Ex-divs to take 3.74 points off FTSE 100 on Jan. 15
LONDON, Jan 12 (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 3.74 points off
the index.
COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND IMPACT
(pence)
Ashtead Group (LSE: AHT.L - news) 3.00 0.06
Imperial Tobacco (LSE: IMT.L - news) 89.30 3.39
Next (Other OTC: NXGPF - news) 50.00 0.29
Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:
COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND
(pence)
Poundland 1.50
Qinetiq Group (Other OTC: QNTQF - news) 1.80
Spirit Pub Co.
1.50
F&C Commercial Property Trust 0.50
NB Global Floating 0.96
(Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)