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Established in 1945, 3i is one of the UK's biggest investors in private companies. It says its strategy is to go for early stage growth companies rather than the financial wizardry favoured by other venture capitalists. It has been a big investor in tech companies in the past.

3i Infrastructure specialises in infrastructure investments. The group aims to build a portfolio of infrastructure investments across the globe, but with an initial focus on Europe, North America and Asia.

888 Holdings is one of the world's biggest online gaming firms. The group develops its own software in house and includes some of the popular brands including Casino-on-Net and Pacific Poker. The various sites offer a range of activities from casino to poker to skill games. Founded in Antigua in 1997, the group is now headquartered in Gibralter.

Abcam is a producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools. These tools enable life scientists to analyse components of living cells at the molecular level which is essential in understanding health and disease.

Investment objective is to provide investors with a total return primarily through investing in Asian Pacific securities, including those with an above-average yield. The Company does not expect to have any significant Japanese exposure.

British Assets Trust aims to achieve a total return in excess of a composite index weighted as to 75% FTSE All-Share Index and 25% FTSE World Index. It invests in an international portfolio of equities and equity-related securities.

Investment objective is to generate capital growth from a concentrated portfolio of companies domiciled, operating or generating revenue in the Asia Pacific region including Japan.

The objective of Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust PLC is to provide shareholders with a high level of capital growth through equity investment in the Asia Pacific countries excluding Japan.

Investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in companies which are incorporated in India or which derive significant revenue or profit from India, with dividend yield from the company being of secondary importance.

Investment objective is to provide a high level of long-term, above-average capital growth through investment in Thailand.

Provides a high and growing dividend and capital growth from a portfolio invested principally in the ordinary shares of small companies and UK fixed income securities.

The investment objective is to maximise total return to shareholders over the long term from a portfolio of smaller quoted companies (with a market capitalisation of up to approximately US$750m at the time of investment) in the economies of Asia and Australasia, outside Japan.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's objective is to achieve a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than on the Hoare Govett Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies) over the long term by investing in a diversified portfolio of small UK quoted companies.

The Company designs, installs and operates systems which allow members of the public to make ride and show reservations when they visit a theme park or other attraction. Their flagship product, named VQ2020, is a virtual queuing system for theme parks. Their proprietary hand-held units, called Q-bots, are used in major theme parks around the world.

Accsys Technologies PLC is a UK incorporated environmental science and technology company focused on 'sustainability' via the development and commercialisation of a range of transformational technologies based upon the acetylation of solid wood and wood elements.

A leading provider of offshore and onshore oil and gas drilling and production services in the Middle East and Africa.

Admiral was launched in 1993 as a division of Brockbank. In 1999, it was bought in a management buyout backed by Barclays Private Equity. The group specialises in providing low cost car insurance for young drivers, people living in cities and those driving high-performance cars.

Adriatic Metals Plc is a UK based exploration and development company, and owner of the Vareš Mining Concession in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ruukki Group is an industrial group focusing on economically profitable and efficient processing of natural resources in minerals and wood processing businesses

The company is engaged in developing alkaline fuel cell systems that use hydrogen to produce clean electricity. Alkaline fuel cells have been around for some time. First developed back in 1839, they were used to power the US manned space missions, but at that time the technology was too expensive to be commercially-viable. The company is completely focused on developing a low cost fuel cell system. Alkaline fuel cells are among the most efficient with electrical efficiency at over 60% and achieve lower costs through an operating temperature of just 70 degrees centigrade. The lower the temperature, the lower the cost of the materials needed to create a working and reliable electrode and system, so the fuel cell system is being developed utilising low cost injected moulded plastic and rubber sealants.

AfriTin is a newly formed company which has acquired the tin assets of Bushveld Minerals Limited ("Bushveld") in Namibia and South Africa.

Aggreko is a global provider of rental power, temperature control and compressed air systems. It operates in over 120 locations in 28 countries worldwide.

AIQ Limited is a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") incorporated in the Cayman Islands and formed to undertake one or more acquisitions of target companies or businesses in the e-commerce sector.

Airtel Africa is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries in Africa, primarily in East Africa and Central and West Africa.

AJ Bell is the parent holding company of the Group. The Group provides online investment platforms and operates in both the advised and D2C segments of the platform market through its flagship platform propositions: AJ Bell Investcentre and AJ Bell Youinvest.

Albion is a Venture Capital Trust which raised £14.3 million in December 2000 and 2002 (AATG) and a further £35m during 2006 through the launch of a C share issue (AATC). The Company offers investors the opportunity to participate in a balanced portfolio of UK technology and non-technology businesses split approximately 40:60.

A leading developer of mission-critical software for the asset finance industry.

Alliance Trust is one of the oldest investment trusts, investing primarily in large global companies with the objective of long-term growth.

The leading global consultancy to the asset and wealth management industry. We offer the world's top asset and wealth managers a competitive edge through our unrivalled expertise and industry insight

Alpha is a founder led, UK-based corporate foreign exchange service provider focused on managing exchange rate risk for UK corporates that trade internationally. The Company's primary client base consists of medium sized corporates that have a requirement to convert currency for a commercial purpose, such as buying or selling goods and services overseas, repatriating profits, or expatriating payroll.

Alpha Growth plc is a financial advisory business providing specialist consultancy, advisory and supplementary services to institutional and qualified investors globally in the multi-billion dollar market of longevity assets. Building on its well- established network, Alpha Growth has a unique position in the longevity asset services and investment business, as a listed entity with global reach. The Company's strategy is to expand its advisory and business services via acquisitions and joint ventures in the UK and the US to attain commercial scale and provide a wholistic solutions to alternative institutional investors who are in need of specialised skills and unique access to deploy their financial resource in longevity assets.

Altus Strategies Plc is a UK based and London AIM traded (AIM: ALS) mineral exploration project generator with a focus on Africa. The Company is growing a diversified portfolio of mineral exploration projects, some of which at any given time may be the subject to joint ventures with third parties, where those joint venture parties may earn an interest in the project in return for funding its exploration and development costs.

Amigo is the leading company in the UK guarantor loans market and offers access to credit to those who are unable to borrow from traditional lenders due to their credit histories.

Anexo is a specialist integrated credit hire and legal services group focused on providing replacement vehicles to consumers who have been involved in a non-fault accident.

Mining giant Anglo American is synonymous with South Africa. The company produces a whole range of metals and natural resources through gold, platinum, diamonds, coal, base and ferrous metals, industrial minerals to timber and coal from operations in Africa, Europe, South and North America and Australia.

Anglo Pacific Group is a global natural resources royalties company. The strategy of the Group is to expand its mineral royalty interests in low-cost, long-life mining assets. The Group achieves this through both direct acquisition and investment in projects at the development and production stage. It is a continuing policy of the Group to pay a substantial proportion of these royalties to shareholders as dividends. The Group strives to focus on projects in areas with low political risk that have defined resources and near-term production.

Supplier of pharmaceutical and other premium products and services to the veterinary industry

A UK based company, specialising in the on going development of Biochemical attractants for use in the Global sports fishing, commercial fishing and Aquaculture markets.

Chile-based Antofagasta has grown from humble beginnings in 1888 transporting copper through South America along the railway of the same name, into one of the world's largest copper producers through its huge Los Pelambres, El Tesoro and Michilla mines. The company has three business divisions: Mining, Transport and Water.

Founded by John Roberts in 2000 after a bet in a pub, AO World is an online electrical goods retailer based in Bolton, Greater Manchester, which also has a presence in the Netherlands and Germany. The company, which floated on the London Stock Exchange in February 2014, offers a range of ancillary services, such as customer finance options, an unpack and recycle service, product care packs, and disposal and connection services.

The Company was formed to undertake an acquisition of a target company or business. There is no specific expected target value for the Acquisition and the Company expects that any funds not used for the Acquisition will be used for future acquisitions, internal or external growth and expansion, purchase of outstanding debt and working capital in relation to the acquired company or business. Following completion of the Acquisition, the objective of the Company is expected to be to operate the acquired business and implement an operating strategy with a view to generating value for Shareholders through operational improvements as well as potentially through additional complementary acquisitions following the Acquisition. Following the Acquisition, the Company intends to seek re-admission of the enlarged group to listing on the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange or admission to an alternative stock exchange

Aquila European Renewables Income Fund objective is to provide investors with a truly diversified portfolio of renewable assets. The fund's aim is to invest mostly in diversified operating and a limited number of greenfield renewable energy assets, such as hydropower-plants, onshore wind and solar parks across continental Europe & Ireland.

Aquila European Renewables Income Fund objective is to provide investors with a truly diversified portfolio of renewable assets. The fund's aim is to invest mostly in diversified operating and a limited number of greenfield renewable energy assets, such as hydropower-plants, onshore wind and solar parks across continental Europe & Ireland.

Aquis Exchange is a Pan-European cash equities trading venue with a unique, subscription based, pricing model. Aquis Exchange uses its own highly-performant trading technology, which is developed in-house. Aquis Exchange's technology is also available for licencing to third parties via the Company's software division, Aquis Technologies.

Arena Events Group plc is a provider of temporary physical structures, seating, ice rinks, furniture and interiors. The Group has operations across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia, and current clients include Wimbledon Tennis, The Open, PGA European Tour, Ryder Cup and IMG.

In providing foreign exchange services to clients across the globe, Argentex has developed a distinctly bespoke suite of online capabilities, structured products and analytical experts.

Argo is a platform that enables customers to efficiently mine Ethereum and other altcoins from their own computer or mobile device. Company's service provides immediate access to the cutting-edge mining rigs, which seamlessly perform the complex crypto-mining operations for our users and then directly deposit all coins mined into users' digital wallets.

Arix Bioscience is a global healthcare and life science company that drives value in private and public companies through operational and strategic direction as well as patient capital

A large number of low income people in Asia and Africa remain excluded from financial services as the mainstream banks or financial institutions do not consider them bankable. ASA International offers apt financial services to low income individuals in developing countries.

