LONDON -(Dow Jones)- FTSE Group, announced Wednesday, that the pest control organisation Rentokil Initial (RTO.LN), European property investment and development company Segro (SGRO.LN) and the hotel and restaurant chain Whitbread (WTB.LN) will be joining the FTSE 100.
MAIN FACTS:
-In the rebalance, Balfour Beatty (BBY.LN), Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust (FRCL.LN) and Pennon Group (PNN.LN) will be leaving the U.K.’s leading blue chip benchmark.
- Burberry (BBY.LN), will be replacing Thomson Reuters (TRIL.LN), which is being de-listed, it will be entering the FTSE 100 at the start of trade this September 10.
-In addition the FTSE 250 Index see’s the return of media group Trinity Mirror (TNI.LN) alongside seven other Smallcap constituents, whilst those leaving the index include investment instruments from both JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs (GS).
-Constituents leaving the FTSE Smallcap and entering the FTSE 250 Index
-Avis Europe (AVE.LN)
-Imagination Technologies Group (IMG.LN)
-International Personal Finance (IPF.LN)
-Lamprell (LAM.LN)
-Northgate (NTG.LN)
-Paragon Group of Companies (PAG.LN)
-St. Modwen Properties (SMP.LN)
-Trinity Mirror
-Constituents leaving the FTSE 250 and entering the FTSE Smallcap
-Absolute Return Trust (ABR.LN)
-Edinburgh U.K. Tracker Trust (EUK.LN)
-Fisher (James) & Sons (FSJ.LN)
-Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities (GSDO.LN)
-Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities (EUR)
-JP Morgan European Investment Trust (Gwth Shs)
-Mouchel Group (MHCL.LN)
-Novae Group (NVA.LN)
-SDL (SDL.LN)
-All changes from this review take effect from the start of trading on September 21, 2009.
-* Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities GBP and EUR lines are treated as a single company.
-By London Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; Contact Ian Walker; +44 (0)20 7842 9296; ian.walker@dowjones.com