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Company | Added to Index | Deleted from Index | Reason Deleted[1] | Notes |
3i Group | 19 September 1994 | |||
Abbey Life | 1 July 1985 | 1 July 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Closed to new business in 2000,[2] subsequently sold, first to to Deutsche Bank in 2007,[3] then to Phoenix Group.[4] |
7 July 1988 | 21 December 1988 | Acquisition by Lloyds Bank | ||
Abbey National | 17 July 1989 | |||
Alliance Boots | 3 January 1984 | Originally listed as Boots | ||
Allied Domecq | 3 January 1984 | Originally listed as Allied-Lyons | ||
Amstrad | 1 October 1986 | 3 April 1989 | Market capitalisation change | Originally listed as Amstrad Consumer Electronics Acquisition by BSkyB in 2007 and operations merged into Sky's in-house operations[5] |
Anglian Water | 1 October 1990 | 21 March 1994 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently delisted following is acquisition by Osprey Acquistions Limited (a consortium of pension funds, infrastructure investors and fund managers). [6] |
ASDA | 3 January 1984 | 2 January 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Originally listed as Associated Dairies Group |
22 March 1993 | ||||
Associated British Foods | 3 January 1984 | Originally listed as AB Foods | ||
BAA | 1 October 1987 | |||
Bank of Scotland | 6 August 1985 | 1 July 1986 | Market capitalisation change | |
1 October 1990 | ||||
Barclays | 3 January 1984 | |||
Barratt Developments | 3 January 1984 | 2 July 1984 | Market capitalisation change | |
Bass Brewery | 3 January 1984 | |||
Beecham Group | 3 January 1984 | 27 July 1989 | Merger with SmithKline Beckman to form SmithKline Beecham | Subsequently merged with Glaxo Wellcome to become GlaxoSmithKline)[7] |
Berisford | 3 January 1984 | 2 January 1985 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently renamed Enodis and ultimately acquired by The Manitowoc Company)[8] |
Blue Arrow | 1 October 1987 | 4 January 1988 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired by Corporate Services Group in 1996,[9] which merged with Carlisle Group in 2008 to form Impellam.[10][11] |
5 April 1988 | 3 October 1988 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Blue Circle Industries | 3 January 1984 | |||
BOC | 3 January 1984 | |||
Bowater | 3 January 1984 | 19 July 1984 | Sub division of Bowater Corporation into Bowater Inds and Bowater Inc | |
1 April 1992 | ||||
BP | 3 January 1984 | Originally listed as British Petroleum | ||
BPB Industries | 3 January 1984 | 2 January 1991 | Market capitalisation change | |
British Aerospace | 3 January 1984 | 21 September 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently merged with Marconi Electronic Systems in 1999 to form BAE Systems[12] |
21 June 1993 | ||||
British American Tobacco | 3 January 1984 | |||
British Airways | 1 April 1987 | |||
British and Commonwealth Holdings | 3 January 1984 | 1 October 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Collapsed in 1990[13] |
1 April 1987 | 3 April 1989 | Market capitalisation change | ||
British Electric Traction | 3 January 1984 | 21 December 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Also referred to as BET. Subsequently acquired by Rentokil in 2006[14] |
British Gas | 9 December 1986 | |||
British Home Stores | 3 January 1984 | 8 January 1986 | Merger with Mothercare to form Storehouse | Sold to Philip Green (Arcadia Group),[15] subsequently old to Retail Acquisitions (Dominic Chappell) before entering administration and closure in 2016.[16] |
British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC) | 3 January 1984 | 1 October 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently renamed Balfour Beatty in 2000[17] |
3 April 1989 | 2 January 1992 | Market capitalisation change | ||
British Steel | 21 December 1988 | |||
Britoil | 3 January 1984 | 25 February 1988 | Acquisition by BP[18] | Subsequently operated as brand of BP |
BT Group | 4 December 1984 | Originally listed as British Telecom | ||
BTR plc | 3 January 1984 | |||
Bunzl | 1 October 1986 | 5 April 1988 | Market capitalisation change | |
Burmah Oil | 1 July 1986 | 2 January 1987 | Market capitalisation change | Also listed under the name Burmah Castrol |
5 April 1988 | 2 April 1991 | Market capitalisation change | ||
21 September 1992 | ||||
Burton Group | 3 January 1984 | 3 October 1990 | Market capitalisation change | |
Cable & Wireless Worldwide | 3 January 1984 | |||
Cadbury Schweppes | 3 January 1984 | |||
Caradon plc | 5 November 1993 | 18 September 1995 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently renamed as Novar plc before being acquired by Honeywell.[19][20] |
Carlton Communications | 3 April 1989 | 1 October 1990 | Market capitalisation change | |
22 June 1992 | ||||
