The table below ranks estimated dividend yields of companies in the FTSE 100 Index (UKX) as of February 29.

The average estimated yield is 3.80 percent. Man Group Plc (EMG) offers the highest estimated yield at 11.49 percent while Shire Plc (SHP) provides the lowest at 0.50 percent.

The data is sorted by estimated dividend yield in descending order. Dividends are paid on a semi-annual basis unless noted. Payout ratios are calculated based on the latest annual dividend paid divided by earnings. The projected dividend yield is calculated by Bloomberg of the dividends projected over the coming 12 month.

                           Estimated Declared  Payout   Declared Projected
Ticker  Name               Div.Yld(%)Div.(GBp) Ratio(%)    Date  Div.Yld(%)
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EMG     Man Group PLC         11.49   TBA #   146.89    11/3/2011   7.91
CNE     Cairn Energy PLC      11.37 160.00$      na     1/11/2012    na
RSA     RSA Insurance Group    8.80   5.82     75.81    2/23/2012   8.50
VOD     Vodafone Group PLC     7.90   7.05$    57.71    11/8/2011   5.75
RSL     Resolution Ltd         7.65  13.42E    34.03    11/9/2011   7.42
AV/     Aviva PLC              7.64   TBA      48.50   11/10/2011   7.49
ADM     Admiral Group PLC      7.05  39.10$    93.76    8/24/2011   7.04
AZN     AstraZeneca PLC        6.44   1.95#    38.17     2/2/2012   6.48
SL/     Standard Life PLC      6.17   4.60     72.04    8/10/2011   5.97
SSE     Scottish & Southern    6.16  24.00     46.70    11/9/2011   6.29
BA/     BAE Systems PLC        6.14  11.30     48.90    2/16/2012   6.08
NG/     National Grid PLC      6.12   TBA      59.06    1/30/2012   6.23
LGEN    Legal & General Grou   5.58   TBA      29.02     1/9/2012   5.22
BLND    British Land Co PLC    5.55   6.50     27.37**   2/9/2012   5.53
CNA     Centrica PLC           5.43  11.11    180.32    2/23/2012   5.15
GSK     GlaxoSmithKline PLC    5.34  26.00$    66.72**   1/6/2012   5.26
IAP     ICAP PLC               5.30   6.00     71.04   11/16/2011   5.37
SBRY    J Sainsbury PLC        5.24   4.50     43.91    11/9/2011   5.36
UU/     United Utilities Gro   5.21   TBA      57.69     2/3/2012   5.35
HSBA    HSBC Holdings PLC      5.02   0.14#    45.14**  2/27/2012   5.31
HL/     Hargreaves Lansdown    4.89   5.10     95.13     2/9/2012   4.95
TSCO    Tesco PLC              4.83   4.63     43.80    10/5/2011   5.02
RDSA    Royal Dutch Shell PL   4.74   0.43#E   33.80**   2/2/2012   4.72
RDSB    Royal Dutch Shell PL   4.73   0.43#E   33.80**   2/2/2012   4.63
CSCG    Capital Shopping Cen   4.60  10.00    426.67    2/23/2012   4.54
MKS     Marks & Spencer Grou   4.49   6.20     43.95    11/8/2011   4.90
SVT     Severn Trent PLC       4.45  28.04     56.62   11/25/2011   4.59
BATS    British American Tob   4.36  88.4      80.10   12/13/2011   4.12
HMSO    Hammerson PLC          4.35   9.30     35.24    2/24/2012   4.31
LAND    Land Securities Grou   4.30   7.20     17.62**  1/11/2012   4.40
IMT     Imperial Tobacco Gro   4.27  67.00     53.34    11/1/2011   4.18
REL     Reed Elsevier PLC      4.20  15.90     63.75    2/16/2012   3.97
MRW     WM Morrison Supermar   4.16   3.17     40.19     9/8/2011   3.90
BP/     BP PLC                 4.12   0.08#    21.41**   1/6/2012   4.21
ULVR    Unilever PLC           3.95  18.79     60.03**   2/2/2012   3.85
ASHM    Ashmore Group PLC      3.94   4.25     53.60    2/23/2012   3.94
CRH     Investec PLC           3.88   0.44@    76.16    2/28/2012   3.92
BT/A    BT Group PLC           3.88   2.60     40.16    11/3/2011   3.81
REX     Rexam PLC              3.87   9.70     41.67    2/22/2012   3.61
PRU     Prudential PLC         3.76   7.95     42.42     8/3/2011   3.64
RB/     Reckitt Benckiser Gr   3.75  70.00     52.15     2/8/2012   3.79
GKN     GKN PLC                3.74   4.00     33.40    2/28/2012   2.97
PSON    Pearson PLC            3.70  28.00     59.69    2/27/2012   3.59
BSY     British Sky Broadcas   3.67   9.20     53.43    1/31/2012   3.72
OML     Old Mutual PLC         3.65  18.00$    52.85     2/6/2012   3.24
