LONDON, Dec 1 (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 1.09 points offthe index. COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND IMPACT (pence) London Stock Exchange 9.70 0.09 Next 50.00 0.29 Whitbread 25.20 0.18 Land Securities Group 6.70 0.21 Severn Trent 33.96 0.32 Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are: RIC COMPANY DIVIDEND (pence) ATKINS WS 11.00 BR EMPIRE SECS 8.50 BRITVIC 14.80 CRANSWICK 10.60 DEBENHAMS 2.40 DE LA RUE PLC 8.30 ELECTROCOMPONENT 5.00 GREENCORE GROUP 2.60 HOMESERVE 3.63 INTERMEDIATE CAP 6.90 JD SPORTS FASHN 1.15 LONDONMETRIC 2.95 PAYPOINT 12.40 PERP INC&GWTH IT 2.80 PERSONAL ASSETS 1.40 RPC GROUP 5.00 TR PROPERTY INV 2.95 WORLDWIDE HC 12.00 ZOOPLA PROPERTY 1.10 WORLDWIDE HC 12.00 (Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
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