Charterhouse J Rothschild | 19 January 1984 | 2 January 1986 | Market capitalisation change | |
Coats Viyella | 1 April 1986 | 3 April 1989 | Market capitalisation change | Acquired by Guinness Peat Group in 2003 and delisted.[21] Subsequently reestablished as Coats and relisted.[22] |
1 April 1992 | 19 September 1994 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Cookson Group | 1 April 1986 | 2 July 1990 | Market capitalisation change | |
26 July 1995 | ||||
Commercial Union Assurance | 3 January 1984 | |||
Consolidated Gold Fields | 3 January 1984 | 8 August 1989 | Acquisition by Hanson | [further explanation needed] |
Courtaulds | 3 January 1984 | |||
Dalgety | 3 January 1984 | 2 January 1985 | Market capitalisation change | Disposed of a number of operations in 1997 and renamed PIC International Group.[23] Subsequently renamed as Sygen International in 2001[24] and ultimately acquired by Genus in 2005.[25] |
2 October 1990 | 2 April 1991 | Market capitalisation change | ||
De La Rue | 21 September 1992 | 20 September 1993 | Market capitalisation change | |
21 March 1994 | ||||
Debenhams | 1 July 1985 | 6 August 1985 | Acquisition by Burton Group[26] | Subsequently relisted on the London Stock exchange in 1998[27] before being taken private in 2003[28] and relisting again in 2006[29] before going into adminstation in 2019.[30] Brand acquired by Boohoo.com in 2021.[31] |
Dee Corporation | 2 January 1985 | 17 July 1989 | Acquisition by Isosceles | Renamed as Gateway in 1988.[32] Subsequently rebranded as Somerfield which was acquired by the Co-operative Group in July 2008 and operations rebranded under the co-op brand.[33] |
Distillers Company | 3 January 1984 | 22 April 1986 | Acquisition by Guiness | Subsequently part of Diageo.[34] |
Dixons Group | 2 January 1985 | 5 April 1988 | Market capitalisation change | |
Dowty Group | 1 October 1984 | 2 January 1985 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired by TI Group, itself now part of Smiths Group[35] |
Eagle Star | 3 January 1984 | 19 January 1984 | Acquired by BAT Industries | Subsequently demerged as part of Zurich Financial Services[36] |
Eastern Electricity | 20 December 1993 | 19 September 1995 | Acquisition by Hanson Plc[37][38] | Subsequently demerged and relisted as The Energy Group before being acquired by Texas Utilities in 2002.[39] |
Edinburgh Investment Trust | 3 January 1984 | 2 July 1984 | Market capitalisation change | |
English China Clays | 3 January 1984 | 2 April 1990 | Market capitalisation change | Listed as ECC Group Certain business units subsequently demerged,[40] remaining business sold to Imetal in 1999 and renamed as Imerys.[41][42] |
1 April 1992 | 1 June 1993 | Fast entry of Zeneca Group[citation needed] | ||
Enterprise Oil | 19 July 1984 | 1 April 1985 | Market capitalisation change | |
25 February 1988 | ||||
Eurotunnel | 2 January 1991 | 22 June 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently switched its primary listing to Euronext in July 2012.[43] Renamed as Getlink in 2017.[44][45] |
Exco International | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Acquired by British & Commonwealth Holdings in November 1986.[46] Subsequently integrated into ICAP Group[47] |
Ferranti | 3 January 1984 | 1 July 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequent financial and legal difficulties resulting in bankrupcy in December 1993[48] |
Fisons | 3 January 1984 | 21 June 1993 | Market capitalisation change | Remaining stake acquired by Rhone-Poulenc in November 1997 and ceased to operate in 1998[citation needed]. |
18 September 1995 | 23 October 1995 | Acquisition by Rhone-Poulenc[49] | ||
Ferguson plc | 21 June 1993 | Originally listed as Wolseley, named changed in 2017[50] | ||
George Wimpey | 3 January 1984 | 1 October 1984 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently merged with Taylor Woodrow in 2007 to form Taylor Wimpey[51] |
General Accident | 3 January 1984 | |||
General Electric Company | 3 January 1984 | |||
GKN | 3 January 1984 | 1 July 1987 | Market capitalisation change | Originally listed as Guest Keen and Nettlefolds |
8 August 1989 | 2 April 1991 | Market capitalisation change | ||
20 June 1994 | ||||
Globe Investment Trust | 3 January 1984 | 1 July 1988 | Market capitalisation change | Assets subsequently held as part of the assets of the British Coal Pension Fund |
2 January 1990 | 13 July 1990 | Acquisition by the British Coal Pension Fund[52] | ||
Glaxo Holdings | 3 January 1984 | |||
Granada | 1 October 1984 | 2 January 1990 | Market capitalisation change | |
22 June 1992 | ||||
Grand Metropolitan | 3 January 1984 | |||
Great Universal Stores | 3 January 1984 | |||
Guardian Royal Exchange | 3 January 1984 | |||
Guiness | 1 April 1985 | Originally listed as Guinness (Arthur) & Son | ||
