LONDON, Feb 6 (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 of the resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 1.72 points off the index. COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT (pence) Sage Group 9.35 0.40 Unilever 27.68 1.32 Among FTSE 250 companies, those going ex-dividend are: COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND (pence) Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Closed Fund 21.5 Daejan Holdings 35 F&C Commercial Property Trust Limited 0.5 P2P Global Investments 11 Rank Group 2 Stagecoach Group 3.8 Greencoat UK Wind 1.585 (Reporting by Kit Rees; Editing by Helen Reid)
IN BRIEF: Crest Nicholson hires ex-Watches, Rank CFO to head finance
Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC - Surrey, England-based housebuilder - Hires William Floydd as finance director designate, effective from November 13. Follows mid-July announcement that current Finance Director Duncan Cooper will leave Crest Nicholson in January to become chief financial officer at builders' merchant Travis Perkins PLC. Floydd most recently was CFO of Watches of Switzerland Group PLC from January 2022 until May this year. He previously was CFO at Rank Group PLC from 2018 to 2021, after serving as UK & Ireland CFO at Experian PLC from 2013 to 2018. Crest Nicholson Chair Iain Ferguson says he is "delighted" by the appointment due to Floydd's "extensive experience as a [CFO] within the public listed company environment."
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