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

Ranking of the top 1250 global 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 %10 Fixed line telecommunications 4390.21 6.0 -3.1 10.4 1.7 14.5 42143 3.4 180.9 16.5 254764 4.0 6.0 206.5 2.8 9.5 1233991 1.2 -3.3 3.6 6.2 -1.9 n/a 319485 -8.6NTT, Japan 1569.74 -10 -18 25.7 2.9 17.9 6114 -22 23 11.5 53329 -3 -4 264.7 -1 1 201486 -2 -5 7.8 -9 -14 n/a 69600 -9BT, UK 727.00 39 82 29.0 3.7 17.6 2509 -14 63 12.9 19514 6 2 189.5 2 8 103000 3 -5 7.1 35 89 4 20490 10France Telecom, France 491.96 27 31 7.3 1.5 11.0 6740 27 n/a 20.0 33694 4 7 171.5 8 19 196452 -4 -10 2.5 32 45 n/a 29547 -31Telefonica, Spain 373.78 18 14 6.7 1.4 13.0 5586 49 211 21.5 26029 25 29 133.4 0 4 195086 24 25 1.9 -5 -9 41 45276 -3Deutsche Telekom, Germany 297.51 0 -45 5.5 0.7 14.6 5385 10 n/a 13.2 40954 4 11 167.8 5 13 244026 -1 -2 1.2 1 -44 20 36391 -28Telstra, Australia 235.87 20 -6 8.0 2.4 18.1 2954 9 15 30.5 9681 6 12 227.7 -3 8 42523 10 3 5.5 9 -8 n/a 10462 -18TeliaSonera, Sweden 210.42 3 48 16.3 3.3 15.1 1289 -3 175 20.1 6416 7 25 234.1 -1 6 27403 8 17 7.7 -4 29 8 15387 15Telecom Italia, Italy 123.68 29 n/a 2.5 0.6 11.4 5021 11 213 23.3 21510 0 0 278.0 15 30 77382 -13 -24 1.6 49 n/a 12 27592 8KT, South Korea 73.36 24 -51 5.4 0.7 17.5 1357 10 5 13.7 9886 1 13 260.4 14 33 37957 -12 -15 1.9 41 -42 n/a 6671 2FastWeb, Italy 64.87 n/a n/a n/m 9.8 70.6 -80 n/m n/m -12.1 665 34 124 256.8 10 n/a 2589 23 n/a 25.1 n/a n/a n/a 1724 -8KDDI, Japan 54.10 -18 16 3.6 0.4 9.7 1502 2 105 10.4 14411 3 9 1164.7 9 19 12373 -6 -9 4.4 -13 26 n/a 16664 23Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan 45.78 4 -10 5.7 1.4 13.8 808 -26 -18 24.7 3276 0 2 119.5 4 9 27409 -4 -7 1.7 8 -3 n/a 10059 -4TDC, Denmark(now part of Nordic Telephone) 37.58 -15 n/a 7.1 0.9 10.5 530 -52 -4 12.1 4392 9 -3 219.0 4 9 20059 5 -13 1.9 -19 n/a n/a 4307 n/aBelgacom, Belgium 30.23 -17 -16 4.0 0.8 9.0 763 -28 27 20.6 3699 -1 0 225.7 4 14 16388 -4 -14 1.8 -13 -4 n/a 6696 n/aTelekom Austria, Austria 29.57 2 25 6.8 1.0 15.3 434 36 145 14.4 3008 8 27 208.8 2 32 14403 6 -6 2.1 -4 30 n/a 6534 8Swisscom, Switzerland 24.75 -15 -29 2.0 0.6 9.8 1230 1 58 28.6 4301 -3 -27 278.3 -2 -8 15455 -1 -20 1.6 -14 -12 0 12084 -111 Food & drug retailers 504.10 27.9 -0.2 10.8 0.4 2.6 4661 20.0 25.4 3.3 142464 12.6 40.3 293.5 4.8 13.7 485470 7.5 24.0 1.0 18.9 -63.8 n/a 40166 n/aMcKesson, USA 165.42 23 8 24.4 0.3 0.5 677 n/a 87 