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3i Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company has two complementary businesses: Private Equity and Infrastructure, specializing in core investment markets in northern Europe and North America. Its Private Equity business includes investment and asset management to generate capital returns, and is focused on consumer, healthcare, industrial technology, and business & technology services. Its Infrastructure business invests across a range of economic infrastructure businesses and operational projects in Europe and North America, in sectors such as utilities, transport/logistics, communications, natural resources/energy, social infrastructure, and healthcare.

3i Infrastructure plc is a Jersey-based closed-ended investment company. The Company aims to build a diversified portfolio of equity investments in entities owning infrastructure businesses and assets. The Company seeks investment opportunities globally, with a focus on Europe, North America and Asia. The Company's invests in private companies, which are not quoted on an active market. The Company may also invest in junior or mezzanine debt in infrastructure businesses or assets.

We are the leading direct marketer of promotional products in North America, the UK and Ireland. We have consistently delivered market-beating organic revenue growth. We make it easy for our customers to promote their service, product or event. Our customers know that promotional products from 4imprint's extensive range along with personal, expert service on every order will ensure that their name - and brand - looks great in front of their target audience.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The objective of Abrdn 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.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc (the Trust) is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The investment objective of the Company is to achieve a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than that of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) (NSCI (XIC) or benchmark) over the long term. The Trust aims to achieve its objective by investing in securities of companies that are or that would be constituents of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies). It also aims to achieve its objective by investing in small United Kingdom quoted companies.

Standard Life is a UK insurer that has been in operation for nearly 200 years. The company was reincorporated as a mutual assurance company in 1925 and remained so until its flotation on the stock market in 2006. The company has operations in a number of regions from Edinburgh to Hong Kong and currently over 7m customers.

African Barrick Gold describes itself as Tanzania's largest gold producer and one of the five largest gold producers in Africa. It has four producing mines, all located in north-west Tanzania, as well as several exploration projects at various stages of development. Its stated aim is to increase production to one million ounces per year by 2014. The company has four producing mines, all located in the north of Tanzania. These are Bulyanhulu, Buzwagi, North Mara and Tulawaka and regional offices in London, Johannesburg and Dar Es Salaam.

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

Admiral Group plc is a United Kingdom-based financial services company. The Company offers insurance products, including motor, household, travel, and pet insurance, as well as personal lending products through Admiral Loans. It operates through four segments: UK Insurance, International Insurance, Admiral Money, and Other. The UK Insurance segment consists of the underwriting of motor insurance, household and travel insurance and other products that supplement insurance policies within the United Kingdom. The International Insurance segment consists of the underwriting of car and home insurance and the generation of revenue from additional products and fees from underwriting car insurance outside of the United Kingdom.

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

Aggreko is a global provider of rental power, temperature control and compressed air systems. It operates in over 120 locations in 28 countries worldwide. At Aggreko, we bring our equipment and expertise in power, heating and cooling to any location, from the busiest cities to the most remote places on earth.

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 Plc is a United Kingdom-based company that provides investment platforms. The Company provides investment administration, dealing, and custody services. The Company's products include AJ Bell Investcentre, AJ Bell, Touch, and Dodl. Its AJ Bell Investcentre is an investment platform proposition for regulated financial advisers and wealth managers, providing a suite of products, services, investment solutions, and online tools to help manage their retail customers' portfolios. AJ Bell is an investment platform proposition for execution-only retail customers that includes investment solutions through its in-house funds and ready-made portfolios, and guidance via the AJ Bell Favourite funds list.

Aldermore is a specialist lender and savings bank focused on serving small and medium-sized enterprises, homeowners, landlords and individuals. Founded in May 2009 it has no branch network, serving customers on-line and by phone, although it does have a network of regional offices in the UK. Products offered to SMEs include lease and hire purchase finance for plant and equipment, invoice finance, commercial mortgages and Buy-to-Let services for individual and corporate landlords.

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

Alliance Trust caters for every generation. Our global equity investment trust aims to deliver attractive capital growth to help you meet your future financial goals, and provide rising income for today's spending needs. By blending the best ideas of eight world-class stock pickers,1 we invest with conviction to generate market-beating returns over the long term,2 while shielding you from the risks of relying on one fund manager. Alliance Trust, a strong core for any portfolio, whatever your stage in life.

The award-winning Allianz Technology Trust offers investors access to the fast moving world of technology, the single greatest contributor to global growth. The Trust is managed by Walter Price and the AllianzGI Global Technology Team based in San Francisco. The team benefits from its close proximity to Silicon Valley where many of the world's key technology companies are headquartered.

Based in Boston, Allied Minds plc (LSE: ALM) is an IP commercialisation company focused on early stage development within the technology sector. Historically concentrated on creating companies around disruptive technologies in large and growing markets sourced through its expansive network of US federal laboratories, universities and leading US corporations, Allied Minds now manages and funds a portfolio of companies to generate long-term value for its investors and stakeholders.

International project management and services company, Amec, carries out work for both the public and private sector. It serves a range of industries, including the transport, oil and gas and power sectors.

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.

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.

Ecora Resources Plc 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.

Anglo-Eastern Plantations Plc, quoted on the London Stock Exchange, owns, operates and develops plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia, which produce mainly palm oil and some rubber. The Group is committed to responsible development and management of its plantations and facilities for the benefit of the environment and society in which it operates in.

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.

Apax Global Alpha is a closed-ended investment company which aims to deliver an annualised total net asset value return of 12-15% across economic cycles, net of fees and expenses, and to pay an annualised dividend yield worth 5% of its net asset value each year. The bulk of its investments are in private equity and the remainder in so-called 'derived investments', including derived equity and debt. Derived Investments are derived from insights gained through Apax Partners' private equity activities. Just over half of the portfolio is invested in North America, followed by Europe (ex-UK) where close to a quarter of the investments are located. By sectors, the fund is most exposed to Technology and Telecommunications, followed by Services, Healthcare and Consumer.

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

Arrow is a leading European investor and asset manager in the nonperforming and non-core assets sector. We are evolving our model by developing a discretionary Fund and Investment Management business in order to capitalise on market opportunities.

The company aims to provide long-term capital and income growth by investing predominantly in listed companies and to achieve a net asset value total return greater than the total return of the FTSE All-Share Index.

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.

Ashmore Group plc is a United Kingdom-based company, which operates as a specialist emerging markets investment manager. The Company provide access to investment grade strategies across the four fixed income investment themes of external debt, local currency, corporate debt and blended debt, and manages portfolios in both mutual fund and segregated account structures. Its other investment themes include equities, alternatives, multi-strategy and overlay/liquidity. Its alternative's theme covers a diverse range of real assets in private equity, healthcare, infrastructure, special situations, distressed debt and real estate opportunities.

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 plc is a United Kingdom-based international equipment rental company. The Company rents a range of construction and industrial equipment across a variety of applications to a diverse customer base. The Company operates mainly in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, under the brand name Sunbelt Rentals. The Company's Sunbelt US is a United States-based construction and industrial equipment rental division with approximately 1,056 stores. It rents a range of equipment from a network of stores clustered in various metropolitan areas, from Washington D.C., and Baltimore on the Atlantic Coast through Miami, Tampa, and Orlando in Florida to Los Angeles and Seattle on the West Coast.

The Company seeks to provide a high rate of total return through investment in equities and equity-related securities of companies trading in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan). The Company seeks to offer a degree of capital preservation through tactical use of derivative instruments.

Associated British Foods PLC is a United Kingdom-based diversified food, ingredients and retail company. The Company has five segments. The Grocery segment is engaged in the manufacture of grocery products, including hot beverages, sugar and sweeteners, vegetable oils, balsamic vinegars, bread and baked goods, cereals, ethnic foods and meat products, which are sold to retail, wholesale and foodservice businesses. The Sugar segment is engaged in the manufacture of animal feeds and the provision of other products and services for the agriculture sector. The Agriculture segment is engaged in the manufacture of animal feeds and the provision of other products and services for the agriculture sector.

Assura plc is a United Kingdom-based real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company specializes in the development of, investment in and management of a portfolio of primary care, diagnostic and treatment buildings across the United Kingdom. It develops new buildings, invests in existing buildings, manages portfolios, and ultimately, owns them for the long term. It also designs, builds, invests in, and manages GP surgery, primary care and community healthcare buildings so the NHS has the places and spaces it needs to deliver more services, tests and treatments in the community. The Company is a long-term property partner to more than 600 medical centers.

