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constituents edit all changes to the index s constituents are due to market capitalisation unless noted otherwise abrdn abbey life became subsidiary of lloyds tsb in 1996 then sold to deutsche bank in 2007 40 abbey national acquired by banco santander central hispano now part of its santander uk subsidiary 41 aberdeen asset management african barrick gold aggreko alliance leicester acquired by banco santander central hispano now part of its santander uk subsidiary 42 alliance boots acquired by private equity fund controlled by kohlberg kravis roberts 43 alliance trust allied domecq acquired by pernod ricard 44 allied zurich dual holding company along with zurich allied companies unified in 2000 to form zurich financial services 45 amec amersham acquired by ge now part of its ge healthcare division 46 amstrad acquired by british sky broadcasting 47 argos acquired by gus 48 argyll group renamed safeway in 1996 then taken over by morrisons in 2004 49 arjo wiggins appleton acquired by worms cie 50 arm holdings acquired by softbank group 51 asda group acquired by wal mart 52 ashtead group transfer of listing to the us 53 avast acquired by nortonlifelock 54 aveva acquired by schneider electric 55 baa acquired by ferrovial 56 baltimore technologies acquired by oryx international growth fund 57 bank of scotland merged with halifax to form hbos now part of the lloyds banking group 58 bass became six continents and then intercontinental hotels group 59 beazley acquired by zurich insurance group 60 beecham group merged with smithkline and then with glaxo to become glaxosmithkline 61 berisford renamed enodis subsequently acquired by the manitowoc company 62 berkeley group holdings bet formerly british electric traction acquired by rentokil 63 bg group acquired by royal dutch shell 64 bhp moved main stock listing to the australian securities exchange 65 bicc renamed balfour beatty 66 british land blue arrow acquired by corporate services group 67 blue circle industries acquired by lafarge 68 boc acquired by linde 69 bowater renamed rexam 70 bookham technology renamed oclaro and now traded on nasdaq 71 b m bpb industries acquired by saint gobain 72 bradford bingley branch network acquired by banco santander central hispano now part of its santander uk subsidiary loans book nationalised 73 brambles industries now only listed on the australian securities exchange 74 british aerospace merged with marconi electronic systems to form bae systems 75 british airways merged with iberia to form international airlines group 76 british home stores acquired by storehouse and then sold to philip green 77 78 british steel merged with koninklijke hoogovens to become corus group now tata steel europe 79 british commonwealth collapsed in 1990 80 britoil acquired by bp 81 btr merged with siebe to form btr siebe subsequently renamed invensys 82 burmah oil renamed burmah castrol and acquired by bp 83 burton group renamed arcadia and acquired by philip green 84 cable wireless worldwide acquired by vodafone 85 cadbury acquired by kraft foods 86 cairn energy capita carlton communications merged with granada to form itv 87 carnival corporation carphone warehouse celltech acquired by ucb in 2004 88 cmg merged with logica to form logicacmg 89 coats viyella acquired by guinness peat group and renamed coats 90 cobham colt group commercial union assurance merged with general accident to form cgu itself now part of aviva 91 consolidated gold fields acquired by hanson 92 cookson group corus group acquired by tata steel now forming its tata steel europe division 79 courtaulds demerged into two businesses acquired by sara lee and akzo nobel 93 crh moved primary listing to new york 94 daily mail and general trust dalgety renamed pic international and then sygen international and subsequently acquired by genus 95 darktrace acquired by thoma bravo 96 debenhams dechra pharmaceuticals acquired by eqt ab 97 de la rue dimension data holdings market capitalisation fell too low subsequently acquired by nippon telegraph and telephone 98 direct line group distillers acquired by guinness and now part of diageo 99 dixons carphone dixons group renamed to dsg international and then dixons retail market capitalisation also fell too low 100 dowty group acquired by ti group itself now part of smiths group 101 dsg international renamed dixons retail market capitalisation also fell too low 100 eagle star acquired by bat industries and then demerged as part of zurich financial services 102 eastern group acquired by hanson renamed the energy group acquired by texas utilities 103 ecc group acquired by imetal 104 edinburgh investment trust electrocomponents emap acquired by apax partners and the guardian media group 105 emi group acquired by terra firma capital partners now owned by citigroup 106 energis acquired by cable and wireless 107 entain enterprise inns enterprise oil acquired by royal dutch shell 108 essar energy eurasian natural resources corporation eurotunnel evraz exco international acquired by british commonwealth holdings 109 exel acquired by deutsche post 110 ferguson moved main listing to new york stock exchange 111 ferranti international collapsed in 1993 112 ferrexpo firstgroup fisons acquired by rhone poulenc rorer now sanofi aventis 113 flutter entertainment moved listing to new york stock exchange 114 forte acquired by granada now itv 115 frasers group freeserve acquired by france télécom now orange 116 friends life acquired by aviva 117 friends provident acquired by friends life group 118 g4s gallaher group acquired by japan tobacco 119 gateway corporation renamed somerfield subsequently acquired by the co operative group 120 gec formerly general electric company renamed marconi broken up remnant renamed telent 121 general accident merged with commercial union to form cgu itself now part of aviva 91 george wimpey merged with taylor woodrow to form taylor wimpey 122 glaxo wellcome merged with smithkline beecham to form glaxosmithkline 61 globe investment trust acquired by british coal pension fund 123 granada compass split in 2001 to leave granada and compass group 124 granada merged with carlton communications to form itv 87 greenall s group renamed de vere group and then acquired by a joint venture of private investors 125 grand metropolitan merged with guinness to form diageo 126 guardian royal exchange acquired by axa 127 guinness merged with grand metropolitan to form diageo 126 gus now demerged