FTSE 100 Index - Citizendia

1 List of FTSE 100 companies
2 Market capitalisation
3 Previous members of the FTSE 100 index
4 FT 30
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

The FTSE 100 Index (IPA: /ˈfʊtsiː/, footsie) is a share index of the 100 most highly capitalised companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the Stock market. Generally a company is a form of Business organization. The precise definition varies The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a Stock exchange located in London, England. The index began on 3 January 1984 with a base level of 1000; the highest value reached to date is 6950. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) 6, on 30 December 1999. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)

The index is maintained by the FTSE Group, an independent company which originated as a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange. The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper.

FTSE 100 companies represent about 80% of the market capitalisation of the whole London Stock Exchange. Even though the FTSE All-Share Index is more comprehensive, the FTSE 100 is by far the most widely used UK stock market indicator. The FTSE All-Share Index, originally known as the FTSE Actuaries All Share Index, is a capitalisation-weighted index comprising around 800 of more than 2000 companies Other related indices are the FTSE 250 Index (which lists the next largest 250 companies after the FTSE 100), the FTSE 350 Index (which is the aggregation of the FTSE 100 and 250), FTSE SmallCap Index and FTSE Fledgling. The FTSE 250 Index (ˈfʊtsiː footsie) is a capitalisation -weighted index of 250 companies on the London Stock Exchange. The FTSE 350 Index index is a Market capitalisation weighted stock market index incorporating the largest 350 companies by capitalisation which have their primary listing on The FTSE SmallCap consists of companies outside of the FTSE 350 Index (The 350 largest companies in the UK and represents approximately 2% of the UK market capitalisation The FTSE All-Share aggregates the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE SmallCap.

The constituents of the index are determined quarterly; the largest companies in the FTSE 250 Index are promoted if their market capitalisation would place them in the top 90 firms of the FTSE 100 Index. Market capitalization/capitalisation (aka market cap, mkt cap or capitalized/capitalised value) is a measurement of Corporate or Economic As of 2006, the threshold for inclusion is about £2. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 9 billion. As of 29 December 2006 the 6 largest constituents of the index were BP, Royal Dutch Shell, HSBC Holdings, the Vodafone Group, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and GlaxoSmithKline, which were each valued at more than £60 billion. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins HSBC Holdings plc ( (,,,) is a Public limited company incorporated in England and Wales, headquartered in London. Vodafone is a Mobile network operator headquartered in Berkshire, England, UK. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc ( is a banking and insurance Holding company in the United Kingdom based in Edinburgh, Scotland. GlaxoSmithKline plc () is a United Kingdom -based pharmaceutical, biological and Healthcare Company. The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency

Component companies must meet a number of requirements set out by the FTSE Group, including having a full listing on the London Stock Exchange with a Sterling or Euro dominated price on SETS, and meeting certain tests on nationality, free float, and liquidity. FTSE Group (ˈfʊtsi as if written footsie) is a British provider of stock market indices and associated data services operating out of premises in Canary The free float of a Public company is an estimate of the proportion of shares that are not held by large owners and that are not stock with sales restrictions (

Most of the companies listed on this index usually include the abbreviation plc at the end of their name, indicating their status of public limited company. A Public Limited Company ( PLC, plc or plc or p l c is a type of Limited company in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland which is

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List of FTSE 100 companies

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There are 100 companies in the index, but a total of 102 listings as two classes of shares are included for Royal Dutch Shell and Schroders.