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.

Auto Trader Group plc is the UK's largest digital automotive marketplace. Auto Trader prides itself on being the most trusted automotive marketplace. It's the go-to destination for car buyers and has been for the past 40 years. Auto Trader has over 90% prompted brand awareness with consumers and attracts over 50 million cross platform visits each month. The audience is not only large but highly engaged with a 75% share of minutes spent across automotive platforms.

Avast generates shareholder value through a combination of consistent growth, high profitability and strong cash flow.

AVEVA creates industrial software that inspires people to shape a sustainable future. We work with our customers and harness the power of ecosystem to deliver solutions and expertise to optimise engineering, operations and performance.

AVI Global Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based closed-end investment trust. The Company's investment 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. The Company primarily invests in companies listed in the United Kingdom and on other recognized international exchanges. The Company invests in holding companies, asset-backed special situations and closed-ended funds that in turn invest in listed and unlisted companies. The Company's financial instruments comprise equity and fixed-interest investments, cash balances, receivables, payables and borrowings.

We are one of the UK's leading Insurance, Wealth and Retirement businesses, with franchises in Ireland and Canada. Our purpose is to be with you today for a better tomorrow. Aviva exists to be with people through all phases of their lives. We are here for our customers when it really matters. We help them make the most of life. Because at Aviva, we understand that what you do today creates what is possible tomorrow.

Avon Protection is recognized as a world leader in respiratory and ballistic protection, delivering life critical solutions for Militaries and First Responders worldwide. As an innovative capability provider, we understand the unique requirements of the modern warfighter and tactical operator. This depth of specialization and understanding has ensured products are designed to protect our users in the most extreme of environments.

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.

Babcock is an international defence company operating in our focus countries of the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa, with exports to additional markets. We provide a range of products and service solutions to enhance our customers' defence capabilities and critical assets. Our business is underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration and engineering, infrastructure management and specialist training. We help our customers around the world to cost effectively improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets.

At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of 93,100 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC is an investment company. The Company's investment objective is to achieve long-term capital growth principally through investment in medium to smaller-sized Japanese companies, which have above-average prospects for growth, although it invests in larger companies when considered appropriate. Its holdings are generally listed in Japan although the portfolio can also include companies listed elsewhere whose business is predominantly in Japan as well as unlisted companies. From time to time, fixed interest holdings, or non-equity investments, may be held. The portfolio is constructed through the identification of individual companies which offer long-term growth potential, over a three to five-year horizon.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon aims to achieve long-term capital growth principally through investment in small Japanese companies which are believed to have above average prospects for capital growth.

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.

BBVA is a customer-centric global financial services group founded in 1857. The Group has a strong leadership position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial institution in Mexico, it has leading franchises in South America. It is also the leading shareholder in Turkey's Garanti BBVA and has an important investment, transactional and capital markets banking business in the U.S. Its purpose is to bring the age of opportunities to everyone, based on our customers' real needs: provide the best solutions, helping them make the best financial decisions, through an easy and convenient experience. The institution rests in solid values: Customer comes first, we think big and we are one team. Its responsible banking model aspires to achieve a more inclusive and sustainable society.

We aim to be the best open financial services platform, by acting responsibly and earning the lasting loyalty of our people, customers, shareholders, and communities. Our purpose is to help people and businesses prosper. We strive to make all we do Simple, Personal and Fair.

Bank of Georgia Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based holding company that provides banking, leasing, brokerage, and investment management services to corporate and individual customers. The Company's Retail Banking segment provides consumer loans, mortgage loans, overdrafts, credit cards and other credit facilities, funds transfers and settlement services, and handling of customers deposits for both individuals and legal entities. Its Corporate Investment Banking segment comprises corporate banking and investment management operations in Georgia. Corporate Banking provides loans and other credit facilities, funds transfers and settlement services, trade finance services, documentary operations support and handles savings and term deposits for corporate and institutional customers.

The Bankers Investment Trust has the flexibility to invest in any geographic region and any sector with no set limits on individual country or sector exposures. The Manager primarily employs a bottom-up stock picking investment process, across six regional portfolios, to identify suitable opportunities. While each regional portfolio manager employs their own investment style, they all pay particular regard to cash generation and dividend growth over the medium term.

Barclays is a British universal bank. We support consumers and small businesses through our retail banking services, and larger businesses and institutions through our corporate and investment banking services.Our Purpose is the reason our company exists; the societal need we fulfil. It encapsulates what we are fundamentally here to do. It provides a clear expression of the kind of business we want to be, and what we care about, which in turn helps guide us in the decisions we make.

A.G. Barr p.l.c. is a United Kingdom-based company that is engaged in branded multi beverage business. The Company is a brand owners and builders, offering a diverse and differentiated portfolio of brands. It operates through three segments: Soft drinks, Cocktail solutions and Other. The Soft drinks segment comprises two business units: Barr Soft Drinks and Boost Drinks. Barr Soft Drinks includes various brands such as IRN-BRU, Bundaberg, Barr Flavours, KA, D'N'B, OMJ!, Rubicon, Simply Fruity, Rubicon RAW, Strathmore, Snapple, Sun Exoti, and Tizer. Boost Drinks portfolio includes energy, sport, iced coffee, protein and including the franchise brand, Rio. The Cocktail solutions segment consists of pre-mixed cocktails, syrups, mixers and purees.

Barratt Developments is the nation's leading housebuilder, creating great new places to live throughout Britain. Our business is acquiring land, obtaining planning consents and building the highest quality homes in places people aspire to live. This is supported by our expertise in land, design, construction and sales and marketing. Our vision is to lead the future of housebuilding by putting customers at the heart of everything we do.

BASF is a chemical company that also deals with plastics, oils and gases, agricultural products, and other performance products. Most of its services go towards the chemical, agricultural, automotive, and energy industries.

B.A.T.M is a science and technology group specializing currently in two areas: Networking & cyber and ECO & Biomed. Our core strength is turning advanced science into innovative, sometimes disruptive technologies in the areas where we are active.

We serve our customers and partners through our principal business, Signature. Signature is the number 1 global fixed base operation (FBO) network for Business & General Aviation (B&GA) travellers.

BBGI is a global infrastructure investment company helping to provide the responsible capital required to build and maintain the developed world's transport and social infrastructure. These are the infrastructure assets that citizens rely on every day to keep local economies moving, and as a long-term custodian, we partner with the public sector to help deliver and manage them.

We build high quality homes designed to complement the style of existing local housing in developments that meet local demand and enhance the community. With a range that extends from one-bedroom apartments to six-bedroom family homes, we offer an extensive choice from which customers can choose a property that fits their particular requirements. We also provide homes to housing associations for social housing. We are committed to being a responsible housebuilder. Our aim is to operate our business in an ethical and sustainable manner, while at the same time building attractive, desirable and sustainable developments where customers want to live in harmony with existing communities. Our focus is to provide desirable, family housing across Great Britain and to provide apartments for young professionals predominantly within the London boroughs. Our activity in London is predominantly in the outer London boroughs.

Berendsen, known as Davis Service Group until January 2011, runs a number of businesses in the textile services market. It's involved in workwear, textile rental, laundry, maintenance and supply services for customers within the commercial, industrial, leisure and public sectors.

Berkeley Group builds homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England. Our passion and purpose is to build quality homes, strengthen communities, and make a lasting positive difference to people's lives.We specialise in brownfield regeneration, working together with our partners to revive underused land and create unique, sustainable and nature-rich places where communities thrive and people of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy a great quality of life.

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.

We produce essential commodities through our assets, including iron ore, copper, nickel, metallurgical coal, potash and petroleum. Our operated assets are wholly owned and operated by BHP or owned as a joint venture and operated by BHP. We also hold interests in assets that are owned as a joint venture but are not operated by BHP.

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.

Biffa Group Limited is a leading UK waste management company, providing collection, recycling, treatment, disposal and technologically-driven energy generation services across four operating divisions.

