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ACS Investments 30TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Classified as Confidential LGPS Central UK Equity Passive Fund Portfolio Statement as at 30 September 2020 HOLDING/ INVESTMENT MARKET % OF NOMINAL VALUE VALUE NET £' ASSETS UK Collective Investment Schemes 3.29% (3.00%) Equity Investment Instruments 3.29% (3.00%) 161,000 iShares MSCI UK Small Cap UCITS ETF GBP Acc 30,256 3.29 UK Equities 93.43% (94.33%) Aerospace & Defense 1.30% (1.66%) 14,000 Avon Rubber 595 0.06 1,564,000 BAE Systems 7,539 0.82 135,000 Chemring Group 326 0.04 369,000 Meggitt 950 0.10 264,000 QinetiQ 733 0.08 825,000 Rolls-Royce 1,072 0.12 35,000 Ultra Electronics 730 0.08 11,945 1.30 Automobiles & Parts 0.04% (0.03%) 293,000 Aston Martin Lagonda Global 149 0.02 122,000 TI Fluid Systems 188 0.02 337 0.04 Banks 5.99% (8.50%) 8,380,000 Barclays 8,180 0.89 71,000 Close Brothers 725 0.08 587,000 CYBG 428 0.05 9,864,000 HSBC 29,739 3.23 34,000,000 Lloyds Banking 8,961 0.98 2,233,000 Royal Bank of Scotland 2,367 0.26 1,251,000 Standard Chartered 4,455 0.48 18,000 TBC Bank 183 0.02 55,038 5.99 Beverages 3.55% (3.72%) 125,000 Britvic 1,026 0.11 149,000 C&C Group 292 0.03 96,000 Coca-Cola HBC 1,835 0.20 1,111,000 Diageo 29,441 3.21 32,594 3.55 Chemicals 0.79% (0.64%) 60,000 Croda International 3,745 0.41 94,000 Johnson Matthey 2,216 0.24 178,750 Synthomer 565 0.06 39,000 Victrex 714 0.08 7,240 0.79 Construction & Materials 0.54% (0.52%) 326,000 Balfour Beatty 729 0.08 212,000 Ibstock 331 0.04 91,000 Marshalls 594 0.06 2,330,000 Melrose Industries 2,690 0.29 17,000 Morgan Sindall 193 0.02 96,000 Polypipe 414 0.05 4,951 0.54 Electricity 0.73% (0.80%) 90,000 ContourGlobal 174 0.02 180,000 Drax 479 0.05 Classified as Confidential 504,000 SSE 6,088 0.66 6,741 0.73 Electronic & Electrical Equipment 0.83% (0.71%) 185,000 Halma 4,337 0.47 146,000 Morgan Advanced Materials 347 0.04 25,000 Oxford Instruments 398 0.04 16,000 Renishaw 898 0.10 55,000 Spectris 1,340 0.15 6,000 XP Power 265 0.03 7,585 0.83 Equity Investment Instruments 5.15% (4.27%) 287,000 3i Infrastructure 831 0.09 43,000 Aberforth Smaller Companies Investment Trust 359 0.04 158,000 Alliance Trust 1,281 0.14 18,000 Allianz Technology Trust 448 0.05 136,000 Apax Global Alpha Limited 209 0.02 58,000 Avi Global Trust 429 0.05 47,000 Baillie Gifford Japan Investment Trust 414 0.05 110,000 Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust 289 0.03 58,000 Bankers Investment Trust 586 0.06 180,000 BB Healthcare Trust 299 0.03 294,000 Bilfinger Berger Global 505 0.05 22,000 BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust 265 0.03 85,000 BlackRock World Mining Trust 340 0.04 290,000 BMO Global Smaller Companies 352 0.04 15,000 Caledonia Investments 368 0.04 186,000 City of London Investment Trust 587 0.06 91,000 Dragon Capital - Vietnam Enterprise Investments 410 0.04 89,000 Edinburgh Investment Trust 394 0.04 150,000 Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust 437 0.05 176,000 Fidelity China Special Situations Investment Trust 583 0.06 193,000 Fidelity European Values