Ex-divs to take 6.4 points off FTSE 100 on Nov.19

Nov 16 (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 6.37 points off the

index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION ESTIMATED

(pence) IMPACT

BUNZL (LSE: BNZL.L - news) 11.75 0.1520198

CARNIVAL (LSE: CCL.L - news) 30 cents ($) 0.1404128

IMPERIAL 49.1 1.8433543

TOBACCO

SAINSBURY (Amsterdam: SJ6.AS - news) 4 0.2201271

(J)

VODAFONE 3.68 3.8097118

GROUP

WHITBREAD (LSE: WTB.L - news) 28.5 0.2026426

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

DCC (LSE: DCC.L - news) 26.432

EDINBURGH INV 5.2

GENUS (Other OTC: GENSF - news) 13.4

GT PORTLAND EST 2.88

P2P GLOBAL INVE 18.5

REDEFINE INTL 1.584

SCOT MTG INV TR 1.38

SOPHOS GRP 0.7 cents ($)

TALKTALK 5.29

TATE & LYLE (LSE: TATE.L - news) 8.2

WITAN INV TST 7.7

(Reporting by Kit Rees)