Standard Life Equity Income Trust is an investment company and carries on business as an investment trust. Co. provides a managed portfolio of U.K. quoted companies. The management of Co.'s investments and the day to day operation of Co. is delegated to Standard Life Investments (Corporate Funds) Limited.

Advanced Oncotherapy is focused on providing radiotherapy systems for cancer treatment through the use of a proton therapy technology. Co. operates in two business segments: proton therapy and healthcare related properties. The healthcare related property U.K. segment relates to Co.'s property in Folkestone, which is being marketed for sale.

Apax Global Alpha is a closed-ended investment company that invests in a diversified portfolio of private equity funds and derived investments in debt and equities. As of Dec 21 2017, Co. targeted an annualized Total Net Asset Value Return across economic cycles of 12-15%, net of fees and expenses. Co.'s investment activities are managed by Apax Guernsey Managers Limited (the Investment Manager) under a discretionary investment management agreement. The Investment Manager obtains investment advice from Apax Partners LLP (Apax Partners). Apax Partners advises on investments globally in companies across four sectors: Tech & Telco, Services, Healthcare and Consumer.

Arbuthnot Banking Group is primarily involved in banking and financial services. Co. is organized into three main operating segments: Retail banking (associate), which incorporates household cash management, personal lending and banking and insurance services; U.K. Private banking, which incorporates private banking, commercial banking and wealth management; and Group Centre, which is comprised in Co.'s Group Centre management. As of Dec 31 2016, Co.'s total assets were £1.27 billion.

Blackrock Income & Growth Investment Trust is an investment trust company. Co.'s principal activity is portfolio investment. Co. invests principally in U.K. listed equities concentrating on FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies. BlackRock Fund Managers Limited (the Manager) is Co.'s alternative investment fund manager. The management of the investment portfolio and the administration of Co. have been contractually delegated to the Manager. BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited acts as Co.'s investment manager under a delegation agreement with the Manager.

F&C Capital & Income Investment Trust is an investment trust and closed-ended investment company. Co. secures long-term capital and income growth from a portfolio consisting mainly of FTSE All-Share companies. Co. is managed by F&C Investment Business Limited (the Manager), a wholly-owned subsidiary of F&C Asset Management PLC which is owned by Bank of Montreal. F&C Investment Business Limited is appointed under a management agreement with Co. setting out its responsibilities for investment management, administration and marketing. The Manager also acts as the alternative investment fund manager.

F&C UK High Income Trust is an investment trust company. Co.'s portfolio include: Equities Portfolio, which comprises investments in the U.K. equities and equity-related securities of large and mid-sized companies; and Higher Yield Portfolio, which comprises investments in fixed interest and other higher yielding stocks and securities. Co. has delegated the management of the investment portfolio, and other services, to F&C Investment Business Limited as its Manager. As of Mar 31 2017, Co.'s total investments held at fair value was £136.3 million.

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust is an investment trust company.

The City of London Investment Trust is an investment trust company. Co.'s objective is to provide long-term growth in income and capital, principally by investment in equities listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust is an investment trust. Co. maintains a diversified portfolio consisting, substantially, of equity or equity related securities, and Co. can invest in other financial instruments. Co. is invested mainly in companies listed or quoted in the U.K. and can invest up to 20% of its gross assets overseas. Co. invests in various sectors, which include Financials, Consumer Goods, Health Care, Oil & Gas, Industrials, Utilities, Consumer Services, Fixed Income, Telecoms, Basic Materials, and Technology. Co.'s portfolio is managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited. As of Dec 31 2016, Co.'s total investments portfolio was valued at £470,664,000.

Edinburgh Investment Trust is an investment trust company. Co. generally invests in companies quoted on a recognized stock exchange in the U.K. Co. also invest in securities listed on stock exchanges outside the U.K. Co. has contracted with an external investment manager, Invesco Fund Managers Limited, to manage its investments and to provide Co.'s general administration. As of Mar 31 2017, Co. had total investment portfolio valued at £1.73 billion.

H&T Group is a holding company. Through its subsidiary, Harvey & Thompson Limited, Co. is engaged in pawnbroking, gold purchasing, retail of jewellery, cheque cashing, unsecured lending and other related services.