TATE    Tate & Lyle PLC        3.58   7.10     57.76    11/3/2011   3.66
ANTO    Antofagasta PLC        3.54   0.08#   108.73    8/23/2011   2.50
SMIN    Smiths Group PLC       3.48   TBA      46.66    2/29/2012   3.49
CCL     Carnival PLC           3.48   0.25#    40.64**  2/10/2012   3.57
BLT     BHP Billiton PLC       3.47   0.55#     0.00     2/7/2012   1.94
NXT     Next PLC               3.45  27.50     33.98    9/14/2011   3.23
IMI     IMI PLC                3.40  11.00     38.98    8/25/2011   3.24
CPG     Compass Group PLC      3.36  12.80     53.34   11/23/2011   3.33
KGF     Kingfisher PLC         3.34   2.47     33.83    9/15/2011   3.07
SGE     Sage Group PLC/The     3.29   7.07     50.16   11/30/2011   3.30
GFS     G4S PLC                3.28   3.42     47.84    8/23/2011   3.19
SDRC    Schroders PLC          3.21  13.00     32.64     8/4/2011   3.43
STAN    Standard Chartered P   3.11   0.51#    37.95    2/29/2012   3.04
CPI     Capita Group PLC/The   3.08  14.20     54.71    2/23/2012   2.89
AMEC    AMEC PLC               3.04  20.30     48.95    2/21/2012   2.88
WPP     WPP PLC                3.04   7.46     38.38    8/24/2011   2.85
IPR     International Power    2.98   0.07@    40.55     2/8/2012   2.59
BARC    Barclays PLC           2.97   3.00     21.95**  2/10/2012   2.92
BNZL    Bunzl PLC              2.93  18.30     70.37    2/27/2012   2.76
WTB     Whitbread PLC          2.93  17.50     35.06   10/18/2011   3.06
DGE     Diageo PLC             2.92  16.60     53.05     2/9/2012   3.00
MGGT    Meggitt PLC            2.81   3.20     49.42     8/2/2011   2.72
SDR     Schroders PLC          2.68  13.00     32.64     8/4/2011   2.72
ITV     Invensys PLC           2.60   1.20      0.00    2/29/2012   2.21
RIO     Rio Tinto PLC          2.59    TBA     46.52   12/20/2011   2.63
ENRC    Eurasian Natural Res   2.53   0.16#    17.98    8/17/2011   2.69
PFC     Petrofac Ltd           2.52   0.17#    26.98    8/22/2011   2.25
IHG     Intercontinental Hot   2.46  24.70     34.57    2/14/2012   2.50
RR/     Rolls-Royce Group PL   2.39  10.60$    38.55     2/9/2012   2.24
JMAT    Johnson Matthey PLC    2.32   TBA      53.61    2/17/2012   2.44
GLEN    Glencore Internation   2.32   TBA       0.00   12/12/2011   2.25
ABF     Associated British F   2.30  16.85     36.04    11/8/2011   2.38
WOS     Wolseley PLC           2.23  30.00     45.20    10/4/2011   2.18
SAB     SABMiller PLC          2.16   0.22#    53.16   11/17/2011   2.27
EXPN    Experian PLC           2.12   0.10#    56.61   11/10/2011   2.26
VED     Vedanta Resources PL   2.08   0.20#    18.67   11/10/2011   2.37
XTA     Xstrata PLC            2.03   0.27#    20.53   12/22/2011   2.09
FRES    Fresnillo PLC          1.98   0.42#    48.30    12/6/2011   2.08
AAL     Anglo American PLC     1.87   0.46#    15.88    11/1/2011   1.85
SN/     Smith & Nephew PLC     1.85   0.11#    26.72     2/2/2012   1.83
WEIR    Weir Group PLC/The     1.76  25.80     24.98    2/29/2012   1.64
BRBY    Burberry Group PLC     1.73   7.00     40.59   11/15/2011   1.84
SRP     Serco Group PLC        1.65   5.90     23.42    2/28/2012   1.59
ITRK    Intertek Group PLC     1.62  10.70     34.91     8/1/2011   1.47
KAZ     Kazakhmys PLC          1.56   0.08#     8.50    8/25/2011   1.87
BG/     BG Group PLC           1.06   8.19     19.04     2/9/2012   1.03
AGK     Aggreko PLC            1.06   7.20     23.79    8/25/2011   0.96
ARM     ARM Holdings PLC       0.72   2.09     42.40    1/31/2012   0.66
TLW     Tullow Oil PLC         0.68   4.00     98.69    8/24/2011   0.81
RRS     Randgold Resources L   0.61   0.40#     9.73*    2/6/2012   0.35
SHP     Shire PLC              0.50   7.96      9.59     2/9/2012   0.45

# - Payable in USD. @ - Payable in EURO. $ - Special cash or capital returns included. ^ - Indicated Yield. * - Dividend is paid out annually. ** - Dividend is paid out quarterly. E - Dividend is estimated. na - Data may not be available. For payout ratio, it is not applicable if the denominator is negative.

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