Ascential is a business-to-business media business specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services. It organises large scale exhibitions, congresses and festivals where customers come together to form business relationships and transact. In Information Services, it provides high quality, industry-specific business intelligence and forecasting via digital subscription products.

Ashley House plc ("Ashley House" or the "Company") the health and community care property partner.

Ashmore Group is one of the world's leading investment managers. It is a specialist value-oriented emerging markets asset manager.

The investment objective of the Company is to achieve long-term capital appreciation, mainly through investment in securities listed in India and listed securities of companies with a Significant Presence in India.

Ashtead Group is one of the world's largest equipment rental firms with a network of more than 400 profit centres stretching across the US, UK and the Far East. Its business provides equipment such as excavators and forklift trucks as well as power saws and ladders. In the US Ashtead works under the Sunbelt Rentals banner, having expanded the business via the acquisition of Rentokil's US operation.

Objective is to achieve long term capital growth through investment in the Far East. Investments are made in stock markets in the region, with the exception of Japan and Australasia, principally in large companies. When appropriate, the trust will utilise gearing to maximise long term returns.

Co's specialises in the installation of residential and commercial window film throughout the UK and around the globe. We make commercial buildings, homes and offices safer, more energy efficient and secure. Using the most advanced technology window film and window tinting products available today we have the right product at the right price to meet your needs.

Associated British Foods is the Weston family's UK arm. The Westons still own over 50% and through their careful husbandry it now owns a raft of the UK's best-known brand names including Twinings tea, Ovaltine, Primark and British Sugar.

Assura Group works with the medical profession to deliver a wide range of services in the UK. The company forms joint venture partnerships with GP practices as well as developing and retaining property for long term investment.

Aston Martin Lagonda is the world's only independent luxury car group with more than 100 years of design and automotive excellence across two brands. We strive to be the great British car company that creates the most beautiful and accomplished automotive art in the world.

A world-leading pharmaceutical group, AstraZeneca was created in 1999 via the merger of Sweden's Astra and the UK's Zeneca, which had been demerged from chemicals group ICI in 1993. About half of its total sales are generated from the US, with over a third of revenues coming from its gastrointestinal treatments such as Prilosec (Losec) and Nexium.

Sub-Sahara-focused financial services group operating in multiple countries in the region with a special focus on South Eastern Africa and the Southern African Development Community and Nigeria. With a stated aim of expanding through inorganic growth, management at the British Virgin Islands-based outfit was targeting transactions which would be earnings accretive within a three-year timeframe.

Augmentum Fintech plc is a newly established closed-ended investment company. An investment in the Company will enable investors to gain exposure to a focused portfolio of fast growing and/or high potential private financial services technology ("fintech") businesses based predominantly in the UK and wider Europe to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns for shareholders. The Company will invest in early (but not seed) or later stage investments in unquoted fintech businesses which are high growth, with scalable opportunities, and have disruptive technologies in the banking, insurance and asset management sectors, including other cross-industry propositions.

Commercial passenger aircraft leasing company.

Aveva provides engineering data and design IT systems to the plant, power and marine industries.

The trust's objective is to achieve capital growth through a focused portfolio of investments, particularly in companies whose share prices stand at a discount to estimated underlying net asset value.

Asset Value Investors was established in 1985 to manage the assets of British Empire Trust plc ("British Empire")("BTEM"), which now has over £1 billion* of gross assets. AVI runs a high-conviction long-only global investment strategy focussed on investing in companies with strong asset-backing that are trading at a discount to estimated net asset value (NAV).

Formed by the merger of CGU and Norwich Union, Aviva is the UK's largest insurance company. It is what used to be called a composite in that it has both a life and general insurance division. Only about half of sales come from the UK with Aviva having big interests in France, Holland and Poland.

B&M European Value Retail is a discount retailer selling fast-moving consumer and non-grocery goods in the UK under the B&M Bargains brand and as Ja Woll in Germany. The company, boosted by snapping up dozens of ex Woolworths stores, raised more than £1bn as part of its £2.7bn flotation in London in June 2014, before being promoted to the FTSE 250 within a year. B&M opened its 500 UK store in April 2016.

A focused support services company, Babcock International, works primarily with public sector institutions. The company provides outsourcing services to government and private sector customers and works extensively with the UK armed forces. The company is split into six divisions - including Defence, Engineering and Naval services - and has business across Europe, Africa and North America.

Bacanora Lithium is an AIM listed company focused on developing the world's next major lithium project in Mexico.

BAE Systems is one of the world's biggest weapons and aviation groups. Operating in almost 80 countries, the group supplies many of the World's fighter planes, radar, attack missiles, warships and munitions.

To achieve long term capital growth through investment in Continental Europe.

Investment objective is to pursue long term capital growth principally through investment in medium to smaller sized Japanese companies with above-average growth prospects.

Shin Nippon's objective is to pursue long term capital growth through investment principally in small Japanese companies with above-average growth prospects.

Aims to achieve capital growth by investing in the shares of UK companies. The portfolio is biased towards high quality companies which are expected to grow their profits more than the average for the market in the long term. 'High quality' means companies with credible management, a sound and transparent business strategy, and a strong product or service. The fund manager will concentrate on a core of around 50 companies.

Bakkavor is the leading provider of fresh prepared food ("FPF") in the United Kingdom and has a growing international presence in the United States and China. The Group develops and produces innovative fresh prepared food products for a variety of occasions and budgets and is the number one producer by market share in the UK in each of the four fresh prepared food product categories: Meals, Salads, Desserts and Pizza & Bread. In partnership with some of its long-standing retailer customers, the Group has helped to develop and grow the fresh prepared food market in the United Kingdom, and today, the United Kingdom is one of the largest and most dynamic fresh prepared food markets in the world. The Group's customers include some of the United Kingdom's most reputable and well-known grocery retailers, which sell the Group's products to consumers under their respective brands.

The engineering and construction group completes work for the international rail, road, utility systems and buildings markets. It is the second biggest construction company in the UK and the fifteenth biggest in the world and was responsible for building the largest proportion of the M25 motorway.

The fund uses a broadly diversified international portfolio to achieve long term asset growth in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index and to achieve regular dividend growth in excess of the increase in the Retail Prices Index.

One of the big four clearing banks, Barclays has a history that can be traced back 300 years. It owns credit card business Barclaycard and has a strong investment banking arm in Barclays Capital to go with its high street retail presence. It employs almost 150,000 people around the world.

Soft drinks group AG Barr traces its roots back to 1875 and Robert Barr in Falkirk. The company gets its name from Robert's son, Andrew Greig Barr. Its most famous drink Iron Brew was launched in 1901 and became IRN-BRU in 1947. The group's range now includes Tizer, D'N'B, KA, Barr, Strathmore Spring Water, St Clements and Simply. Barr also makes and sells Orangina in the UK under license from Schweppes and has a partnership with Rockstar Inc to sell and distribute their Rockstar energy drink brand in the UK and Ireland.

The company is one of the country's best-recognised builders, operating a network of over 30 housebuilding divisions throughout the UK.

Beazley is a Lloyds of London insurer. It specialises in writing specialty-risk insurance and reinsurance business and has been within the market since 1986. The company floated on the stock market in 2004 and has also established a US operation.

Beeks Financial Cloud Group plc, a niche cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets. Beeks Financial Cloud is a UK-based low-latency service provider for automated (also known as algorithmic) trading in Forex and Futures financial products. With nine data centres globally and low-latency connectivity between sites, Beeks Financial Cloud focuses on reducing barriers to entry and time to market for institutional clients trading forex/futures.

Bellway is one of the UK's leading housebuilders. Many of the group's developments are situated on brown field land, areas earmarked by the government for urban renewal.

The company is focused primarily on the exploration for quality iron, copper and gold deposits, concentrating on three areas in Northern Sweden.

Berkeley Group is a residential housebuilder with over 95% of its developments on brown field land. Established in 1976, the company now includes the Berkeley Homes, St George and St James brands.

The Company has been formed for the purpose of acquiring a business or businesses operating in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors

Investment objective is to seek to generate consistent long-term capital appreciation through an investment policy of investing all of its assets in the Brevan Howard Master Fund. The funds may invest in a wide range of geographical regions, sectors and instruments which may include, but are not limited to, debt securities and obligations (which may be below investment grade or unrated), bank loans, listed and unlisted equities, other collective investment schemes, currencies, commodities, futures, options, warrants, swaps and other derivative instruments. The funds have the ability to take short positions across the majority of these instruments.

Investment objective is to seek to generate consistent long-term capital appreciation through an investment policy of investing all of its assets in the Brevan Howard Master Fund. The funds may invest in a wide range of geographical regions, sectors and instruments which may include, but are not limited to, debt securities and obligations (which may be below investment grade or unrated), bank loans, listed and unlisted equities, other collective investment schemes, currencies, commodities, futures, options, warrants, swaps and other derivative instruments. The funds have the ability to take short positions across the majority of these instruments.

The Company is organised as a feeder fund that invests all of its assets (net of short-term working capital requirements) directly in the Master Fund, a hedge fund in the form of a Cayman Islands open ended investment company, and which has as its investment objective the generation of consistent long-term appreciation through active leveraged trading and investment on a global basis. The underlying philosophy is to construct strategies, often contingent in nature, with superior risk/return profiles, whose outcome will often be crystallised by an expected event occurring within a pre-determined period of time.

The Company is organised as a feeder fund that invests all of its assets (net of short-term working capital requirements) directly in the Master Fund, a hedge fund in the form of a Cayman Islands open ended investment company, and which has as its investment objective the generation of consistent long-term appreciation through active leveraged trading and investment on a global basis. The underlying philosophy is to construct strategies, often contingent in nature, with superior risk/return profiles, whose outcome will often be crystallised by an expected event occurring within a pre-determined period of time.