Hambro Life Assurance | 3 January 1984 | 1 February 1985 | Acquisition by BAT Industries | Renamed as Allied Dunbar and subsequently demerged as part of Zurich Financial Services[53] |
Hammerson | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1987 | Market capitalisation change | Originally listed as Hammerson Prop Inv & Dev. |
1 July 1987 | 1 July 1991 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Hanson Trust | 3 January 1984 | |||
Harrisons & Crossfield | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently renamed as Elementis in 1998.[54] |
3 April 1989 | 2 October 1989 | Market capitalisation change | ||
2 July 1990 | 1 July 1991 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Hawker Siddeley | 3 January 1984 | 26 November 1991 | Acquired by BTR[55][56] | In 1999 BTR merged with Siebe to form BTR Siebe plc, which was renamed Invensys plc.[57][58] Ultimately merged with Schneider Electric folliwing the ir merger with BTR.[59] [60] |
Hillsdown Holdings | 2 January 1987 | 21 September 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired by Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst in 1999 and then sold on as Premier Foods)[61] |
House of Fraser | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1985 | Acquisition by Alfayed Investment Trust | Subsequent administration, assets ultimately acquired by Sports Direct and rebranded as Frasers Group[62][63] |
HSBC | 13 July 1992 | |||
IC Gas | 2 January 1987 | 27 April 1987 | Sub division of company | [further explanation needed] |
Imperial Brands | 3 January 1984 | 21 April 1986 | Acquisition by Hanson Trust | Originally listed as Imperial Group Demerged from Hanson in 1996 and relisted as an independent company[64] |
Imperial Chemical Industries | 3 January 1984 | |||
Imperial Continental Gas Association | 3 January 1984 | 1 July 1985 | Market capitalisation change | In 1987 it broken up into Calor Group and Contibel.[65] |
Inchcape | 1 July 1991 | |||
J Sainsbury | 3 January 1984 | |||
Jaguar Cars | 1 February 1985 | 4 January 1988 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired by Ford Motor Company in 1990[66] before being sold (together with Land Rover) to Tata Motors in 2008 and becoming Jaguar Land Rover (as a subsidiary of Tata Motors]].[67] |
Johnson Matthey | 3 January 1984 | 4 December 1984 | Fast entry of British Telecom | |
Kwik Save | 21 September 1992 | 21 June 1993 | Market capitalisation change | Merged with Somerfield in 1998[68] |
Ladbrokes Group | 3 January 1984 | |||
Land Securities | 3 January 1984 | |||
Laporte | 2 January 1992 | 22 June 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Major divisions comprising approximately 55% of business subsequently acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 2000.[69] Remaining buiness acquired by subsidiaries of E.ON.[70] |
Legal & General | 3 January 1984 | |||
Lloyds Bank | 3 January 1984 | |||
London and Scottish Marine Oil | 3 October 1988 | 21 June 1993 | Market capitalisation change | |
18 September 1995 | ||||
London Electricity | 23 October 1995 | |||
Lonrho | 2 April 1984 | 1 October 1985 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently split into two separate publicly listed companies Lonrho plc and Lonrho Africa plc in 1998 with Lonrho plc being renamed as Lonmin in 1999.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
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8 January 1986 | 1 July 1987 | Market capitalisation change | ||
4 January 1988 | 1 April 1992 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Lucas Industries | 1 April 1986 | 2 January 1987 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently merged with Varity in 1996 to form LucasVarity.[71] LucasVarity subsequently sold to TRW Inc in 1999.[72]TRW business subsequently split with elements owned by TRW Automotive[73] (now part of ZF Friedrichshafen[74][75]), Northrop Grumman[76] and Goodrich Corporation.[77] |
1 July 1988 | 2 January 1992 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Magnet and Southerns | 3 January 1984 | 2 April 1984 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired by Berisford[78] before being acquired by Nobia[79] |
Marks and Spencer | 3 January 1984 | |||
Maxwell Communication Corporation | 1 July 1986 | 4 December 1991 | Collapsed [80] | Originally listed as British Printing & Communications Corp |
MB-Caradon | 2 January 1992 | 5 November 1993 | Relisted as Caradon plc[81] | Subsequently renamed as Novar plc before being acquired by Honeywell.[82][83] |
MEPC plc | 3 January 1984 | 22 June 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired in 2000 by a joint venture between the between the British Telecom Pension Fund and GE Capital,[84] subsequently sold to Hermes Investment Management in 2020.[85] |
20 September 1993 | 19 September 1995 | Market capitalisation change | ||
