LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 .FTSE companies will go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout.
According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 8.12 points off the index.
COMPANY
(RIC)
DIVIDEND
STOCK OPTION IMPACT
(pence)
Aviva
19
2.95 Direct Line
DLGD.L 28.6
1.53 Ferguson
FERG.L 57.4 (U.S. cents)
0.39 GKN
6.2
0.41 Old Mutual
3.57
0.66 Pearson
PSON.L 12
0.37 St James's Place SJP.L
27.45
0.56 DS Smith
SMDS.L 4.9
0.19 Smiths Group
SMIN.L 13.8
0.21 Smith & Nephew
22.7 (U.S. cents)
0.55 Taylor Wimpey
2.44
0.31
Among FTSE 250 .FTMC companies going ex-dividend are:
COMPANY
(RIC)
DIVIDEND
(pence)
Convatec
3.0935 Finsbury Growth & Income Trust
7.2 James Fisher and Sons
19.3 Go-Ahead Group
30.17 Hikma
23 (U.S. cents) IMI
25.2 John Laing Infrastructure Fund Ltd
3.57 Moneysupermarket.com Group
7.6 Melrose Industries
2.8 Murray International Trust
17 RIT Capital Partners
16.5 Redrow
9 Rotork
3.35 TP ICAP (LON:NXGN)
TCAPI.L 11.25 Travis Perkins
30.5 Ultra Electronics Holdings
35 Virgin Money
4.1 VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited VOF.L
5.5 (U.S. cents)