Ex-divs to take 4.27 points off FTSE 100 on April 12

Balanced Commercial Property Trust

09/04/2018 11:29

LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100  .FTSE  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 4.27 points off 
the index.  
        
 COMPANY                  (RIC)    DIVIDEND           STOCK OPTION  IMPACT
                                   (pence)                          
 ITV                       ITV.L   5.28                             0.76
 Paddy Power Betfair       PPB.L   135                              0.43
 Reckitt Benckiser Group   RB.L    97.7                             2.36
 Rentokil Initial          RTO.L   2.74                             0.20
 Smurfit Kappa Group       SKG.L   64.5 (euro cents)                0.52
    
Among FTSE 250  .FTMC  companies going ex-dividend are: 
        
 COMPANY                             (RIC)      DIVIDEND
                                                (pence)    
 BBA Aviation                         BBA.L     9.59 (US cents)
 Equiniti                             EQN.L     2.73
 esure                                ESUR.L    9.4
 F&C Commercial Property Trust        FCPTL.L   0.5
 JPMorgan American Investment Trust   JAM.L     3.25
 Merlin                               MERL.L    5
 The Mercantile Investment Trust      MRCM.L    21.5
 Scottish Investment Trust            SCIN.L    5
 Savills                              SVS.L     25.55
 Unite Group                          UTG.L     12.32
 Vesuvius                             VSVS.L    12.5
 
 (Reporting by Kit Rees)
 ((kit.rees@thomsonreuters.com; +44 207 542 2784;))