Ex-divs to take 7.52 points off FTSE 100 on April 28

LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - The following FTSE 100 companies will

go ex-dividend on Thursday, after which investors will no longer qualify for the

latest dividend payout.

According to Reuters calculations, the resulting adjustment to prices by

market-makers would take 7.52 points off the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION MAX

(pence) IMPACT

BARRATT DEVT 6.00 0.23

INFORMA (Other OTC: IFJPY - news) 13.55 0.35

ITV (LSE: ITV.L - news) 14.10 2.05

LEGAL & GENERAL (LSE: LGEN.L - news) 9.95 2.29

MERLIN 4.40 0.12

RELX (LSE: REL.L - news) 22.30 1.00

TRAVIS PERKINS (LSE: TPK.L - news) 29.25 0.28

UNILEVER (NYSE: UL - news) 25.56 1.20

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

COBHAM (Other OTC: CBHMF - news) 8.13

CITY OF LONDON INV 4.05

ELEMENTIS (LSE: ELM.L - news) 9.85

G4S (Copenhagen: G4S.CO - news) 5.82

JD WETHERSPOON 4.00

MCCARTHY 1.00

NATIONAL EXPRESS (LSE: NEX.L - news) 7.65

P2P 11.50

RATHBONE 34.00

SHI 2.91

SENIOR (Other OTC: SNIRF - news) 4.36

SPIRAX 48.20

TULLETT PREBON (LSE: TLPR.L - news) 11.25

UBM (LSE: UBM.L - news) 16.30

WEIR 29.00

WILLIAM HILL (Other OTC: WIMHF - news) 8.40

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Atul Prakash)