Ex-divs to take up to 21.7 points off FTSE 100 on March 12

    LONDON, March 10 (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 of the resulting 
adjustment to prices by market-makers would take up to 21.7 points off the index.   
         
 COMPANY              (RIC)       DIVIDEND   UNADJUSTED  STOCK         GROSS    MAX       MIN 
                                  TYPE       DIVIDEND    ALTERNATIVE   OR NET   IMPACT    IMPACT 
                                             (pence)                                       
 British American           FINAL      108.2       YES           GROSS    8.153     7.337 
 Tobacco                                                                                   
 Hammerson                  COMBINED   11.6        YES           GROSS    0.327     0.284 
 Hargreaves Lansdown        INTERIM    7.8         YES           GROSS    0.068     0.060 
 HSBC                       FINAL      21 USc      YES           GROSS    9.528      
 Land Securities            INTERIM    7.6         YES           GROSS    0.238      
 Meggitt                    FINAL      9.8         YES           GROSS    0.310      
 Randgold Resources          FINAL      50 USc      YES           GROSS    0.110      
 Standard Chartered         FINAL      63.6 USc    YES           GROSS    3.01       
     
Among FTSE 250    companies going ex-dividend are:  
 COMPANY              (RIC)       DIVIDEND   UNADJUSTED  STOCK         GROSS    MAX        MIN 
                                  TYPE       DIVIDEND    ALTERNATIVE   OR NET   IMPACT     IMPACT 
                                             (pence)                                        
 Al Noor Hospitals          FINAL      10          YES           GROSS    0.212      0.190 
 Crest Nicholson            FINAL      7.2         YES           GROSS    0.706      0.636 
 Dechra Pharma              INTERIM    5.28        YES           GROSS    0.238      0.214 
 Direct Line                COMBINED   13.7        YES           GROSS    7.5        6.75  
 Domino's Pizza              FINAL      9.77        YES           GROSS    0.69       0.62   
 F&C Comm PRP              INTERIM    0.5                       GROSS    0.128      0.128  
 Grafton Group UN          FINAL      5.5         YES           GROSS    0.604      0.483 
 HellerMannTyton             FINAL      5.81 EUc    YES           GROSS    0.233      0.210 
 Perpetual Income &          INTERIM    3           YES           GROSS    0.363      0.327 
 Growth Inv. Trust                                                                          
 Serco Group                 FINAL      8.27        YES           GROSS    2.13       1.92 
 Temple Bar Inv.            FINAL      25.16       YES           GROSS    0.82       0.74 
 Trust                                                                                      
  
 (Reporting by Simon Jessop; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta) 
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Keywords: MARKETS BRITAIN STOCKS EXDIV