Big Yellow Self Storage is the UK's favourite self storage company. We provide secure and modern self storage units for homes and businesses nationwide. Founded in 1998 with our very first store in Richmond upon Thames, we now operate from a platform of 107 storage facilities, including 24 branded as Armadillo Self Storage. Big Yellow employs over 450 people and is listed on the FTSE 250 London Stock Exchange. We have also been listed in the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to work for in 2019.

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 Biotech Growth Trust seeks capital appreciation through investment in the worldwide biotechnology industry. In order to achieve its investment objective, the Company invests in a diversified portfolio of shares and related securities in biotechnology companies on a worldwide basis. Performance is measured against the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index

The Company aims to achieve an annual dividend target and, over the long term, capital growth by investing primarily in securities of companies operating in the mining and energy sectors.

The Company's investment objective is to achieve long term capital growth by investing in companies domiciled or listed in, or exercising the predominant part of their economic activity in, less developed countries. These countries (the "Frontiers Universe") are any country which is neither part of the MSCI World Index of developed markets nor one of the eight largest countries by market capitalisation in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index as at 1 April 2018: being Brazil, China, India, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Taiwan.

The Company aims to provide capital growth, primarily through investment in a focused portfolio constructed from a combination of the securities of large, mid and small capitalisation European companies, together with some investment in the developing markets of Europe.

The Company aims to secure long-term capital growth and an attractive total return primarily through investing in quoted securities in Latin America.

The Company aims to provide an attractive and growing level of income return with capital appreciation over the long term, predominantly through investment in a diversified portfolio of primarily large-cap US equities.

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Company's principal activity is portfolio investment. The Company's objective is to achieve long-term capital growth for shareholders through investment mainly in smaller United Kingdom-quoted companies. The Company seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing predominantly in United Kingdom smaller companies which are listed or traded on the London Stock Exchange or on the alternative investment market (AIM). It also invests in securities which are listed overseas but have a secondary United Kingdom quotation. The Company invests in various sectors, including industrials, financials, technology, basic materials, health care, real estate, utilities, consumer discretionary, consumer staples and telecommunications.

This Trust is a high-conviction portfolio, investing in the UK's most differentiated and exciting emerging companies, with strong management teams, strong and dominant market positions. We also seek out companies leading industry change, the "disruptors". Our aim is long-term capital growth.

BlackRock World Mining Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company's investment objective is to provide a diversified investment in mining and metal assets worldwide, actively managed with the objective of maximizing total returns. The Company principally invests in quoted securities. The Company's investment policy includes investing in royalties derived from the production of metals and minerals as well as physical metals. The Company holds approximately 10% of its gross assets in physical metals and invests approximately 20% in unquoted investments. The Company's subsidiary, BlackRock World Mining Investment Company Limited, is engaged in investment dealing.

The Group's Mission is to grow a high quality global publishing business delivering high value to its contributors, readers and shareholders. Our overall growth strategy and long-term focus remains unchanged; to invest in high value intellectual property, to publish works of excellence and originality, to build our diversified portfolio of content and services across our Consumer and Non-Consumer Divisions, and to diversify into digital channels to build quality revenues and increase earnings.

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.

Bluefield Solar Income Fund is an investment company focused on the acquisition and long term management of a diversified portfolio of low carbon assets in the UK. BSIF primarily targets utility scale solar assets and portfolios on greenfield, industrial and/or commercial sites, with the objective of delivering long-term stable dividends.

The CT UK Capital and Income Investment Trust PLC offers the best of both worlds; the potential for long-term capital growth and a regular, growing income.The Company seeks to achieve this objective by investing in companies which have good long-term prospects with attractive returns on invested capital, but whose share prices may not fully reflect this. This could be because of adverse sentiment, possibly from short-term difficulties, or simply because they are unfashionable. Many of the stocks purchased have a higher than average dividend yield.

The trust offers investor access to a broadly spread global smaller companies portfolio. The portfolio consists of individual smaller company investments within the US, UK and European markets, and fund holdings targeting smaller companies in Japan, Asia, Latin America and other smaller territories. The dividend of the Company has risen for 48 years in a row, benefiting from a growing income stream from the investment portfolio.

The Company's investment objective is to achieve long-term capital growth through investment in private equity assets, whilst providing shareholders with a predictable and above average level of dividend funded from a combination of the Company's revenue and realised capital profits.

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.

Booker is a cash and carry operator, offering branded and private-label goods which are sold to the likes of independent convenience stores, grocers, leisure outlets, pubs and restaurants within the UK. Good supplied include fresh and frozen food, beers, wines, spirits, tobacco and non-food items.

BP p.l.c. provides energy products and services to its customers. The Company's segments include gas & low carbon energy, oil production & operations and customers & products. The gas & low carbon energy segment comprises its gas & low carbon businesses. Its gas business includes regions with upstream activities that predominantly produce natural gas, integrated gas and power, and gas trading. Its low carbon business includes solar, offshore and onshore wind, hydrogen and CCS, power trading, and its share in bp Bunge Bioenergia. Its oil production & operations segment comprises regions with upstream activities that predominantly produce crude oil, including bpx energy.

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.

British American Tobacco p.l.c is a consumer-centric, multi-category consumer goods company. The Company provides tobacco and nicotine products. Its segments include the United States, Asia Pacific Middle East and Africa, Americas and Europe. It manages a globally integrated supply chain, and its products are distributed to retail outlets. Its product categories include vapor products, modern oral products, and tobacco heating products. Its vapor products are handheld, battery-powered devices that heat a liquid (called an e-liquid) to produce an inhalable aerosol, known as vapor. The Company's modern oral products are its smoke-free oral nicotine products called nicotine pouches, designed for use in the mouth.

The British Land Company PLC is a United Kingdom-based property company. Its segments include Campuses and Retail & Fulfilment. The Campuses segment is leveraging the Campus proposition to focus on customers in sectors, including science, technology and health. Its three Campuses at Broadgate, Paddington Central and Regent's Place are neighborhoods, attracting growth customers and sectors, and offering some of the connected and sustainable space in London. It is delivering its fourth Campus at Canada Water, where it is planning consent to deliver five-meter square feet of residential, commercial, retail and community space over 53 acres. Retail & Fulfilment segment has a portfolio that is focused on retail parks, which is aligned to the growth of online and last mile fulfilment.

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.

N BROWN IS A TOP 10 UK CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR DIGITAL RETAILER, AND ALONGSIDE A HOME PROPOSITION AND UNIQUE PAYMENT PLATFORM, BRINGS CHOICE, AFFORDABILITY AND VALUE TO ALL CUSTOMERS. Through our brands JD Williams, Simply Be, and Jacamo, we serve customers of all shapes, sizes and ages.We are headquartered in Manchester where we design, source and create many of our own products and employ over 1,700 people across the UK. We are a brand built in heritage - over our 160-year history, N Brown has consistently served the needs of our loyal customers. This loyalty has remained true as we have evolved our business from a catalogue service to a fully digital retailer.

As an investment trust, Brunner is able to draw on revenue reserves in order to support dividend payments in tough times. Our global approach and this ability to manage payouts have enabled Brunner to pay rising dividends to our shareholders for 46 consecutive years, although past performance is no guide to the future.

BT Group plc is a telecommunications and network provider. The Company provides fixed and mobile telecommunications and related secure digital products, solutions and services. It also provides managed telecommunications, security and network and information technology (IT) infrastructure services to customers across approximately 180 countries. It consists of three customer-facing units: Consumer, Business and Openreach. Consumer units serve individuals and families in the United Kingdom. Business units cover companies and public services in the United Kingdom and internationally. Openreach unit is an independently governed, wholly owned subsidiary wholesaling fixed access infrastructure services to its customers approximately 650 communication providers across the United Kingdom.

BTG is a specialty pharmaceuticals company that is developing and commercialising products targeting critical care, cancer, neurological and other disorders. The company is also seeking to acquire new products to develop and market to hospital specialists.

Bunzl plc is a United Kingdom-based specialist international distribution and services company. The Company's segments include North America, Continental Europe, UK & Ireland and Rest of the World. It provides a one-stop-shop, on-time and in-full specialist distribution service across 31 countries, supplying a range of internationally and responsibly sourced non-food products to a variety of market sectors, including grocery, cleaning and hygiene, foodservice, retail, safety, healthcare and others. It offers non-food consumables, including food packaging, disposable tableware, guest amenities, catering equipment, agricultural supplies, cleaning and hygiene products and safety items, to hotels, restaurants, contract caterers, food processors, commercial growers and the leisure sector.