Formed by the merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary with South African miner Billiton, BHP Billiton is the model for a modern resources company. The company produces iron ore, copper, diamonds and aluminium, oil and natural gas, though it is base metals that remain the core of the business.

Big Yellow is the leading self storage brand in London and is planning to expand in order to cover the rest of the UK. The company develops, owns, and operates, self-storage centres for both personal and business use. Currently the majority of its stores are located within the M25.

End-to-end satellite broadband connectivity provider offering voice, public internet and private circuit connections where fixed line infrastructure cannot deliver. The company's client base ranges from domestic households to multi-national corporations. It also provides point-to-point dedicated links, remote site hook-up and back-up broadband connectivity.

BigDish is a yield management platform for the restaurant industry. Through smart and dynamic discounts, BigDish helps restaurants in Asia and the UK to fill up their spare capacity and optimise their revenues.

Engaged in telecommunications payment processing. Offers a suite of services which encompasses: LEC clearing and settlement, toll clearing services, a Wi-Fi wholesale settlement solution, third party verification, full service credit card merchant acquisition and integrated financial risk management.

BioPharma Credit plc provides investors with an opportunity to gain exposure to the fast growing life sciences industry, through a diversified portfolio of loans and other instruments backed by royalties or other cash flows derived from sales of approved life sciences products. BioPharma Credit's primary objective is to generate predictable income for shareholders over the long term.

The BlackRock World Mining Trust's investment objective is to maximise total returns by investing in mining and metal securities around the world.

Blancco Technology Group is a leading global provider of mobile device diagnostics and secure data erasure solutions.

Blencowe Resources plc is formed to undertake the acquisition of a target company or business in the natural resources sector

Block Energy is an asset backed, revenue generative junior oil and gas company that is looking to capitalise on its first mover advantage to build the largest independent producer in Georgia, a proven but underdeveloped oil producing nation which is increasingly on the radar of the majors: Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services provider, recently acquired a strategic position in the country.

F&C Commercial is an offshore property investment trust, with a portfolio of property in the office, retail and industrial sectors. The real estate investment group has gross assets of £965m and came to market in March 2005.

Objective is to provide capital returns and growth on a portfolio managed in two parts. The first part comprises investments in UK equities and equity related securities of large and mid-sized companies (80%); the second part comprises investments in fixed interest and other higher yielding stocks and securities (20%) The capital structure of the company is divided between A shares (ICTA), B shares (ICTB) and Units (ICTU). Only A shares are entitled to dividends paid by the Company. B shares, instead of receiving dividends, receive a capital return at the same time as, and in an amount equal to, each dividend paid on the A shares. For certain shareholders, there may be tax or other advantages in receiving a capital return rather than a dividend. Each Unit comprises three A shares and one B share.

Objective is to provide capital returns and growth on a portfolio managed in two parts. The first part comprises investments in UK equities and equity related securities of large and mid-sized companies (80%); the second part comprises investments in fixed interest and other higher yielding stocks and securities (20%) The capital structure of the company is divided between A shares (ICTA), B shares (ICTB) and Units (ICTU). Only A shares are entitled to dividends paid by the Company. B shares, instead of receiving dividends, receive a capital return at the same time as, and in an amount equal to, each dividend paid on the A shares. For certain shareholders, there may be tax or other advantages in receiving a capital return rather than a dividend. Each Unit comprises three A shares and one B share.

Objective is to provide capital returns and growth on a portfolio managed in two parts. The first part comprises investments in UK equities and equity related securities of large and mid-sized companies (80%); the second part comprises investments in fixed interest and other higher yielding stocks and securities (20%) The capital structure of the company is divided between A shares (ICTA), B shares (ICTB) and Units (ICTU). Only A shares are entitled to dividends paid by the Company. B shares, instead of receiving dividends, receive a capital return at the same time as, and in an amount equal to, each dividend paid on the A shares. For certain shareholders, there may be tax or other advantages in receiving a capital return rather than a dividend. Each Unit comprises three A shares and one B share.

Bodycote is a leading supplier of specialist metallurgical services, providing heat treatments, hot isostatic pressing, metallurgical coatings and materials testing services to industries such as power generation, automotive, railway and general engineering.

Boku is the leading independent direct carrier billing company in the world. Boku's technology enables mobile phone users, of which there are more than five billion worldwide, to buy goods and services and charge them to their mobile phone bill or pre-pay balance. Boku's platform connects its customers, including Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Spotify and Sony, with billing, identity and sales systems of mobile network operators. The Group's technology makes a consumer's mobile phone number a convenient and secure payment method, providing an alternative to credit and debit cards. By using Boku, merchants take people with mobile phones and make them paying users.

Borders & Southern is an oil and gas discovery outfit with its first project south east of the Falkland Islands.

Oil giant BP moved into the top bracket of oil companies in the late nineties with the acquisitions of US concerns Amoco and Atlantic Richfield. More geared to oil production and exploration than its main rivals, BP has moved into the former Soviet Union to secure future production as its current key assets in the North Sea and Alaska wind down.

Brewin Dolphin is a stockbroker and investment manager with a long history. It's said to have started way back in 1762 with the founding of broker John Dawes. After numerous partner changes and acquisitions over the subsequent 200 years, Brewin Dolphin listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1994.

Brickability Group plc is a newly Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed company. It has 4 core specialities; Building Materials, Roofing, Heating Products and Doors, Windows and Flooring Products.

British American Tobacco was founded in 1902 as a joint venture between the UK's Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company. It is second only to Philip Morris in the World cigarette market, with more than 300 brands sold in around 180 markets.

One of the UK's oldest property groups, British Land invests in prime, modern properties and has a current portfolio of £8.2 billion.

Listed in 2005 after its owners - Whitbread, InterContinental, Allied Domecq and PepsiCo - agreed to demerge the business and float it. The company has a number of high profile brands in its portfolio including Robinsons, Tango and J2O. Britvic is the largest supplier of still soft drinks and the number two supplier of carbonates. In total the group has around 2,700 employees.

The company is a major direct home shopping retailer, selling value products such as clothing, footwear, household and electrical goods. It also provides financial services including unsecured personal loans, warranties and insurance.

Originally one half of the Post Office, BT is still the UK's leading fixed line telecoms group. Rapid expansion in the late nineties, however, forced BT to sell off assets such as mobile arm O2 and yellow pages group Yell to slash its debt pile. Its three major divisions are Retail, Global Services and Wholesale.

Distribution and outsourcing group Bunzl was formed in the 1940s though its origins date back another 100 years. The group expanded rapidly through its cigarette filter business Filtrona, though this was demerged in June 2005 and the group now focuses on its food packaging and cleaning products operations.

Luxury international brand, Burberry, famous for its distinctive check design, sells its products through its own directly-operated stores and in department stores and specialty retailers around the world. The company was acquired by GUS in the 1950s who floated Burberry in 2002.

Oil and gas exploration group Cairn Energy operates in Bangladesh and Nepal. Following the flotation of Cairn India Limited on 9 January 2007, the Group's interests in India are now operated by Cairn India Limited.

Caledonia's investment objective is to consistently achieve a long term shareholder return in excess of the FTSE All-Share Total Return while maintaining a progressive annual dividend.

Calisen is leading owner and manager of essential energy infrastructure assets, as well as a provider of installation, meter reading, maintenance and ancillary services, whose purpose is to accelerate the development of a cleaner, more efficient and sustainable energy segment.

Capita is one of the UK's leading outsourcing specialists. Established in 1984, the company now counts both private and public sector businesses among its customers and is perhaps best known for its involvement in London's congestion charging scheme.

Capital & Counties Properties was demerged from Liberty International, now Capital Shopping Centres Group, in May 2010. It is one of the largest listed central London focussed investment and development companies, with investment properties mainly in west London and the West End. It owns the Covent Garden central plaza and wants to redevelop its Earls Court & Olympia exhibition facilities.

Real estate asset manager and investment company, Capital & Regional, has more than £1bn of property funds under management. Its properties include shopping centres, retail parks and family entertainment venue, Xscape.

Card Factory is a retailer of greetings cards and associated gift and party products. The company, which was founded by a Yorkshire entrepreneur as a back-of-the-van stall, was floated in London by private equity group Charterhouse with a valuation of £700m in May 2014. No-frills Card Factory had a total store estate of 865 at its January 2017 year end. It has an online presence offering personalised cards and gifts at gettingpersonal.co.uk.

Provides expertise in commercial and industrial building, refurbishment, civil engineering, road and rail construction and maintenance, mechanical and electrical services, facilities management and PFI Solutions.

Carnival is a cruise operator with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia. In 2003 the company combined with P&O Princess Cruises to form one of the largest leisure travel companies in the world. The group now encompasses brands such as Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises.

Castings PLC produce ductile iron castings, SG iron castings, austempered ductile iron (ADI) castings, Simo castings and Ni-resist castings up to 40kg in weight using 4 Disamatic moulding machines and 3 horizontal Green Sand moulding machines.

The Company is a country fund with a primary focus on Cuban real estate assets. The Company will seek to deliver the investment objective primarily through investment in, and management of, a portfolio of Cuban real estate assets, with a focus on the tourism-related and commercial property sectors.

Centrica is the supply side of the former British Gas. The company supplies gas and electricity and offers a range of home energy solutions and low-carbon products and services.

With origins dating back to the early twentieth century, Chemring is a specialist defence manufacturer producing decoy measures to protect air, sea and land platforms against guided missile threats. The group, which floated in 1974, employs over 2000 people at 14 operations in the UK, US, Germany, Spain, France and Australia.

Chesterfield Resources plc, a special purpose acquisition company focused on opportunities in the mining sector.

"CIP Merchant Capital is a closed-ended investment company incorporated in Guernsey on 13 September 2017. The Company was incorporated as a vehicle through which to exploit the expertise of Merchant Capital Manager Limited (the "Investment Manager"), an affiliate of Continental Investment Partners SA ("CIP"), to generate returns for its shareholders through investment in listed equity and other financial products and instruments using a private equity approach. CIP will provide certain investment due diligence, monitoring and reporting services to the Investment Manager."

