The broader FTSE 250 index has been doing better, in dollar terms, for a while.

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In the past two months, the FTSE 250 index is up just over 5%.

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"Our business transformation plans are ahead of schedule and already delivering substantially improved performance, which resulted in our recent return to the FTSE 250, " she said in Wednesday's update.

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In addition, relative TSR is used by vast majority (80 percent) of FTSE 250 companies in the UK for their performance share plans, due largely to the fact that their version of Say on Pay was implemented back in 2006.

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The community recently unveiled its element14 knode, a unique automated platform that enables engineers to quickly research, design, develop and prototype in a single, intelligent environment. element14 is an innovative offering from Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), FTSE 250, a leader in multi-channel electronics distribution trading throughout Europe (Farnell), the Americas (Newark) and Asia Pacific (element14).

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Not long thereafter, Hornby was outperforming the FTSE dramatically, seeing its share price rise from 35 to 250 in just a few years.

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