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.

C&C Group PLC is a vertically integrated drinks company. The Company manufactures, markets and distributes branded beer, cider, wine, spirits and soft drinks across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Company's segments include Ireland and Great Britain (GB). The Ireland segment is engaged in the sale of the Company's own branded products across the island of Ireland, principally Bulmers, Magners, Tennent's, Five Lamps, Clonmel 1650, Heverlee, Dowd's Lane, Finches and Tipperary Water. The Great Britain segment is engaged in the sale of the Company's own branded products in Scotland, with Tennent's, Caledonia Best, Heverlee and Magners being the main brands.

Oil and gas exploration group Capricorn 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.

Our Purpose, Vision and Values define us and drive us to create places where people love to live. They drive us to build our homes better and more sustainably, to build a skilled and diverse team and to make a positive impact in communities where we live and work.

Caledonia Investments plc is a United Kingdom-based self-managed investment trust company. The Company holds investments in both listed and private markets, covering a range of sectors and particularly through its fund investments. It invests in managed businesses that combine long-term growth characteristics with, in many cases, an ability to deliver increasing levels of income. It manages assets of circa £2.8 billion across an international, multi-asset portfolio, with a focus on companies that have the potential to generate long-term shareholder value. The Company's fund types include private equity funds, funds of private equity (PE) funds, and quoted market funds. It invests in a range of sectors, such as basic materials, consumer staples, financials, healthcare, industrials, real estate, retailers, technology, telecommunications, and utilities.

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.

The trust's primary objective is to achieve above average growth in its net assets through capital gains from its investments and to earn satisfactory income for its shareholders.

The Company and its subsidiaries form an international group primarily engaged in the supply of a wide range of services including multi-user work access systems, insulation, fi re protection, abrasive blasting, refractory, asbestos removal, coatings, cleaning, training and other essential non-mechanical services to major industrial groups, principally in the energy and natural resources sectors.

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.

Shaftesbury Capital PLC is a Real Estate Investment Trust which invests in London's West End including Covent Garden, Carnaby, Soho, Chinatown and Fitzrovia. Our purpose is to invest in and curate vibrant and thriving destinations in the West End where people work, live and visit, delivering long-term social and economic value.

Capital & Regional plc is a United Kingdom-based company, which is a specialist property real estate investment trust (REIT). Capital & Regional owns seven shopping centers in Blackburn, Hemel Hempstead, Ilford, Luton, Maidstone, Walthamstow and Wood Green. It also has a 20% joint venture interest in the Kingfisher centre in Redditch. Capital & Regional manages these assets through its in-house property and asset management platform.

Capital Gearing Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Company's primary investment objective is to preserve shareholder's wealth. The Company's secondary investment objective is to grow shareholder's real wealth. Its asset allocations are into index-linked government bonds, conventional government bonds, preference shares/corporate debt, funds/equities, cash, and gold.

Carclo's strategy is to develop new technologies and products to drive future growth on a global scale. The long term strategic intent is to achieve sustainable earnings growth for shareholders whilst providing innovative and effective solutions for our customers.

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.

Carpetright sells carpets, laminate, vinyl flooring and rugs in around 350 UK stores and about 90 in Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg, making it the largest carpet retailer in Europe.

Carr's Group plc is focused on the principal activities of agriculture, and engineering; developing leading positions in the markets we serve.

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.

Centamin plc is a mineral exploration, development and mining company dual listed on the London and Toronto Stock Exchanges. We recognise we have an important part to play in shaping the future of our stakeholders, particularly where we operate in developing countries and the local population may not have the same access to resources. Our purpose directs our decisions and actions towards supporting the wider society.

Centaur Media is an international provider of market intelligence and specialist consultancy that inspires and enables people to excel at what they do within the legal and marketing professions.

Centrica plc is an energy services and solutions company. Its British Gas Services and Solutions segment provides installation, repair and maintenance of domestic central heating and related appliances and the provision of fixed-fee maintenance service and insurance contracts in the United Kingdom. The Company's British Gas Energy segment is engaged in supplying gas and electricity to residential and small business customers in the United Kingdom and others. Its Bord Gais Energy segment supplies gas and electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers in the Republic of Ireland and others. The Company's Centrica Business Solutions segment supplies gas and electricity to business customers in the United Kingdom and others.

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.

We are a responsible and profitable company engaged in the management of Life and Pension policies in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands. The Group initially consisted of Countrywide Assured, a closed Life and Pensions book demerged from Countrywide plc, a large estate agency group

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

Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets.

Cineworld Group plc is the only quoted UK cinema business. Cineworld's acquisition of Regal Entertainment Group has created the second largest cinema business in the world (by number of screens). Cineworld currently operates in the UK, Ireland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Israel and the US.

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

The Company's investment objective is to seek to obtain both high income and capital growth from investment, predominantly in high-yielding fixed-interest securities.

The City of London Investment Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based closed end investment company. The Company's objective is to provide long-term growth in income and capital, principally by investment in equities listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Company seeks to invest in equities and in debt securities, such as convertibles, corporate bonds or government debt. The Company intends to provide long-term growth in income and capital, principally by investment in United Kingdom equities, with a bias towards large, multinational companies. The Company invests in various sectors, such as tobacco, oil, gas and coal, beverages, aerospace and defense, media, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, banks, gas, water and multi-utilities, life insurance, electricity, banks and, household goods and home construction.

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.

We're one of Europe's leading retail logistics providers, with an unrivalled reputation for ensuring our customers deliver on their promises. Our Vision is to be global leaders in fully integrated, end-to-end e-commerce logistics, defined by our ability to innovate, collaborate, and operate at the forefront of technology.

Close Brothers Group plc is a United Kingdom-based merchant banking company. The Company is engaged in providing lending, deposit-taking, wealth management services and securities trading. Its segments include Commercial, Retail, Property, Asset Management and Securities. The Commercial segment provides secured lending principally to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), both through their direct sales force and via third party distribution channels. The Retail segment provides loans to predominantly individuals and small businesses, through a network of intermediaries. The Property segment specializes in short-term residential development finance through property finance, and also offers refurbishment and bridging loans through commercial acceptances.

CLS Holdings plc is a United Kingdom-based commercial property investment company. The Company is principally involved in the investment, management, and development of commercial properties. It has two operating divisions: investment properties and other investments. It manages the investment properties division on a geographical basis. Other investments division comprise the hotel at Spring Mews and other small corporate investments. The Company specializes in office space and its assets comprise over 595,000 square meters of future-focused workspace in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. It transforms office properties into suitable, modern spaces that help its tenant's businesses to grow.

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.

Coats is the world's leading industrial thread company. Headquartered in the UK, we have a workforce of 18,000 in some 50 countries, across six continents around the world.

Cobham operates in three primary business sectors: aerospace systems, avionics and flight operations and services. It designs and makes equipment, specialised systems and components used within the search and rescue, civil and defence aviation, marine, aerospace, homeland security and communication markets.

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.

Commerzbank is in the banking industry, focusing on financing real estate and other public sector projects. It sales are primarily in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Compass Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based non-trading investment holding company. The Company is engaged in providing food and support services. The Company has three segments: North America, Europe and Rest of World. The North America segment includes the United States of America and Canada. The Europe segment includes the United Kingdom, Finland and the Rest of Europe. The Rest of the World segment includes Japan. The Company delivers services in sectors, including business and industry; healthcare and seniors living; education; defense, offshore and remote, and sports and leisure. It operates at various client locations around the world, from hospitals, schools and oil rigs to corporate headquarters and entertainment venues.

Computacenter plc is a United Kingdom-based independent technology and services provider. The Company helps its customers to source, transform and manage digital technology across the domains of workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, networking and security. The Company has three primary service lines: technology sourcing, professional services and managed services. The Company's technology sourcing services helps its customers to determine their technology needs and supported by its technology partners, the Company arranges the commercial structures, integration and supply chain services.