Circassia is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of a range of immunotherapy product candidates for the treatment of allergy.

The trust's objective is to outperform the total return of the FTSE All Share Index over the long term through either capital growth or income generation.

Boutique UK-based fund management group focused on closed-end funds centred on emerging markets. Founded un 1991, out of the London operations of Oliff & Partners, it also offers products geared towards frontier and developed markets. Using its proprietary processes, macroeconomic analysis and trading expertise it aims for outperformance by taking advantage of discount anomalies in closed-end funds. The company operates from five centres located in London, Philadelphia, Singapore, Dubai and Seattle.

Clarkson PLC is a provider of shipping services, and is headquartered in London. It has 46 offices in 20 different countries. Clarkson's operations are divided into four areas: broking, financial, support and research. The company brokers vessels for some of the world's largest producers and traders of natural resources. Broking constitutes more than 75% of company revenue.

A specialist financial services group which makes loans, trades securities and provides advice and investment management solutions to a wide range of clients. Close Brothers was established in 1878 & today employs over 2,500 people, principally in the UK.

Property investment company, CLS, aims to achieve stable cash flows by investing mainly in office buildings let on long leases. Operating from offices in London, Paris and Stockholm, the group hopes to see long-term asset growth by holding, refurbishing and developing properties.

Online broker specialised in spread-betting, CFD's, Binary options and Countdowns, covering Forex, Indices, Commodities, Shares and ETFs and Treasuries. Established in 1989 it has grown to become a global provider of retail financial services but also offers a comprehensive institutional offering. One of its stated strategic objectives is to become a key player in the institutional space. Based in London it has offices in more than a dozen countries, including in many of the world's main financial centres, such as: Frankfurt, Paris, Sydney, Singapore and Toronto.

Criteria for investment will be judged by risk and return and the opportunity to create value. Of high interest initially are lithium resources, driven by the changing demand for lithium in the global battery market which is anticipated to continue into the foreseeable future.

Coca Cola European Partners' product portfolio includes the world's greatest brands and beverages. Working closely with our customers, we ensure availability in the right place at the right moment with outstanding marketplace execution.

Coca Cola HBC is a bottling partner for The Coca Cola company, manufacturing , packaging, merchandising and distributing the final branded products to its trade partners and consumers. The company sells over 2.0bn unit cases each year, making it one of the world's biggest bottlers of The Coca Cola Company's brands, serving 595m potential customers spanning three continents and 28 countries. That includes Emerging Markets such as the Russian Federation and Nigeria. The firm also has a secondary listing on the Athens Stock Exchange. Its two major shareholders are the Kar-Tess Holding S.A., a private holding company, and The Coca‑Cola Company.

Codemasters is a video game developer and publisher, specialising in high quality racing games. Headquartered in Southam, Warwickshire, the company is one of the most recognised British game developers and publishers, with a 30 year track record of producing successful games.

From beginning as a division of Grand Metropolitan, Compass is the now the world's largest contract caterer operating in around 60 countries across the world. It also runs coffee shops, vending machines and bakery outlets. In 2006 the group sold its Select Service Partner travel catering unit, which included the Moto motorway service station chain.

Europe's leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, Computacenter, serves its corporate and government clients from offices throughout the UK, Germany, Austria, France and Luxembourg. Its expertise covers technology sourcing, infrastructure integration and managed services.

The Company has delineated a 1 Millon+ oz (JORC-compliant) gold resource along a 50km (30 mile) gold trend from County Armagh across to Counties Monaghan and Cavan, along which it has identified a series of highly prospective gold targets. Conroy Diamonds and Gold is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM).

Contango Holdings plc is a company formed for acquiring a controlling interest in a company or business in the natural resources sector

ConvaTec is a global medical products and technologies company focused on therapies for the management of chronic conditions, with leading market positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence and critical care, and infusion devices. Its products provide a range of clinical and economic benefits including infection prevention, protection of at-risk skin, improved patient outcomes and reduced total cost of care. Based in Reading, it employs over 9,000 people in more than 100 countries.

Cora Gold Limited is a gold exploration company with a focus on the prolific gold regions of Mali and Senegal. The Company controls 1,700km2 of high quality ground in the Yanfolila Gold Belt and Kedougou-Kenieba Inlier regions of West Africa with an exciting discovery at Sanankoro and numerous drill ready exploration targets. The Company's Board and Management has a long track record of exploration and development success in the African gold industry.

Coro Energy is a natural gas producer with interests in Northern Italy. Its portfolio includes one gas production (Sillaro), one near-term gas production field (Bezzecca (90%) andan application for a near field (Sant'Alberto), all near Milan and Bologna. These assets are being spun out from Po Valley Energy Ltd ("PVE") (ASX: PVE), an Australian company, and will be now held through Coro's wholly owned Italian subsidiary, Northsun Italia S.p.A ("NSI").

Countryside Properties is a UK-based house builder that specialises in place making and urban regeneration. Its business is centred around two complementary divisions, Housebuilding and Partnerships. Housebuilding provides homes on land the company either owns or controls, whereas Partnerships works with local authorities and housing associations to regenerate public sector land. Founded in 1958, Countryside operates in locations across outer London, the South East, the North West of England and the West Midlands.

Cranswick was formed by farmers in the early 1970's to produce pig feed. Activities have since been extended from this agricultural base into the food sector.The business is focused predominantly on the supply of fresh and processed food to the UK food retail, food manufacturing and food service categories.

Medical device company focused on the development and commercialisation of minimally invasive surgical devices, by bringing advanced energy to endoscopy

Crest Nicholson is a property developer with a focus on house building across the south of England. With a southern-based bias, the company had a has a track record spanning more than 50 years and a broad portfolio of developments. The company has five regional house building divisions, plus two further business units complement the regional divisions and provide specialist skills. These were Crest Nicholson Regeneration (Major Projects), and Crest Strategic Projects (Strategic Land).

Croda manufactures speciality and industrial chemicals used in many everyday items. Its products can be found in cosmetic creams and lotions, dietary supplements, various foods, plastic bags and motor vehicles.

Crossword Cybersecurity plc is a cyber security focused technology transfer business. It was established by the Directors to build a new European, publicly quoted, research driven cyber security company by commercialising IP relating to cyber security emerging from European universities and research establishments.

Curzon Energy Plc is an energy company pursuing a targeted acquisition strategy.

Daejan Holdings was first floated on the stock market in 1935 as a rubber and coffee plantation business. Since then it has evolved to become a property investment firm with a range of investments in commercial and retail properties.

Daily Mail & General was established in 1922, although flagship title Daily Mail dates back to 1896. The group first floated in 1932, and has since expanded to include global interests in newspapers, TV and radio.

Danakali Limited is focused on the development of the Colluli Potash Project. The Project is located in the Danakil Depression region of Eritrea, East Africa and is 100% owned by the Colluli Mining Share Company which is a 50:50 Joint Venture between Danakali Limited and the Eritrean National Mining Company.

Irish-based international sales, marketing, distribution and business support services group, organised and managed across four divisions: Energy, Healthcare, Technology and Environmental. The former unit accounts for the lion's share - roughly two thirds - of the group's operating profits. LPG, Oil and Retail & Fuel Card are the three main business units in Energy. DCC Energy is the market leader in oil distribution in the UK and LPG (propane and butane) in Norway and Sweden.

De La Rue is the largest commercial security printer and papermaker in the world, producing more than 150 national currencies. It also delivers a range of security documents such as travellers cheques and vouchers and is a leading provider of cash handling equipment and software solutions to banks and retailers around the world.

Dechra Pharmaceuticals, founded in 1997 following a management buy-out from Lloyds Chemists, develops prescription only veterinary medicines for dogs, cats and horses. Most of its projects involve adapting treatments, currently used by humans, for the animal market. Expertise is in the development, manufacturing and sales and marketing of high quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide. It listed in London in 2000.

Derwent Valley is a commercial property investment company focused on niche urban areas within Central London. It aims to maintain a balanced property portfolio of income generation and refurbishment and development projects.

Destiny Pharma, a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel anti-microbial drugs, which address the global problem of anti-microbial resistance (AMR).

The Group's trading business, DevClever, is a software development company established in 2013. It has grown into a credible, recognised digital innovation brand, and has a range of blue-chip clients and educator customers, primarily within the UK.

Diaceutics is a data analytics and implementation services company which services the global pharmaceutical industry. It has established a suite of data-driven products and implementation services powered by the data held in its proprietary database. Its products and services are focused on optimising its clients' strategies for the development and launch of precision medicines and specifically, the diagnostic testing required to guide selection of such medicines. The Group currently provides services to 20 of the 30 largest global pharmaceutical companies.

Diageo is an international spirits maker and brewer, operating in 180 countries around the World. The group, which has origins dating back to the 1700s, counts Baileys, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker among its brands.

Dignity is UK's largest provider of funeral related services. Based in West Midlands, it owns over 500 funeral directors and operates 22 crematoriums across the country.

DIPLOMA - Diploma is a leading British-based business supplying specialised technical products and services. It operates globally in three sectors: Life sciences, where it supplies consumables, instrumentation and related services to the healthcare and environmental industries; Seals, where it supplies seals, gaskets, filters, cylinders, components and kits for heavy mobile machinery and industrial equipment and controls; where it supplies specialised wiring, connectors, fasteners and control devices for technically demanding applications.

Insurance provider focused on the UK personal motor and home insurance market. Its roughly 10,000-strong staff serve clients online, by phone and indirectly through partners in its Commercial business, via brokers. Based in Bromley, it gained entry into the top flight index in September 2014, just over half a year after RBS sold its remaining stake in the outfit. Its brands include Direct Line, Privilege, Churchill, Brand Partners, NIG and Green Flag.