ICG Enterprise Trust is an investment trust. Co. is a private equity investment company focused on buyouts in developed markets. Co. invests in private equity funds and also directly in private companies. As of Jan 31 2017, Co.'s total investment portfolio amounted to £594.3 million.

Invesco Perpetual Select trust is a public listed investment company. Co. generates risk-adjusted returns from four segregated portfolios, with the ability to switch between them, four times a year, free from capital gains tax liability. The portfolios are UK Equity, Global Equity Income, Balanced Risk and Managed Liquidity. Co. has an indefinite life and is intended as a long-term investment vehicle.

JPMorgan Claverhouse Investment Trust is an investment trust company. Co. invests in a portfolio consisting of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. Co.'s portfolio consists of between 60 and 80 investments. Co. invests no more than 15% of gross assets in other U.K. listed investment companies (including investment trusts), and invests no more than 15% of gross assets in any individual investment (including unit trusts and open ended investment companies). Co.'s investment portfolio comprised of a range of sectors including financials, consumer goods, industrials, basic materials, and oil and gas. Co. employs JPMorgan Funds Limited as its Alternative Investment Fund Manager.

Law Debenture Corporation is an investment trust and a provider of independent professional servicesdivides into two areas of business: investment trust and independent professional services. Col. is an investment trust, listed on the London Stock Exchange. Co.'s portfolio of investments is managed by Janus Henderson Investors under a contract. Co. invests in a portfolio diversified both geographically and by industry. Co. is a provider of independent professional services. Co.'s activities are corporate trusts, pension trusts, corporate services (including agent for service of process), whistle blowing services and governance services.

Pantheon International is an investment trust company. Co. invests in a diversified portfolio of private equity assets managed by third party managers across the world. Co. manages its portfolio by creating primary and secondary investments in private equity funds as well as co-investing directly in companies alongside private equity managers. Co. is engaged in the single segment of business, being an investment business. As of May 31 2017, the market value of Co.'s investment portfolio was £1,224,000,000.

Schroder Income Growth Fund is an investment trust company. The investment policy of Co. is to invest primarily in above-average yielding U.K. equities but up to 20% of the portfolio may be invested in equities listed on recognized stock exchanges outside the U.K. Co. has appointed Schroder Unit Trusts Limited as the Manager.

Shield Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of late stage, hospital-focused pharmaceuticals which address areas of high unmet medical need. Co.'s key products are Feraccru®, commercially available for the treatment of Iron Deficiency Anaemia, and PT20, for the treatment of systemic phosphate accumulation (otherwise known as hyperphosphatemia). Co. has an additional pipeline of three prescription pharmaceutical assets (PT20, PT30 and PT40) with commercial synergies.

Shires Income is an investment company, engaged in investing mainly in U.K. equities. Co. invests principally in the ordinary shares of U.K. quoted companies, and in convertible and preference shares with above average yields. Co.'s investment portfolio comprised of a range of sectors including oil and gas, basic materials, industrials, consumer goods, healthcare, consumer services, telecommunications, utilities, financials and technology. Co. is managed by Aberdeen Fund Managers Limited. As of Mar 31 2017, Co.'s total investments was £97.8 million.

Temple Bar Investment Trust is engaged as an investment company. Co.'s principal business activity of investment management is sub-contracted to Investec Fund Managers Limited, the Alternative Investment Fund Manager of Co.

Troy Income & Growth Trust carries on business as an investment trust. Investment trusts are collective investment vehicles, constituted as closed-ended public limited companies. The management of the investment portfolio has been contractually delegated to the Manager, Troy Asset Management Ltd. Troy Asset Management Ltd is an independent fund management company generates absolute returns for investors over the long term. Their investors include private individuals, charities, pension funds, trusts and endowments.

Volta Finance is a closed-ended investment company with the objective of investing, among other asset types, in the following main asset classes: Collateralized Loan Obligation, Synthetic Corporate Credit, Cash Corporate Credit and ABS. Co. has appointed AXA Investment Managers Paris S.A., as its Alternative Investment Fund Manager to manage the investments of Co.