Ex-divs to take 3.2 points off FTSE 100 on April 16

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100

companies will go ex-dividend on Wednesday, after which

investors will no longer qualify for the latest dividend payout.

According to Reuters calculations at current market prices,

the effect of the resulting adjustment to prices by

market-makers would take 3.17 points off the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND ESTIMATED IMPACT

(pence)

ARM Holdings (LSE: ARM.L - news) 3.6 0.1995

BAE Systems (LSE: BA.L - news) 12.1 1.5346

Barratt Developments (LSE: BDEV.L - news) 3.2 0.1238

Capita (LSE: CPI.L - news) 17.8 0.4646

Melrose Industries (Other OTC: MLSPF - news) 5 0.2127

Petrofac (Frankfurt: A0HF9Y - news) 26.25 0.2697

Smith & Nephew (LSE: SN.L - news) 17 cents 0.3618

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Amlin (LSE: AML.L - news) 18.2

NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund 0.86

Premier Oil (LSE: PMO.L - news) 5

RPS Group (LSE: RPS.L - news) 3.84

Savills (LSE: SVS.L - news) 15.5

Unite Group (LSE: UTG.L - news) 3.2

(Reporting by Tricia Wright; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)