MFI Group | 3 January 1984 | 1 October 1984 | Acquisition by Associated Dairies Group | Subsequently subject to a number of management buyouts before entering administation and being closed.[86] |
2 January 1985 | 1 April 1985 | |||
Midland Bank | 3 January 1984 | 13 July 1992 | Acquisition by HSBC[87] | Operations subsequently renamed as HSBC.[88][89] |
Midlands Electricity | 19 September 1995 | |||
Mothercare | 1 October 1985 | 8 January 1986 | Merger with British Home Stores to form Storehouse | Originally listed as Habitat Mothercare Subsequently split from British Home Stores, renamed as Mothercare.[90] |
National Power | 2 April 1991 | |||
National Westminster Bank | 3 January 1984 | |||
Next | 27 April 1987 | 3 January 1989 | Market capitalisation change | |
NFC | 26 November 1991 | 20 December 1993 | Market capitalisation change | In 2000, the company merged with Ocean Group plc to form Exel plc.[91] |
21 March 1994 | 19 September 1994 | Market capitalisation change | ||
North West Water | 2 April 1990 | |||
Northern Foods | 3 January 1984 | 9 December 1986 | Fast entry of British Gas | A number of brands sold in 2006,[92][93] before subsequent sale to 2 Sisters plc.[94][95][96] |
1 October 1991 | 20 December 1993 | Market capitalisation change | ||
P&O Steam Navigation Company | 3 January 1984 | |||
Pearson Plc | 3 January 1984 | Originally listed as Pearson (s) & Son | ||
Pilkington | 3 January 1984 | 21 September 1992 | Market capitalisation change | |
Plessey | 3 January 1984 | 11 September 1989 | Acquisition by General Electric Company | Acquired by under an arrangement between GEC and Siemens, business broken up with certain assets being acquired by GEC, Siemens, under joint control or fully divested.[97][98] |
Polly Peck International | 2 October 1989 | 2 October 1990 | Suspension of trading of shares following financial irregularities[100] | Company ultimately collapsed with charges brought against owner for false accounting and theft.[101] |
Powergen | 2 April 1991 | |||
Prudential plc | 3 January 1984 | Originally listed as Prudential Corporation | ||
Racal Electronics | 3 January 1984 | 16 September 1991 | Demerger of Vodafone from Racal Electronics[102] | Subsequently acquired by Thomson-CSF on 2000[103] and subsequently sold to Esterline in 2008.[104] |
Rank Organisation | 3 January 1984 | |||
Ranks Hovis McDougall | 1 April 1985 | 1 July 1985 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequenty acquired by Premier Foods in 2006.[105] Premier foods sold a controlling 51% stake to The Gores Group in 2014[106] and subsequently sold to private equity in 2020.[107] |
21 April 1986 | 1 July 1991 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Reckitt & Colman | 3 January 1984 | |||
Redland | 3 January 1984 | |||
Reed International | 3 January 1984 | |||
Rentokil | 1 July 1991 | |||
Reuters | 2 July 1984 | |||
Rio Tinto | 3 January 1984 | |||
RMC Group | 3 January 1984 | 2 January 1985 | Market capitalisation change | |
22 April 1986 | 1 October 1987 | Market capitalisation change | ||
5 April 1988 | 21 September 1992 | Market capitalisation change | ||
21 June 1993 | ||||
Rolls-Royce | 1 July 1987 | 21 December 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Rolls-Royce has been listed as a number of different corporate entities over time[nb 1] |
20 September 1993 | ||||
Rothmans International | 1 October 1987 | 25 October 1993 | Restrcuture of company | Tobacco and luxury goods interests of Rothmans Richemont, Dunhill and Luxco restructured in 1993 to establish New Rothmans and Vendôme.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
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Rowntree Mackintosh | 3 January 1984 | 7 July 1988 | Acquisition by Nestle | Operated as brand for certain Nestle products |
Royal Bank of Scotland | 3 January 1984 | |||
Royal Insurance | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1992 | Market capitalisation change | |
22 June 1992 | 21 September 1992 | Market capitalisation change | ||
21 December 1992 | ||||
Saatchi & Saatchi | 1 July 1986 | 1 October 1987 | Market capitalisation change | Partly split into Cordiant Communications Group, remaining business acquired by Publicis in 2000.[108] |
Safeway | 2 January 1985 | 2 January 1987 | Market capitalisation change | Originally listed as Argyll Group, name changed to Safeway PLC in 2006.[109] |
1 April 1987 | ||||
Schroders | 20 September 1993 | 21 March 1994 | Market capitalisation change | |
19 September 1994 | ||||
Scottish & Newcastle | 3 January 1984 | 1 October 1984 | Market capitalisation change | |
2 January 1986 | 1 April 1987 | Market capitalisation change | ||
4 January 1988 | ||||
Scottish Hydro | 21 September 1992 | 20 September 1993 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently merged with Southern Electric in September 1998 to for Scottish & Southern Energy Plc[110][111] |
