Ex-divs to take 1.8 points off FTSE 100 on May 25

LONDON, May 24 (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 1.76 points off

the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT

(pence)

Bunzl (LSE: BNZL.L - news) 29 0.38

Carnival (LSE: CCL.L - news) 0.4 (USD) 0.22

DCC (Frankfurt: DCC.F - news) 74.63 0.26

Morrison 3.85 0.33

Worldpay Group (Other OTC: WDDYF - news) 1.35 0.10

Whitbread (Frankfurt: WHF4.F - news) 65.9 0.47

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Brewin Dolphin (Other OTC: BDNHF - news) 4.25

Cineworld Group (LSE: CINE.L - news) 13.8

Capita (LSE: CPI.L - news) 20.6

Diploma (LSE: DPLM.L - news) 7

Euromoney Institutional Investor 8.8

HICL Infrastructure Company LTD 1.92

Hill & Smith Holdings 17.9

Mitchells & Butlers (LSE: MAB.L - news) 2.5

Marston's 2.7

Spectris (Other OTC: SEPJF - news) 34

(Reporting by Kit Rees; editing by Danilo Masoni)