The Company is listed on AIM and is pursuing a strategy to develop a range of its own alcohol brands and market them globally through arrangements with local market distributors. The focus is to build an agile, low overhead business and compete in attractive spirit categories such as premium Vodka, premium Gin and Rum.

CPW has a range of store formats across Europe, together with well-developed online propositions, offering specialist and independent advice in areas of product and service complexity. OWN STORES, FRANCHISE, ONLINE, DEALER and GEEK SQUAD

Domino's Pizza is the UK and Ireland's major pizza delivery firm and holds the master franchise to own, operate and franchise Domino's Pizza stores in these markets. Its first UK store opened in 1985 and the first Irish store opened in 1991. It has over 570 throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

The Trust seeks to provide investors with long-term capital growth through a concentrated portfolio of 12-18 UK listed companies that typically have a market capitalisation of below £150 million (at the time of investment). We define these as micro-caps. The Trust intends to take an influential, strategic position (a 3% - 25% equity stake) in each underlying business.

DP Eurasia is the exclusive master franchisee of the Domino's Pizza brand in Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Domino's Pizza is one of the most successful fast food brands worldwide and a global leader of home delivery.

Drax owns and operates the Drax Power Station, the UK's largest coal-fired power station based in North Yorkshire. The group's main activity is operating the station and the trading of electricity produced.

The purpose of the Company is to acquire, develop, and manage portfolios of properties which may in some cases be sold on to institutional investors on a sale and leaseback basis and which are already backed up by long term operational tenants at a rent, which where possible is CPI linked. The required rental profile implies that the target properties will be operating in cash regenerative business such as Housing Association properties in the Supported Living sector and hotels.

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust is an investment trust that specialises in investing in mainly UK stocks.

Dunelm is a home furnishings retailer founded in 1979 in Leicester. It now operates more than 150 stores across the country, many of which are large out-of-town sites, as well as a growing digital channel. Home textiles such as curtains, bed linen, cushions, quilts, rugs make up the majority of sales.

DWF is a global legal business, supplying services not only to the global legal market but also providing complementary connected services to our clients. Purpose of the company is to transform legal services through our people for our clients using our three principal strategic objectives: understanding our clients, engaging our people and doing things differently.

The airline was founded by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995, and he and his family remain major shareholders. Sir Stelios separately owns easyGroup IP licensing Ltd , the company that owns the "easy" brand and licenses it to the airline and also other companies.

"Eco Atlantic is an oil and gas exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of unique upstream petroleum opportunities around the world. The Company's objective is to identify technically merited prospective new and developing projects in frontier areas requiring low cost entry."

Eddie Stobart Ltd was established in 1970. The business has grown into one of the largest privately owned transport and distribution companies in England today, controlling over 2,500 trucks.

By investing principally in the UK's largest companies, the Edinburgh Investment Trust aims to achieve capital growth at a higher rate than the FTSE All−Share Index and dividend growth above the rate of UK inflation.

Investment objective is twofold: provide Ordinary Shareholders with an attractive level of income, together with the potential for capital and income growth. To provide Zero Dividend Preference (ZDP) Shareholders with a predetermined capital entitlement on 31 May 2011 of 141.85p. The portfolio is largely drawn from large, mid and SmallCap components of the FTSE All-Share. The Company has a capital structure comprising Ordinary (ENI) and ZDP shares (ENIZ) of 1p each and Units (ENIU) comprising 3 Ordinary shares and 1 ZDP share.

Investment objective is twofold: provide Ordinary Shareholders with an attractive level of income, together with the potential for capital and income growth. To provide Zero Dividend Preference (ZDP) Shareholders with a predetermined capital entitlement on 31 May 2011 of 141.85p. The portfolio is largely drawn from large, mid and SmallCap components of the FTSE All-Share. The Company has a capital structure comprising Ordinary (ENI) and ZDP shares (ENIZ) of 1p each and Units (ENIU) comprising 3 Ordinary shares and 1 ZDP share.

Investment objective is twofold: provide Ordinary Shareholders with an attractive level of income, together with the potential for capital and income growth. To provide Zero Dividend Preference (ZDP) Shareholders with a predetermined capital entitlement on 31 May 2011 of 141.85p. The portfolio is largely drawn from large, mid and SmallCap components of the FTSE All-Share. The Company has a capital structure comprising Ordinary (ENI) and ZDP shares (ENIZ) of 1p each and Units (ENIU) comprising 3 Ordinary shares and 1 ZDP share.

The Trust's objective is the achievement of long term capital growth by investing in around forty-five listed companies without geographical constraint. Income is not a consideration and the portfolio benchmark against which it is measured is the MSCI All Countries World Index (in sterling terms).

EGDON RESOURCES PLC NEWSTRACK OFEX PROFILE 10/11/2004 Egdon Resources is a UK based oil and gas exploration company founded in 1997 with its offices in Odiham, Hampshire. Egdon has equity interests in exploration licences within four focus areas; Southern England, Cleveland Basin/Southern Gas Basin, East Midlands and the Aquitaine Basin of France. The licences all lie close to existing oil and gas production. Source: The Company

Enterprise Inns was formed in 1991 with 368 pubs and floated in 1995. It now is one of UK's largest owners of leased and tenanted pubs.

EJF Investments Ltd (the "Company" or "EJFI") is a closed-ended investment company investing in assets benefitting from regulatory and structural change in the financial services sector. The Company will seek to generate risk adjusted shareholder returns by investing in a diversified portfolio of long-term, cash-flow generating assets in three identified target investment areas, being risk retention, capital solutions and asset backed securities and specialty finance.

The trust's objective is to maximise total return to shareholders and to emphasise capital growth while maintaining a progressive dividend policy.

Electrocomponents distributes electronic, electrical and industrial supplies and services to engineers, technical users and other industrial and commercial customers. The company serves a range of sectors including automotive, health and safety, office equipment, electrical and IT.

Elementis is a global specialty chemicals business with operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Founded in Liverpool in 1844, it operates three businesses: Specialty Products, Surfactants and Chromium. The group's largest division, Specialty Products, provides functional additives that enhance the flow characteristics and performance of its customers' products in applications such as paints and coatings, cosmetics, and oil and gas exploration. Elementis employs more than 1,300 people at over 30 locations worldwide.

Endesa is an energy company which offers electricity in Spain, Portugal, Latin America and the Eastern Mediterranean. It is also becoming more involved in the renewable energies business.

EnQuest is an independent oil and gas developer and explorer with a focus on the UK Continental Shelf in the North Sea, an area which it says represents a "significant hydrocarbon basin in a low risk region". The group, which had 1,200 employees at the end of 2010, is listed on both the FTSE 250 index in London and the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.

Entertainment AI™ automates media generation, allowing anyone to collaboratively contribute to the content they love. Entertainment AI™ uses a patented SmartScript™ to micronize all aspects of any piece of content, making every element cryptographically secure and enabling all participants to get paid. Anything made with a SmartScript becomes Smart Content. The patented system allows dynamic, scalable and deeply participatory co-creation.

Erris Resources is a new European exploration company that aims to create shareholder value through early generative exploration and discovery. On discovery, the goal is to accelerate resource delineation and development through JV and industry partnerships. The Company has an experienced team with a proven track record of discovery and value creation.

essensys is the leading global provider of mission-critical software-as-a-service ("SaaS") platforms and on-demand cloud services to the high growth flexible workspace industry (also known as coworking or workspace-as-a-service). essensys' software was specifically designed and developed to help solve the complex operational challenges faced by multi-site flexible workspace operators as they grow and scale their operations.

Demerged from Bunzl in June 2005, Filtrona is a support services group specialising in speciality plastic and fibre products. The UK-based group has offices and facilities spread over 22 countries. The group makes and distributes products such as self-adhesive tear tape and cigarette filters.

Ethernity Networks is a technology solutions provider that develops and delivers data processing technology used in high-end Carrier Ethernet applications across the telecom, mobile, security and data centre markets.

ENRC is a leading diversified natural resources group with fully integrated mining, processing, energy and transport operations. It is one of the world's largest producers of ferrochrome, the world's sixth largest exporter of iron ore; the world's fifth largest producer of traded alumina; and one of the largest electricity providers in Kazakhstan.

ENRC is a leading diversified natural resources group with fully integrated mining, processing, energy and transport operations. It is one of the world's largest producers of ferrochrome, the world's sixth largest exporter of iron ore; the world's fifth largest producer of traded alumina; and one of the largest electricity providers in Kazakhstan.

The company runs an international publishing business, providing magazines and other publications aimed at a wide range of industries. The group's events business is responsible for business conventions, conferences and other meetings.

EverArc Holdings Limited (the "Company") has been formed to undertake an acquisition (which may be in the form of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, scheme of arrangement, reorganisation or similar business combination) of a target company or business.

EverArc Holdings Limited (the "Company") has been formed to undertake an acquisition (which may be in the form of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, scheme of arrangement, reorganisation or similar business combination) of a target company or business.

EVR Holdings is focused on the creation if virtual reality content through its subsidiary Melody VR, with the latter the owner of the largest library of VR music content. The AIM-listed outfit has its own free-of-charge app, which it intends to make available across all leading VR devices, allowing it to distribute and monetise its offerings. It will also begin to live-stream events in VR, making them available to a wider audience by reducing geographic and other barriers.

Headquartered in London, Evraz is a vertically integrated steel, mining and vanadium business with operations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the US, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Kazakhstan and South Africa. Founded in 1992, the company employs around 80,000 people and is among the top steel producers in the world based on crude steel production of 13.5m tones in 2016. Its main activities include the manufacture of steel and steel products, iron ore mining and enrichment, coal mining, the manufacture of vanadium products and trading operations and logistics.

Exillon Energy is a Northern Russia-focused oil producer operating through two major divisions: Exillon TP, which is focused in Timan-Pechora; and Exillon WS with assets in West Siberia. The FTSE 250-listed firm is incorporated in the Isle of Man but its operational headquarters are located in Urai, Russia.