20 December 1993 | 21 March 1994 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Scottish Power | 1 July 1991 | |||
Sears Holdings | 3 January 1984 | |||
Sedgwick Group | 3 January 1984 | 5 April 1988 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired by Marsh & McLennan in 1998[112] |
Severn Trent | 1 October 1990 | |||
S. G. Warburg & Co. | 21 June 1993 | 26 July 1995 | Acquisition by Swiss Bank Corporation.[113] | Ultimately merged into the investment banking operation of UBS.[114] |
Shell Transport and Trading Company | 3 January 1984 | |||
Siebe | 11 September 1989 | 2 January 1990 | Market capitalisation change | |
1 April 1992 | ||||
Sky | 18 September 1995 | Originally listed as British Sky Broadcasting Group | ||
Smith & Nephew | 3 January 1984 | |||
SmithKline Beecham | 27 July 1989 | |||
Smiths Group | 1 April 1985 | 1 October 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Originally listed as Smiths Industries, renamed as Smiths Group following merger with TI Group in 2000[115][116] |
Southern Electric | 21 September 1992 | 21 June 1993 | Market capitalisation change | |
25 October 1993 | ||||
Standard Chartered | 3 January 1984 | 5 April 1988 | Market capitalisation change | Originally listed as Standard & Chartered |
3 January 1989 | 2 January 1991 | Market capitalisation change | ||
21 December 1992 | ||||
Standard Telephones and Cables | 3 January 1984 | 23 January 1991 | Acquisition by Nortel)[117] | Listed as STC Nortel subsequently filed for bankrupcy in 2009, sold assets and was finally liquidated in 2017.[118][119] |
Storehouse | 8 January 1986 | 3 April 1989 | Market capitalisation change | Renamed as Mothercare plc in 2000 following sale of British Home Stores to Philip Green.[120] |
Sun Alliance & London Insurance | 3 January 1984 | |||
Sun Life Assurance | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired by Sun Life & Provincial Holdings in 1995, ultimately acquired by Axa[121] |
Tarmac | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Acquired by Anglo American in 1999[122] Subsequently solds to CRH plc in August 2015.[123] |
21 March 1994 | 20 June 1994 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Tate & Lyle | 23 January 1991 | 20 September 1993 | Market capitalisation change | |
17 March 1995 | ||||
Taylor Woodrow | 3 April 1989 | 1 October 1990 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently merged with George Wimpey in 2007 to form Taylor Wimpey[124] |
Tesco | 3 January 1984 | |||
Thames Water | 2 January 1990 | |||
Thorn EMI | 3 January 1984 | |||
TI Group | 21 September 1992 | |||
Tomkins | 2 January 1992 | |||
Trafalgar House | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently acquired by Kværner in 1996[125] |
Trusthouse Forte | 3 January 1984 | |||
TSB Group | 2 January 1987 | |||
Ultramar | 3 January 1984 | 1 April 1986 | Market capitalisation change | Acquired by Lasmo in December 1991[126]. Subsequently subject to a series of acquisitions by different owners. |
3 January 1989 | 1 October 1991 | Market capitalisation change | ||
Unigate | 1 October 1986 | 1 October 1987 | Market capitalisation change | Several divisions of the company subsequently divested,[127], renamed Uniq[128][129], and remaining business acquired by Greencore.[130] |
Unilever | 3 January 1984 | |||
United Biscuits | 3 January 1984 | 18 September 1995 | Market capitalisation change | Delisted in May 2000 on acquisition by a consortium of financial investors. Subsequently acquired by Yıldız Holding in 2014.[131] |
Vodafone | 16 September 1991 | |||
Wellcome | 1 April 1986 | 17 March 1995 | Market capitalisation change | Subsequently merged with Glaxo Holdings in 1995 to form Glaxo Wellcome[132][133] |
Whitbread | 3 January 1984 | |||
WHSmith | 4 December 1991 | 22 March 1993 | Market capitalisation change | |
Wiggins Teape Appleton | 13 July 1990 | |||
Williams Holdings | 5 April 1988 | 3 January 1989 | Market capitalisation change | |
2 April 1991 | ||||
Willis Corroon | 2 January 1991 | 21 September 1992 | Market capitalisation change | Acquired by Trinity Acquisition on behalf of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and renamed Willis Group in 1999.[134] Subsequently merged with Towers Watson to form Willis Towers Watson in 2015.[135] |
Willis Faber | 1 October 1984 | 1 April 1987 | Market capitalisation change | Merged with Corroon & Black to form Willis Corroon in 1990.[136] Subsequently merged with Towers Watson to form Willis Towers Watson in 2015.[137] |
Zeneca Group | 1 June 1993 |
Source: "FTSE: FTSE 100 Constituent Changes" (PDF; 57.9 KB)
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editAll changes are due to market capitalisation unless noted otherwise.
