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 %35 Software & computer services continuedDST Systems, USA 76.19 -44 -31 27.9 5.2 10.7 273 24 32 18.6 1465 4 13 139.5 8 22 10500 -5 -7 7.3 -41 -26 7 2301 -6UBIsoft Entertainment, France 70.83 28 73 617.8 19.2 20.8 11 243 31 3.1 370 6 36 136.7 -8 2 2705 15 34 26.2 12 31 45 531 0Parametric Technology, USA 68.89 10 -10 140.1 16.4 18.5 49 152 n/a 11.7 420 9 -4 111.9 -11 -5 3751 23 1 18.4 -11 -11 62 955 -5Citrix Systems, USA 63.31 26 51 53.2 12.0 14.9 119 26 48 22.5 529 23 48 166.9 3 -6 3171 19 57 20.0 5 -5 n/a 3218 38Cognos, Canada 61.71 16 36 66.8 12.8 15.0 92 36 102 19.2 481 21 49 145.8 6 25 3297 14 20 18.7 2 14 42 1620 -15Hyperion Solutions, USA 60.64 8 28 109.8 14.8 18.3 55 38 331 13.5 409 13 31 158.3 8 18 2586 5 11 23.5 3 16 100 1075 4SSA Global Technologies, USA(now part of Infor Global Solutions) 59.88 8 n/a 149.2 14.4 16.0 40 39 n/a 9.7 415 12 n/a 118.1 n/a n/a 3510 n/a n/a 17.1 n/a n/a n/a n/l n/lIndra Sistemas, Spain 59.02 9 17 61.5 7.1 8.3 96 32 59 11.6 826 11 30 108.9 -4 6 7584 16 22 7.8 -6 -4 12 1589 n/aInfogrames Entertainment, France 58.88 -22 -18 n/m 14.2 14.7 -5 n/m n/m -1.1 414 -14 -20 326.3 2 17 1268 -16 -33 46.4 -8 21 60 56 -70Macromedia, USA(now part of Adobe Systems) 57.32 8 -3 173.2 22.6 39.5 33 17 n/a 13.0 254 18 23 175.8 -1 9 1445 19 10 39.7 -9 -14 46 n/l n/lReynolds and Reynolds, USA 55.92 3 6 251.0 9.9 12.9 22 -75 -76 3.9 564 -1 -3 131.6 1 3 4289 -2 -6 13.0 5 13 n/a 1578 50Verisign, USA 55.53 42 53 39.4 5.7 14.2 141 88 n/a 14.6 968 42 50 237.4 12 11 4076 27 34 13.6 11 14 n/a 2510 -30Openwave Systems, USA 55.33 2 -39 n/m 24.8 28.0 -31 n/m n/m -14.0 223 32 -17 164.6 23 10 1358 7 -20 40.7 -5 -21 55 369 -45Symbian, UK 54.48 19 46 769.1 47.5 51.8 7 n/a n/a 6.2 115 73 189 109.6 38 105 1047 25 46 52.0 -5 1 n/a n/l n/lWincor Nixdorf, Germany 53.60 7 23 70.7 4.5 6.3 76 30 86 6.3 1198 11 20 181.8 -6 -14 6590 18 38 8.1 -9 -11 n/a 1263 49Quest Software, USA 51.19 12 33 133.9 18.4 27.1 38 98 >999 13.8 277 22 59 100.4 0 8 2763 22 48 18.5 -8 -11 38 763 0CheckFree, USA 48.08 25 36 128.7 10.9 15.4 37 234 n/a 8.5 441 25 46 144.7 23 37 3050 2 5 15.8 22 29 n/a 1965 -4Fair Isaac, USA 47.35 14 57 41.9 10.2 12.2 113 10 65 24.3 465 13 55 166.4 24 29 2796 -9 21 16.9 25 32 n/a 1319 -11FileNET, USA 44.36 -3 3 161.4 18.1 20.7 27 68 704 11.2 246 6 17 145.0 1 17 1695 5 0 