Ex-divs to take 3.78 points off FTSE 100 on April 2

LONDON, March 31 (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 3.78 points off

the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND ESTIMATED

(pence) IMPACT

(points)

Aviva (Other OTC: AIVAF - news) 9.4 1.10

Next (Dusseldorf: NXG.DU - news) 50 0.30

Pearson (NYSE: PSO - news) 32 1.04

Resolution 14.09 0.76

Tullow Oil (LSE: TLW.L - news) 8 0.29

Wolseley (LSE: WOS.L - news) 27.5 0.29

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

888 Holdings 11 USc

F&C Asset 2

Management

Interserve (LSE: IRV.L - news) 14.7

John Laing 3.25

Infrastructure Fund

Jardine Lloyd 17.1

Mercantile 16

Investment Trust

Murray 14.5

International Trust

Phoenix Group 0.267

Rit Capital 14.7

Smith (DS) 3.2

(Reporting by Alistair Smout; Editing by Francesco Canepa)