- Abbey National (acquired by Banco Santander Central Hispano, now part of its Santander UK subsidiary)[138]
- Aberdeen Asset Management
- African Barrick Gold
- Aggreko
- Alliance & Leicester (acquired by Banco Santander Central Hispano, now part of its Santander UK subsidiary)[139]
- Alliance Boots (acquired by private equity fund controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts)[140]
- Alliance Trust
- Allied Domecq (acquired by Pernod Ricard)[141]
- Allied Zurich (dual holding company along with Zurich Allied, companies unified in 2000 to form Zurich Financial Services)[142]
- Amec
- Amersham (acquired by GE, now part of its GE Healthcare division)[143]
- Argos (acquired by GUS)[144]
- Argyll Group (renamed Safeway in 1996, then taken over by Morrisons in 2004)[145]
- Arjo Wiggins Appleton (acquired by Worms & Cie)[146]
- ARM Holdings (acquired by SoftBank Group)[147]
- ASDA Group (acquired by Wal-Mart)[148]
- BAA (acquired by Ferrovial)[149]
- Babcock International
- Balfour Beatty
- Baltimore Technologies (acquired by Oryx International Growth Fund)[150]
- Bank of Scotland (merged with Halifax to form HBOS, now part of the Lloyds Banking Group)[151]
- Bass (became Six Continents and then InterContinental Hotels Group)[152]
- BG Group (acquired by Royal Dutch Shell)[153]
- Blue Circle Industries (acquired by Lafarge)[154]
- BOC (acquired by Linde)[155]
- Bowater (renamed Rexam)[156]
- Bookham Technology (renamed Oclaro and now traded on Nasdaq)[157]
- BPB Industries (acquired by Saint-Gobain)[158]
- Bradford & Bingley (branch network acquired by Banco Santander Central Hispano, now part of its Santander UK subsidiary; loans book nationalised)[159]
- Brambles Industries (now only listed on the Australian Securities Exchange)[160]
- British Airways (merged with Iberia to form International Airlines Group)[161]
- British Home Stores (acquired by Storehouse and then sold to Philip Green)[162]
- British Steel (merged with Koninklijke Hoogovens to become Corus Group, now Tata Steel Europe)[163]
- Britoil (acquired by BP)[164]
- BTR (merged with Siebe to form BTR Siebe, subsequently renamed Invensys)[165]
- Burmah Oil (renamed Burmah Castrol and acquired by BP)[166]
- Burton Group (renamed Arcadia and acquired by Philip Green)[167]
- Cable & Wireless Worldwide
- Cadbury (acquired by Kraft Foods)[168]
- Cairn Energy
- Capita
- Carlton Communications (merged with Granada to form ITV)[169]
- Carnival Corporation & plc
- Carphone Warehouse
- Celltech (acquired by UCB in 2004)[170]
- Centrica
- CMG (merged with Logica to form LogicaCMG)[171]
- Cobham
- Colt Group
- Commercial Union Assurance (merged with General Accident to form CGU, itself now part of Aviva)[172]
- Consolidated Gold Fields (acquired by Hanson)[173]
- ConvaTec
- Cookson Group
- Corus Group (acquired by Tata Steel, now forming its Tata Steel Europe division)[163]
- Courtaulds (demerged into two businesses acquired by Sara Lee and Akzo Nobel)[174]
- Daily Mail and General Trust
- Dalgety (renamed PIC International and then Sygen International and subsequently acquired by Genus)[175]
- Darktrace[176]
- De La Rue
- Dimension Data Holdings (market capitalisation fell too low, subsequently acquired by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone)[177]
- Direct Line Group
- Dixons Carphone
- Dixons Group (renamed to DSG International and then Dixons Retail; market capitalisation also fell too low)[178]
- DSG International (renamed Dixons Retail; market capitalisation also fell too low)[178]
- Eastern Group (acquired by Hanson, renamed The Energy Group; acquired by Texas Utilities)[179]
- EasyJet
- Electrocomponents
- EMAP (acquired by Apax Partners and the Guardian Media Group)[180]
- EMI Group (acquired by Terra Firma Capital Partners, now owned by Citigroup)[181]
