Top 7 Most Important Companies Listed On The London Stock Exchange (LSE)
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#1 AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is voted the first most important companies listed on the london stock exchange (lse) with 150 votes.
AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca plc is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company. In 2013, it moved its headquarters to Cambridge, UK, and concentrated its R&D in three sites: Cambridge; Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA (location of MedImmune) for work on biopharmaceuticals; and Mölndal (near Gothenburg) in Sweden, for research on traditional chemical drugs. AstraZeneca has a portfolio of products for major disease areas including cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation.The company was founded in 1999 through the merger of the Swedish Astra AB and the English Zeneca Group (itself formed by the demerger of the pharmaceutical operations of Imperial Chemical Industries in 1993).
#2 Alent
Alent is voted the second most important companies listed on the london stock exchange (lse) with 143 votes.
Alent
Alent plc is a supplier of surface treatment plating chemicals and electronics assembly materials. The Company was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index until it was acquired by Platform Specialty Products in November 2015. The company was established as a supplier of materials which facilitate electrical connectivity.
#3 John Wood Group
John Wood Group is voted the third most important companies listed on the london stock exchange (lse) with 142 votes.
John Wood Group
John Wood Group PLC is a multinational energy services company with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The business was founded by Sir Ian Wood in 1982, when it split away from JW Holdings, the largest fishing company in Scotland.
#4 A.G. Barr
A.G. Barr is voted the fourth most important companies listed on the london stock exchange (lse) with 142 votes.
A.G. Barr
A.G. BARR p.l.c., commonly known as Barr's, is a Scottish soft drink manufacturer, based in Cumbernauld, Scotland. It manufactures the popular Scottish drink, Irn-Bru.
#5 Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon is voted the fifth most important companies listed on the london stock exchange (lse) with 138 votes.
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LSE: BGS) is a publicly traded investment trust listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Trust invests in Japanese smaller companies. The Trust is managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, the Edinburgh-based investment management partnership.
#6 Bank Of Georgia
Bank Of Georgia is voted the sixth most important companies listed on the london stock exchange (lse) with 136 votes.
Bank Of Georgia
Bank of Georgia (abbreviated as BOG or BoG) is a Georgian bank headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is the largest bank in Georgia by assets.99.52% of the share capital of Bank of Georgia is held by BGEO Group PLC, a public limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 07811410. The shares of BGEO were admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange PLC’s main market for listed securities on 28 February 2012.Bank of Georgia has credit ratings from: S&P: ‘BB -’,Moody's: ‘B1/Ba3’ (foreign and local currency), and Fitch Ratings: ‘BB-’; outlooks are ‘Stable’.The bank was established in 1903, nationalized by the communists and became known as Binsotsbank before it was privatized again and renamed the Bank of Georgia in 1994.Bank of Georgia was first listed on the Georgian Stock Exchange in 2001 and then merged with Tbiluniversalbank in 2004.
#7 Quilter Plc
Quilter Plc is voted the seventh most important companies listed on the london stock exchange (lse) with 132 votes.
Quilter Plc
Quilter plc, formerly known as Old Mutual Wealth Management Limited, is a financial services company formed to take over the UK wealth management business of Old Mutual plc after its separation of business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. In March 2016, Old Mutual plc announced its managed separation strategy that sought to unlock and create value for shareholders through the separation of its four businesses, Old Mutual Emerging Markets, Nedbank, UK-based Old Mutual Wealth and Boston-based Old Mutual Asset Management (OMAM) into standalone entities.