Experian is a global business services company, operating in four main areas: Credit Services; Decision Analytics; Marketing Solutions; Interactive. The group is perhaps best known for its credit checking operation that enables consumers to identify their credit score. Headquartered in Dublin, Experian was formerly part of the GUS group until being demerged in October 2006.

Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust was there when the idea of investment trusts was first mooted back in 1868. To have kept going more in less intact since then suggests at least the concept was robust enough. F&CIT now has just over £2bn spread widely around the world though the UK remains the biggest component of the portfolio.

Fandango Holdings is an investment company focused on identifying and acquiring attractive assets, through which it can leverage the Board's extensive experience and track record of growing companies to build value and create significant uplift to its shareholders.

Wolseley specialises in the manufacture and sale of construction equipment and products for heating and plumbing system installations. Acquisitions mean North America is now its biggest market, followed by Europe.

Ferrexpo is a producer of iron ore with assets in the Ukraine and headquarters in Switzerland. Its iron ore is transported by rail from its operations near Kremenchug in central Ukraine to European customers and for shipment further afield from Black Sea ports.

Ferro-Alloy Resources Limited is a Guernsey registered company, formed in 2000, which is the 100% owner of Firma Balausa LLP, the holder of the rights to develop and exploit the giant Balasausqandiq vanadium deposit in Southern Kazakhstan (Kyzylordinskaya Oblast).

Fidelity China Special Situations is a FTSE 250-listed investment trust focused on the long-term growth potential of China. While its portfolio is mainly made up of securities issued by companies listed in China of Hong Kong, it also invests in other businesses with significant interests in these two regions. Its parent company, Fidelity Worldwide Investment, is one of the UK's largest fund managers.

The trust aims to achieve long term growth from Continental European stockmarkets.

Fidelity Special Values is an investment trust focused mainly on companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. It looks for businesses that are 'unloved and out of favour'. The aim of the manager is to achieve a total return on the company's assets over the long-term in excess of the equivalent return on the FTSE All Share Index.

Falkland Islands Holdings (FIH) is quoted on AIM (Alternative Investment Market), incorporated in the United Kingdom, with operations in the Falkland Islands and the UK. Its business activities in the Falklands are conducted by the Falkland Islands Company (FIC), established by Royal Charter in 1852. FIC's activities include retailing, property, insurance, hotels, shipping and fishing agency services. In the UK the group operates a long established passenger ferry service across the mouth of Portsmouth harbour, Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company (PHFC). The Group also owns Momart, a market leader in the handling and storage of fine art and antiquities.

finnCap's core focus is on providing financial services expertise to ambitious growth companies, whether public or private.

Sprue Aegis is the UK-based designer and marketer of the FireAngel and AngelEye ranges of innovative fire and related safety products. Its plug-in smoke alarms are mains-powered, tested to both British and the USA Underwriter Laboratories (UL) standards and preclude the need for replacement batteries. The FireAngel plug-in smoke alarm fits between the light socket and the light bulb, recharging automatically when the light is switched on, and can be tested and reset using a conventional light switch. The company"s business model is based on contracting-out all non-core activities which allows Sprue Aegis to concentrate on product development and marketing. The manufacturing and packaging of all FireAngel and AngelEye smoke alarms has been outsourced to a manufacturer in China. Since its commercial launch in 2001, FireAngel has established a strong UK retail presence, with an estimated 15% market share by value and 8% by volume. Over 5,000 outlets nationwide now stock FireAngel products, including major retailers, high street stores and a range of electrical wholesalers, e-tailers and smaller independents. Sprue Aegis also has a portfolio of complementary safety products, including carbon monoxide detectors, which are now sale via leading UK retailers. The company has developed public sector housing as an additional revenue stream.

A Lesotho-focused diamond producer, its flagship asset is the 75%-owned Liqhobong diamond mine located in that country´s Highlands. The government of Lesotho owns the remaining stake in Liqhobong. The outfit also owns assets in Finland, in the form of the Lahtojoki mine. Firestone Diamond´s strategic medium-term goal is to become a mid-tier diamond producer through the development of Liqhobong, targetting production of 1.0m carats of diamonds per year by 2017.

FirstGroup is one of Britain's largest transport companies, operating bus services, passenger and freight rail services in the UK and yellow school bus and other services in the US. The group's UK rail interests include First Great Western, TransPennine Express, Hull Trains, First Great Western Link, First North Western and GB Railfreight.

James Fisher provides services for the marine industry and supplier of engineering services to the nuclear industry in the UK and abroad. It delivers a range of marine services from bases around the UK and in Scandinavia.

Company was formed in 2016 from the merger of Paddy Power and Betfair Group. The bookie claims its online division is the leading digital sports betting operator in the UK and Ireland. The Betfair brand aims to cater to sophisticated sports bettors while Paddy Power is geared towards serving social, entertainment-led customers. It also has a growing presence in Europe and is present in Australia through its Sportsbet brand and operates TVG, a horseracing TV channel in the States.

France Télécom is a telecommunications company in France, and also serves much of Europe. A very small portion of its sales are from publishing and distributing directories.

Sports Direct International is a sports goods retailer that listed in London on 27 February 2007. Billionaire founder Mike Ashley raised over £900m from the float, valuing the firm at more than £2bn. The group operates 465 stores, with 408 in the UK, under various brands including Sports World, Sports Direct and Original Shoe Company. It acquired the famous Lillywhites store located at Piccadilly Circus in central London in 2002. It also owns the rights to some key brands including Dunlop, Slazenger, Kangol and golf brand Donnay.

French Connection is one of the most recognisable UK fashion brands. Its product line has extended from selling just clothes to include perfume, glasses, fashion accessories, swimwear and watches.

Fresnillo is the world's largest primary producer of silver and Mexico's second largest gold producer. It became the first Mexican company to have its primary listing in London when it floated here in May 2008. The group has three producing mines, all in Mexico.

Company is a holding company and the principal activity of its subsidiary undertakings is the provision of online lending platforms whereby investors can lend money to small and medium sized businesses in the UK, USA, Germany and Netherlands

Group 4 Securicor was formed in July 2004 when top international security firms Securicor and Group 4 merged. The combined company is now the world's number one security firm, operating in more than 100 countries around the world with over 340,000 employees. It operates in three key sectors: Security Services, Security Systems and Cash Services.

The Company's primary investment objective is to seek to generate total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income. The Company will seek a secondary objective of the protection of capital, uncorrelated to equity and fixed income markets.

The Company's primary investment objective is to seek to generate total return, consisting of capital appreciation and current income. The Company will seek a secondary objective of the protection of capital, uncorrelated to equity and fixed income markets.

Galliford Try specialises in construction and housebuilding. It provides construction services across the UK to a wide range of public and private sector clients and has regional housebuilding businesses that specialise in individually designed developments across the South of England and the Eastern Counties.

Games Workshop lets ferocious armies clash without the drawback of actual bloodshed. Founded in 1975, the company designs and manufactures model soldiers, game systems, and accessories for tabletop wargaming. Popular game lines include Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, and The Lord of the Rings. The company sells its products through about 320 of its Games Workshop Hobby Centres, its catalogues and Web sites, as well as over 4,000 toy and hobby shops globally. Games Workshop also publishes a monthly hobby magazine called White Dwarf available in five languages, and operates Sabertooth Games collectible card games and BL Publishing which produces novels, graphic novels and art books set in the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000.

Gem Diamonds is a global diamond producer with diamond mining, cutting and polishing operations throughout the world and headquartered in London. Gem Diamonds focuses towards higher value diamonds and has assets in nine countries.

Gemfields Group Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ("JSE"), London AIM Stock Exchange ("AIM") and Bermuda Stock Exchange ("BSX").

Research-driven organisation founded in 1989 to provide institutional clients with excellent investment returns through a company-focused approach to investment in emerging markets. Aims to identify underpriced companies through its own independent research and disciplined analysis, using a bottom-up investment approach to create a diversified portfolio not referenced to any index. Invests with a five-year time horizon looking for both 'Growth' and 'Value' opportunities.

Genus applies science to animal breeding. Its non-genetically modified organism technology is applicable across all livestock species but is only commercialised by Genus in the bovine and porcine farming sectors. It is a provider of bovine genetics and reproduction services, marketing in more than 70 countries.

GetBusy is the holding company of a Group which operates as a document management software business and operating across the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. The Group's award-winning software provides its customers with a highly secure form of digital document distribution and has been designed with the flexibility to suit any business.

UK-based GlaxoSmithKline is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical research companies. The company was created out of the merger between GlaxoWellcome and SmithKline Beecham in 2000.

Headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, Glencore International is a global producer and marketer of commodities. The firm, listed on the FTSE 100 index in London, has activities across a range of industries, including production, processing, refining, transporting, financing, storage and supply. Glencore employs 2,700 people in its marketing operations, while its industrial operations directly or indirectly employ over 54,800 worldwide.

GLI Finance is a specialist provider of finance to small and medium sized enterprises. Its ordinary shares are quoted on the AIM and its issued zero dividend preference shares are listed and traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (tickers GLIF and GLIS (Ord) and GLIZ (2019 ZDP)). Loans are provided to SMEs through a variety of finance platforms in which GLI has an equity stake. The platforms in which GLI is invested vary by geography, industry, size of lending and by type of lending. They include UK and US SME Lending, Offshore Lending, UK and European Invoice Discounting, Supply Chain Finance, Global Trade Finance and UK Property-Backed Lending.

Global Ports Holding is the world's largest cruise port operator with an established presence in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Asia-Pacific regions, including extensive commercial port operations in Turkey and Montenegro.

Go-Ahead provides integrated public transport through bus operations and commuter train services. It also provides aviation ground handling services following a number of acquisitions. Go-Ahead has approximately 6% of the entire UK public transport market.