26.2 -8 3 30 850 23Mercury Interactive, USA(now part of Hewlett-Packard) 42.94 32 80 83.0 10.8 15.5 52 94 73 13.0 399 35 74 150.2 18 17 2659 15 49 16.2 15 22 40 n/l n/lTibco Software, USA 42.60 20 1 125.7 16.4 19.8 34 -14 n/a 13.1 260 15 44 172.6 4 2 1505 11 40 28.3 8 -30 n/a 1234 38Eclipsys, USA 41.90 -2 16 n/m 18.8 23.8 -2 n/m n/m -0.7 223 24 50 110.5 22 25 2020 2 19 20.7 -4 -2 1 433 -8Realnetworks, USA 41.20 36 38 17.0 21.8 26.0 242 n/a n/a 127.7 189 22 55 202.9 7 27 933 14 22 44.2 19 13 n/a 965 86Intergraph, USA 40.81 1 6 40.4 12.1 13.5 101 -24 -7 30.1 336 5 9 97.4 6 20 3450 -1 -10 11.8 3 16 51 606 -9TietoEnator, Finland 40.06 33 n/a 34.5 3.5 7.7 116 14 40 10.1 1155 10 27 81.2 -3 3 14236 14 24 2.8 17 n/a n/a 980 n/aCGI, Canada 39.00 2 142 22.3 2.1 2.8 175 -1 33 9.5 1838 14 52 73.5 14 11 25000 0 37 1.6 2 98 8 1080 n/aIDX Systems, USA(now part of General Electric) 38.88 20 32 152.4 12.8 17.5 26 45 856 8.4 303 30 32 125.9 11 89 2409 18 -38 16.1 2 84 18 n/l n/lWind River Systems, USA 38.18 8 -7 287.7 24.6 27.3 13 125 n/a 8.6 155 13 2 132.5 7 19 1171 5 -15 32.6 3 8 45 420 -46Open Text, Canada 37.94 49 115 226.6 15.7 20.0 17 -6 39 6.9 242 43 116 107.8 34 28 2241 6 67 16.9 40 27 58 394 16Progress Software, USA 36.74 4 29 98.9 15.6 18.3 37 38 94 15.7 236 12 34 148.2 9 19 1593 3 13 23.1 1 15 57 545 -20RSA Security, USA 36.42 1 9 176.5 20.2 24.1 21 -25 n/a 11.4 181 1 15 140.9 -10 -2 1282 12 16 28.4 -10 -6 n/a 1220 132Lawson Software, USA 36.21 -4 2 >999.9 18.5 19.7 2 -69 -61 1.1 195 -8 -12 139.5 4 9 1400 -11 -19 25.9 8 20 n/a 405 22Cae, Canada 35.41 -14 -19 69.6 6.4 18.2 51 n/a 141 9.2 552 12 2 110.4 12 18 5000 0 -14 7.1 -14 -6 55 1147 16Borland Software, USA 33.60 -15 0 n/m 20.8 23.4 -20 -285 -665 -12.5 161 -11 3 127.0 -4 11 1269 -7 -7 26.5 -9 7 n/a 252 -7Intentia International, Sweden 32.86 -3 -6 532.6 15.1 15.4 6 n/a n/a 2.8 218 0 -11 99.7 21 26 2189 -17 -30 15.0 16 32 n/a 279 23Aspen Technology, USA 32.49 -16 -23 n/m 20.7 22.6 -40 n/m n/m -25.3 157 -17 -16 119.0 -3 17 1319 -15 -29 24.6 -1 7 n/a 355 160SPSS, USA 31.71 -4 20 194.3 23.1 26.3 16 339 n/a 11.9 138 5 15 121.8 9 28 1129 -3 -11 28.1 -1 32 n/a 255 13Kronos, USA 29.91 29 61 68.3 9.9 14.7 44 8 55 14.5 302 15 40 104.2 -1 11 2900 16 27 10.3 11 27 n/a 546 n/aSoftware, Germany 29.68 -12 -27 44.8 9.9 11.7 66 15 97 22.0 301 6 -8 110.8 -2 1 2717 8 -9 10.9 -19 -20 n/a 855 