon Holdings | 0.5 | 5-Apr-2024 |
| Unilever | 36.47 | 22-Mar-2024 |
| Van Elle Holdings | 0.4 | 15-Mar-2024 |
| Virgin Money UK | 2 | 20-Mar-2024 |
| Witan Investment Trust | 1.69 | 15-Mar-2024 |
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.
