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: City of London Investment Group, MJ Gleeson, Petra Diamonds
Finals: Fidessa, McColl’s Retail, Reckitt Benckiser, Spectris
AGM: Elegant Hotels
Economics: Rightmove house prices
Companies paying dividends: Kcom (2p), Murray International Trust (11p), Paragon Banking Group (11p), SQN Asset Finance Income Fund (0.6042p)
Tuesday 20 February
Interims: BHP Billiton, Dunelm, Green REIT, Springfield Properties, Tristel
Finals: Cardtronics, HSBC, InterContinental Hotels, Lighthouse Group, Synectics, Travelport Worldwide
Economics: CBI trends – total orders, selling prices
Companies paying dividends: Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (2.25p), Livermore Investments (0.0458p), Ramsdens Holdings (2.2p), UK Commercial Property (0.92p
Wednesday 21 February
Interims: Barratt Developments, Hotel Chocolat
Finals: Capital & Counties, Delphi Technologies, Glencore, Lloyds Banking Group, Metro Bank, Unite
Trading statement: FirstGroup
AGMs: Gooch & Housego, Schroder European REIT, Titon Holdings
EGM: Target Healthcare REIT
Economics: Employment data, Average earnings, Public sector borrowing
Thursday 22 February
Interims: Go-Ahead Group, Hansard Global, Hays, Wilmington
Finals: Anglo American, BAE Systems, Barclays, British American Tobacco, Centrica, Intu Properties, Kaz Minerals, Macfarlane Group, Moneysupermarket.com, Morgan Sindall, Playtech, Rathbone Brothers, RSA Insurance, Serco, TBC Bank, Vitec
Trading statement: Safestore
AGMs: APC Technology, Zytronic
Economics: Index of services, GDP (Q4), CBI reported sales – retailing, total distribution
Companies paying dividends: Impact Health (1.5p), John Laing Environmental (1.5775p)
Friday 23 February
Finals: International Consolidated Airlines, Pearson, Rightmove, Royal Bank of Scotland, Standard Life Aberdeen, William Hill
Companies paying dividends: Axiom European Financial Debt (1.5p), Best of the Best (special) (7.5p), Blue Capital Global Reinsurance (0.219p), City Merchants High Yield Trust (2.5p), Drum Income plus REIT (1.5p), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (2.575p), Foresight Solar Fund (1.58p), JPM Income & Capital Trust (2p), NCC Group (1.5p), Primary Health Properties (1.35p), RWS Holdings (5.2p), Secure Income REIT (3.5p), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (1.5p), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (1.625p), Target Healthcare REIT (1.6125p), Urban & Civic (2p)
Companies going ex-dividend on 22 February
| Company | Dividend(p) | Payment |
| Aberdeen Private Equity Npv | 2 | 16 Mar |
| Carnival Ord $1.66 | 31.91 | 16 Mar |
| Diageo Ord 28 101/108p | 24.9 | 6 Apr |
| GlaxoSmithKline Ord 25p | 23 | 12 Apr |
| Heath (Samuel) & Sons Ord 10p | 5.5 | 23 Mar |
| Imperial Brands | 59.51 | 29 Mar |
| Independent Investment Trust | 4 | 6 Apr |
| Independent Investment Trust (special) | 2 | 6 Apr |
| Jersey Electricity | 8.4 | 29 Mar |
| NextEnergy Solar Fund | 1.605 | 29 Mar |
| Oxford Instruments Ord 5p | 3.7 | 6 Apr |
| Shoe Zone Ord 1p | 6.8 | 14 Mar |
| Stewart & Wight Ord 5p | 10 | 26 Mar |
| Zytronic Ord 1p | 15.2 | 9 Mar |
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.
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The data in the table above is a small selection of what’s available on our website. Just go to www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares and click on the dividend calendar box. You can download a full table of ex-dividend dates as an Excel spreadsheet. The dividend calendar is updated every Friday.
