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March 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 22points lower on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, with futuresdown 0.4 pct ahead of the cash market open.

* LAMPRELL: British oil rig builder Lamprell said on Wednesday itexpects lower revenue this year and posted a core loss for 2017, hurt by lowerspending by oil explorers and losses at a windfarm project.

* TED BAKER: British fashion retailer Ted Baker on Thursday reporteda 12.2 percent rise in its annual pretax profit as online sales surged.

* IG GROUP: IG Group Holdings Plc, a British online financialtrading company, reported a 30.2 percent rise in third-quarter revenue, as agrowing client base continued to help offset the impact of quiet markets andtighter regulation.

* STOBART/FLYBE: British infrastructure and support services firm StobartGroup scrapped plans to try to buy Flybe Group, saying thestruggling UK-based regional carrier had already rejected a bid and it did notwant to make a higher offer.

* BANK OF ENGLAND: Britain's central bank is likely to keep on course onThursday for an interest rate rise in May which would take borrowing costs abovetheir emergency levels for the first time since the financial crisis more than adecade ago.

* RECKITT BENCKISER: British consumer goods maker Reckitt Benckiser Groupsaid on Wednesday it had ended discussions with Pfizer Inc overbuying its consumer healthcare business, a day before the U.S. drug company wasexpecting binding offers for the unit.

* PETROFAC: Petrofac Chief Executive Officer Ayman Asfari has acquired 10million pounds ($14 million) of shares in the oilfield services company, aregulatory filing shows.

* INTERSERVE: British construction and services company Interservesaid on Wednesday it reached an agreement in principle with its creditors whichwill secure its funding.

* BRITAIN WAGE GROWTH: British workers' overall pay rose at the fastest pacein more than two years during the three months to January, bolstering thechances that the Bank of England will raise borrowing costs in May.

* EX-DIVS: British American Tobacco, Randgold Resources,Schroders, Segro and Sky will trade withoutentitlement to their latest dividend pay-out on Thursday, trimming 6.02 pointsoff the FTSE 100 according to Reuters calculations

* The UK blue chip index closed 0.3 percent lower at 7,038.97 on Wednesday.

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TODAY'S UK PAPERS

> Financial Times

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