15NetIQ, USA (now part of Attachmate) 29.45 -26 -14 n/m 23.7 27.5 -12 n/m n/m -10.1 124 -19 -16 123.5 7 6 1006 -24 -20 29.3 -2 8 37 n/l n/lCheck Point Software Technologies, Israel 29.44 26 54 15.8 8.7 9.6 187 25 16 55.3 337 12 22 238.7 7 5 1414 5 16 20.8 20 33 n/a 2379 n/aNihon Unisys, Japan 29.04 -15 -21 68.2 1.9 3.7 43 n/a 385 2.8 1524 0 0 175.7 0 3 8675 -1 -3 3.3 -14 -19 n/a 1048 71Msc Software, USA 27.53 12 18 153.2 15.5 16.3 18 39 568 10.1 178 10 10 132.2 12 n/a 1343 -2 n/a 20.5 15 n/a 71 410 n/aAriba, USA 27.50 -13 -28 n/m 14.6 16.4 -203 n/m n/m -107.9 188 31 15 124.9 47 -19 1506 -11 34 18.3 -2 -51 28 336 45DoubleClick, USA 27.06 19 5 148.9 15.4 24.1 18 203 n/a 10.3 176 11 -19 114.0 -12 -24 1541 26 8 17.6 -6 -6 n/a n/l n/lMagma Design Automation, USA 26.76 10 75 n/m 28.0 32.0 -12 n/m -765 -12.4 96 12 72 149.5 2 7 639 10 62 41.9 0 5 n/a 141 n/aWebex Communications, USA 26.63 33 80 57.2 14.8 20.6 47 18 221 25.9 180 24 87 85.9 8 -12 2091 15 99 12.7 16 -23 9 909 n/aS1, USA 26.60 -8 -4 n/m 19.2 22.1 -17 -569 n/m -12.2 139 -1 -7 93.5 11 -11 1484 -11 3 17.9 3 -7 n/a 174 -5Internet Security Systems, USA 26.32 5 16 81.8 13.7 15.9 32 41 217 16.7 192 14 32 153.4 9 25 1252 4 5 21.0 1 10 n/a 615 5Retalix, Israel 26.03 31 113 220.4 23.8 25.5 12 164 164 10.8 109 51 135 81.3 3 n/a 1343 46 n/a 19.4 -10 n/a n/a 224 n/aAspect Communications(now Aspect Software), USA 25.90 -10 -43 65.4 12.0 16.5 40 42 n/a 18.4 216 2 -18 172.1 5 15 1254 -3 -31 20.7 -7 -17 40 n/l n/lJDA Software, USA 25.83 -16 0 985.3 20.6 22.8 3 n/a -33 2.1 126 0 1 119.2 9 21 1055 -9 -17 24.5 -8 18 n/a 266 13LogicaCMG, UK 25.50 -32 -58 23.7 1.4 3.1 108 41 n/a 5.9 1836 10 3 89.2 5 11 20579 5 -8 1.2 -35 -53 n/a 1932 43IBS, Sweden 24.81 8 14 450.1 14.3 15.7 6 94 n/a 3.2 174 0 -4 92.8 3 6 1874 -2 -10 13.2 11 25 n/a 151 18Informatica, USA 24.81 -17 -11 145.2 15.9 19.6 17 n/a n/a 11.0 156 22 31 154.2 1 6 1010 21 24 24.6 -31 -28 n/a 666 18Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates, Canada 24.45 13 95 44.9 5.9 8.2 54 18 59 13.1 415 11 37 153.8 n/a n/a 2700 n/a n/a 9.1 n/a n/a 32 898 n/aAltiris, USA 23.90 30 99 749.8 21.9 22.5 3 -78 -28 2.9 109 13 107 124.5 -4 20 878 17 48 27.2 11 15 n/a 345 n/aRed Hat, USA 23.81 26 55 46.3 14.7 20.7 51 72 349 31.7 162 42 122 147.4 21 46 1100 17 56 21.6 8 -2 n/a 2530 n/a116 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 117