2006 The top 800 UK & 1250 Global companies by R&D investment

Ranking of the top 800 UK companies by R&D investment within industry sectors–––––––––––––––––– 2005/06 R&D investment –––––––––––––––––– ——–—–– Operating profit ——–—–– ––––––––––––––––– Sales and employees ––––––––––––––––– ————––—–––—— R&D and employees ——–—––——––––—–––––––––– Sales –––––––––– ––––– Sales / employee ––––– ––––––––– Employees ––––––––– ––––– R&D / employee ––––– Sales––––– Growth ––––– operating R&D + ––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– ––––– Growth ––––– –––––– Growth ––––– outside –––Market cap –––change change profit sales capex as change change sales change change change change change change change change region changeCompany £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % % % sales £m 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % number 1 yr % 4 yr % £000 1 yr % 4 yr % % £m %25 Media continuedOFCOM 3.41 0 82 n/m 2.3 6.2 -62 n/m n/m -42.8 145 342 572 189.3 11 60 768 300 324 4.4 -75 -56 0 n/l n/lAegis 3.00 275 -84 2.8 0.3 2.8 108 10 103 12.4 870 17 38 71.3 -3 -8 12205 20 49 0.2 211 -90 n/a 1371 2Thomson ** 2.30 -79 -84 n/m 0.4 4.2 -30 n/m -774 -5.6 523 1 15 101.8 -4 -2 5139 5 18 0.4 -80 -85 27 n/l n/lTrafficmaster 1.52 -15 -37 142.9 3.6 10.6 1 -56 n/a 2.5 42 16 27 81.4 -5 2 520 21 21 2.9 -30 -45 49 64 16Ingenta 1.21 -34 -43 n/m 18.4 19.2 -1 n/m n/m -9.3 7 -6 -24 70.9 29 40 93 -27 -47 13.0 -9 6 n/a 3 -25Character 1.14 -42 2 132.3 1.2 2.0 1 -77 -58 0.9 99 30 42 393.6 19 16 251 9 21 4.6 -47 -13 n/a 33 50Thomson Intermedia 0.83 9 42 47.0 7.4 9.8 2 447 n/a 15.8 11 88 191 66.3 35 119 168 39 28 4.9 -21 7 7 65 -4YooMedia 0.79 n/a n/a n/m 3.7 5.5 -24 n/m n/m -113.1 21 >999 >999 153.0 827 >999 139 209 278 5.7 n/a n/a 0 13 -73Knowledge Technology Solutions 0.75 63 141 n/m 60.1 65.4 -1 n/m n/m -84.7 1 62 396 65.8 45 296 19 12 58 39.5 46 69 0 2 -60Independent Media Distribution 0.67 44 n/a n/m 17.9 43.4 0 -140 -137 -9.1 4 -1 19 103.6 -37 -33 36 57 78 18.5 -8 n/a 0 18 n/a26 Mining 59.92 4.7 1.8 0.5 0.1 13.6 12804 73.3 143.5 28.0 45772 31.7 70 174.9 40.7 78.5 261669 -6.4 -4.9 0.2 15.7 10.1 n/a 103683 n/aAnglo American 23.30 -11 12 0.7 0.1 11.6 3232 26 73 18.9 17145 18 60 87.9 27 61 195000 -7 0 0.1 -5 12 54 35366 26BHP Billiton 19.22 74 23 0.4 0.1 15.8 5265 70 156 30.6 17234 29 64 472.6 24 89 36468 4 -19 0.5 67 39 67 25228 19Rio Tinto 11.65 -13 -27 0.3 0.1 13.2 4296 154 231 38.8 11086 68 105 398.4 99 134 27824 -16 -13 0.4 3 -18 79 42988 36IMERYS Minerals ** 3.84 -19 -16 34.7 1.3 10.1 11 -66 -62 3.6 307 0 1 129.9 5 12 2362 -4 -10 1.6 -15 -7 n/a n/l n/lZincox Resources 1.91 n/a n/a n/m n/a n/a -1 n/m n/m n/a 0 n/m n/m 0.0 n/m n/m 15 50 82 127.3 n/a n/a n/a 101 n/a27 Mobile telecommunications 225.23 -5 22.2 n/m 0.5 11.8 -18020 n/m n/m -41.3 43608 8.7 8.1 573.0 0.4 23.3 76103 8.3 -15.4 3.0 -12.2 22.3 2 63188 n/aVodafone 206.00 -6 24 n/m 0.6 9.8 -18465 n/m n/m -50.4 36616 7 21 593.7 0 22 61672 7 -2 3.3 -12 24 n/a 61607 -35Inmarsat 10.78 48 141 8.8 3.8 59.6 123 19 74 42.9 286 2 37 597.2 10 64 479 -7 -16 22.5 59 188 52 1518 n/aO2 (now part of Telefonica, Spain) 8.00 -20 -11 2.5 0.1 20.4 321 95 n/a 4.8 6683 17 35 480.4 4 28 13911 13 4 0.6 -29 -16 0 n/l n/l2 ergo 0.46 -38 n/a 38.0 2.0 2.6 1 202 n/a 5.2 23 107 n/a 564.4 47 n/a 41 41 n/a 11.1 -56 n/a 0 63 4028 Nonequity investment instruments n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aNo companies with sufficient R&D for inclusion n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a29 Nonlife insurance 129.37 6.6 n/a 17.2 1.8 1.8 754 150.9 n/a 10.3 7339 -11.2 -45 285.1 -1 -1.9 25740 -10.3 -40.1 5.0 21.5 n/a n/a 4650 n/aRoyal & Sun Alliance 122.00 4 n/a 16.7 1.9 1.9 729 221 n/a 11.4 6420 -15 -46 253.8 -5 -9 25292 -11 -40 4.8 17 n/a n/a 4012 n/aKiln 3.77 301 188 44.5 1.0 1.0 8 -78 -48 2.3 361 13 28 2172.0 11 37 166 2 -17 22.7 292 167 n/a 265 32Beazley 3.60 n/a n/a 22.4 0.6 0.6 16 -55 -5 2.9 558 39 127 1978.7 -9 20 282 52 124 12.8 n/a n/a n/a 373 n/a30 Oil & gas producers 675.77 10.6 22.1 1.4 0.2 5.3 49829 34.2 88.5 13.8 359848 3.1 34.1 1537.9 6 41 233988 -2.7 -4 2.9 13.7 25 n/a n/a n/aRoyal Dutch Shell 342.50 6 18 1.3 0.2 5.3 25899 36 95 14.5 178664 16 57 1639.1 21 58 109000 -4 0 3.1 11 18 n/a 124031 -5BP 292.40 14 30 1.6 0.2 5.3 18027 31 92 12.4 145308 -12 15 1414.9 -11 22 102700 -1 -6 2.8 16 38 57 126066 -8Esso ** 28.80 40 62 1.8 0.3 3.2 1619 43 37 18.6 8691 29 33 1842.9 32 5 4716 -2 24 6.1 43 29 n/a n/l n/lBG 7.00 0 -28 0.3 0.1 20.8 2058 38 88 36.7 5612 37 73 1046.4 24 48 5363 11 18 1.3 -10 -40 n/a 25121 38Total ** 2.92 -13 -59 0.2