1.3 51287 9 37 1942.7 4 28 26400 5 7 6.3 17 0 7 8952 6Tesco, UK 115.00 35 n/a 5.1 0.3 7.0 2276 15 35 5.7 39588 17 38 107.5 6 9 368213 10 26 0.3 23 n/a n/a 27595 n/aTchibo, Germany 74.89 8 n/a 12.6 1.2 3.5 596 10 29 9.9 6038 5 75 203.9 3 1 29619 2 70 2.5 5 n/a 15 n/l n/lCardinal Health, USA 68.27 107 102 6.9 0.2 0.9 985 -26 -12 2.3 43636 15 44 793.4 15 34 55000 0 8 1.2 108 87 n/a 1294 -91Orion, Finland 54.62 13 -9 45.4 4.2 5.7 120 37 60 9.2 1307 -2 12 286.7 -1 29 4558 -1 -14 12.0 14 6 5 1300 2Andrx, USA 25.90 10 -10 379.9 4.3 7.0 7 -87 -28 1.1 607 -9 13 361.3 14 37 1680 -20 -17 15.4 37 9 n/a 1025 n/a12 Food producers 2432.04 2.4 3.5 14.7 1.7 5.5 16592 17.2 24.1 11.8 140740 3.1 0.4 159.3 4.6 7.3 872373 -1.5 -6.0 2.7 4.1 10.9 n/a 212611 9.7Nestle, Switzerland 662.51 6 20 12.9 1.6 5.4 5134 15 34 12.8 40252 5 5 161.0 4 3 250000 1 2 2.7 5 18 n/a 77382 15Unilever, UK 654.80 -8 -14 18.2 2.4 4.8 3592 52 18 13.2 27258 -1 -13 128.6 6 3 212000 -7 -16 3.1 -2 1 n/a 37171 -3Ajinomoto, Japan 140.32 1 5 40.0 2.7 7.6 350 41 57 6.6 5295 3 11 205.2 -1 5 25812 4 6 5.4 -3 0 17 4056 4Kellogg, USA 105.43 22 47 10.5 1.8 5.5 1005 3 17 17.0 5928 6 14 231.6 3 14 25600 2 0 4.1 19 47 38 11061 1General Mills, USA 100.77 3 14 8.8 1.5 4.6 1147 -15 6 16.9 6780 4 14 241.3 2 14 28100 1 0 3.6 2 14 n/a 10762 6Danisco, Denmark 86.87 69 85 70.2 4.5 9.7 124 -30 -29 6.4 1926 17 22 181.1 2 1 10636 15 21 8.2 47 52 43 2159 12Danone, France 85.89 -5 -4 7.1 0.9 5.5 1218 70 27 13.4 9099 -3 -3 103.2 -2 1 88184 -1 -5 1.0 -3 1 n/a 19418 26Kerry, Ireland 85.71 12 48 35.8 2.8 6.1 239 48 49 7.9 3044 7 22 130.9 0 -3 23255 7 25 3.7 5 20 35 2017 -25Meiji Seika Kaisha, Japan 83.17 1 -5 n/m 4.6 9.8 -66 -370 -244 -3.7 1796 -1 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1135 -3Cadbury Schweppes, UK 58.00 -8 31 5.3 0.8 4.9 1103 32 32 15.4 7157 6 19 128.2 11 3 55833 -4 15 1.0 -4 18 68 11177 0Campbell Soup, USA 55.34 2 18 7.9 1.3 5.7 705 10 11 16.0 4397 6 14 183.2 6 16 24000 0 -2 2.3 2 21 n/a 8806 21Meiji Dairies, Japan 37.30 2 n/a 41.7 1.0 3.6 89 8 n/a 2.5 3578 0 n/a 485.5 2 n/a 7370 -1 n/a 5.1 3 n/a n/a 1159 19Yakult Honsha, Japan 33.44 5 23 28.5 2.7 6.1 117 -1 18 9.6 1221 4 6 87.4 7 2 13982 -3 3 2.4 8 14 n/a 2700 30Numico, The Netherlands 30.92 36 25 12.5 2.3 6.6 247 18 n/a 18.1 1366 15 -40 127.2 17 32 10736 -2 -55 2.9 38 120 13 4892 15Effem (aka Mars), UK 26.32 31 14 14.0 1.3 3.5 188 10 30 9.0 2080 0 -10 339.3 5 1 6130 -4 -11 4.3 36 28 0 