Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

Home Retail Group, Serco Group, Randgold Resources, Tate & Lyle And Amlin To Join FTSE 100

Date 10/12/2008

FTSE Group (“FTSE”) confirms today that Stagecoach Group, Lonmin, Wood Group (John), Fresnillo and Petrofac will leave the FTSE 100 and be replaced by retailer Home Retail Group, business services company Serco Group, gold miner Randgold Resources, food ingredients company Tate & Lyle and insurer Amlin.

In the mid Cap FTSE 250 Index, the following changes will take place:

Additions to FTSE 250

Deletions from FTSE 250

Petrofac

Home Retail Group

Fresnillo

Serco Group

Lonmin

Randgold Resources

Stagecoach Group

Tate & Lyle

Wood Group (John)

Amlin

MW Tops (EUR)*

BH Global (EUR)**

MW Tops (GBP)*

Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opps (USD)**

Dunelm Group

Unite Group

Cranswick

Laird

JPMorgan American IT

WSP Group

Bluecrest Allblue Fund (GBP)

Premier Foods

JPMorgan Japanese Inv. Trust

St.Modwen Properties

Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical

Trinity Mirror

Robert Wiseman Dairies

Senior

Telecom Plus

UK Coal

Brewin Dolphin Holdings

Bluebay Asset Management

Barr (A.G.)

Grainger

Novae Group

JPMorgan Russian Secs

Chaucer Holdings

Hardy Oil & Gas

Dechra Pharmaceuticals

Fenner

CLS Holdings

Taylor Wimpey

Absolute Return Trust

Pantheon Intl Participations

Fidelity Special Values

Aricom

Fisher (James) & Sons

International Ferro Metals

Hampson Industries

Johnston Press

Morgan Sindall

Mapeley

 

Mecom Group

* MW Tops EUR & GBP lines will be treated as a single company
**Secondary line deletion only

The changes to the indices will take place following FTSE’s UK Index Series annual review, which is carried out by the independent FTSE Europe, Middle East and Africa regional committee. The regular index reviews ensure the indices remain an accurate reflection of the market they represent - essential as they form the basis of many pension funds and investment portfolios.

All changes from this review take effect from the start of trading on Monday 22nd December.