LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will goex-dividend on Wednesday, after which investors will no longer qualify for thelatest dividend payout. According to Reuters calculations at current market prices, the effect ofthe resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 3.88 points offthe index. COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND INDEX IMPACT (pence) (points) Associated British Foods 22.65 0.31 Aberdeen Asset Management 10.00 0.37 Land Securities 6.08 0.18 London Stock Exchange 10.10 0.07 National Grid 14.49 2.10 SABMiller 25.00 cents 0.56 Severn Trent 32.16 0.30 Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are: COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND Atkins WS 10.50 Alliance Trust 2.39 British Empire Securities 11.00 Britvic 13.00 N Brown 5.67 Cranswick 10.00 Debenhams 2.40 De La Rue 14.10 Direct Line 4.00 Electrocomponents 5.00 F&C Commercial Property 0.50 Greencore Group 2.32 Homeserve 3.63 Intermediate Capital Group 6.60 Londonmetric 3.20 Paypoint 11.40 Pepretual Income & Growth 2.70 Personal Assets 140 TR Property Investment 2.85 Worldwide Healthcare 7.00
24 May 2012 11:07
British Empire going more liquid
Value focused investment trust British Empire Securities and General Trust has much work to do in the second half of its financial year if it wants to outperform its benchmark index. Net assets at the end of March stood at £761.9m, up 2.9% from the end-September figure of £740.4m. Net asset value (
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