Market capitalisation

The following table lists the 33 FTSE 100 companies which had a market capitalisation of £10 billion or more on 31 December 2007, the last trading day of 2007. 3i Group PLC ( is a leading Venture capital and Private equity firm it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Admiral Group plc ( is a Motor insurance company with its head office in Cardiff, Wales. Alliance & Leicester is a British Bank and former Building society. Alliance Trust plc ( is a publicly-traded investment and Financial services company headquartered in Dundee, Scotland. AMEC plc ( is a British company headquartered in London. It carries out high-value consultancy engineering and project management services for the oil and Anglo American PLC () is a world-wide group of companies, originally founded in South Africa as a Mining enterprise but now extending into other areas Antofagasta PLC ( is a Chilean business that operates in various sectors of the economy Associated British Foods plc ( is a British Multinational food ingredients and retail group with sales of £6 AstraZeneca PLC (,) is a large Anglo-Swedish Pharmaceutical company formed on 6 April 1999 by the remerger of Swedish Astra AB Aviva plc ( has a corporate lineage dating back to 1696 and is the world's fifth-largest Insurance group the largest insurance group in the UK and the second-largest BAE Systems plc (BAE is a British defence and aerospace company headquartered in Farnborough, England, that has global interests particularly BG Group Plc ( is an integrated oil and gas company which has its headquarters in Reading, England. BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (ˌbiːˈtiː bee tee) (previously known as British Telecom and still Barclays PLC is a major global financial services provider operating in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia British Airways plc ( is the national Airline and Flag carrier of the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe British American Tobacco Plc (, KLSE: BAT is a leading British -based Tobacco company British Energy plc ( is the UK 's largest electricity generator by volume and a constituent company of the FTSE 100 Index. British Land Company PLC ( is one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the Bunzl plc ( is a multinational distribution and Outsourcing business based in London, England. Cable & Wireless ( is a British Telecommunications company In the mid-1980s it became the first company in the UK to offer an alternative Telephone Cadbury plc () is a Confectionery and Beverage Cairn Energy plc ( is an independent Oil exploration and extraction company Capita ( is a British company with its headquarters in London which specialises in Business process outsourcing, having clients in central and local Carnival Corporation & PLC, a British-American - Panamanian corporation is the world's largest Cruise operator comprising 11 cruise brands including The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC ( known as The Carphone Warehouse, claim to be Europe 's largest independent Mobile phone retailer with over 1700 Centrica plc ( is a large multinational utility company based in the United Kingdom but also with interests in North America and Europe. Cobham plc ( is a British manufacturing company based in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. Compass Group plc ( a British company is the largest Food service business in the world Diageo plc () is the largest multinational beer wine and spirits company in the world Enterprise Inns Plc ( is a UK leased and tenanted pub company headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands in the United Kingdom Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC Group ( is a diversified natural resources group with integrated mining processing energy and logistical operations Experian plc ( formerly known as CCN Systems is a global credit information group with operations in 36 countries FirstGroup plc ( is a Scottish Transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Canada, USA Friends Provident plc ( manages a Life assurance business mainly based in the United Kingdom and with offices throughout the world G4S plc (formerly Group 4 Securicor,,) is the world's largest Security services provider GlaxoSmithKline plc () is a United Kingdom -based pharmaceutical, biological and Healthcare Company. HBOS plc ( is a Banking and Insurance group in the United Kingdom, the Holding company for Bank of Scotland plc, which HSBC Holdings plc ( (,,,) is a Public limited company incorporated in England and Wales, headquartered in London. Hammerson REIT ( is a major British property development and investment company Home Retail Group plc ( is a Holding company for the UK and Republic of Ireland retailers Argos and Homebase. ICAP plc ( is a UK based inter-dealer money Broker, the largest in the world carrying out transactions for financial institutions rather than private individuals ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ( is the world's fourth largest international Tobacco company InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG () is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands International Power plc ( is an international Electricity generator formed in 2000 by the demerger of National Power. Johnson Matthey plc ( is a British chemical company which has its headquarters near Holborn in central London. Kazakhmys Plc ( is a UK-registered copper mining company whose main assets are located in Kazakhstan. Kingfisher plc ( is a UK-based international retailer which has owned a wide variety of retail chains in its history but is now focused on the DIY business Land Securities REIT ( is the largest property company in Europe and the leading British property development and investment company headquartered in central London Legal & General Group Plc ( is a British based Financial services company that provides life, health and other insurance as well as Liberty International ( is British Property Investment company Lloyds TSB Group plc () is a leading British Financial institution with its Group Head office in London and its registered office The London Stock Exchange Group plc is the leading diversified stock exchange group in Europe Lonmin plc () formerly Lonrho plc, is a producer of Platinum group metals operating in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. Man Group plc ( is a leading global provider of Alternative investment products Marks & Spencer Group plc (also M&S, Marks and Sparks, and Marks) is a British Retailer with 843 stores in more than 30 Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ( is the fourth largest chain of Supermarkets in the United Kingdom. National Grid plc ( is an international London -based utilities company which also operates in other countries principally its wholly owned subsidiary in the United States Next plc ( is a British clothes Retailer, with its headquarters in Enderby, Leicester. Old Mutual plc () is an international Insurance company and Investment management company Pearson plc () is a London -based media conglomerate. It is the largest book Publisher in the UK, India, Australia Persimmon plc ( is a British housebuilding company headquartered in York, England, at a building called Persimmon House Prudential plc () is a United Kingdom -based financial services company RSA Insurance Group plc ( is a British General insurance company which rebranded under the RSA brand in April 2008 Reckitt Benckiser plc ( is a leading British -based manufacturer of cleaning products Reed Elsevier is a global Publisher and information provider It came into being in autumn 1992 as the result of a merger between Reed International a British Rexam PLC ( is a leading British provider of Plastic Packaging solutions and manufacturer of beverage cans. Rio Tinto is a multinational Mining and resources group founded originally in 1873 Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc ( is a banking and insurance Holding company in the United Kingdom based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins SABMiller, an abbreviated form of SABMiller plc, ( is one of the world's largest brewers The Sage Group plc (abbreviated Sage) is engaged in the development distribution and support of business management software and related products and services for medium-sized and J Sainsbury plc ( is the parent company of Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd commonly known as Sainsbury's (also Sainsbury and JS) the third largest Schroders plc ( is a leading global Asset management company with over two hundred years of experience in the world's financial markets Scottish and Southern Energy plc ( is a leading British -based energy company Severn Trent plc ( is a British Public utility. It is traded on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Shire plc ( ( ( TSX: SHPGY-Q is a British manufacturer of pharmaceuticals including Adderall XR, Carbatrol, Fosrenol Smith & Nephew ( is a British medical devices company headquartered in London and active internationally Smiths Group ( is a leading British engineering company involved in wide-ranging speciality engineering activities Standard Chartered Bank (, is a British Bank headquartered in London with operations in more than seventy countries Standard Life (Canada Standard Life plc ( is a financial services institution based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tate & Lyle PLC ( is a UK -based multinational agri-processor listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE. Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain Thomas Cook Group plc is a travel company created on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG and MyTravel Group plc. Thomson Reuters is an information company created by The Thomson Corporation 's purchase of Reuters on 17 April 2008. TUI Travel PLC ( is an international leisure travel company operating in 180 countries and serving 30m customers Tullow Oil plc ( is a British -based oil and gas exploration and production business headquartered in London. Unilever is a Multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo - Dutch parentage that owns many of the world's Consumer product brands United Utilities (UU ( is a British utility company with its headquarters in Warrington which operates mainly in the North West England Vedanta Resources plc ( is a diversified and integrated metals and Mining group headquartered in London, England. Vodafone is a Mobile network operator headquartered in Berkshire, England, UK. 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Rank	Company	Capitalisation (£m)
1	Royal Dutch Shell	134,376. Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins 32
2	BP	116,722. BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major 52
3	HSBC	99,573. HSBC Holdings plc ( (,,,) is a Public limited company incorporated in England and Wales, headquartered in London. 75
4	Vodafone Group	98,837. Vodafone is a Mobile network operator headquartered in Berkshire, England, UK. 71
5	GlaxoSmithKline	71,305. GlaxoSmithKline plc () is a United Kingdom -based pharmaceutical, biological and Healthcare Company. 15
6	Rio Tinto Group^[1]	53,249. Rio Tinto is a multinational Mining and resources group founded originally in 1873 29
7	Royal Bank of Scotland Group	44,741. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc ( is a banking and insurance Holding company in the United Kingdom based in Edinburgh, Scotland. 32
8	Anglo American	40,826. Anglo American PLC () is a world-wide group of companies, originally founded in South Africa as a Mining enterprise but now extending into other areas 49
9	British American Tobacco	40,264. British American Tobacco Plc (, KLSE: BAT is a leading British -based Tobacco company 60
10	BG Group	38,663. BG Group Plc ( is an integrated oil and gas company which has its headquarters in Reading, England. 88
11	Tesco	37,547. Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain 56
12	BHP Billiton^[2]	35,131. 42
13	Xstrata	34,494. Xstrata plc ( ( is an international mining company listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the SWX Swiss Exchange. 18
14	Barclays plc	32,975. Barclays PLC is a major global financial services provider operating in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, Australia 87
15	AstraZeneca	32,017. AstraZeneca PLC (,) is a large Anglo-Swedish Pharmaceutical company formed on 6 April 1999 by the remerger of Swedish Astra AB 50
16	Diageo	28,326. Diageo plc () is the largest multinational beer wine and spirits company in the world 51
17	HBOS	27,543. HBOS plc ( is a Banking and Insurance group in the United Kingdom, the Holding company for Bank of Scotland plc, which 08
18	Lloyds TSB	26,574. Lloyds TSB Group plc () is a leading British Financial institution with its Group Head office in London and its registered office 59
19	Standard Chartered	25,801. Standard Chartered Bank (, is a British Bank headquartered in London with operations in more than seventy countries 42
20	Unilever^[3]	24,758. Unilever is a Multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo - Dutch parentage that owns many of the world's Consumer product brands 06
21	BT Group	22,026. BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (ˌbiːˈtiː bee tee) (previously known as British Telecom and still 04
22	National Grid	21,690. National Grid plc ( is an international London -based utilities company which also operates in other countries principally its wholly owned subsidiary in the United States 25
23	SABMiller	21,188. SABMiller, an abbreviated form of SABMiller plc, ( is one of the world's largest brewers 52
24	Reckitt Benckiser	20,852. Reckitt Benckiser plc ( is a leading British -based manufacturer of cleaning products 97
25	Imperial Tobacco Group	18,381. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ( is the world's fourth largest international Tobacco company 72
26	Prudential	17,514. Prudential plc () is a United Kingdom -based financial services company 73
27	BAE Systems	17,468. BAE Systems plc (BAE is a British defence and aerospace company headquartered in Farnborough, England, that has global interests particularly 18
28	Aviva	17,463. Aviva plc ( has a corporate lineage dating back to 1696 and is the world's fifth-largest Insurance group the largest insurance group in the UK and the second-largest 78
29	Scottish and Southern Energy	14,021. Scottish and Southern Energy plc ( is a leading British -based energy company 28
30	Centrica	13,165. Centrica plc ( is a large multinational utility company based in the United Kingdom but also with interests in North America and Europe. 69
31	Cadbury Schweppes	13,052. Cadbury plc () is a Confectionery and Beverage 16
32	British Sky Broadcasting	10,850. British Sky Broadcasting ( BSkyB — Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the 10
33	Rolls-Royce	10,468. Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation. 82