ContourGlobal is a growth platform for acquiring and developing wholesale power generation with long-term contracts diversified across fuel types and geographies. It was founded in 2005 by CEO Joseph Brandt and Reservoir Capital Group. We have developed the highest of operating standards and practices which we ensure are applied globally in all of our projects. Today, we are uniquely positioned to capitalize on market opportunities that rely on operators with best-in-class track records with refurbishment and development expertise.

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.

Costain helps to improve lives with smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We deliver integrated smart solutions to meet urgent infrastructure needs across the UK. We help to safeguard the security, increase the capacity, improve customer service and drive efficiency in our clients' infrastructure programmes.

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.

Objective is to provide investors with a high gross dividend yield and the potential for capital growth by mainly investing in high yielding fixed interest securities. A Jersey closed-end investment company, which mainly invests in high yielding fixed interest securities.

Cranswick plc is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in manufacturing and supplying food products to United Kingdom grocery retailers, the food service sector and other United Kingdom and global food producers. The Company offers various products, including fresh pork, slow cook, fresh chicken, coated chicken, ready-to-eat chicken, gourmet sausage, gourmet bacon and gammon, gourmet pastry, cooked meats, charcuterie, olives and antipasti, ambient Mediterranean, and houmous and dips. Its brands include Bodega, Cypressa and Ramona.

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).

CRH is the leading provider of building materials solutions that build, connect and improve our world. Employing c.75,800 people at c.3,160 locations in 29 countries, CRH has market leadership positions in both North America and in Europe. As the essential partner for road and critical utility infrastructure, commercial building projects and outdoor living solutions, CRH's unique offering of materials, products and value-added services helps to deliver a more resilient and sustainable built environment.

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

Custodian REIT aims to be the Real Estate Investment Trust of choice for private and institutional investors seeking high and stable dividends from well-diversified UK real estate.

CVC Income & Growth Limited ("the Company") is a closed-ended investment company, limited by shares, which has exposure to European senior secured loans and other sub-investment grade corporate credit. The Company invests the net proceeds of its share issues in CVC European Credit Opportunities S.à r.l, (the "Investment Vehicle"), which is CVC Credit Partners' existing European credit opportunities investment vehicle.

Virgin Money UK PLC is a United Kingdom-based full-service digital bank, offering products and services to meet the full range of customers, retail and business banking needs. The Company operates under four commercial lines, such as Mortgages, Unsecured, Business, and Deposits. It operates under the Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and Virgin Money brands. Its products include current accounts, savings, loans, investments, insurance, cards, mortgages, pensions, private banking, and business accounts, among others. It provides car loans, home improvement loans, and debt consolidation loans.

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.

Chilled dairy foods company, Dairy Crest, manufactures a wide range of leading milk and dairy products including Utterly Butterly, Yoplait products as well as cheddar cheese Cathedral City.

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.

Debenhams is leading international, multi-channel brand with a proud British heritage which trades out of 240 stores across 28 countries. Co's gives its customers around the world a unique, differentiated and exclusive mix of own brands, international brands and concessions. Co's has a top four market share in womenswear and menswear and a top ten share in childrenswear. It leads the market in premium health and beauty.

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 London is one of London's most innovative office specialist property regenerators and investors and is well known for its design-led philosophy and creative management approach to development. Our appealing designs attract a range of tenants, including those from creative industries.The Group owns and manages an investment portfolio of 5.5 million sq ft, of which 99% is located in central London, with a specific focus on the West End and the areas bordering the City of London, with the latter principally in the Tech Belt.

Devro is one of the world's leading suppliers of collagen casings for food, used by customers in the production of a wide variety of sausages and other meat products. Collagen is a naturally occurring polymer which is transformed into gel, tubular casing and film at Devro's manufacturing sites in the USA, the Netherlands, the UK, China, Czech Republic and Australia.

DFS Group is the leading sofa retail specialist in the UK and since 1969 we've been passionate about making and selling high quality, great looking sofas.

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.With over 200 brands and sales in more than 180 countries, our portfolio has remarkable breadth across spirits and beer. From centuries-old names to the latest innovations, we're building the very best brands.

The Dialight Foundation, formed in June 2020, is a nonprofit arm of Dialight, the global leader in hazardous and industrial LED lighting innovation. Dialight Foundation is dedicated to transforming the lives of people in need in our local communities, with a focus on children and youth, providing them with the resources to become beacons of light.

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.

Direct Line Group is one of the largest insurance companies in the UK and home to several well-known insurance brands. Our mission is to be brilliant for customers every day. We have some of the strongest and most recognisable insurance brands including Direct Line, Churchill, Green Flag, NIG and Darwin. Through these trusted brands we offer a range of insurance products that help protect customers motors, homes, holidays, pets and businesses.

The trust invests primarily in quoted or traded UK companies with a wide range of market capitalisations, but a long-term bias toward small and mid-cap equities. The trust may also invest in large cap companies, including FTSE 100 Index constituents, where it is believed that this may increase shareholder value.

Currys plc is a leading omnichannel retailer of technology products and services, operating through online and 830 stores in 8 countries. We help everyone enjoy amazing technology, however they choose to shop with us. In the UK&I we trade as Currys; in the Nordics under the Elkjøp brand and as Kotsovolos in Greece. In each of these markets we are the market leader, employing 32,000 capable and committed colleagues. Our full range of services and support makes it easy for our customers to discover, choose, afford and enjoy the right technology for them, throughout their lives. The Group's operations are supported by a sourcing office in Hong Kong, state-of-the-art repair facilities and an extensive distribution network, enabling fast and efficient delivery to stores and homes.

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 Group is a renewable energy company engaged in renewable power generation, the production of sustainable biomass and the sale of renewable electricity to businesses. Drax operates a generation portfolio of sustainable biomass, hydro-electric and pumped hydro storage assets across four sites in England and Scotland. It is the UK's largest source of renewable electricity. The company also operates a global bioenergy supply business with manufacturing facilities at 13 sites in the United States and Canada, producing compressed wood pellets for its own use and for customers in Europe and Asia.

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust is an investment trust that specialises in investing in mainly UK stocks. The Company's objective is to achieve growth of income and capital from a portfolio invested mainly in companies listed or quoted in the United Kingdom.

Investment objective is the achievement of long term growth from a portfolio of smaller companies in the United Kingdom.

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.We are a low-cost European point-to-point airline. We use our cost advantage, operational efficiency and leading positions in primary airports to deliver low fares, seamlessly connecting Europe with the warmest welcome in the sky

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.

The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Company's investment objective is to invest primarily in United Kingdom securities with the long-term objective of achieving an increase of the net asset value per share in excess of the growth in the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) All-Share Index, and growth in dividends per share in excess of the rate of United Kingdom inflation. The Company primarily invests in companies quoted on a recognized stock exchange in the United Kingdom. The Company also invests up to 20% of the portfolio in securities listed on stock exchanges outside the United Kingdom. It invests across various sectors, such as oil, gas and coal; personal care, drug and grocery stores; aerospace and defense; pharmaceuticals and biotechnology; banks; industrial metals and mining; industrial transportation; industrial support services, and others.

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).

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

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.

Empiric Student Property plc (LSE: ESP), a UK REIT, is a leading provider and operator of modern, direct-let, nominated or leased student accommodation located in prime city centre locations in top university towns and cities in the UK. The Empiric Student Property plc management team has a long track record in the acquisition, development and management of student accommodation assets in the UK.Looking forward, once we achieve occupancy levels in line with those before the pandemic, we expect to deliver a Gross Margin above 70% and a total return in the 7% to 9% pa range.

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.

Energean Oil & Gas (LSE:ENOG, FTSE 250, TASE:אנאג, TA-35) is a London-based independent E&P company focused on developing resources in the Mediterranean. Energean is committed to sustainable development and to be a net zero emitter by 2050. The company also strives to meet United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals through its day-to-day operations and a wide range of CSR initiatives.

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 One is a Canadian multinational media distribution company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition, distribution, and production of entertainment content, including films, television series, and music. Its operating units include include television, family and film. The family division develops, produces and distributes a portfolio of children's properties, and is most famous for the Pegga Pig brand.

The investment objective of Global Opportunities Trust plc is to provide shareholders with an attractive real long-term total return by investing globally in undervalued securities.

Equiniti is a leading provider of technology and solutions for complex and regulated administration, serving blue-chip enterprises and the public sector organisations.

