FTSE Group (“FTSE”) confirms today that, Easyjet, the airline company, and London Stock Exchange Group, the exchange group, will be joining the FTSE 100 Index. In the rebalance, Intu Properties, the shopping centre management and development company, and Kazakhmys, the natural resources group, will leave the UK’s leading index and enter the FTSE 250 Index.
The changes announced today are part of the impartial quarterly reviews approved by the independent FTSE Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional (EMEA) Committee. The rules-driven reviews ensure the indices continue to portray an accurate reflection of the market they represent, and form an essential component to the management of the indices.
The FTSE 250 Index will see the following changes (in alphabetical order):
|
Entering FTSE 250 Index |
Exiting FTSE 250 Index |
|
888 Holdings
Intu Properties
Kazakhmys
Keller
NMC Health
Thomas Cook Group |
British Assets Trust
Easyjet
JD Sports Fashion
London Stock Exchange Group
Raven Russia
Stobart Group |
FTSE 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 (in alphabetical order):
• 3i Group
• Direct Line Insurance Group
• Informa
• Mondi
• Travis Perkins
• William Hill
All changes from this review will be implemented at the close of business Friday, 15 March 2013 and take effect from the start of trading on Monday, 18 March 2013.
