Ex-divs to take 9.5 points off FTSE 100 on Thursday March 19

LONDON, March 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 up to 9.52 points

off the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK MAX MIN

(pence) OPTION IMPACT IMPACT

Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) 53 cents ($) 1.8421288 1.8421288

British American 100.6 7.3811693 7.3811693

Tobacco

Meggitt (Other OTC: MEGGF - news) 9.5 Yes 0.3012265

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Alliance Trust 2.4585

Brit (LSE: BRIT.L - news) 25

Close Brothers (LSE: CBG.L - news) 18

Galliford Try (LSE: GFRD.L - news) 22

Grafton Group (LSE: GFTU.L - news) 5.6

HellermannTyton 5.63 cents (euro)

Jupiter Fund Management 21

Lancashire 39

Law Debenture 11

Millenium & Copthorne 11.51

Telecity 9

(Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Atul Prakash)