Ex-divs to take 2.6 points off FTSE 100 on Feb 26
LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 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 2.57 points off
the index.
COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND MAX
(pence) IMPACT
Diageo (LSE: DGE.L - news) 21.5 2.13
easyJet 45.4 0.44
Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:
COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND
(pence)
Beazley (Other OTC: BEAZF - news) 18.00
HICL 1.81
(Reporting by Alistair Smout and Atul Prakash; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)