Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust is an investment trust. Co. focuses on providing private and institutional investors capital growth through equity investment. Co.'s assets are invested in a diversified portfolio of securities in quoted companies spread across a range of industries and economies in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan. Investments may also be made through collective investment schemes and in companies traded on stock markets outside the Asia Pacific region. Co.'s portfolio is managed by Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC.

Aberdeen New India Investment Trust is an investment trust with a concentrated portfolio of locally-researched Indian equities. Co. focuses on investment in companies which are incorporated in India, or which derive significant revenue or profit from India, with dividend yield from Co. being of secondary importance. Co.'s portfolio is managed by Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited, its investment manager. As at Mar 31 2017, Co.'s total portfolio investments were £284.9 million.

Alliance Trust is an investment trust company. Co. invests in global equities. Co. also has investments in Alliance Trust Savings and non-core investment, including mineral rights, private equity and Liontrust Funds and Investments. Co. has appointed Willis Towers Watson as its investment manager to manage its portfolio.

Baillie Gifford Growth Fund carries on business as an investment trust. Co.'s business is investing in financial assets with a view to profiting from their total return in the form of income and capital growth. Co.'s alternative investment fund manager, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited, implements the investment strategy and manages Co.'s assets in line with the appropriate restrictions placed on Co. by the board, including limits on the type and relative size of holdings which may be held in the portfolio and on the use of gearing, cash, derivatives and other financial instruments as appropriate.

Chelverton UK Dividend Trust is an investment trust company.

Merian Chrysalis Investment Company Limited is a investment company. The Company's investment objective is to generate long-term capital growth through investing in a portfolio consisting primarily or equity related investments in unquoted companies. The Company focuses on investing in a diversified portfolio consisting primarily of equity and equity-related securities issued by unquoted companies. The Company will also focuses on investing in attractively valued minority, private investments with long-term growth rates substantially. Old Mutual Global Investors (UK) Limited is the Company's investment adviser.

City of London Group is a closed-ended investment company. Co.'s investments are companies in financial services sectors where major national and foreign banks have limited new lending to these borrowers. Co.'s investee companies operated one product platform namely Credit Asset Management Limited, and its subsidiary Professions Funding Limited, which provide asset backed finance and commercial loans to small and medium-sized enterprises and loans to professional practice firms.

Fidelity China Special Situations is an investment trust. Co.'s investment objective is to attain long-term capital growth from a managed portfolio made up primarily of securities issued by companies listed in China or Hong Kong and Chinese companies listed elsewhere. Co. may also invest in listed companies with interests in China and Hong Kong.

Geiger Counter is a close-ended investment company. Co.'s investment objective is to deliver returns to shareholders primarily in the form of capital growth. Co. has delegated the management of the investments portfolio to CQS Cayman Limited Partnership, as its Investment Manager and who in turn has delegated management to CQS (UK) LLP, as its Alternative Investment Fund Manager. Co.'s investment policy is to invest in the securities companies involved in the exploration, development and production of energy, and related services companies, for both existing and alternative supplies and types of energy. As of Sept 30 2017, Co. had total investment of £19.1 million.

Gulf Investment Fund is a closed-end investment company based in the Isle of Man. Co.'s investment objective is to capture, principally through the medium of the Qatar Exchange (formerly the Doha Securities Market), the opportunities for growth offered by the expanding Qatari economy by investing in listed companies or companies soon to be listed. Co. also invests in listed companies, or pre-IPO companies, in other Cooperation Council for Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) countries. Co.'s top five holdings include Qatar National Bank, Commercial Bank of Qatar, Qatar Islamic Bank, Industries Qatar and Ooredoo. As of June 30, 2014, Co. had total assets of US$220,074,000.

JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust is an investment trust company. Co. invests in a portfolio of equity and equity-related securities of Indian companies and also in companies which earn a material part of their revenues from India. Co. employs JPMorgan Funds Limited (JPMF) as its Alternative Investment Fund Manager. JPMF delegates the management of Co.'s portfolio to JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited.

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust is an investment company. Co.'s investment objective is to attain capital growth by investing principally in Continental European quoted smaller companies. Co.'s benchmark index is the MSCI Europe SmallCap (ex U.K.) Index (in sterling terms).

Montanaro U.K. Smaller Companies Investment Trust is a closed-end investment trust company. Co. invests in small quoted companies listed on the London Stock Exchange or traded on Alternative Investment Market.

Polar Capital Global Financials Trust is an investment trust company. Co. invests primarily in a portfolio consisting of listed or quoted securities issued by companies in the financial sector operating in the banking, insurance, property and other sub-sectors. Co. has contracted Polar Capital LLP to act as the Alternative Investment Fund Manager.

Polar Capital Technology Trust is an investment trust. Co. invests in technology companies. Co. invests in a range of sectors: software; internet software and services; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; technology hardware, storage and peripherals; internet and direct marketing retail; electronic equipment, instruments and components; information technology services; machinery; communications equipment; chemicals; healthcare technology; aerospace and defense; healthcare equipment and supplies; household durables; diversified telecommunication services; media; electrical equipment; automobiles; and other, spanning across North America, Europe, and Asia and Pacific.

Ruffer Investment Company is a closed-ended investment company. Co. is externally managed by Ruffer AIFM Limited, a U.K. investment manager. Ruffer AIFM Limited is also the Alternative Investment Fund Manager of Co. Co. predominantly invests in internationally listed or quoted equities or equity related securities (including convertibles) or bonds which are issued by corporate issuers, supra-nationals or government organizations.

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is an investment company and carries on business as an investment trust. Co. invests in a portfolio of assets in order to spread risk. Co. has one segment being that of an investment trust company investing in a portfolio of long term investments chosen on a global basis.

Standard Life Private Equity Trust carries on business as an investment trust. The principal focus of Co. is to invest in private equity funds and to manage exposure through the primary and secondary funds markets. Co. invests only in private equity funds, but occasionally may hold direct private equity investments or quoted securities as a result of distributions in specie from its portfolio of fund investments. Co. board has contractually delegated the management of the investment portfolio to the manager, SL Capital Partners LLP.

Tritax EuroBox PLC. Tritax EuroBox PLC (the Trust) is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Trust focuses on investing in the continental European logistics market. It seeks to build a diversified portfolio of European logistics assets in the supply chain markets. The Trust is managed by Tritax Management LLP.

Witan Investment Trust is an investment trust company. Co. provides managed exposure to global markets (principally equities) using a multi-manager approach. The portfolio is diversifi ed by geographical region, industrial sector and at the individual stock level. Co. is managed by the executive team of its subsidiary Witan Investment Services Limited (WIS), as Alternative Investment Fund Manager. WIS provides marketing services and investment products to Co. and executive management and marketing services to third party investment trust clients.