FTSE UK Index Series

This index comprises the 100 most highly capitalised blue chip companies, representing approximately 81% of the UK market. It is used extensively as a basis for investment products, such as derivatives and exchange-traded funds.

The FTSE 250 comprises mid-capitalised companies not covered by the FTSE 100, and represents approximately 15% of UK market capitalisation.

Representing 98-99% of UK market capitalisation, FTSE All-Share is the aggregation of the FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and FTSE Small Cap Indices.

The FTSE 100 Dividend Index represents the cumulative value of ordinary declared cash dividends by the individual constituents of the underlying FTSE 100 Index, calculated on the ex dividend (xd) date and expressed in terms of index points. The FTSE 100 Dividend Index runs for a one-year period from the trading day following the third Friday in December to the following third Friday in December.

The FTSE UK Capped 5% Indices are based on the underlying constituents of the FTSE 100 Index and FTSE All-Share Index. At the UK quarterly reviews companies that have a weight in their respective index of greater than 5% are capped. The series is made up of the following:

• FTSE 100 Capped 5% Index
• FTSE All-Share Capped 5% Index

The FTSE UK Dividend+ Index is a yield weighted index designed to select and measure the performance of higher yielding stocks within the universe of the FTSE 350 Index, excluding investment trusts. The FTSE UK Dividend+ Index selects the top 50 stocks by one-year forecast dividend yield. The constituents’ weightings within the index are determined by their dividend yield as opposed to market capitalisation.

The FTSE UK Dividend+ Index was created to allow investors to capture the long-term effect of higher compounding returns, and benefit from the lower correlations to traditional market cap weighted indices.

The dividend information for the FTSE UK Dividend+ is provided by Markit Group Limited (“Markit”), the leading industry source for independent mark-to-market pricing, asset valuations, dividend forecasting and index services.

The FTSE 350 Supersector Indices provide investors with a new view of one of the world's most important markets. The 18 highly tradeable real-time sector indices are derived from the blue chip companies in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices.

The FTSE UK Style Index provides investors with a measure of the performance of value and growth companies within the FTSE 350.

The FTSE Expiry Indices facilitate the calculation of the Exchange Delivery Settlement Price ("EDSP") for the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Index Contracts on Euronext.liffe.

• FTSE 100 Expiry Index (Code: UKXSP)
• FTSE 250 Expiry Index (Code: MCXSP)

• FTSE 100 Expiry Index: Third Friday of each month.
• FTSE 250 Expiry Index: Third Friday of March, June, September and December.

• London Stock Exchange website
• Euronext.Liffe website

The FTSE SmallCap consists of companies outside of the FTSE 350 Index and represents approximately 2% of the UK market capitalisation.

The FTSE Fledgling is for UK companies listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange that are too small to be included in the FTSE All-Share.

The FTSE All-Small Index consists of all the companies in the FTSE SmallCap and FTSE Fledging indices.

The FTSE Short Indices aim to replicate the payoff to a shorting investment strategy, and are derived from the underlying headline FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Indices (Total Return).

The FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 Leveraged Indices consist of a leveraged index with x2 gearing, a super leveraged index with x3 gearing and an ultra leveraged index with x4 gearing that allow money managers to exploit the volatility in markets by allowing investors to gear up, and take into account the cost of financing the leveraged positions.