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LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will goex-dividend on Thursday, 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 8.31 points offthe index. COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT (pence) BHP Billiton 0.55 (USD) 3.21 CRH 48.8 (EUc) Yes 1.41 Evraz 0.3 (USD) 0.41 Land Securities 7.88 0.22 Persimmon 125 1.49 Shire 21.46 0.74 Standard Chartered 11 (USc) Yes 0.83Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are: COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND (pence) Ashmore 4.55 Dechra Pharmaceuticals 7.33 Grafton Group 10.25 Genus 8.1 Jupiter Fund Management 25.8 Ladbrokes Coral 4 Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust 3.15 Personal Assets Trust 1.4 Renishaw 14 Safestore Holdings 7.84 St. Modwen Properties 4.26 Thomas Cook Group 0.6 Temple Bar Investment Trust 17.48 (Reporting by Helen Reid, Editing by Kit Rees)