Ex-divs to take 8.1 points off FTSE 100 on April 5

LONDON, April 3 (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 8.12 points off

the index.

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND STOCK OPTION IMPACT

(pence)

Aviva (Other OTC: AIVAF - news) 19 2.95

Direct Line (Other OTC: DIISD - news) 28.6 1.53

Ferguson 57.4 (U.S. cents) 0.39

GKN (Frankfurt: 694194 - news) 6.2 0.41

Old Mutual (Other OTC: ODMUF - news) 3.57 0.66

Pearson (Xetra: 858266 - news) 12 0.37

St James's Place 27.45 0.56

DS Smith (Frankfurt: 877238 - news) 4.9 0.19

Smiths Group (Frankfurt: QS2A.F - news) 13.8 0.21

Smith & Nephew (Frankfurt: 502816 - news) 22.7 (U.S. cents) 0.55

Taylor Wimpey (LSE: TW.L - news) 2.44 0.31

Among FTSE 250 companies going ex-dividend are:

COMPANY (RIC) DIVIDEND

(pence)

Convatec 3.0935

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust 7.2

James Fisher and Sons (Stuttgart: 6FJ.SG - news) 19.3

Go-Ahead Group 30.17

Hikma 23 (U.S. cents)

IMI (LSE: IMI.L - news) 25.2

John Laing Infrastructure Fund Ltd 3.57

Moneysupermarket.com Group 7.6

Melrose Industries (Frankfurt: 27MA.F - news) 2.8

Murray International Trust 17

RIT Capital Partners (Other OTC: RITPF - news) 16.5

Redrow (LSE: RDW.L - news) 9

Rotork (Frankfurt: RO41.F - news) 3.35

TP ICAP 11.25

Travis Perkins (Frankfurt: 893509 - news) 30.5

Ultra Electronics Holdings 35

Virgin Money 4.1

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited 5.5 (U.S. cents)

(Reporting by Kit Rees, Editing by Helen Reid)