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Ex-divs to take 8.06 points off FTSE 100 Aug 11

Mon Aug 11, 2008 7:13am EDT

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 LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies
will go ex-dividend on Wednesday, after which investors will no
longer qualify for the latest dividend payout.
 According to Reuters calculations at current market prices,
the effect would be to take 8.06 points off the index.
 
COMPANY                        DIVIDEND        INDEX IMPACT
                            (pence)           (points)
BP Group (BP.L)                 14.0  (US cents)   5.73
Hammerson (HMSO.L)              12.6               0.15
Prudential (PRU.L)               5.99              0.63
RSA Insurance Group (RSA.L)      2.73              0.38
Standard Chartered (STAN.L)     25.67 (US cents)   0.80
Standard Life (SL.L)             4.07              0.37

FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend include:

COMPANY                                DIVIDEND
                                     (pence)
WS Atkins (ATKW.L)                       16.5
DSG International (DSGI.L)                3.43
GKN (GKN.L)                               4.5
Ladbrokes (LAD.L)                         5.1
Meggitt (MGGT.L)                          2.7
Morgan Sindall (MGNS.L)                  12.0
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (MLC.L)     2.08
Northgate (NTG.L)                        16.5
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG.L)          8.07
DS Smith (SMDS.L)                         6.2
Spirent Communications (SPT.L)            0.5
Witan Investment Trust (WTAN.L)           4.3




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