- Energis (acquired by Cable and Wireless)[182]
- Enterprise Inns
- Enterprise Oil (acquired by Royal Dutch Shell)[183]
- Essar Energy
- Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
- Evraz
- Exel (acquired by Deutsche Post)[184]
- Ferrexpo
- FirstGroup
- Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust
- Forte (acquired by Granada, now ITV)[185]
- Freeserve (acquired by France Télécom, now Orange)[186]
- Friends Life (acquired by Aviva)[187]
- Friends Provident (acquired by Friends Life Group)[188]
- G4S
- Gallaher Group (acquired by Japan Tobacco)[189]
- Gateway Corporation (renamed Somerfield, subsequently acquired by The Co-operative Group)[190]
- GEC, formerly General Electric Company (renamed Marconi, broken up, remnant renamed Telent)[191]
- General Accident (merged with Commercial Union to form CGU, itself now part of Aviva)[172]
- Glaxo Wellcome (merged with SmithKline Beecham to form GlaxoSmithKline)[192]
- Granada Compass (split in 2001 to leave Granada and Compass Group)[193]
- Granada (merged with Carlton Communications to form ITV)[169]
- Greenall's Group (renamed De Vere Group and then acquired by a joint venture of private investors)[194]
- Grand Metropolitan (merged with Guinness to form Diageo)[195]
- Guardian Royal Exchange (acquired by Axa)[196]
- Guinness (merged with Grand Metropolitan to form Diageo)[195]
- GUS (now demerged into Home Retail Group and Experian)[197]
- GVC Holdings
- Halifax Group (merged with the Bank of Scotland to form HBOS)[151]
- Hammerson
- Hanson (acquired by Heidelberg Cement)[198]
- Hays
- HBOS Group plc (acquired by Lloyds Banking Group)[199]
- Hiscox
- Home Retail Group
- Homeserve
- ICAP
- IMI
- Imperial Chemical Industries (acquired by Akzo Nobel)[200]
- Imperial Continental Gas Association (broke up into Calor and Contibel)[201]
- Inchcape
- Inmarsat
- Innogy Holdings (renamed Npower and acquired by RWE)[202]
- International Power (acquired by GDF Suez)[203]
- Intu
- Invensys
- Invesco (moved primary listing to NYSE)[204]
- Investec
- Johnson Matthey[205]
- Just Eat Takeaway (nationality reassigned to the Netherlands)[206]
- Kazakhmys
- Kelda Group (acquired by Saltaire Water consortium)[207] a consortium of investment companies including Citigroup and HSBC.[208]
- Kingfisher
- Kingston Communications (renamed KCOM Group and market capitalisation fell too low)[209]
- Ladbrokes
- Lasmo (acquired by Eni)[210]
- Lattice Group (merged with National Grid to form National Grid Transco)[211]
- Logica
- London Electricity (acquired by Électricité de France, now part of its EDF Energy division)[212]
- Lonhro (renamed Lonmin)[213]
- Lonmin
- LucasVarity (acquired by TRW)[72]
- Magnet and Southerns (acquired by Berisford)[214]
- Man Group
- Marks & Spencer
- Mediclinic International
- Melrose
- Mercury Asset Management (acquired by Merrill Lynch)[215]
- Merlin Entertainments
- Micro Focus International
- Midlands Electricity (acquired by Acquila Sterling, now part of E.ON Energy UK)[216]
- Misys
- Mitchells & Butlers
- Morrisons (acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice)[217]
- National Westminster Bank (acquired by Royal Bank of Scotland Group)[218]
- NMC Health
- Northern Rock (market capitalisation fell too low, before being nationalised)[219]
- Norwich Union (merged with CGU to form CGNU, now Aviva)[172]
- Nycomed Amersham (acquired by GE)[143]
- O2 (renamed Telefónica Europe following acquisition by Telefónica)[220]
- Old Mutual (managed separation of the business)[221]
- Orange (acquired by Mannesmann and then by France Télécom, now Orange)[222]
- PartyGaming (market capitalisation fell too low, before merging with Bwin to become bwin.party digital entertainment)[223]
