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 %36 Support services continuedAEA Technology 3.40 -51 -72 425.0 1.8 3.8 1 n/a n/a 0.4 191 -17 -29 88.0 1 6 2175 -18 -34 1.6 -41 -57 19 120 11SHL 3.00 3 15 38.0 4.4 8.4 8 46 103 11.6 68 4 -3 105.7 21 44 645 -14 -34 4.7 20 67 31 73 -1Christie 2.92 39 49 66.5 3.8 4.9 4 47 91 5.7 78 11 39 58.3 2 -3 1330 9 42 2.2 28 14 0 39 50WSP 2.67 7 n/a 12.0 0.8 3.2 22 80 137 6.4 349 13 30 58.9 0 6 5922 14 23 0.5 -6 n/a 20 262 23Eckoh Technologies 2.17 63 74 n/m 2.7 4.2 -10 n/m n/m -12.3 80 28 43 333.6 18 67 239 8 -32 9.1 50 99 0 31 24Robotic Technology Systems 1.97 -63 -45 86.0 4.7 5.8 2 n/a n/a 5.5 42 -14 -46 161.2 2 31 260 -16 -60 7.6 -57 -1 16 10 -67Clarityblue 1.64 -17 n/a 686.2 7.3 16.5 0 -79 n/a 1.1 22 47 n/a 165.4 -22 n/a 136 89 n/a 12.1 -56 n/a 0 n/l n/lUniverse 1.48 -18 -30 153.6 8.2 11.2 1 47 121 5.3 18 -59 -60 77.8 -56 -57 231 -6 -6 6.4 -13 -25 0 9 -31PA 1.46 n/m -91 6.3 0.5 3.1 23 -34 72 7.1 324 0 -9 129.6 -3 12 2499 3 -19 0.6 n/m -89 20 n/l n/lGroup 4 Securicor 1.40 -66 -87 0.7 999 638 4.8 4170 31 101 10.5 1 -9 395771 29 114 999 23.0 283 92 424 579.5 -3 138 489 97 150 71.9 11 39 89 1462 137Filtronic 31.08 11 3 531.2 11.8 16.8 6 100 n/a 2.2 263 11 0 67.1 -5 -17 3918 16 19 7.9 -4 -14 n/a 139 -30Xerox ** 31.00 3 57 47.7 1.3 3.3 65 33 313 2.8 2354 2 143 1810.8 2 193 1300 0 -34 23.8 3 109 4 n/l n/lHewlett-Packard ** 30.79 16 0 23.4 1.0 1.6 132 -31 17 4.3 3036 10 51 347.1 -32 -23 8747 61 99 3.5 -28 -53 1 n/l n/lTTP Communications 29.50 31 51 n/m 47.6 56.1 -1 n/m -135 -1.7 62 25 49 110.7 10 -10 560 14 60 52.7 15 -11 90 101 25Cisco Systems ** 21.96 94 31 88.0 7.4 10.2 25 -4 -12 8.5 295 -2 -5 226.7 -6 0 1300 4 -5 16.9 86 39 0 n/l n/lImagination Technologies 20.65 7 40 n/m 58.5 61.6 -7 n/m n/m -20.3 35 15 49 105.0 4 15 336 11 32 61.5 -3 7 33 136 14Dialog Semiconductor 19.31 -3 -7 n/m 21.5 24.6 -4 n/m n/m -3.9 90 13 41 373.1 31 64 241 -14 -14 80.1 13 9 n/a 39 -55Zarlink Semiconductor ** 16.11 -24 -26 n/m 20.0 21.5 -2 n/m n/m -2.5 81 14 -2 148.1 32 43 545 -13 -32 29.6 -13 3 n/a n/l n/lFujitsu Telecom ** 15.14 3 12 137.3 8.3 10.4 11 -43 147 6.0 183 -20 0 249.9 -25 8 731 7 -17 20.7 -4 31 1 n/l n/lWolfson Microelectronics 12.50 31 147 56.5 12.9 16.0 22 149 403 22.8 97 40 164 427.4 16 48 227 20 95 55.1 9 36 n/a 534 174Psion 12.00 -3 -16 153.3 7.1 9.3 8 n/a n/a 4.6 