Investment Trust 501 0.05 95,000 Fidelity Special Values Investment Trust 165 0.02 104,000 Finsbury Growth & Income Trust 872 0.09 261,000 Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust 1,780 0.20 268,000 Foresight Solar Fund 277 0.03 400,000 GCP Infrastructure Investments Fund 462 0.05 64,000 Genesis Emerging Markets Fund 482 0.05 721,000 Greencoat UK Wind 965 0.10 38,000 HarbourVest Global Private Equity Fund 624 0.07 36,000 Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust 271 0.03 32,000 Herald Investment Trust 521 0.06 174,000 HgCapital Trust 490 0.05 950,000 Hicl Infrastructure 1,575 0.17 110,000 Hipgnosis Songs 112 0.01 320,000 Hipgnosis Songs Fund 373 0.04 31,000 ICG Enterprise Trust 243 0.03 120,000 Impax Environmental Markets 421 0.05 780,000 International Public Partnership 1,257 0.14 180,000 JLEN Environmental Assets 213 0.02 100,000 JPMorgan American Investment Trust 512 0.06 58,000 JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust 628 0.07 62,000 JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust 248 0.03 90,000 JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust 555 0.06 51,000 Jupiter European Opportunities Trust 342 0.04 56,000 Law Debenture 281 0.03 374,000 Mercantile Investment Trust 660 0.07 108,000 Monks Investment Trust 1,210 0.13 59,000 Murray International Trust 557 0.06 276,000 NextEnergy Solar Fund 282 0.03 26,000 Pantheon International Participations Fund 541 0.06 Classified as Confidential 112,000 Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust 246 0.03 82,000 Pershing Square Holdings 1,722 0.19 1,400 Personal Assets Trust 631 0.07 64,000 Polar Capital Technology Trust 1,315 0.14 38,000 Pollen Street Secured Lending 319 0.03 814,000 Renewables Infrastructure 1,111 0.12 60,000 RIT Capital Partners 1,111 0.12 78,000 Schroder Asia Pacific Fund 396 0.04 128,000 Schroder Oriental Income Fund 293 0.03 72,000 Scottish American Investment 317 0.03 40,000 Scottish Investment Trust 282 0.03 713,000 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust 7,065 0.78 774,000 Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income 807 0.09 59,000 Smithson Investment Trust 902 0.10 222,000 Syncona 549 0.06 119,000 Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust 985 0.11 149,000 TR Property Investment Trust 513 0.06 86,000 VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund 273 0.03 414,000 Witan Investment Trust 771 0.08 27,000 Worldwide Healthcare Trust 954 0.10 47,368 5.15 Financial Services 4.33% (3.91%) 462,000 3i 4,604 0.49 139,000 AJ Bell 622 0.07 220,000 Ashmore 788 0.09 146,000 Brewin Dolphin 340 0.04 173,000 Hargreaves Lansdown 2,701 0.29 180,000 IG 1,425 0.16 126,000 IntegraFin 639 0.07 132,000 Intermediate Capital 1,572 0.17 311,000 Investec 444 0.05 519,000 IP 404 0.04 233,000 John Laing 731 0.08 197,000 Jupiter Fund Management 441 0.05 26,000 Liontrust Asset Management 321 0.03 153,000 London Stock Exchange 13,578 1.47 1,281,000 M&G 2,043 0.22 709,000 Man 815 0.09 155,500 Ninety One 316 0.03 200,150 OneSavings Bank 558 0.06 136,000 Paragon 453 0.05 51,000 Plus500 800 0.09 121,000 