Good Energy Group PLC Good Energy Group PLC operates in the Renewable Electricity market. It is the holding company of Good Energy Ltd and of Good Energy Generation Ltd. Electricity sold to customers by Good Energy is matched 100% (over 12 month periods) by purchases from wholly renewable sources including wind power, sun, and naturally falling water. It submits itself to an audit verification by a Top 10 firm of Chartered Accountants to give customers the assurance that such is the case. Good Energy Ltd has over 23,000 customers including business customers. See www.good-energy.co.uk Good Energy Ltd is regulated by OFGEM and has a Supply Licence to operate in England Wales and Scotland. It entered the market in 1999. Good Energy Ltd also operates a home renewable electricity generation scheme where the Company undertakes to buy the output from small-scale renewable generation plant installed on private premises. Good Energy Generation Ltd is the Group"s acquisition vehicle for renewable generation assets. It acquired a 4MW wind farm in 2002 which supplies part of Good Energy"s needs. More acquisitions are being sought to support Good Energy"s growth. The Group is based in Chippenham, Wiltshire. It has around 1,180 shareholders, nearly all of whom are Good Energy customers. In July 2004, prior to its introduction to PLUS-quoted, Good Energy Group PLC completed its second public offer of shares, which raised GBP1,028,225 of new funds.

Grafton Group distributes building materials to trade customers engaged in residential repair, maintenance and improvement projects, and house building. It's main operating units are Merchanting, Retailing and Manufacturing. Merchanting distributes building and plumbing materials. Retailing operates do-it-yourself and home improvement business and manufacturing comprises a manufacturer of dry mortar and a plastics manufacturing business. Its brands are Selco, Buildbase, Plumbase, Chadwicks, Heiton Buckley, Macnaughton and Panelling Centre.

Grainger is a specialist residential company. Founded in 1912, Grainger Trust acquires, develops and trades residential and commercial property assets via offices around the UK. The company acquired a number of tenanted estates during the 1970s from institutions such as British Coal, British Rail and Reckitt & Colman, which has helped it become one of the UK's leading residential property investment businesses.

Gran Tierra Energy Inc. together with its subsidiaries ("Gran Tierra") is a company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Colombia.

Simian Global, is a special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") incorporated in the United Kingdom and established to undertake the acquisition of a company or a business in the technology, media and telecommunications ("TMT") sector

GRC International Group plc is the holding company for a group of companies providing a range of products and services to address the IT governance, risk management and compliance requirements of organisations to enable them to meet the commercial requirements and regulatory standards that are now in force, or are coming into force, in these areas.

Great Portland Estates is a leading property investment and development firm operating in central London. It looks to achieve capital growth and income from its portfolio of properties.

Greencoat Renewables PLC is an investor in euro-denominated renewable infrastructure assets, and is focused on the acquisition and management of operating wind farms in Ireland. It is managed by Greencoat Capital, an experienced investment manager with a track record of making acquisitions and delivering strong shareholder returns in the listed renewable energy infrastructure sector.

Greencoat UK Wind is a FTSE 250 company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. It is a British investment company investing in UK wind farms with a portfolio that stretches across the country. Established in 2012, the company is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.

Established by the Irish government in 1991 following the privatisation of Irish Sugar, Greencore manufactures a wide range of chilled, frozen and ambient foods which it supplies to retailers and food service customers in the UK and US. The company's Food to Go division is one of the world's largest pre-packed sandwich makers, producing more than 600m food to go products a year. The UK convenience business comprises food to go and prepared meals and grocery, while the US business focuses on food to go. Greencore also has an Ingredients and Property division, which is made up of Trilby Trading, Premier and United Molasses.

Greggs is a leading sandwich, savouries and bakery related products retailer, focusing primarily on takeaway food and catering. The group operates around 1,200 retail outlets, mainly under the Greggs and Bakers Oven brands.

Gresham House is a London Stock Exchange quoted specialist alternative asset manager offering funds, direct investment and tailored investment solutions, including co-investment, across five highly differentiated alternative investment strategies.

Grit Real Estate Income Group is a listed property income group operating in carefully selected African countries. The Company optimizes its structural investments underpinned by solid property fundamentals to achieve superior US Dollar and Euro based returns. Grit's strong management team has over 59 years' experience on the continent and is supported by in-country asset and property managers. Key executives are significantly invested in the Company on a no free carry basis, ensuring alignment with shareholders.

Grupo Clarín is the largest media company in Argentina and a leading company in the cable television and Internet access, printing and publishing, and broadcasting and programming markets.

Principal activity is oil exploration in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. In November 2007 Gulf Keystone secured interests in two production sharing contracts in the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq, Shaikan and Akri-Bijeel. In 2009, the Company diversified the asset base in Kurdistan with the addition of two new Production Sharing Contracts, Sheikh Adi and Ber Bahr. Stategy is to bring the company into production and to explore, appraise and develop current blocks to realise reserve potential.

The Global Yachting Group (GYG) is a market leading superyacht painting, supply and maintenance company.

Shares in Halfords, the UK's leading retailer of car parts, bikes and accessories, started trading on the London Stock Exchange on 3 June 2004. Investors were offered shares at 260p each, valuing the business at £593m. The company operates 387 stores around the country, employing more than 9,000 people.

Halma develops and sells products for use in the enhancement of public safety and for minimising hazards in the workplace. Its six business divisions cover the development and supply of visual warning systems, toxic gas and smoke detectors, electronic alarm systems and water leakage detectors.

European property firm, Hammerson, invests in and develops shopping centres, retail parks and prime offices through operations in the UK, France and Germany. Its portfolio of around 1.2 million m² of retail space and over 260,000 m² of prime offices is valued at around £5.7bn.

HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) is an investment company designed to provide access to HarbourVest funds for a wide range of public-market investors. The Guernsey-incorporated closed-end investment company is managed by HarbourVest Advisers L.P., an affiliate of HarbourVest Partners, LLC, a private equity firm based in Boston, US. HVPE provides a complete private equity solution for public investors by managing the portfolio through four phases of the private equity cycle to create value.

Bristol-based investment management firm Hargreaves Lansdown was founded in 1981 by chartered accountants Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown. The company owns one of Britain's biggest so-called fund supermarkets, a low-cost platform that allows investors to buy a wide range of funds from investment houses. The group has around £8.3bn of assets under administration on behalf of private investors.

Hastings Group provides insurance services to the UK car, van, bike and home insurance market. Founded as Hastings Direct in 1997, it employs around 2,680 people and has 2.3m live customer policies. The group's retail business, Hastings Insurance Services, is responsible for the end customer pricing, fraud management, product design, distribution and management of the underlying customer relationships. Its underwriting business, Advantage Insurance Company, engages in risk selection, underlying technical pricing, reserving and claims handling.

Hays has undergone a massive transformation from its previous incarnation as a multi business group. The company, which first came to the market in 1958 and again in 1989 after it was taken private in the 1970s, now concentrates on specialist recruitment.

Headlam's principal business is the distribution and supply of floor coverings to UK and European retailers and contractors. The group operates through 42 trade brands and commands leading positions in various product and market sectors.

Helical Bar is a British property investment group that favours low risk operations. A small number of its developments are financed through bank facilities however most are pre-sold or forward sold.

Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals Plc is a biotechnology company developing novel therapies to transform bone marrow and blood stem cell transplantation, announces the readmission of its enlarged issued share capital to the standard listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange. The Company is the holding company for Hemogenyx LLC, a US-based biotechnology company developing therapies to transform bone marrow and blood stem cell transplantation. These therapies will replace the need for existing methods of preparation of patients for a transplantation such as chemotherapy and radiation treatments, and will address the problem of finding a matching stem cell donor and reduce the risk of blood stem cell rejection after transplantation.

Investment objective is to provide shareholders with a high level of income, and capital growth over the long term. The Company aims to deliver these outcomes by investing selectively across the full spectrum of fi xed income asset classes including secured loans, high yield corporate bonds and investment grade corporate bonds. The Manager is incentivised to provide shareholders with ongoing total returns of at least 3 month sterling LIBOR plus 1.25%. Predominantly all the income earned each quarter is distributed as a dividend. This means dividends will fluctuate as LIBOR fluctuates.

HFEL seeks to provide a high level of dividends, as well as capital appreciation over the long term, from a diversified portfolio of investments traded on the Pacific, Australasian, Japanese and Indian stock markets.

Henderson Global Investors is a global asset manager focused on delivering excellent investment performance and service to clients.

Founded over a century ago, Henry Boot is a UK-focused commercial development and land promotion company. The Sheffield-based group boasts its own land bank and caters to both private and public sector clients, buying or selling investment properties and providing constructors with plant equipment. It also refurbishes and constructs buildings. Its business is mainly centred on the North East and Midlands. The Henry Boots Group includes Halland Land Management Limited, Henry Boot Developments, Stonebridge Projects, Henry Boot Construction, Banner Plant Limited and Road Link (A69).

The Company was incorporated on 22 June 2018, and its shares were admitted to trading on the Standard List on the Official List on 26 November 2018. The Company has been created to consider opportunities within the technology sector. In particular, the initial focus will be to acquire one or more companies which have designed or manufactured technology with application in specific vertical sectors.

HICL Infrastructure, formerly known as HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited, was launched on 29 March 2006, and was the first infrastructure investment to list on the London Stock Exchange. The company describes itself as a long term investor in public infrastructure, working with the public sector to deliver high-quality infrastructure projects.

Launched in May 2006 under the name Close AllBlue Fund Limited, the firm is a closed-ended listed investment company operating under the umbrella of BlueCrest Capital Management, an asset management company based in Guernsey. BlueCrest AllBlue accesses the best of BlueCrest's funds across both discretionary and systematic trading, and seeks to achieve the optimal blend of those funds.

Hikma is an international pharmaceutical company conducting operations through three businesses: generic pharmaceuticals, branded pharmaceuticals and injectable pharmaceuticals. The company sells 113 branded and non-branded generic pharmaceutical products in 34 countries worldwide. The majority of Hikma's operations are in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa Region and Europe.

