Ex-divs to take 5.4 points off FTSE 100 on March 9

LONDON, March 6 (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 5.36 points off the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK IMPACT

(pence) OPTION

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL - news) 40 (U.S. cents) 2.72

CRH (EUREX: 558474.EX - news) 46.2 (euro cents) Yes 1.31

Hargreaves Lansdown (Frankfurt: DMB.F - news) 8.6 0.08

Land Securities Group 7.16 0.22

Persimmon (Frankfurt: 882058 - news) 25 0.30

Shire (Xetra: S7E.DE - news) 20.64 0.73

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Ashmore 4.55

Alliance Trust 3.274

Dechra Pharm 6.11

F&C Commercial Property Trust Limited 0.5

Jupiter Fund Management 22.7

Kennedy Wilson 12

Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust 3

Personal Assets 1.4

Renishaw Plc (Frankfurt: 868884 - news) 12.5

Safestore HLD 6.44

St. Modwen 4.06

Thomas Cook Group 0.5

Temple Bar Invesmtent 16.18

(Reporting by Helen Reid)