FTSE UK Index Series Quarterly Review December 2017

Smith (DS), Just Eat and Halma to join FTSE 100
ConvaTec Group, Merlin Entertainments and Babcock International Group to enter FTSE 250 in rebalance

FTSE Russell, the global index provider, confirms today that Smith (DS), Just Eat and Halma will be joining the FTSE 100 Index. In the rebalance, ConvaTec Group, Merlin Entertainments and Babcock International Group will leave the UK’s leading index and enter the FTSE 250 Index.

The rules-driven, impartial quarterly reviews ensure the indexes continue to portray an accurate reflection of the market they represent, and form an essential component to the management of the indexes.

The FTSE 250 Index will see the following changes (in alphabetical order), in addition to the amendments described above:

Entering FTSE 250	Exiting FTSE 250
BCA Marketplace F&C Global Smaller Companies Purecircle RHI Magnesita TI Fluid Systems	Electra Private Equity Nostrum Oil & Gas PayPoint P2P Global Investments Restaurant Group

FTSE Russell operates a reserve list for the FTSE 100 Index, to be used in the event of a corporate action occurring between reviews e.g. merger, acquisition, delisting or suspension. In such cases, the reserve list constituent with the largest market capitalisation (on the date of the corporate action) will replace the outgoing constituent. With immediate effect, the following reserve list for FTSE 100 will be used:

• Wood Group (John)
• Weir Group
• Spirax-Sarco Engineering
• Evraz
• Royal Mail
• Bellway

All changes from this review will be implemented at the close of business Friday, 15 December 2017 and take effect from the start of trading on Monday, 18 December 2017.

A link to the full technical notice can be found here