Ex-divs to take 0.7 points off FTSE 100 on Sep. 28

LONDON, Sept 25 (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 0.73 points off

the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT

(pence)

Hargreaves Lansdown (Frankfurt: DMB.F - news) 20.4 0.19

Intertek Group (Other OTC: IKTSF - news) 23.5 0.15

Morrison Supermarkets 1.66 0.14

Smurfit Kappa (Frankfurt: SK3.F - news) 23.1 (euro cents) 0.19

Worldpay Group (Other OTC: WDDYF - news) 0.8 0.06

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Essentra (LSE: ESNT.L - news) 6.3

Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust 2.5

Hansteen Holdings (LSE: HSTN.L - news) 1.68

IG Group 22.88

International Public Partnerships Limited 3.41

John Laing Group (Swiss: OXJLG.SW - news) 1.91

Kier Group (LSE: KIE.L - news) 45

The Mercantile Investment Trust 10.5

Travis Perkins (Frankfurt: 893509 - news) 15.5

(Reporting by Kit Rees)