Essentra plc is a FTSE 250 company and a leading global provider of essential components and solutions, focusing on the manufacture and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded and metal items.Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Essentra's global network extends to 28 countries worldwide and includes over 3,000 employees, 13 manufacturing facilities, 24 distribution centres and 33 sales & service centres serving c.74,000 customers with a rapid supply of low cost but essential products for a variety of applications in industries such as equipment manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, electronics, medical and renewable energy.

The Group is a UK-focused personal lines insurer founded in 2000 by Peter Wood, the foremost general insurance entrepreneur in the UK. The Group has established a strong platform for growth and a track record of profitability. In 2011, the company launched a broker service that extends its motor insurance footprint by offering the products of other carefully selected insurers using its brands.

Eurocell is a manufacturer, distributor and recycler of building products. From our headquarters, strategically located next to the M1 motorway in Derbyshire, we operate a purpose-built 80,000 sq. ft extrusion and tool-making facility, with more than 260,000 sq. ft of stockholding capacity.

Euromoney is a global business-to-business information services business. We provide price discovery, essential market intelligence and events. Euromoney is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250 share index.

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.

Balanced Commercial Property Trust Limited is a closed-ended investment company. The investment objective of the Company is to provide ordinary shareholders with an attractive level of income together with the potential for capital and income growth from investing in a diversified United Kingdom commercial property portfolio. The Company's policy is to hold a diversified portfolio of freehold and long leasehold (over 60 years remaining at the time of acquisition) United Kingdom commercial properties. It invests principally in three commercial property sectors: office, retail (including retail warehouses) and industrial.

The trust offers investor access to a broadly spread global smaller companies portfolio. The portfolio consists of individual smaller company investments within the US, UK and European markets, and fund holdings targeting smaller companies in Japan, Asia, Latin America and other smaller territories. The dividend of the Company has risen for 48 years in a row, benefiting from a growing income stream from the investment portfolio.

F&C Investment Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment trust company. The Company's objective is to achieve long-term growth in capital and income through a policy of investing primarily in an internationally diversified portfolio of publicly listed equities, as well as unlisted securities and private equity, combined with the use of gearing. It also invests in other types of securities or assets depending on the return prospects and in consideration of the implications for the broader portfolio. It invests in various sectors, such as technology, consumer discretionary, industrials, financials, healthcare, consumer staples, basic materials, telecommunications, energy, real estate and utilities.

FBD Insurance has been in business for over 50 years and has grown into the largest Irish owned insurer with nearly 500,000 loyal and satisfied customers. With local sales offices nationwide, telephone and online support, FBD's quality customer service is never more than a few steps away.

FDM Group (Holdings) plc is a United Kingdom-based global professional services provider with a focus on information technology (IT). The Company's principal business activities involve recruiting, training, and deploying its own permanent IT and business consultants to clients, either on site or remotely. The Company specializes in a range of technical and business disciplines, including development, testing, IT service management, project management office, data engineering, cloud computing, risk, regulation and compliance, business analysis, business intelligence, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and robotic process automation. Its business consultants work with clients on operational and business transformation programs to help with both the implementation and delivery of projects, as well as providing ongoing support.

Fenner makes reinforced polymer technology, It produces heavyweight belting using PVC, fabric and steel reinforced rubber. Lightweight belting is also manufactured using PVC, urethane, thermoplastic elastomer blends and rubber.

Ferrexpo plc is an iron ore pellet producer. The Company produces, develops and markets its principal product, iron ore pellets, for sale to the metallurgical industry. The Company's operations are vertically integrated from iron ore mining through to iron ore concentrate, and pellet production and subsequent logistics. It operates approximately two mines and a processing plant near Kremenchug in Ukraine, and an interest in a port in Odessa, and sales. It operates a fleet of vessels operating on the Rhine and Danube waterways, and an ocean going vessel, which provides top off services, and operates on international sea routes. Its mineral properties lie within the Kremenchug Magnetic Anomaly and are being extracted at the Gorishne-Plavninskoye and Lavrikovskoye (GPL), and Yeristovskoye deposits.

Fidelity Asian Values PLC provides shareholders with a differentiated equity exposure to Asian Markets. Asia is the world's fastest-growing economic region and the trust looks to capitalise on this by finding good businesses, run by good people and buying them at a good price.

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.

Fidelity European Trust PLC aims to be the cornerstone long-term investment of choice for those seeking European exposure across market cycles. The Trust invests predominantly in continental European equities (and their related securities) and up to 20% of gross assets may be invested in companies outside of the continent. It follows a consistent bottom-up approach, seeking to identify companies able to grow dividends over a three to five-year horizon.

Fidelity Japan Trust PLC aims to be the key investment of choice for those seeking Japanese companies exposure. The Trust has a 'growth at reasonable price' (GARP) investment style and approach - which involves identifying companies whose growth prospects are being under-appreciated or are not fully recognised by other investors. Although these companies may exist in all areas of the market the investment process often naturally leads the Trust to focus on medium-sized and smaller companies, where lower levels of analyst coverage creates more frequent or greater mispriced growth opportunities.

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.

Software and services firm Fidessa provides trading systems to clients in the financial industry. Founded in 1981, the company is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Boston, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

The Company is an investment trust and its shares are listed on the premium segment of the Offi cial List and traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company is a member of the Association of Investment Companies ("AIC").

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.

Foresight Solar Fund Limited ("the Company" or "FSFL") is a FTSE 250, Jersey registered, closed-end investment company investing in a diversified portfolio of ground-based solar PV assets in the UK and Australia. Foresight Solar Fund Limited's aims to deliver sustainable investment returns to investors alongside strong environmental, social and governance ("ESG") benefits.

Forterra plc was formerly Hanson's UK building products division, founded in the early 1960s. This business built up a significant UK presence through a number of acquisitions, including The Butterley Company Ltd in 1968, London Brick PLC in 1984, Marshalls Flooring in 2002, Marshalls Clay Products Ltd and Thermalite Ltd in 2005, Red Bank Manufacturing Company Ltd and Formpave Holdings Ltd in 2006, and Bison Precast in 2017.

Foxtons is proud to be the leading estate agency in London. Our operational structure allows us to continue to perform in uncertain markets and take advantage of changing conditions. We can deliver exceptional service supported by our core strengths: our committed and expert teams, our wide reach of interconnected offices and our best-in-class technology.

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.

Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C. is a family-controlled premium pubs and hotels business, with a listing on the London Stock Exchange. We create exceptional experiences full of style and spirit - characterful pubs and hotels where everyone feels they belong and where people leave happier than when they arrived.

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

FEET's objective is to provide shareholders with an attractive return by investing in a portfolio of shares issued by listed or traded companies that have a majority of their operations in, or revenue derived from, developing economies. These businesses provide direct exposure to the rise of the consumer classes in those countries.

Future is a global platform for specialist media with scalable, diversified brands. We connect people to their passions through the high-quality content we create, the innovative technology we pioneer and the engaging experiences we deliver.

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.

GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited is a Jersey-based closed-ended investment company. The Company is focused primarily on investments in the United Kingdom infrastructure debt. The Company's investment objective is to provide shareholders with regular, sustained, long-term dividends and to preserve the capital value of its investment assets over the long term. The Company seeks to generate exposure to the debt of United Kingdom infrastructure project companies, their owners or their lenders and related and/or similar assets, which provide regular and predictable long term cash flows. It will invest at least 75% of its total assets, directly or indirectly, in investments with exposure to infrastructure projects (core projects). It may also invest up to an absolute maximum of 25% of its total assets in non-core projects.

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.

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 plc is a United Kingdom-based animal genetics company. It supplies breeding animals with desirable characteristics to farmers, enabling them to produce quality meat and milk. The Company's segments include Genus PIC, Genus ABS and Genus Research and Development. The Genus PIC segment is engaged in porcine sales business. The Genus ABS segment is engaged in bovine sales business. Its bovine genetics business sells dairy and beef bull semen and embryos from its superior cattle, which are sold to farmers to breed their cows through artificial insemination. Its porcine genetics business sells genetically superior breeding pigs and semen to farmers, so they can breed commercial pigs with desirable characteristics for pork production. It also provides technical services and advice to farmers, to maximize the performance of its breeding animals in their farms.