Source: File linked from this page on the London Stock Exchange's official site. Companies which do not have their primary listing on the London Stock Exchange are not eligible for membership of the FTSE 100 Index and have been excluded.

Previous members of the FTSE 100 index

Abbey Life (became subsidiary of Lloyds TSB in 1996, then sold to Deutsche Bank in 2007^[4]^[5])
Abbey National (acquired by Banco Santander Central Hispano)
Alliance Boots (acquired by private equity fund controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts)
Allied Domecq (acquired by Pernod Ricard)
Allied Zurich (dual holding company along with Zurich Allied, companies unified in 2000 to form Zurich Financial Services^[6])
Amersham (acquired by GE)
Amstrad
Argos (now Home Retail Group)
Argyll Group (renamed to Safeway in 1996, then taken over by Morrisons in 2004)
Arjo Wiggins Appleton plc (acquired by Worms & Cie)
ARM Holdings
ASDA Group (acquired by Wal-Mart)
Autonomy Corporation
BAA (acquired by Ferrovial)
Baltimore Technologies
Bank of Scotland (now part of HBOS)
Barratt Developments
Bass (became Six Continents plc and demerged to InterContinental Hotels Group)
Beecham Group (Now part of GlaxoSmithKline)
Berisford (renamed Enodis)
BET plc (acquired by Rentokil, now Rentokil Initial)
Bhs (acquired by Storehouse plc and then sold to Philip Green)
BICC (renamed Balfour Beatty)
Blue Arrow (now part of Corporate Services Group)
Blue Circle Industries (acquired by Lafarge)
BOC (acquired by The Linde Group)
Bowater (renamed Rexam)
Bookham Technology (now traded on Nasdaq)
BPB Industries (acquired by Saint-Gobain)
Bradford & Bingley
British Aerospace (now part of BAE Systems)
British & Commonwealth (collapsed)
Brambles Industries
British Steel (acquired by Corus Group, itself now part of Tata Steel)
Britoil (acquired by BP)
BTR (renamed Invensys plc)
Burmah Castrol (acquired by BP)
Burmah Oil (renamed Burmah Castrol and acquired by BP)
Burton Group (acquired by Arcadia)
Carlton Communications (merged with Granada plc to form ITV plc)
Celltech (acquired by UCB in 2004)
CMG (merged with Logica to form LogicaCMG)
Coats Viyella (taken private and renamed Coats plc)
COLT Telecom Group
Compass Group
Commercial Union Assurance (merged with General Accident to form CGU plc, itself now part of Aviva)
Consolidated Gold Fields (acquired by Hanson)
Cookson Group
Corus Group (acquired by Tata Steel)
Courtaulds (demerged into two businesses acquired by Sara Lee and Akzo Nobel)
Daily Mail and General Trust
Dalgety (renamed Sygen International plc and acquired by Genus plc)
Debenhams
De La Rue
Dimension Data Holdings
Distillers (acquired by Guinness; now part of Diageo plc)
Dixons Group (renamed to DSG International)
Dowty Group (acquired by TI Group, itself now part of Smiths Group)
Drax Group
DSG International
Eagle Star (acquired by BAT Industries and then demerged as part of Zurich Financial Services)
Eastern Group (acquired by Texas Utilities and then Powergen, now part of E.ON UK)
ECC Group (acquired by Imetal)
Edinburgh Investment Trust
Electrocomponents
EMAP
EMI Group (acquired by Terra Firma Capital Partners)
Energis (acquired by Cable and Wireless)
English China Clays (acquired by Imetal)
Enterprise Oil (acquired by Royal Dutch Shell)
Eurotunnel
EXCO International (acquired by British & Commonwealth)
Exel (acquired by Deutsche Post)
Ferranti International (collapsed)
Fisons (acquired by Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, now Sanofi-Aventis)
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust
Forte plc (acquired by Granada plc, now ITV plc)
Freeserve (acquired by France Telecom)
Gallaher Group (acquired by Japan Tobacco)
Gateway Corporation (acquired by Somerfield)
GEC (renamed Marconi plc and then telent plc)
General Accident (merged with Commercial Union to form CGU plc, itself now part of Aviva)
George Wimpey (merged with Taylor Woodrow to form Taylor Wimpey)
GKN
Glaxo Wellcome (now part of GlaxoSmithKline)
Globe Investment Trust (acquired by British Coal Pension Fund)
Granada Compass (split in 2001 to leave Granada plc and Compass Group plc)
Granada Group (merged with Carlton Communications to form ITV plc)
Greenalls Group (renamed De Vere Group)
Grand Metropolitan (merged with Guinness to form Diageo plc)
Guardian Royal Exchange plc (acquired by Sun Life)
Guinness (merged with Grand Metropolitan to form Diageo plc)
GUS (now demerged into Home Retail Group and Experian)
Habitat Mothercare (later became part of merger forming Storehouse plc)
Halifax Group (now part of HBOS)
Hambro Life (acquired by Allied Dunbar, itself acquired by BAT Industries and then demerged as part of Zurich Financial Services)
Hanson (acquired by Heidelberg Cement)
Harrisons & Crosfield (renamed Elementis)
Hawker Siddeley (acquired by BTR plc, now Invensys plc)
Hays
Hillsdown Holdings (acquired by Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst and then sold on as Premier Foods)
House of Fraser (acquired by Baugur)
Imperial Chemical Industries (acquired by Akzo Nobel)
Imperial Continental Gas (acquired by Calor)
Inchcape plc
Innogy Holdings (acquired by RWE, now part of npower)
Invensys
INVESCO, moved primary listing to NYSE
Jaguar (acquired by Ford)
Kelda Group (acquired by Saltaire Water consortium)
Kingston Communications (renamed KCOM Group PLC)
Kwik Save Group (merged with Somerfield)
Ladbrokes
Laporte (major divisions acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts)
LASMO (now part of Eni [1])
Lattice (merged with National Grid plc to form National Grid Transco)
Logica
London Electricity plc (acquired by Electricite de France)
Lonhro (renamed Lonmin)
Lucas Industries (merged with Varity to form LucasVarity, then acquired by Northrop Grumman)
LucasVarity (acquired by Northrup Grumman)
Magnet and Southerns(taken private)
Maxwell Communications (collapsed)
MB-Caradon (renamed Caradon plc and then Novar plc, then acquired by Honeywell)
MEPC (acquired by Lecon Port Estates)
Mercury Asset Management (acquired by Merrill Lynch)
MFI Furniture (renamed Galiform)
Midlands Electricity plc (acquired by Acquila Sterling, now part of E.ON UK)
Midland Bank (acquired by HSBC)
Misys
Mitchells & Butlers
NatWest (now part of Royal Bank of Scotland Group)
NFC (merged with Ocean Group to form Exel, now part of Deutsche Post)
Northern Foods
Northern Rock
Norwich Union (merged with CGNU to form Aviva)
Nycomed Amersham (acquired by GE)
O2 (now part of Telefónica O2)
Orange plc (acquired by France Telecom)
PartyGaming
P&O (acquired by Dubai Ports World)
P&O Princess Cruises (acquired by Carnival Corporation & plc)
Pilkington (acquired by Nippon Sheet Glass)
Plessey (acquired by GEC and Siemens)
Polly Peck (collapsed)
PowerGen (acquired by E.ON UK)
Provident Financial
Psion
Punch Taverns
Racal Electronics (acquired by Thales Group)
Railtrack Group (collapsed)
Rank Hovis McDougall (now part of Premier Foods)
Reckitt and Coleman (merged with Benckiser N. Lloyds TSB Group plc () is a leading British Financial institution with its Group Head office in London and its registered office Deutsche Bank AG (literally "German Bank" ˈdɔɪtʃə,) is an international Universal bank with a broad private clients franchise headquartered in Abbey, formerly Abbey National, is one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom Grupo Santander (,;;) is a banking group centered on Banco Santander, the largest bank in Spain, which originated in Santander, Cantabria Alliance Boots Limited is a British based pharmaceuticals company operating as a high street retailer Pharmacist and pharmaceutical wholesaler Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City -based Private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage Leveraged Allied Domecq PLC was an international company, headquartered in Bristol, UK that operated spirits, Wine, and Quick service restaurant Pernod Ricard ( is a French company that produces Alcoholic beverages The company's most famous products Pernod Anise and Ricard Pastis, are Zurich Financial Services Group is a major Financial services group based in Zürich, Switzerland. Amersham plc was a UK Pharmaceutical company specializing in medical diagnostics and life science products Amstrad is an electronics firm based in Brentwood in Essex, England and founded in 1968 by Sir Alan Michael Sugar in the Argos is the largest general-goods Retailer in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland with over 700 stores Home Retail Group plc ( is a Holding company for the UK and Republic of Ireland retailers Argos and Homebase. Safeway was a chain of Supermarkets and Convenience stores in the United Kingdom. Safeway was a chain of Supermarkets and Convenience stores in the United Kingdom. Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ( is the fourth largest chain of Supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Worms & Cie is a French Pulp and paper company the 17th largest in the world in 2002. Asda is a United Kingdom Supermarket chain which retails food clothing and general merchandise Wal-Mart Stores Inc (or Walmart as written in its new logo is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores Autonomy Corporation PLC ( is an Enterprise software company with joint head quarters in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and San Francisco BAA Limited is the owner and operator of seven British Airports and the operator of several other airports worldwide making the company one of the largest transport Baltimore Technologies was an Internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. The Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and Clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. HBOS plc ( is a Banking and Insurance group in the United Kingdom, the Holding company for Bank of Scotland plc, which Barratt Developments PLC ( is one of the largest residential property development companies in the United Kingdom. Bass (ˈbæs is the name of a former Brewery and the brand name for several English Beers originally brewed in Burton upon Trent at Bass Six Continents is a large retail plc in the United Kingdom which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells & Butlers. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG () is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands Beecham was a British pharmaceutical company Following mergers in the late 20th century it is now part of GlaxoSmithKline. GlaxoSmithKline plc () is a United Kingdom -based pharmaceutical, biological and Healthcare Company. Enodis plc ( is a British company headquartered in Central London which manufactures foodmaking equipment Enodis plc ( is a British company headquartered in Central London which manufactures foodmaking equipment British Electric Traction Company plc, renamed BET plc in 1985 was a large British industrial conglomerate. Bhs or British Home Stores (formerly BHS and BhS) is a stalwart department store of the British High Street, selling clothing and household items Storehouse Plc was the name of the group formed when UK retail companies Bhs, Habitat and Mothercare merged in mid-1986 Sir Philip Green (born 15 March 1952) is a British billionaire businessman who owns some of the United Kingdom 's largest retailers British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC was a 20th century British cable manufacturer and construction company now renamed after former subsidiary Balfour Beatty. Balfour Beatty plc ( is a London -based Construction, Civil engineering and rail services company Blue Arrow Limited is an employment and recruitment agency in the United Kingdom. Blue Circle Industries was a British public company manufacturing Cement. Lafarge () is a French industrial company specialising in four major products Cement, Construction aggregates Concrete and The BOC Group plc was the official name of the multinational Industrial gas company more commonly known as BOC, and now a part of The Linde Group. The Linde Group is the international Industrial gases and Engineering company founded in 1879 Rexam PLC ( is a leading British provider of Plastic Packaging solutions and manufacturer of beverage cans. The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. BPB plc was a British company whose main trading name was British Gypsum and which was the world's largest manufacturer of Plasterboard until it was taken over by Saint-Gobain SA ( is a French Multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris at La Bradford & Bingley plc is a British Bank with headquarters in the West Yorkshire town of Bingley. British Aerospace (BAe was a UK aircraft and defence-systems manufacturer that is now part of BAE Systems. BAE Systems plc (BAE is a British defence and aerospace company headquartered in Farnborough, England, that has global interests particularly Brambles Limited is a support services business which with effect from 27 November 2006 has a primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and British Steel was a major British Steel producer It originated as a nationalised industry the British Steel Corporation (BSC formed in 1967 Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, part of India 's Tata Group and world's fifth largest steel producer, headquartered in London, Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited) is the world's 5th largest and India's largest steel company with an annual crude steel Britoil was originally a Privatised British oil company formed from the Nationalised corporation BNOC (British National Oil Corporation in the early 1980s BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major Invensys plc is a British Engineering company headquartered in London, England. BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major The Burmah Oil Company was founded in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1896 by David Sime Cargill to develop oil interests on the Indian subcontinent. BP plc, previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest global Energy company, a multinational oil company (" Oil major Burton is a large United Kingdom High street clothing retailer The Arcadia Group is a British company that owns several of the most well-known High street clothing retailers in the UK Carlton Communications Limited (previously Carlton Communications plc was a British media company Granada Limited (previously called Granada plc Granada Group plc and Granada Media plc is a former British media and previously Catering conglomerate ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial UCB ( is a Biopharmaceutical manufacturer headquartered in Brussels ( Belgium) This article is about the company for other usages see CMG. CMG was a Consulting company focused on Telecommunications Logica () is a UK -based global IT and management consultancy company Coats plc is the world's largest Sewing thread and needlecraft supplies manufacturer processor and distributor with 25000 employees and plants COLT Telecom Group SA ( is a Telecommunications company providing services to major city-based customers throughout Europe. Compass Group plc ( a British company is the largest Food service business in the world Aviva plc ( has a corporate lineage dating back to 1696 and is the world's fifth-largest Insurance group the largest insurance group in the UK and the second-largest Cookson Group plc ( is a leading Materials technology company headquartered in London which provides materials processes and services to customers worldwide Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel, part of India 's Tata Group and world's fifth largest steel producer, headquartered in London, Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited) is the world's 5th largest and India's largest steel company with an annual crude steel Courtaulds was an English based manufacturer of fabric clothing artificial fibres and chemicals Akzo Nobel NV, trading as AkzoNobel, is a multinational company active in the fields of decorative Paints performance Coatings and specialty Chemicals Daily Mail and General Trust plc ( is one of the Europe's largest media companies and has interests in national and regional Newspapers, Television Genus plc ( is a leading British -based business selling products manufactured using Biotechnology to