'ADR'

'American Depositary Receipt'

'ADS'

'American Depositary Securities'

'AESOP'

'All Employee Share Ownership Plan (report as Awards)'

'AWARD'

'Usually remuneration given as shares such as a bonus or Directors Fees '

'C&SD'

'Customer & Strategy Director'

'CH'

'Chairman'

'CLASS'

'Class or Type of share. Represents the name of the security whose prices and dividends are shown with the fundamental data of the company'

'COO'

'Chief Operating Officer'

'COOD'

'Chief Operating Officer (Divisional)'

'COSEC'

'Company Secretary'

'DRIP'

'Dividend Re-Investment Plan'

'ED'

'Executive Director'

'EIS'

'Executive Incentive Scheme'

'EPIC'

'a three or four letter digit code which is unique for UK listings but not globally unique '

'EPS'

'Earnings per share'

'EPSS'

'Employee Profit Share Scheme'

'ESOP'

'Employee Share Ownership Plan'

'ESPP'

'Employee Stock Purchase Plan'

'EXERCISE'

'Exercise/vestment of share option

'F&OD'

'Finance & Operations Director'

'FD'

'Finance Director'

'GFD'

'Group FD'

'INDEX'

'FTSE Index of which a company is a constituent. Reflects the companies market Cap'

'JMD'

'Joint Managing Director'

'LSE'

'London Stock Exchange'

'LTIP'

'Long Term Incentive Plan'

'LTIS'

'Long Term Incentive Scheme'

'MARKET CAP'

'Market Capitalisation. Calculated from last close multiplied by shares in issue'

'MD'

'Managing Director'

'NECH'

'Non-Executive Chairman'

'NED'

'Non-Executive Director'

'NEDCH'

'Non-Executive Deputy Chairman'

'OFF MARKET TRANSACTION'

'A transaction with a single party (possibly an institution or another Director) which is not at the prevailing market value. These are usually large transactions'

'OPTION'

'The right but not the obligation to buy an asset at a given price.'

'P/E'

'Price/Earnings ratio. Companys share dividend divided by shares in issue'

'PDMR'

'Person Dispensing Managerial Responsibility'

'QUEST'

'Qualifying Employee Share Trust'

'SALE POST-EXERCISE'

'Shares sold (usually at market value) within a few days of an option exercise.'

'SAR'

'Stock/Share Appreciation Rights'

'SAYE'

'Save as you earn (reported as Exercise)'

'SD'

'Sales Director'

'SECTOR'

'LSE category of a company '

'SEDOL'

'A globally unique security identifier'

'SHARES ON ISSUE'

'The total number of tradable shares which exist in the market'

'SID'

'Senior Independent Director'

'SUBSCRIBE'

'Shares purchased under rights issue. These shares are usually offered to existing shareholders slightly under the prevailing market price'

'TD'

'Technical Director'

'TIDM'

'Tradable Instrument Display Mnemonic'

'TRANSFER IN'

'Share transfer (usually for nil cost) after which the Directors holding is increased'

'TRANSFER OUT'

'Share transfer (usually for nil cost) after which the Directors holding is reduced'

'TRANSFER'

'Share transfer (usually for nil cost) after which the Directors holding is unchanged'

'TSR'

'Total Shareholder Return'

'VEST'

'Take up of share option, shares purchased at the fixed price'

'YEAR END'

'Financial year end '

'YIELD'

'Dividend yield per share in %'