Ex-divs to take 9.7 points off FTSE 100 on March 16

LONDON, March 13 (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 9.66 points off

the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT

(pence)

British American Tobacco (Kuala Lumpur: 4162.KL - news) 118.1 8.71

Direct Line (Other OTC: DIISD - news) 9.7 0.53

Hammerson (Frankfurt: 876140 - news) 3.92 0.12

Randgold Resources 100 (U.S. cents) 0.30

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Assura (LSE: AGR.L - news) 0.6

Tritax Big Box REIT 0.08

CLS Holdings (LSE: CLI.L - news) 40

Crest Nicholson (Frankfurt: A1KCZN - news) 18.5

Domino's Pizza 4.5

Essentra (LSE: ESNT.L - news) 14.4

Grafton Group (LSE: GFTU.L - news) 9

Londonmetric Property (LSE: LMP.L - news) 1.44

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (LSE: MLC.L - news) 5.66

(Reporting by Kit Rees)