Engineer GKN is responsible for making most of the cars around the world move. It designs and manufactures drive shafts and axle joints and dominates its field. Its other businesses include metallurgical powders but it is the car side of the business that now dominates the group's operations. GKN employs over 48,000 people within its companies and joint ventures in more than 30 countries.

We are a global nutrition company on a mission to help people lead healthy, active lives. We work with nature and science to create better, healthier, more sustainable sources of nutrition. We are innovators and tastemakers, with a portfolio of leading brands enjoyed by customers worldwide.

We are a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030. Our bold ambitions for patients are reflected in commitments to growth and a step-change in performance. We are a company where outstanding people can thrive.

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.

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.

Goodwin PLC is a group of established mechanical and refractory engineering companies, specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of high-quality products and solutions.

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.

Great Portland Estates plc is a United Kingdom-based property investment and development company. The Company invests in and develops central London real estate. The Company's property portfolio includes ready to fit spaces, which includes Hanover, One Newman Street, The Hickman, Wells & More, and Kent House; fitted and fully managed spaces, which include Woolyard, 10 Cork Street, Elm Yard, 16 Dufour's Place, Kent House, The Hickman, City Tower, 33 Alfred Place and other; and available space, which include Elm Yard, The Hickman, 33 Alfred Place, One Newman Street and other.

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 invests in operating UK wind farms to provide shareholders with a sustainable and transparent income stream through an annual dividend on the issue price of 100p (8.76p for 2023). Given the nature of the Company's income streams, the board has increased and intends to continue to increase the dividend in line with retail price index (RPI) inflation. The Company also aims to preserve capital on a real basis by reinvesting excess cashflow in additional operating UK wind farms, and through prudent use of portfolio leverage.

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.

Founded in 1799, Greene King operates managed and tenanted public houses and is responsible for brewing popular beers such as Abbot Ale, IPA, Old Speckled Hen and Ruddles County.

Greggs plc is a United Kingdom-based food-on-the-go retailer. The Company's segment includes Retail company-managed shops and Business to business. The Company's Retail company-managed shops segment sells a range of fresh bakery goods, sandwiches and drinks in its own shops or via delivery. Its Business to business segment sells products to franchise and wholesale partners for sale in their own outlets as well as charging a license fee to franchise partners.

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.

GMS operates a modern fleet of highly versatile self-propelled lift boats, across international markets. Our vessels provide a stable platform for delivering a wide range of safe and efficient services, primarily in the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy sectors. Our vessels' versatility meets the demand of our clients, to provide cost-effective solutions, while minimising their environmental footprint.

We focus on operating high quality, low cost gyms that have widespread appeal and achieve strong levels of membership. The economies of scale in our business model enable us to offer a great service at a low cost for our members whilst also delivering a strong return on capital for our shareholders.

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 is a global group of life-saving technology companies. Named as one of Britain's Most Admired Companies, our group of around 45 companies provide innovative products and services that help solve many of the key problems facing the world today. 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.

Hammerson plc is a United Kingdom-based real estate investment trust. The Company owns, operates and develops sustainable prime urban real estate United Kingdom, Ireland and France. It owns and invests in shopping centers, developments and premium outlets. Its segments include Flagship destinations and Developments and other. Its destinations include Brent Cross, Bullring & Grand Central, Cabot Circus, Dundrum Town Centre, Les 3 Fontaines, Cergy-Pontoise, Les Terrasses du Port, O'Parinor, Swords Pavilions, The Oracle, The Ilac, Union Square and Westquay. Its Value Retail villages include Bicester Village, Fidenza Village, Ingolstadt Village, Kildare Village, La Roca Village, La Vallee Village, Las Rozas Village, Maasmechelen Village and Wertheim Village.

Hansa Investment Company Limited, previously Hansa Trust PLC and Scottish and Mercantile Investment Trust, has been closely associated with the Salomon Family since the 1950s. The Salomon Family are the beneficiaries of family trusts that are, themselves, substantial shareholders of Hansa Investment Company Limited. Further, they are actively involved in its management with William Salomon currently serving as a Director of Hansa Investment Company Limited as well as being the Senior Partner of the Portfolio Manager, Hansa Capital Partners LLP.

Hansard Global is a specialist long-term savings provider based in the Isle of Man and maintains operations in the Republic of Ireland. Co. offers a range of flexible, taxefficient investment products within life assurance policy wrappers, developed to appeal to affluent international investors. Co. offers a range of around 200 flexible, unit-linked, long-term savings and investment products in tax-efficient life-assurance policy wrappers. These are sold exclusively through over 540 independent intermediaries to more than 43,000 policyholders in over 170 countries. Co.'s products are issued by Hansard International and Hansard Europe.

Hansteen Holdings is a European industrial real estate investment trust. It specialises in buying undervalued portfolios, often with high levels of vacancy or other opportunities to add value. It looks for opportunities across Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France and the UK. The company applies an intensive programme of improvement using its local management teams, and then sells to realise the value added. The company was launched on AIM in 2005.

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.

Hays PLC is a United Kingdom-based company, which is engaged in providing qualified, professional, and skilled recruitment. The Company operates through four geographic regions: Australia & New Zealand, Germany, United Kingdom & Ireland, and Rest of World. The Company's consultants work in a range of sectors, covering 21 professional and skilled recruitment specialisms. Its specialisms include technology, accountancy and finance, banking and capital markets, construction and property, engineering and manufacturing, life science, office support, sales and marketing, and other. The Company's Find & Engage recruitment marketing model combines the practices and skills of traditional hiring, and then incorporates new technology and data science to locate candidates at scale.

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.

Helios Towers (HT) owns and operates telecommunications towers and passive infrastructure in five high-growth African markets.

The Company seeks to maximise total return (a combination of income and capital growth) from a portfolio of stocks listed in Europe.

The Company aims to achieve a superior total return from a portfolio of high quality European (excluding the UK) investments.

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.

Invests in a prudently diversified selection of both well known and smaller companies to provide investors with a high dividend income stream while also maintaining the prospect of capital growth.

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

The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company's investment objective is to maximize shareholders' total returns (capital and income) by investing mainly in smaller companies that are quoted in the United Kingdom. The Company's investments include shares, securities and related financial instruments, including derivatives. The Company invests in various sectors, including software and computer services, investment banking and brokerage services, industrial support services, electronic and electrical equipment, household goods and home construction, travel and leisure, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, construction and materials, retailers, real estate investment trusts, finance and credit services, aerospace and defense, chemicals, industrial engineering, personal goods, and others.

The Herald Investment Trust (HIT) seeks to achieve capital appreciation through investments in smaller quoted companies, in the areas of technology, communications and multi-media. Investments will be made throughout the world. The business activities of investee companies will include information technology, broadcasting, printing and publishing and the supply of components, equipment and services to these companies.

HgCapital Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company's objective is to provide shareholders with consistent long-term returns in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index by investing predominantly in unquoted companies where value can be created through strategic and operational change. The Company's investments are focused on a range of sub-sectors within the software and technology-enabled business services in industry verticals located throughout Europe and North America. The policy of the Company is to invest, directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of unlisted companies where it believes that it can add value through increasing organic growth, generating operational improvements, driving margin expansion, recognition or acquisition, to achieve scale.

HICL Infrastructure PLC is a United Kingdom-based closed-ended investment company. The Company invests in infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom, Eurozone, North America and New Zealand. Its investment proposition is to deliver sustainable income and capital growth from a diversified portfolio of investments in core infrastructure. The Company seeks to provide investors with long-term distributions, at levels that are sustainable, and to preserve the capital value of its investment portfolio over the long term with potential for capital growth. Its investment policy is to ensure a diversified portfolio which has a number of similarly sized investments and is not dominated by any single investment.

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.

Hill & Smith PLC is a United Kingdom-based holding company, which consists of 30 companies operating from 57 sites in five countries. The Company operates through three divisions. Galvanizing Services division includes structural steel work, lighting columns, bridges, agricultural equipment and other products for the industrial and infrastructure markets. Engineered Solutions division supplies engineered steel and composite solutions with low embodied energy for a range of infrastructure markets, including energy generation and distribution, marine, rail and housing. The division also supplies engineered pipe supports for the water, power and liquid natural gas markets and seismic protection solutions.

