Ex-divs to take 3.8 points off FTSE 100 on March 26

LONDON, March 23 (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 3.76 points off the

index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND ESTIMATED

(pence) IMPACT

British Land (LSE: BLND.L - news) 5.536 0.2205137

Prudential (HKSE: 2378.HK - news) 25.74 2.5862236

Schroders (LSE: SDR.L - news) 54 0.2402963

Sky (Other OTC: BSYBF - news) 12.3 0.5078634

Smiths Group (Other OTC: SMGKF - news) 13 0.2006799

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Bodycote (LSE: BOY.L - news) 29.8

BlackRock World 14

Mining

Bovis Homes (LSE: BVS.L - news) 23

Countrywide (Other OTC: CTYWY - news) 10

Essentra 12.6

Fidelity Euro 3.64

Foreign & Colonial 2.7

Investment

Go-Ahead Group 26.6

Ladbrokes (LSE: LAD.L - news) 4.6

Moneysupermarket.com 5.69

Phoenix (LSE: PHNX.L - news) 0.267

Segro (Other OTC: SEGXF - news) 8.16

(Reporting by Alistair Smout and Atul Prakash; Editing by Lionel Laurent)