169 25 16 159.9 18 19 1055 5 -3 11.4 -8 -13 45 139 -48Avaya ** 10.75 -4 20 301.3 8.9 9.4 4 n/a 42 3.0 121 -14 -41 181.5 -1 -19 665 -13 -28 16.2 10 60 0 n/l n/lSurrey Satellite Technology 8.40 129 298 850.7 33.3 38.3 1 -12 44 3.9 25 38 82 117.8 7 19 214 29 55 39.2 78 184 46 n/l n/lEADS Astrium ** 8.25 0 15 n/m 1.8 3.9 -8 n/m n/m -1.8 456 5 28 209.6 21 61 2176 -13 -22 3.8 16 45 1 n/l n/lPlasmon 8.06 11 -13 n/m 20.3 25.5 -9 n/m n/m -22.3 40 -12 -27 96.1 -8 -20 414 -4 -8 19.5 15 -6 62 40 -59ARC International 6.53 -20 -44 n/m 62.2 64.5 -7 n/m n/m -69.3 10 -14 -9 82.0 -1 39 128 -13 -38 51.0 -9 -11 72 45 -15Radstone Technology 6.11 35 66 74.6 12.2 21.7 8 18 41 16.4 50 14 14 116.0 17 7 430 -2 7 14.2 38 56 65 82 -8Vislink 6.00 47 44 84.0 7.1 8.2 7 >999 n/a 8.4 85 25 16 254.7 39 55 334 -10 -26 18.0 63 92 79 96 68NEC Europe ** 5.49 12 22 70.4 0.5 1.8 8 8 -59 0.7 1055 -16 -6 1043.3 -28 2 1011 18 -11 5.4 -5 33 0 n/l n/lZetex 5.45 -22 -31 >999.9 9.5 21.0 0 -92 n/a 0.6 57 -21 -33 78.1 -18 -6 736 -3 -30 7.4 -20 -4 68 71 -27CML Microsystems 5.12 n/a n/a 153.5 19.4 22.2 3 56 405 12.7 26 12 54 116.0 10 45 227 2 7 22.6 n/a n/a 51 31 -44Newport Networks 4.72 0 n/a n/m 467.5 703.0 -14 n/m n/a >-999.9 1 201 n/a 9.4 81 n/a 108 66 n/a 43.7 -40 n/a n/a 10 -82Trikon (now Aviza Europe) ** 4.71 -18 -25 n/m 26.3 32.2 -8 n/m n/m -42.3 18 16 -57 93.5 56 -17 191 -25 -45 24.6 9 32 n/a n/l n/lClearSpeed Technology 4.65 86 68 n/m >999.9 >999.9 -7 n/m n/m >-999.9 0 78 230 8.1 15 88 54 54 30 86.1 21 30 72 82 -1National Semiconductor ** 4.22 -13 -4 34.9 1.6 5.7 12 14 -23 4.6 263 -8 -18 484.9 -1 -8 542 -7 -10 7.8 -7 6 23 n/l n/lSurface Technology Systems 2.88 0 -25 232.9 15.0 17.5 1 n/a n/a 6.5 19 37 -38 133.1 39 14 144 -2 -42 20.0 2 21 82 7 17Amino Technologies 2.81 66 n/a n/m 12.0 14.0 0 -780 n/m -1.4 23 62 354 237.0 12 200 99 46 150 28.4 14 n/a 58 44 -62Telit Communications 2.69 -7 n/a n/m 4.5 5.0 -1 -110 n/a -1.2 59 16 n/a 273.7 7 n/a 217 9 n/a 12.4 -14 n/a n/a 14 n/abede 2.49 117 132 n/m 36.3 39.4 -6 n/m n/m -85.1 7 -6 15 46.9 -29 -19 146 32 40 17.0 65 65 56 6 -63Intelek 1.87 -19 -14 68.3 5.3 10.4 3 130 86 7.8 35 -6 -11 89.1 14 16 395 -17 -24 4.7 -2 12 24 11 -8STMicroelectronics ** 1.61 4 -89 21.5 10.6 11.5 8 48 19 49.4 15 19 -54 165.6 25 36 92 -5 -66 17.5 10 -55 0 n/l n/l30 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 31