| UK Dividends Calendar | |
| Monday, February 23 | |
| Zoopla Property Group | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Compass Group | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Tuesday, February 24 | |
| No Events Scheduled | |
| Wednesday, February 25 | |
| Independent Investment Trust | Ex-Dividend Date 2014 |
| Merchants Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Thursday, February 26 | |
| BlackRock Throgmorton Trust | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| Hargreaves Services | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| Mid Wynd International Investment Trust | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| Edinburgh Investment Trust | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Beazley | Ex-Dividend Date 2014 |
| Diageo | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| easyJet | Ex-Dividend Date 2014 |
| F&C Capital & Income Inv Tst | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| Real Estate Credit Investments PCC | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| Standard Life Equity Income Trust | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| Treatt | Ex-Dividend Date 2014 |
| JPMorgan Income & Growth IT | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| Primary Health Properties | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| HICL Infrastructure Company Limited | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| DX Group | Ex-Dividend Date 2015 |
| Beazley | Special dividend payment date |
| Friday, February 27 | |
| Henderson International Income Trust | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| NCC Group | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| RWS Hldings | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| IG Group Holdings | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Bankers Investment Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| City Merchants High Yield Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| City Natural Resources High Yield Trust | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| City of London Investment Trust | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Diverse Income Trust | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Henderson Far East Income | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Picton Property Income | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Starwood European Real Estate Finance | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Target Healthcare REIT | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| UK Commercial Property Trust | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Polar Capital Global Healthcare Grwth&Inc | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Greencoat UK Wind | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Polar Capital Global Healthcare Grwth&Inc | Dividend payment date 2014 |
| Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| Aberforth Geared Income Trust | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| London & St Lawrence Investment Co | Dividend payment date 2015 |
| New City High Yield Fund | Dividend payment date 2015 |
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