Cattle and Pig farmers Debenhams plc ( is a British -based retailer operating under a Department Store format in the UK and franchise stores in other countries De La Rue plc ( is a British security printing papermaking and cash handling systems company headquartered in Basingstoke, Hampshire. The Distillers Company Limited was a company formed in 1877 by a combination of six Scotch whisky distilleries Macfarlane & Co Guinness (ˈɡɪnɪs is a popular Dry stout that originated in Arthur Guinness ' brewery at St Diageo plc () is the largest multinational beer wine and spirits company in the world DSG international plc ( is one of the largest Consumer electronics Retailers in Europe TI Group plc (formerly Tube Investments was a holding company for various specialised Engineering companies Smiths Group ( is a leading British engineering company involved in wide-ranging speciality engineering activities Drax Group plc ( is a British based Electrical power generation company DSG international plc ( is one of the largest Consumer electronics Retailers in Europe Zurich Financial Services Group is a major Financial services group based in Zürich, Switzerland. Energy Future Holdings Corporation is an Energy company headquartered in Energy Plaza in Dallas Texas. EON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E EON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E English China Clays plc or ECC was primarily a mining company involved in the extraction of Kaolin, based in St Austell, Cornwall. Electrocomponents plc ( is a leading British -based distributor of Electronic Components It is headquartered in Oxford and is a constituent EMAP is a British media company specializing in the production of B2b magazines and the organization of business events and conferences The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Terra Firma Capital Partners (TFCP is a European Private equity firm with offices in London and Frankfurt employing over 100 people Energis Communications Limited, briefly Telecom Electric, or more usually just Energis was a 'technology driven communications company' based in the UK Cable & Wireless ( is a British Telecommunications company In the mid-1980s it became the first company in the UK to offer an alternative Telephone English China Clays plc or ECC was primarily a mining company involved in the extraction of Kaolin, based in St Austell, Cornwall. Enterprise Oil was a former major British independent E&P company in Europe, with core areas of activity in Britain and Ireland, mainland Europe Brazil Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins This article is about the Eurotunnel company Not to be confused with the Channel Tunnel describing the underground infrastructures Exel plc is a British based logistics company Its headquarters are in Bracknell, Berkshire, to the west of London. Deutsche Post AG () is a German postal, Logistics and Courier company successor to the former German state-owned mail Ferranti or Ferranti International plc was a major UK Electrical engineering and equipment firm known primarily for defence Electronics and Sanofi-Aventis () headquartered in Paris, France, is a multinational pharmaceutical company Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust ( is a publicly-traded Investment trust. 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Granada Limited (previously called Granada plc Granada Group plc and Granada Media plc is a former British media and previously Catering conglomerate Compass Group plc ( a British company is the largest Food service business in the world Granada Limited (previously called Granada plc Granada Group plc and Granada Media plc is a former British media and previously Catering conglomerate Carlton Communications Limited (previously Carlton Communications plc was a British media company ITV plc ( is a British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial Guinness (ˈɡɪnɪs is a popular Dry stout that originated in Arthur Guinness ' brewery at St Diageo plc () is the largest multinational beer wine and spirits company in the world AXA () is a French global insurance companies group headquartered in Paris and founded in 1985 by Claude Bébéar. Guinness (ˈɡɪnɪs is a popular Dry stout that originated in Arthur Guinness ' brewery at St Diageo plc () is the largest multinational beer wine and spirits company in the world GUS plc ( was a FTSE 100 retailing group based in the United Kingdom Home Retail Group plc ( is a Holding company for the UK and Republic of Ireland retailers Argos and Homebase. Experian plc ( formerly known as CCN Systems is a global credit information group with operations in 36 countries A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. Mothercare plc ( is a British Retailer which specialises in products for expectant mothers and in general merchandise for children up to 8 years old Storehouse Plc was the name of the group formed when UK retail companies Bhs, Habitat and Mothercare merged in mid-1986 HBOS plc ( is a Banking and Insurance group in the United Kingdom, the Holding company for Bank of Scotland plc, which Zurich Financial Services Group is a major Financial services group based in Zürich, Switzerland. Hanson plc (formerly Hanson Trust plc) is a British based international building materials company headquartered in London. HeidelbergCement ( is a German Cement and Building materials company Elementis plc ( is one of the UK 's largest speciality chemicals business Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies renowned for their aircraft production. Invensys plc is a British Engineering company headquartered in London, England. Hays plc ( is a British providing Recruitment and Human resources services Premier Foods plc ( is a British -based food manufacturer headquartered in St Albans. House of Fraser is a British Department store group with 63 stores (April 2008 across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Baugur Group ( in Icelandic, otherwise often) is an Icelandic Investment company. Imperial Chemical Industries ( ICI) is a British chemical subsidiary of a Dutch conglomerate and one of the largest chemical producers Akzo Nobel NV, trading as AkzoNobel, is a multinational company active in the fields of decorative Paints performance Coatings and specialty Chemicals Calor is the Latin word for 'heat' In medical teaching 'calor' is one of the four classical signs of Inflammation. Inchcape plc ( is a large Automotive retail group operating in developed and emerging countries The company RWE is not related to Ralph Waldo Emerson. RWE AG (until 1990 Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk npower is a UK based Electricity and Natural gas supply company owned by RWE of Germany. Invensys plc is a British Engineering company headquartered in London, England. Invesco Ltd ( Amvescap PLC prior to May 2007) is an Investment management company incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in Atlanta Georgia The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Jaguar Cars Limited is a luxury car manufacturer based in Coventry, England, now operated as part of the Jaguar Land Rover business Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Kelda Group is a British utility company It is based in Bradford, England. KCOM Group is a UK communications and IT services provider It is headquartered in Kingston upon Hull, where subsidiary business unit Kingston Communications KCOM Group is a UK communications and IT services provider It is headquartered in Kingston upon Hull, where subsidiary business unit Kingston Communications This article describes the now defunct UK-based chain There are also several unrelated shops of the same name in the United States Somerfield is a chain of small to medium-sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. Ladbrokes plc ( is a British based Gambling company It is based in Rayners Lane in Harrow London. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City -based Private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage Leveraged Eni SpA () is an Italian multinational oil and gas company with a presence in 70 countries currently Italy's largest industrial company with National Grid plc ( is an international London -based utilities company which also operates in other countries principally its wholly owned subsidiary in the United States National Grid plc ( is an international London -based utilities company which also operates in other countries principally its wholly owned subsidiary in the United States Logica () is a UK -based global IT and management consultancy company Électricité de France ( EDF) is the main Electricity generation and distribution company in France. Lonhro is an Australian Thoroughbred Racehorse who raced between 2000 and 2004. Lonmin plc () formerly Lonrho plc, is a producer of Platinum group metals operating in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa. Lucas Industries plc was a famous manufacturer of components for the motor industry and aerospace industry History The company was created in 1986 from the remains of Massey-Ferguson of Toronto, Ontario and moved to Buffalo (672 The former LucasVarity plc was a UK automotive parts Manufacturer, created by a Merger of the British Lucas Industries plc and the North Northrop Grumman Corporation ( is an Aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The former LucasVarity plc was a UK automotive parts Manufacturer, created by a Merger of the British Lucas Industries plc and the North Northrop Grumman Corporation ( is an Aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. 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Misys plc ( is a leading British -based Software company providing products solutions and services to the financial services and healthcare sectors Mitchells & Butlers plc ( (also referred to as " M&B " runs over 2000 managed pubs, bars and Restaurants throughout the United National Westminster Bank Plc, or NatWest as it is commonly known is a Commercial bank in the United Kingdom which has been part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc ( is a banking and insurance Holding company in the United Kingdom based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Exel plc is a British based logistics company Its headquarters are in Bracknell, Berkshire, to the west of London. Deutsche Post AG () is a German postal, Logistics and Courier company successor to the former German state-owned mail Northern Foods plc ( is a British food manufacturer headquartered in Leeds in the north of England. See also Nationalisation of Northern Rock Northern Rock plc is a British Bank, currently under public ownership Norwich Union is an Insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK and has a strong position in motor insurance Aviva plc ( has a corporate lineage dating back to 1696 and is the world's fifth-largest Insurance group the largest insurance group in the UK and the second-largest Telefónica Europe plc is a European Telecommunications company providing both fixed and mobile communication products usually under the styled brand O2 Orange UK is a Mobile network operator and Internet service provider in the United Kingdom which is owned by France Télécom. France Télécom () is the main Telecommunication company in France and one of the largest in the world PartyGaming Plc ( is an Online gambling company best known for its Online poker room PartyPoker The P&O Cruises brand is not owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company DP World is a subsidiary of Dubai World, a holding company owned by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Princess Cruises is an American Cruise line, based in the Valencia section of the city of Santa Clarita, California, that Carnival Corporation & PLC, a British-American - Panamanian corporation is the world's largest Cruise operator comprising 11 cruise brands including Pilkington plc is the largest Glass manufacturer in the United Kingdom. ( is a Japanese Glass manufacturer In 2006 it purchased Pilkington of the United Kingdom The Plessey Company plc was a British -based international electronics defence and telecommunications company Polly Peck International (PPI was until around 1979, a small and barely profitable United Kingdom textile company. EON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E EON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E Provident Financial plc ( is a financial services group based in Bradford, UK. Punch Taverns plc ( is the largest pub and bar operator in the United Kingdom, with around 9500 tenanted and managed pubs Racal Electronics plc was once the third-largest British electronics firm before being purchased by Thomson-CSF (now Thales Group) in 2000, as a way for The Thales Group ( is a French Electronics company delivering mission-critical information systems and services for the Aerospace, Defense For the generic term see Rail tracks. Railtrack was a group of companies that owned the track, signalling, Tunnels RHM, known more fully as Rank Hovis McDougall was a United Kingdom Food Premier Foods plc ( is a British -based food manufacturer headquartered in St Albans. V. to form Reckitt Benckiser)
Redland (acquired by Lafarge)
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RMC Group (acquired by Cemex)
Rothmans International (acquired by British American Tobacco)
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Rowntree (acquired by Nestlé)
Royal Insurance (now part of Royal & SunAlliance)
Saatchi & Saatchi (acquired by Publicis)
Safeway (acquired by Morrisons)
Scottish & Newcastle (acquired by a consortium formed of Heineken & Carlsberg)
Scottish Hydro Electric (merged with Southern Electric to form Scottish and Southern Energy plc)
Scottish Power (acquired by Iberdrola)
Sears plc (acquired by January Investments Limited - itself controlled by Philip Green)
Securicor (merged with Group 4 Falck to form G4S)
Sedgwick (acquired by Marsh & McLennan)
SEGRO
Sema Group (acquired by Schlumberger)
Shell Transport and Trading Company (now re-organised with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company as Royal Dutch Shell)
Siebe (merged with BTR to form Invensys)
SmithKline Beecham (now part of GlaxoSmithKline)
Smiths Industries
Southern Electric (merged with Scottish Hydro Electric to form Scottish and Southern Energy plc)
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Standard Telephones and Cables (remamed STC plc and acquired by Nortel)
Stagecoach Holdings plc
Storehouse plc (remamed Mothercare)
Sun Alliance Group plc (now part of Royal & SunAlliance)
Sun Life Assurance (acquired by Axa)
Sun Life & Provincial Holdings plc (acquired by Axa)
Tarmac (acquired by Anglo American plc)
Tate & Lyle
Taylor Wimpey
Taylor Woodrow (merged with George Wimpey to form Taylor Wimpey)
Telewest Communications (merged with NTL to form NTL:Telewest now Virgin Media)
Thames Water (acquired by RWE and then sold to Macquarie Bank)
The Energy Group (acquired by Texas Utilities and then by E.ON UK)
Thorn (merged with EMI to form Thorn EMI then demerged and acquired by Nomura Group)
Thorn EMI (renamed EMI Group and then acquired by Terra Firma Capital Partners)
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TI Group (acquired by Smiths Group)
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Trafalgar House (acquired by Kværner)
TSB Group (merged with Lloyds Bank to form Lloyds TSB)
Trusthouse Forte (acquired by Granada plc)
Ultramar (acquired by LASMO and now part of Eni)
Unigate (remaned Uniq plc)
United Biscuits (acquired by consortium of financial investors)
United Business Media
Warburg SG (acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation, now part of UBS AG)
Wellcome (merged with Glaxo to form Glaxo Wellcome, then with Beecham to form Glaxo Beecham, now part of GlaxoSmithKline)
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William Hill (bookmaker)
Williams Holdings (demerged into Kidde and Chubb Security, both now part of United Technologies Corporation)
Willis Corroon (renamed Willis Group)
Willis Faber (renamed Willis Coroon and then Willis Group)
Woolwich (acquired by Barclays Bank PLC)
Yell Group
Zeneca (merged with Astra to form AstraZeneca)

