LONDON, March 2 (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 14.46 points offthe index. COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION MAX IMPACT (pence) CRH 0.44 euro cents 0.82 HSBC 20.00 U.S cents 9.73 RIO TINTO 77.98 3.83 RSA 2.00 0.08 Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are: COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND (pence) ASHMORE 4.55 BREWIN DOLPHIN 6.25 DOMINO PRINTING 14.76 GENUS 6.10 HAYS 0.87 KENNEDY WILSON EUROPE REAL ESTATE 7.00 KIER GROUP 24.00 OXFORD INSTRUMENTS 3.70 PERSONAL ASSETS TRUST 140.00 RENISHAW 12.50 REDROW 2.00 ST MODWEN PROPERTIES 3.14 (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
IN BRIEF: Pets At Home starts GBP25 million 2nd half of share buyback
Pets At Home Group PLC - Cheshire, England-based pet supplies and veterinary services - Launches GBP25 million second tranche of GBP50 million share buyback. Commissions HSBC Bank PLC, part of HSBC Holdings PLC, to conduct the buyback tranche, which will end by March 28 next year. The overall programme was started in June. The launch of the second tranche follows the release of interim results on Tuesday. Pretax profit declined 35% to GBP34.7 million in the 28 weeks to October 12 from GBP53.4 million a year prior, as a 6.5% revenue increase was offset by higher cost of sales and administrative expenses. Pets at Home had maintained its interim dividend at 4.5 pence per share.
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