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited (the "Fund") is required to produce and publish this document by Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the "Regulation"). The Fund is required to follow the Regulation's prescribed methodology in preparing the document, including for the determination of the summary risk indicator and calculation of the performance scenarios. As such, the performance scenarios may deviate substantially from expectations of performance which do not similarly rely on the same methodology

Hiscox is a specialist insurer, providing insurance to individuals and businesses around the world. The group is happy to insure unusual and complicated risks, such as terrorism and fine art, as well as provide upmarket home insurance.

Hochschild Mining is a precious metals company specialising in the exploration of sliver and gold. The group largely operates in Latin American, with three underground mines located in southern Peru.

Homeserve was formerly known as South Staffordshire Group, but changed its name after demerging its water business in April 2004. The company is now a supplier of emergency plumbing and electricity services to customers of water and electricity companies.

Honeywell is a global diversified technology and manufacturing company, providing customers with aerospace products and services, control, sensing and security technologies for buildings, homes and industry, automotive products, specialty chemicals, fibres and electronic and advanced materials. The company, which traces its roots back to 1885, now employs approximately 100,000 people in 95 countries worldwide.

The Company is formed to seek acquisition opportunities in the financial services and 'fintech' sectors. In particular, the initial focus will be to acquire companies which have the potential of growing in the Asian market, as the Directors believe that a number of dynamics have combined in the last decade or so to create significant change and opportunity within these sectors.

The company (formerly called Galiform) came into existence in October 2006 after MFI Furniture Group sold its retail business and changed its name. The group is now focussed on its Howdens business. Howden Joinery sells kitchens and joinery products to the building trade.

Britain's largest bank, HSBC has steadily expanded away from its roots in South East Asia. In the UK it took over Midland Bank, while there has been a succession of acquisitions in the US, which includes Household International, now known as HSBC Finance.

Hunting PLC is an international energy services provider to the world's leading upstream oil and gas companies. Established in 1874, it is a premium listed public company traded on the London Stock Exchange.

ITE Group is a Russia-focused company that organises trade exhibitions and conferences. Established in 1991, the group's operations now span 15 countries and it employs over 650 staff. ITE says business is thriving thanks to booming oil and gas markets and a strong construction sector.

i3 Energy plc, an independent oil and gas company with assets and operations in the UK.

Ibstock Plc is a brick making business. The company was founded in 1899 at Ibstock in Leicestershire as a coal mining business and bought Redland's brick manufacturing business in 1996. A majority stake in the business was acquired by CRH in 1998 with the balance of the shares being bought by CRH in October 2011. The business was then acquired by Bain Capital as part of a management buyout in February 2015. It was the subject of an initial public offering in October 2015.

Idox plc is a supplier of specialist document management collaboration solutions and services to the UK public sector and increasingly to highly regulated asset intensive industries around the world in the wider corporate sector.

Spread betting business IG Group returned to the market in April 2005, two years after being bought up by private equity firm CVC Capital for just £143m. The core business is spread betting though IG also provides other services such as CFDs and FX trading. More than 85% of IG's client transactions are executed online.

IMC holds 3 main projects in Ireland. The realisation of the potential of which will significantly enhance its asset base and shareholder value.

IMI is an international engineering company, which operates primarily in the fluid controls and retail dispense areas. Fluid controls covers pneumatics, severe service valves and indoor climate products and services, while retail dispense includes beverage dispense and merchandising systems.

Immotion Group aims to become the market leader in "out of home" Immersive Entertainment Experiences, by combining best in class Virtual Reality content with cutting edge motion platforms; offering consumers in high traffic leisure destinations, (such as shopping malls and family entertainment centres) state of the art VR experiences.

The Company intends to become a real estate investment trust ("REIT") and provide shareholders with an attractive return, principally in the form of quarterly income distributions and with the potential for capital and income growth, through exposure to a diversified portfolio of healthcare real estate opportunities. The Company will acquire, own, lease, renovate, extend and redevelop high quality healthcare real estate assets in the UK and lease those assets primarily to healthcare operators providing residential healthcare services under full repairing and insuring leases.

Impax Environmental Markets invests in the market for cleaner or more efficient delivery of services such as energy, water and waste. It mainly invests in quoted companies in North America and Europe.

Imperial Tobacco has powered ahead since it was released from conglomerate Hanson in the late 1990s. Brands include Embassy, Regal, John Player Specials and Lambert & Butler alongside Castella cigars. Like its rivals, expansion has seen it go continental with the acquisition of Germany's Reemstma in 2001, which promoted the group into the fourth biggest tobacco company in the world.

Inchcape is an international automotive services group involved in the importation, distribution and sale of motor vehicles. The group also offers financial services and counts Toyota/Lexus, Subaru, Ferrari/Maserati, BMW and the Premier Automotive Group of Ford among its key global manufacturer partners.

Indivior is a pharmaceutical company specialising in addiction treatment. Indivior was spun out of parent Reckitt Benckiser in December 2014. Adding to its Suboxone opioid addiction product, the company has a pipeline including longer-lasting 'depot' formulations, treatments for cocaine intoxication, alcohol addiction and even schizophrenia, as a psychiatric co-morbidity of addiction.

Induction Healthcare Group PLC is a healthcare technology company focused on streamlining the delivery of care by Healthcare Professionals. The Group's technology helps Healthcare Professionals to save time and deliver care more effectively and Healthcare Institutions to identify ways to allocate resources more efficiently.

i-nexus is the leading provider of strategy execution solutions, helping global organizations to turn their strategy into operational reality. Global leaders turn to i-nexus to translate strategy into goals and goals into action while continuously measuring and refining both their performance in execution and also business outcomes as goals are met. This real time feedback loop enables adjustments to strategy as market conditions shift, opportunities arise or priorities change.

T&F Informa was formed in May 2004 after the merger of Informa Group and Taylor & Francis Group. The company publishes specialist business and industry information through books, magazines, newsletters and journals. It also has a programme of conferences, exhibitions and seminars which are attended by more than 150,000 delegates around the world.

Inspecs is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of eyewear frames. The Group produces a broad range of frames, covering optical, sunglasses and safety, which are either "Branded" (either under licence or under the Group's own proprietary brands), or "OEM" (including private label on behalf of retail customers and un-branded).

IntegraFin Holdings plc (IntegraFin) is the holding company of a group including Transact, one of the largest independent wrap platforms in the UK. Transact offers advisory professionals a comprehensive financial planning infrastructure for investing client assets in a tax-efficient way.

The personal health care company developing and commercialising technology and products for the human integumentary system that may improve physical appearance, hygiene and general health outcomes.

InterContinental, formerly part of the Six Continents leisure group, is a hotel group that pioneered a new strategy by selling many of its hotels and signing long term management contracts. It has more than 3,600 hotels and 537,500 rooms in a 100 countries. In 2005 the group sold its interest in soft drinks firm Britvic, enabling it to concentrate purely on the hotel business.

The company provides mezzanine capital (a flexible form of corporate finance) in Europe and Asia Pacific. ICG invests across a wide range of sectors and has been involved in transactions such as acquisitions, pre-IPO financing, management buy-outs and management buy-ins, and public to private transactions. The group also offers fund management services.

Information technology company, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), is the world's largest computer maker. IBM designs, develops and manufactures computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. It is also the largest business and technology services provider and largest IT financier in the world. IBM Research also ranks as the world's largest information technology research organisation, with more than 3,000 scientists and engineers working from eight labs in six countries around the world.

IAG was formed by the merger of British Airways and Iberia in January 2011. It is one of the largest airline groups with over four hundred aircraft flying 55 million passengers to 200 destinations. They are also major conveyors of air-cargo. BA is principally located in the UK and are sole tenants of Terminal 5 at Heathrow, the world's busiest hub and biggest premium travel market. Iberia, principally based at Madrid's Terminal 4, operates a major network between Europe and Latin America.

Credit lender International Personal Finance was established in 1997 as a division of Provident Financial. The unit was demerged in July 2007. It runs a lending business in eastern Europe and Mexico, with Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia the largest and most established of its markets.

International Public Partnership is a closed-end investment company investing in public private partnership and private finance initiative projects in Europe and North America.

Leading testing, inspection and certification services group, Intertek, focuses primarily on customers products and commodities, which it assesses against safety, regulatory, quality and performance standards. The company performs these services from more than 270 laboratories worldwide.

INTOSOL is an award winning, international luxury travel company providing bespoke travel solutions globally, utilising its highly experienced travel consultants and proprietary itinerary management technology. The Company is actively expanding on its successful core business of designing luxury trips to over 3,500 global destinations, into the real estate market through the acquisition of luxury boutique properties for its SOUL Private Collection.

Intu Properties (formerly Capital Shopping Centres Group) owns and operates shopping centres across the UK, including 10 of the top 25. The company owns 16.6m sq. ft. of retail space, valued at £7bn, and attract over 320m customer visits each year. On January 15th of this year, the group announced the creation of a nationwide consumer facing shopping centre brand - intu - and officially changed its name from Capital Shopping Centres Group to Intu Properties on February 18th. The company has an investment plan of £1bn over the next ten years on active management projects and major extensions of existing assets involving most of its centres.

Invesco Asia Trust plc provide long-term capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio of Asian and Australasian companies.

Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income Limited seeks to generate the best total returns possible by investing in a broad portfolio of high-yielding corporate and sovereign bonds. Nonetheless, when the manager considers it appropriate it may also invest in shares or other types of financial securities, with gearing allowed in order to maximise its returns.

Investec is an international, specialist banking group, providing its client base with a range of financial products and services, including investment banking, treasury and specialised finance, private client activities and asset management. The company operates principally in the UK and South Africa.

Investor focused on helping develop intellectual property into mature businesses. It sources its pipeline of disruptive ideas via long-term partnerships with top research institutions in the UK and US with a focus on the Healthcare, Technology, Cleantech and Biotech spaces. To do this it provides services ranging from financial capital, to executive search and development as well as corporate finance and capital raising as well as administrative services.