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Cemex SAB de CV () is the world's largest building materials supplier and third largest cement producer Rothmans International plc was a British Tobacco manufacturer which was merged into British American Tobacco in 1998 British American Tobacco Plc (, KLSE: BAT is a leading British -based Tobacco company Rowntree's is a historic brand currently owned by Nestlé SA that is used to market a range of fruit gums and pastilles formerly owned by Rowntree Mackintosh Nestlé is a multinational packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland RSA Insurance Group plc ( is a British General insurance company which rebranded under the RSA brand in April 2008 Saatchi & Saatchi is a global Advertising agency founded by brothers Maurice (now Lord Saatchi and art collector Publicis Groupe () is a French multinational Advertising and communications company Safeway was a chain of Supermarkets and Convenience stores in the United Kingdom. Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ( is the fourth largest chain of Supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Scottish & Newcastle plc was one of the world’s leading "long alcoholic drinks " (LADs companies with strong positions in 15 countries including leadership Heineken International is a Dutch Brewing company, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. The Carlsberg Group (ˈkɑrlzbɚɡ is a large Brewing company founded in 1847 by J Scottish Hydro-Electric plc ( Scottish Company number SC117119 was a Public Electricity Supplier formed on 1 August 1989 after a change Southern Electric plc was an electric company in the UK The company originated as the Southern Electricity Board, created in 1948 as part of the Nationalisation Scottish and Southern Energy plc ( is a leading British -based energy company Scottish Power Limited is a Vertically integrated Energy company with its headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland, and a subsidiary Iberdrola SA, ( is one of the leading private electric Utilities worldwide and the largest Renewable energy operator in the world Sir Philip Green (born 15 March 1952) is a British billionaire businessman who owns some of the United Kingdom 's largest retailers G4S plc (formerly Group 4 Securicor,,) is the world's largest Security services provider G4S plc (formerly Group 4 Securicor,,) is the world's largest Security services provider Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc ( MMC) is a US -based global Professional services and Insurance brokerage firm SEGRO REIT (formerly known as Slough Estates) is a property investment and development company Sema Group plc was an Anglo-French IT services company founded in 1988 by the merger of the British CAP Group and the French company Sema-Metra SA Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest Oilfield services corporation operating in approximately 80 countries with about 84000 people of 140 nationalities Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins Invensys plc is a British Engineering company headquartered in London, England. GlaxoSmithKline plc () is a United Kingdom -based pharmaceutical, biological and Healthcare Company. Smiths Group ( is a leading British engineering company involved in wide-ranging speciality engineering activities Southern Electric plc was an electric company in the UK The company originated as the Southern Electricity Board, created in 1948 as part of the Nationalisation Scottish and Southern Energy plc ( is a leading British -based energy company Spirent Communications plc () is a British Telecommunications company based in Crawley, West Sussex. Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd (later STC plc) was a British Telephone, Telegraph, Radio, Telecommunications and related Nortel Networks Corporation () formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, is a multinational Telecommunications Stagecoach Group plc ( is a leading international transport group operating Bus, Train, Tram, express coach and Ferry operations Storehouse Plc was the name of the group formed when UK retail companies Bhs, Habitat and Mothercare merged in mid-1986 Mothercare plc ( is a British Retailer which specialises in products for expectant mothers and in general merchandise for children up to 8 years old RSA Insurance Group plc ( is a British General insurance company which rebranded under the RSA brand in April 2008 AXA () is a French global insurance companies group headquartered in Paris and founded in 1985 by Claude Bébéar. AXA () is a French global insurance companies group headquartered in Paris and founded in 1985 by Claude Bébéar. Tarmac is a company based in Wolverhampton and operating in the United Kingdom. Anglo American PLC () is a world-wide group of companies, originally founded in South Africa as a Mining enterprise but now extending into other areas Tate & Lyle PLC ( is a UK -based multinational agri-processor listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TATE. Taylor Wimpey plc ( (formerly Taylor Woodrow plc) is the largest British based house building and general construction company and the fifth largest in the world Taylor Woodrow Holdings Limited is one of the largest British based housebuilding and general construction companies George Wimpey Limited (formerly George Wimpey Plc) is one of the UK 's largest housebuilders with corporate headquarters in London, England Taylor Wimpey plc ( (formerly Taylor Woodrow plc) is the largest British based house building and general construction company and the fifth largest in the world Telewest, formerly Telewest Broadband and Telewest Communications was a Cable Internet, broadband internet, telephone supplier Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc Virgin Media Inc (formerly known as ntlTelewest, after a merger of NTL Incorporated with Telewest Global Inc Thames Water, known originally as the Thames Water Authority and after privatisation as Thames Water Utilities Limited, is the utility responsible The company RWE is not related to Ralph Waldo Emerson. RWE AG (until 1990 Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk ---- Macquarie Group Limited (formerly Macquarie Bank Limited is a global Investment banking and diversified Financial services group providing banking financial The Energy Group plc, a defunct British power generator and distributor was originally a subsidiary of Hanson plc until its demerger in 1996. Energy Future Holdings Corporation is an Energy company headquartered in Energy Plaza in Dallas Texas. EON UK is an energy company in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of E Thorn Electrical Industries Limited was founded by Jules Thorn in March 1928 as The Electric Lamp Service Company Ltd The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Thorn EMI was a major British company involved in consumer electronics music defence and retail The is an international conglomerate of financial services and consulting companies headquartered in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo, Japan. 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FT 30

