Ex-divs to take 3.3 points off FTSE 100 on April 2

LONDON, March 30 (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 at current market prices, the effect of the

resulting adjustment to prices by market-makers would take 3.31 points off the

index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND ESTIMATED

(pence) IMPACT

Intercontinental 33.8 0.3146152

Hotels Group

Lloyds Banking (Xetra: 871784 - news) 0.75 1.5962001

Group

Pearson (Xetra: 858266 - news) 34 1.088566

Wolseley (LSE: WOS.L - news) 30.25 0.3147042

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Interserve (LSE: IRV.L - news) 15.5

John Laing Infrastructure 3.375

Closed Fund

Jardine Lloyd Thompson (LSE: JLT.L - news) 18.3

Mercantile Investment 17

Trust

Murray International Trust 15

Closed Fund

RIT Capital Partners (LSE: RCP.L - news) 15

DS Smith (LSE: SMDS.L - news) 3.7

(Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Lionel Laurent)