n/l n/lArla Foods, Denmark 25.42 -20 n/a 19.1 0.6 6.0 133 -3 -3 3.1 4270 -3 12 212.7 1 4 20076 -4 7 1.3 -17 n/a n/a n/l n/lWm Wrigley Jr, USA 24.80 23 50 5.4 1.0 7.8 458 11 29 18.9 2423 14 40 169.4 18 20 14300 -3 17 1.7 27 33 n/a 8646 n/aMcCormick, USA 24.52 7 29 11.6 1.6 4.5 212 4 17 14.1 1510 3 9 188.7 3 14 8000 0 -4 3.1 7 34 n/a 2431 n/aVilmorin Clause, France 24.46 3 17 79.6 7.1 9.6 31 -5 12 9.0 342 1 11 111.6 0 4 3065 1 7 8.0 1 9 34 570 64CSM, The Netherlands 23.84 -13 -9 28.9 1.3 4.8 82 -46 -49 4.4 1882 -21 -22 210.6 20 18 8939 -34 -34 2.7 32 36 45 1227 -14Tate & Lyle, UK 21.00 11 18 28.0 0.6 8.0 75 -64 -65 2.0 3720 24 21 407.4 -9 -5 9131 37 27 2.3 -19 -8 59 3339 48Barilla GeR Fratelli, Italy 20.61 n/a n/a 16.4 1.2 1.2 125 22 n/a 7.2 1741 1 n/a 237.8 -1 n/a 7321 2 n/a 2.8 n/a n/a n/a n/l n/lSudzucker, Germany 20.61 9 18 7.3 0.6 8.3 281 -23 1 7.6 3674 11 15 184.6 -3 5 19903 14 8 1.0 -4 6 n/a 2502 1213 Forestry & paper 367.44 0.6 -17.7 10.7 0.5 6.0 3449 -19.1 -1.9 4.4 79030 -0.4 0.8 216.0 5.4 11.5 365896 -5.5 -10.8 1.0 6.4 5.2 19.0 42278 3.7Stora Enso, Finland 60.46 7 -7 n/m 0.7 9.2 -20 -105 -105 -0.2 9061 6 4 196.3 1 -1 46166 5 5 1.3 2 -11 28 6152 -1Oji Paper, Japan 56.75 -4 n/a 14.0 1.0 1.0 404 54 160 6.9 5849 0 -2 313.9 5 n/a 18634 -4 n/a 3.0 0 n/a n/a 3677 15SCA, Sweden 45.16 -6 -18 34.7 0.6 8.3 130 -69 -78 1.8 7055 7 12 138.6 5 -3 50916 2 15 0.9 -8 -29 27 5748 20Nippon Paper, Japan 37.33 6 11 16.5 0.6 5.4 226 -8 114 3.9 5822 -1 5 422.7 8 14 13774 -8 -8 2.7 16 20 n/a 2497 7International Paper, USA 36.70 -7 -19 4.9 0.3 5.1 749 32 205 5.3 14036 -6 -5 204.3 10 21 68700 -14 -22 0.5 8 5 n/a 9659 8Georgia-Pacific, USA 35.53 -5 n/a 4.0 0.3 3.9 898 58 106 7.8 11449 -3 -13 208.2 8 8 55000 -10 -21 0.6 6 n/a 14 n/l n/lWeyerhaeuser, USA 35.53 11 15 4.5 0.3 4.0 787 -43 -2 5.9 13397 1 22 268.5 9 29 49887 -7 -5 0.7 19 19 12 8228 -14UPM-Kymmene, Finland 34.36 6 8 13.4 0.5 7.8 256 -37 -60 4.0 6423 -5 -7 194.9 1 0 32949 -5 -7 1.0 12 16 27 6317 10Metsaliitto, Finland 25.63 1 11 138.1 0.4 12.1 19 694 -88 0.3 5939 1 0 198.8 0 1 29870 1 -1 0.9 0 11 12 n/l n/l14 Gas, water & multiutilities 503.08 -3.0 -60.2 2.5 0.4 11.0 20067 41.8 60.7 15.5 129739 10.4 3.2 132.5 -21.1 -26.6 979212 0.1 -42.0 0.5 -25.3 -57.3 n/a 111897 -11.6Gazprom, Russia 132.63 12 99 1.4 0.5 22.8 9440 66 102 33.7 28040 42 83 70.6 n/a n/a 397000 n/a n/a 0.3 n/a n/a n/a 11940 -7596 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 97