The oldest continuous index in the UK, the FT 30 which began in 1935 is now largely redundant. Of the original constituents^[7], three are currently in the FTSE 100: Imperial Tobacco, Tate & Lyle and Rolls Royce, although Rolls Royce has not been continuously listed and Imperial Tobacco was a subsidiary of Hanson plc for a number of years. Hanson plc (formerly Hanson Trust plc) is a British based international building materials company headquartered in London. ICI was removed when it was taken over by Akzo Nobel in January 2008. A further two are still listed but not in the FTSE 100: Guest Keen & Nettlefolds (GKN) and Woolworths, although Woolworths has also not been continuously listed. GKN plc ( is a leading British Engineering company The Company was formerly known as Guest Keen and Nettlefolds and can tracing its origins back This article is about the British Woolworths Group plc, and its stores Two of the original FT 30 companies are still in that index^[8]: GKN and Tate & Lyle (membership is not strictly based on market capitalisation, so this does not mean they are necessarily among the top 30 companies in the FTSE 100). The best performer from the original line-up has been Imperial Tobacco. ^[9]

References

^ : Rio Tinto Group is a dual listed company. Rio Tinto is a multinational Mining and resources group founded originally in 1873 A dual-listed company or DLC (also referred to as a Siamese twin) is a corporate structure which involves two listed companies with different sets of shareholders The figure shown represents only the majority stake owned by Rio Tinto Plc.
^ : BHP Billiton is a dual listed company. The figure represents only the minority stake owned by BHP Billiton Plc.
^ : Unilever is a dual listed company. Unilever is a Multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo - Dutch parentage that owns many of the world's Consumer product brands The figure represents only the minority stake owned by Unilever Plc.
^ : Acquisition by Lloyds
^ : Acquisition by Deutsche Bank
^ : Unification of companies
^ Original constituents
^ Remaining companies in the FT30
^ Eckett, Stephen (ed. ) (2004), The UK Stock Market Almanac 2005, Petersfield, Harriman House. ISBN 1-897597-46-0

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