- P&O (acquired by Dubai Ports World)[224]
- P&O Princess Cruises (merged with Carnival Corporation and re-listed as Carnival Corporation & plc)[225]
- Pennon Group
- Petrofac
- Pilkington (acquired by Nippon Sheet Glass)[226]
- Polly Peck (collapsed in 1990)[227]
- PowerGen (acquired by E.ON Energy UK)
- Provident Financial
- Psion
- Punch Taverns
- Railtrack (collapsed in 2001)[228]
- Randgold Resources (merged with Barrick Gold Corp)[229]
- Rank Hovis McDougall (acquired by Premier Foods)[230]
- Reckitt and Coleman (merged with Benckiser to form Reckitt Benckiser)[231]
- Redland (acquired by Lafarge)[232]
- Reed International (merged with Elsevier to form Reed Elsevier)[233]
- Renishaw
- Rentokil Initial
- Resolution Limited (changed its name to Friends Life Group)[234]
- Resolution plc (acquired by Pearl Group)[235]
- Rexam (acquired by Ball Corporation)[236]
- RMC Group (acquired by Cemex)[237]
- J Rothschild (renamed St. James's Place and market capitalisation fell too low)[238]
- Rowntree's (acquired by Nestlé)[239]
- Royal Insurance (merged with Sun Alliance Group to form Royal & SunAlliance)[240]
- RSA Insurance Group (acquired by Danish insurer Tryg and Canada's Intact Financial Corporation in May 2021).[241]
- Safeway (acquired by Morrisons)[242]
- SABMiller (acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev)[243]
- Scottish & Newcastle (acquired by a consortium formed of Heineken & Carlsberg)[244]
- Scottish Power (acquired by Iberdrola)[245]
- Sears (acquired by January Investments – itself controlled by Philip Green)[246]
- Securicor (merged with Group 4 Falck to form G4S)[247]
- Sema Group (acquired by Schlumberger)[248]
- Serco
- Shell Transport and Trading Company (now re-organised with Royal Dutch Petroleum Company as Royal Dutch Shell)[249]
- Shire (acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company)[250]
- Siebe (merged with BTR to form Invensys)[165]
- Sky (acquired by Comcast)[251]
- SmithKline Beecham (merged with Glaxo Wellcome to form GlaxoSmithKline)[192]
- Smiths Industries (renamed to Smiths Group)[252]
- Southern Electric (merged with Scottish Hydro Electric to form Scottish and Southern Energy)[253]
- Spirent
- Sports Direct
- Stagecoach Group
- Sun Alliance Group (merged with Royal Insurance to form Royal & Sun Alliance)[240]
- Sun Life & Provincial Holdings (acquired by Axa)[121]
- Tate & Lyle
- Taylor Wimpey
- Telewest Communications (merged with NTL to form NTL:Telewest now Virgin Media)[254]
- Thames Water (acquired by RWE and then sold to Macquarie Group)[255]
- The Energy Group (acquired by Texas Utilities)[179]
- Thomas Cook Group
- Thomson Reuters (delisted shares from the London Stock Exchange as it ceased to be a dual-listed company)[256]
- Thorn (acquired by Nomura Group)[257]
- Thorn EMI (renamed EMI Group and then acquired by Terra Firma Capital Partners)[257]
- Thus (market capitalisation fell too low, subsequently acquired by Cable & Wireless Worldwide)[258]
- TI Group (acquired by Smiths Group)[259]
- Tomkins (acquired by Onex Corporation and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board)[260]
- Travis Perkins
- TSB Group (merged with Lloyds Bank to form Lloyds TSB)[261]
- Trusthouse Forte (acquired by Granada)[185]
- TUI Group
- TUI Travel
- Tullow Oil
- United Business Media
- Vedanta Resources
- Wellcome (merged with Glaxo to form Glaxo Wellcome, then with SmithKline Beecham to form GlaxoSmithKline)[192]
- Weir Group
- William Hill
- Williams Holdings (demerged into Kidde and Chubb Fire & Security, both now part of United Technologies)[262]
- Wood Group
- Worldpay (acquired by Vantiv)[263]
- Woolwich (acquired by Barclays)[264]
- Yell Group
- Zeneca (merged with Astra to form AstraZeneca)[265]
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