Hilton Food Group plc is a United Kingdom-based specialist international food packing business. The Company is an international protein producer supplying international food retailers in approximately 14 European countries, Australia and New Zealand. It offers a range of foods, including red meat, meat, poultry, fish, food for now, food for later, and vegetarian and vegan. It works in partnership with suppliers to deliver pork, beef, lamb, veal and poultry. Its added value ranges include sausages, burgers, meatballs, kebabs, meatloaf, schnitzel, and marinated steaks and joints. The Company sources fishes from farms and fisheries. Its range of fish products include smoked salmon, wet fish, shellfish, coated fish, fish cakes and prawns. It also manufactures fish and sauce combinations in United Kingdom.

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

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

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.Listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda, we currently have over 3,000 staff across 14 countries and 34 offices.

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.

Hongkong Land is a major listed property investment, management and development group. Founded in 1889, Hongkong Land's business is built on excellence, integrity and partnership.

We enable travellers to experience new places and meet new people in a fun, memorable and safe way; empowered by travel know-how curated by a passionate community of like-minded travellers and hosts.

Howdens is the UK's number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware. We have over 800 depots throughout the UK and Europe - making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals.Founded in 1995, Howdens has grown from just 14 depots to over 800 across the UK and Europe thanks to the success of our trade-only model. We only sell to trade who have the expertise to ensure that our products are fitted to the highest possible standard. Our local depots build trusted partnerships with trade professionals, helping them to exceed their customers' expectations and allowing their businesses and ours to profit from doing so. What underpins this model is a powerful combination of locally empowered depot management and a dedicated supply chain that can deliver an in-stock product framework that is both efficient and cost-effective.

HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC) is a banking and financial services company. The Company's segments include Wealth and Personal Banking (WPB), Commercial Banking (CMB) and Global Banking and Markets (GBM). WPB provides a range of retail banking and wealth management services, including insurance and investment products, global asset management services, investment management and private wealth solutions for customers. CMB offers a range of products and services to serve the needs of commercial customers, including small and medium-sized enterprises, mid-market enterprises and corporates. These include credit and lending, international trade and receivables finance, commercial insurance and investments. GBM provides tailored financial solutions to government, corporate and institutional clients and private investors worldwide.

HSS Hire Group is a market leader in equipment hire in the UK and Ireland. We offer a one-stop shop for all equipment hire through a combination of our complementary Rental and Services businesses, the latter being a capital-light, fast-growing and increasingly technology-based business.

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. Located in 11 countries across four continents, we manufacture components, technology systems and precision parts globally.

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.

ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments Limited (the "Company") is a Guernsey domiciled, closed-ended, premium listed investment company on the London Stock Exchange. The Company has invested in a portfolio of UK real estate debt investments predominantly comprising loans secured by first ranking fixed charges against commercial property investments. In January 2021 shareholders approved a change in the investment objective of the Company, which is now to conduct an orderly realisation of its assets.

IG Group Holdings plc is a United Kingdom-based global financial technology company. The Company delivers online trading platforms and an educational ecosystem. The Company's products include OTC leveraged derivatives, exchange-traded derivatives and stock trading and investments. OTC leveraged derivatives include contracts for difference (CFDs), spread betting and options. Its exchange-traded derivatives consist of Spectrum, a multilateral trading facility (MTF). Its exchange-traded derivatives are financial contracts traded on a regulated exchange and trade its products under its tastytrade, and Spectrum Markets. The stock trading and investment offerings give traditional investors a range of non-leveraged products to choose from.

IMI plc is a United Kingdom-based specialist engineering company, which operates in fluid and motion control markets. The Company operates through three segments: IMI Precision Engineering, IMI Critical Engineering and IMI Hydronic Engineering. IMI Precision Engineering segment is specialized in the designing and manufacturing of motion and fluid control technologies. IMI Critical Engineering segment is a provider of flow control solutions that enable vital energy and process industries to operate safely, cleanly, reliably and more efficiently. Its products control the flow of steam, gas and liquids in harsh environments and are designed to withstand temperature and pressure extremes, as well as intensely abrasive or corrosive cyclical operations. IMI Hydronic Engineering segment is a provider of technologies that deliver operational and energy-efficient water-based heating and cooling systems for the residential and commercial building sectors.

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 plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The investment objective of the Company is to enable investors to benefit from growth in the markets for cleaner or more efficient delivery of basic services of energy, water and waste. It makes investments in quoted companies that provide, utilize, implement or advise upon technology-based systems, products or services in environmental markets, particularly those of alternative energy and energy efficiency, water treatment and pollution control, and waste technology and resource management, including sustainable food, agriculture and forestry. It invests in sectors, which include alternative energy, energy management and efficiency, transport solutions, sustainable food and agriculture, water infrastructure and technologies, resource efficiency and waste management, environmental services and resources, and digital infrastructure.

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 plc is a United Kingdom-based global automotive distributor, operating in approximately 40 markets with a portfolio of automotive brands. Its segments include Distribution and Retail. The Distribution segment includes APAC, Europe and Africa, and Americas, which is engaged in the sale of new and used vehicles together with logistics services where the Company is a distributor, alongside associated aftersales activities of service, body shop repairs and parts sales. The Retail segment includes the United Kingdom and Europe, which is engaged in sale of new and used vehicles, together with associated aftersales activities of service, body shop repairs and parts sales. The Company provides a range of services for its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners, such as products planning, logistics, brand and marketing, channel management, retail services, and aftermarket services.

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.

Informa's leading brands provide expert knowledge and relevant connections to businesses and professionals working in one of over a dozen specialist markets. Whether it's through high-quality digital media and content, must-have intelligence and analytics, must-attend in-person and virtual events, engaging online communities and marketplaces, data-driven marketing services, effective networking and partnering platforms or advanced peer review research, we help businesses and professionals learn more about the latest developments in their area, know more about their customers, peers and competition, and do more, making connections and taking decisions that allow them grow, progress and succeed.

Inmarsat is a provider of global mobile satellite communications services via a network of satellites, offering solutions for users in the maritime, land and aeronautical industries.

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.

International Biotechnology Trust offers investors access to the fast-growing biotechnology sector through an actively managed, diversified fund. Its award-winning fund managers at SV Health Investors are scientifically and medically trained with over 60 years of experience in this specialist sector between them.

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.

Support services group, Interserve, provides facilities, industrial, project and equipment services to organisations such as hospitals, schools, the Ministry of Defence, petrochemical companies and the utilities.

Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide.Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 44,000 people in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains. We go beyond testing, inspecting and certifying products; we are a Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Through our global network of state-of-the-art facilities and industry-leading technical expertise we provide innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification services to customers.

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

The Company's investment objective is to produce income and capital growth superior to that of the UK stock market and dividends paid quarterly that, over time, grow above the rate of inflation.

The Company is an investment trust whose investment objective is to achieve long-term total return for shareholders primarily by investment in a broad cross- section of small to medium sized UK quoted companies.

Investec plc is a United Kingdom-based international bank and wealth manager. The Company provides its clients with a diversified, combined, and integrated banking and wealth management offering in the United Kingdom. Its private client offerings include Wealth & Investment and Private Banking. Its corporate client offerings include Corporate and Investment Banking. The Wealth & Investment includes investment and savings, pensions and retirement, and financial planning. Its Private Banking segment predominantly comprises lending to high-net worth (HNW) clients, primarily residential mortgages, as well as flexible capital solutions for privately owned businesses and entrepreneurs (Private Capital). Its Corporate and Investment Banking segment comprises business activities that provide capital, advisory and risk management services to growth-orientated corporate clients in the private companies, private equity, and listed companies arenas, including specialist sector-focused expertise.

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.

We are on a mission to spark connections, build communities, broaden horizons and enable opportunities for millions of people. We are a business built on quality and consistency, and focused on delivering our vision for our customers.

ITV is a vertically integrated producer broadcaster and streamer, consisting of ITV Studios and Media & Entertainment (M&E). ITV Studios is a diversified global production business which creates, owns and distributes high‑quality scripted and unscripted content for broadcasters and platform owners in the UK and internationally. Through M&E, we distribute content across our ad‑funded linear channels and ITVX, our new free ad‑supported streaming platform.