Provident Financial 235 0.03 877,000 Quilter 1,124 0.12 27,000 Rathbone Brothers 416 0.05 53,000 Schroders 1,428 0.16 1,072,000 Standard Life Aberdeen 2,423 0.26 267,000 TP ICAP 609 0.07 39,830 4.33 Fixed Line Telecommunications 0.53% (0.65%) 4,234,000 BT 4,166 0.46 365,000 Talktalk Telecom 291 0.03 29,457 Telecom Plus 392 0.04 4,849 0.53 Food & Drug Retailers 2.21% (2.05%) 47,000 Greggs 552 0.06 787,000 J Sainsbury 1,503 0.16 233,000 Ocado 6,394 0.70 4,710,000 Tesco 10,003 1.09 1,085,000 Wm Morrison Supermarkets 1,846 0.20 20,298 2.21 Classified as Confidential Food Producers 0.70% (0.72%) 167,000 Associated British Foods 3,117 0.35 25,000 Cranswick 906 0.10 217,000 Greencore 213 0.02 33,000 Hilton Food 392 0.04 300,000 Premier Foods 277 0.03 227,000 Tate & Lyle 1,510 0.16 6,415 0.70 Forestry & Paper 0.42% (0.38%) 233,000 Mondi 3,819 0.42 Gas, Water & Multi-utilities 2.61% (2.87%) 2,742,000 Centrica 1,099 0.12 1,701,000 National Grid 15,128 1.64 203,000 Pennon 2,093 0.23 115,000 Severn Trent 2,805 0.31 331,000 United Utilities 2,833 0.31 23,958 2.61 General Industrials 0.58% (0.54%) 762,000 Coats 426 0.05 626,000 DS Smith 1,842 0.20 192,000 Smiths 2,640 0.29 97,000 Vesuvius 383 0.04 5,291 0.58 General Retailers 1.69% (1.18%) 100,000 AO World 216 0.02 420,000 B&M European Value Retail 2,078 0.23 542,000 Dixons Carphone 505 0.05 46,000 Dunelm 641 0.07 189,000 Inchcape 833 0.09 208,000 JD Sports Fashion 1,683 0.18 1,027,000 Kingfisher 3,046 0.33 916,000 Marks & Spencer 893 0.10 62,000 Next 3,689 0.40 232,000 Pets at Home 981 0.11 92,000 Sports Direct International 317 0.03 198,000 Vivo Energy 148 0.02 61,000 WH Smith 581 0.06 15,611 1.69 Health Care Equipment & Services 1.01% (1.06%) 769,000 ConvaTec 1,374 0.15 184,000 Mediclinic International 523 0.06 55,000 NMC Health – – 427,000 Smith & Nephew 6,474 0.70 117,000 UDG Healthcare 901 0.10 9,272 1.01 Household Goods & Home Construction 4.02% (3.61%) 485,000 Barratt Developments 2,308 0.25 59,000 Bellway 1,387 0.15 56,000 Berkeley 2,367 0.26 251,000 Countryside Properties 843 0.09 137,000 Crest Nicholson 270 0.03 153,000 Persimmon 3,784 0.41 305,000 Reckitt Benckiser 23,052 2.50 108,000 Redrow 436 0.05 1,754,000 Taylor Wimpey 1,901 0.21 107,943 Vistry Group 613 0.07 36,961 4.02 Industrial Engineering 1.03% (0.79%) Classified as Confidential 89,000 Bodycote 518 0.06 41,000 Hill & Smith 490 0.05 127,000 IMI 1,332 0.14 16,000 RHI Magnesita 406 0.04 411,000 Rotork 1,158 0.13 36,000 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 3,978 0.44 126,000 Weir 1,575 0.17 9,457 1.03 Industrial Metals & Mining 0.13% (0.09%) 280,000 Evraz 964 0.10 142,000 Ferrexpo 251 0.03 1,215 0.13 Industrial Transportation 0.27% (0.20%) 13,000 Clarkson 293 0.03 21,000 James Fisher & Sons 238 0.03 434,000 Royal Mail 1,038 0.11 385,600 Signature Aviation 920 0.10 2,489 0.27 Leisure Goods 0.18% (0.08%) 16,000 Games Workshop 1,629 0.18 Life Insurance 3.18% (3.19%) 1,900,000 Aviva 5,428 0.59 494,000 Just 221 0.02 2,890,000 Legal & General 5,443 0.59 251,000 Phoenix 1,725 0.19 1,263,000 Prudential 14,007 1.53 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