into home retail group and experian 128 gvc holdings changed its name to entain plc 129 habitat mothercare merged with british home stores to form storehouse and subsequently renamed mothercare again 130 halifax group merged with the bank of scotland to form hbos 58 hambro life renamed allied dunbar and acquired by bat industries and then demerged as part of zurich financial services 131 hammerson hanson acquired by heidelberg cement 132 harbour energy hargreaves lansdown acquired by cvc capital partners nordic capital and the abu dhabi investment authority 133 harrisons crosfield renamed elementis 134 hawker siddeley acquired by btr now invensys 135 hays hbos group plc acquired by lloyds banking group 136 hikma pharmaceuticals hillsdown holdings acquired by hicks muse tate and furst and then sold on as premier foods 137 home retail group homeserve acquired by brookfield asset management 138 house of fraser acquired by baugur 139 icap imperial chemical industries acquired by akzo nobel 140 imperial continental gas association broke up into calor and contibel 141 inchcape inmarsat innogy holdings renamed npower and acquired by rwe 142 international power acquired by gdf suez 143 intu invensys invesco moved primary listing to nyse 144 itv jaguar acquired by ford and then by tata motors 145 johnson matthey just eat takeaway nationality reassigned to the netherlands 146 kazakhmys kelda group acquired by saltaire water consortium 147 a consortium of investment companies including citigroup and hsbc 148 kingston communications renamed kcom group and market capitalisation fell too low 149 kwik save group merged with somerfield 150 ladbrokes laporte major divisions acquired by kohlberg kravis roberts 151 lasmo acquired by eni 152 lattice group merged with national grid to form national grid transco 153 lever brothers merged with margarine unie to form unilever 154 logica london electricity acquired by électricité de france now part of its edf energy division 155 lonhro renamed lonmin 156 lonmin lucas industries merged with varity to form lucasvarity then acquired by trw 157 lucasvarity acquired by trw 157 magnet and southerns acquired by berisford 158 man group maxwell communications corporation collapsed in 1991 159 mb caradon renamed caradon and then novar then acquired by honeywell 160 mediclinic international meggitt acquired by parker hannifin 161 mepc acquired by leconport estates 162 mercury asset management acquired by merrill lynch 163 merlin entertainments mfi renamed galiform and then howden joinery and market capitalisation fell too low 164 micro focus international midlands electricity acquired by acquila sterling now part of e on energy uk 165 midland bank acquired by hsbc 166 misys mitchells butlers mondi morrisons acquired by clayton dubilier rice 167 national westminster bank acquired by royal bank of scotland group 168 nfc merged with ocean group to form exel now part of deutsche post 169 nmc health listing suspended northern foods market capitalisation fell too low before being acquired by ranjit boparan 170 northern rock market capitalisation fell too low before being nationalised 171 norwich union merged with cgu to form cgnu now aviva 91 nycomed amersham acquired by ge 46 o2 renamed telefónica europe following acquisition by telefónica 172 ocado old mutual managed separation of the business 173 orange acquired by mannesmann and then by france télécom now orange 174 partygaming market capitalisation fell too low before merging with bwin to become bwin party digital entertainment 175 p o acquired by dubai ports world 176 p o princess cruises merged with carnival corporation and re listed as carnival corporation plc 177 pennon group persimmon petrofac pilkington acquired by nippon sheet glass 178 plessey acquired by gec and siemens 179 polly peck collapsed in 1990 180 polymetal international powergen acquired by e on energy uk 181 182 provident financial psion punch taverns racal electronics acquired by thomson csf and then thales group 183 railtrack collapsed in 2001 184 randgold resources merged with barrick gold corp 185 rank hovis mcdougall acquired by premier foods 186 reckitt colman merged with benckiser to form reckitt benckiser 187 redland acquired by lafarge 188 reed international merged with elsevier to form reed elsevier 189 renishaw rentokil initial resolution limited changed its name to friends life group 190 resolution plc acquired by pearl group 191 rexam acquired by ball corporation 192 rightmove rmc group acquired by cemex 193 rothmans international acquired by british american tobacco 194 j rothschild renamed st james s place and market capitalisation fell too low 195 rowntree s acquired by nestlé 196 royal insurance merged with sun alliance group to form royal sunalliance 197 royal mail rs group rsa insurance group acquired by danish insurer tryg and canada s intact financial corporation in may 2021 198 saatchi saatchi acquired by publicis 199 safeway acquired by morrisons 200 sabmiller acquired by anheuser busch inbev 201 schroders acquired by nuveen 202 scottish newcastle acquired by a consortium formed of heineken carlsberg 203 scottish hydro electric merged with southern electric to form scottish and southern energy 204 scottishpower acquired by iberdrola 205 sears acquired by january investments itself controlled by philip green 206 securicor merged with group 4 falck to form g4s 207 sedgwick acquired by marsh mclennan 208 sema group acquired by schlumberger 209 serco shell transport and trading company later re organised with royal dutch petroleum company as royal dutch shell and then renamed shell plc 210 shire acquired by takeda pharmaceutical company 211 siebe merged with btr to form invensys 82 sky acquired by comcast 212 smithkline beecham merged with glaxo wellcome to form glaxosmithkline 61 ds smith acquired by international paper 213 smiths industries renamed to smiths group 214 smurfit kappa merged with westrock to form smurfit westrock 215 southern electric merged with scottish hydro electric to form scottish and southern energy 204 spirent sports direct stagecoach group standard telephones and cables renamed stc and acquired by nortel 216 storehouse renamed mothercare 217 sun alliance group merged with royal insurance to form royal sun alliance 197 sun life assurance acquired by axa 218 sun life provincial holdings acquired by axa 218 tarmac acquired by anglo american 219 tate lyle taylor wimpey taylor woodrow merged with george wimpey to form taylor wimpey 12...