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

Ranking of the top 1250 global companies by R&D investment by country within region–––––––––––––––––– 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 %2.5 Finland continuedStora Enso 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 -1Orion 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 2Wartsila 48.17 18 -6 33.1 2.7 5.0 146 77 705 8.0 1813 6 9 150.5 9 8 12049 -3 1 4.0 21 -7 58 1966 27TietoEnator 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/aUPM-Kymmene 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 10Patria 32.71 21 99 369.0 15.0 20.2 9 -57 -4 4.1 218 -8 20 117.9 -1 35 1848 -7 -12 17.7 30 121 n/a n/l n/lKemira 29.61 -5 -3 37.1 2.2 7.9 80 -10 8 5.8 1370 -21 -23 177.6 -1 2 7717 -21 -24 3.8 19 28 n/a 1099 11Kone † 29.09 -37 -35 12.6 1.2 2.5 230 21 20 9.3 2475 -19 -15 90.9 -8 -7 27238 -12 -8 1.1 -28 -28 34 2656 28Amer Sports 27.07 26 45 52.2 2.9 4.5 52 -26 -25 5.5 937 29 25 188.6 8 1 4968 19 23 5.4 6 18 62 811 6Metsaliitto 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/lOutokumpu 22.67 -20 -25 49.3 0.5 2.9 46 -88 -74 1.0 4448 -9 8 386.2 56 84 11517 -42 -41 2.0 38 27 n/a 2466 61Cargotec † 20.85 n/a n/a 15.3 1.2 3.8 136 n/a n/a 8.1 1671 n/a n/a 224.4 n/a n/a 7446 n/a n/a 2.8 n/a n/a 44 1199 n/aFinland Post 20.27 51 44 22.6 2.2 8.9 90 56 133 9.7 926 9 19 38.7 7 16 23946 2 2 0.8 49 40 n/a n/l n/l2.6 France 14158.72 5.7 11.0 23.0 2.6 8.8 61542 31.6 162.6 11.4 537643 4.1 1.3 158.0 3.5 5.1 3403569 -0.5 -13.9 4.2 0.2 5.9 n/a 542471 5.2Sanofi-Aventis 2778.62 2 57 125.9 14.8 14.8 2208 9 36 11.8 18765 7 72 193.1 7 n/a 97181 1 n/a 28.6 1 n/a 56 66208 -2Renault 1555.59 15 22 58.9 5.6 13.6 2641 -16 44 9.5 27767 -1 7 219.4 3 13 126584 -3 -5 12.3 19 29 n/a 16866 14Peugeot (PSA) 1477.94 2 10 140.4 3.8 9.0 1053 -21 -29 2.7 38661 -1 4 185.4 -2 -1 208500 1 4 7.1 1 6 n/a 6408 -27Alcatel 1231.28 15 -17 184.0 13.6 15.6 669 438 n/a 7.4 9025 7 -21 156.4 3 1 57699 4 -21 21.3 11 6 52 8608 -2Valeo 535.25 11 27 248.9 7.8 12.3 215 -7 145 3.2 6825 8 3 96.9 3 1 70400 5 3 7.6 6 23 n/a 1479 -20France Telecom 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 -31TOTAL 464.48 6 2 2.8 0.6 7.2 16813 33 81 20.0 84250 0 13 746.4 -1 16 112877 1 -3 4.1 5 5 42 87302 -4Michelin 388.21 -16 -19 35.9 3.6 11.8 1081 49 62 10.1 10712 -1 0 84.1 -1 0 127319 1 0 3.0 -17 -19 51 4636 -9Schneider 372.48 1 8 34.8 4.6 7.3 1069 57 277 13.3 8024 13 23 90.5 8 6 88670 4 16 4.2 -3 -7 52 12908 28Thales 346.02 16 20 137.9 4.9 7.1 251 -10 135 3.6 7052 0 -3 132.1 4 7 53367 -4 -10 6.5 20 32 39 3729 -10L'Oreal 340.94 -2 5 21.9 3.4 7.5 1555 1 9 15.6 9985 0 3 190.5 -1 0 52403 1 4 6.5 -3 2 n/a 34892 21SAFRAN 322.94 n/a n/a n/m 5.4 8.9 -217 -248 -188 -3.6 5972 144 50 115.0 n/a n/a 51918 n/a n/a 6.2 n/a n/a 41 4327 18AREVA 280.34 1 17 57.9 4.0 8.1 484 17 >999 7.0 6957 -9 11 118.4 9 2 58760 -16 8 4.8 21 7 37 459 -5Electricite de France 276.21 -5 -3 5.1 0.8 12.2 5467 137 115 15.6 35077 9 17 223.8 8 22 156765 0 -5 1.8 -6 2 n/a 55389 n/aLagardere 260.41 18 19 42.3 2.9 6.7 616 30 98 6.9 8941 -3 -1 185.3 -5 -6 48245 2 6 5.4 16 11 32 5485 -5Vivendi Universal (now Vivendi) 233.61 75 89 8.4 1.7 7.7 2796 16 n/a 20.9 13387 3 -51 360.2 8 n/a 37166 -4 -68 6.3 83 n/a 27 21053 11Saint-Gobain 209.56 0 -2 12.3 0.9 5.9 1706 11 12 7.1 24124 10 15 129.5 3 6 186266 7 9 1.1 -6 -10 30 13730 16Dassault Aviation 195.52 1 n/a 69.1 8.3 10.6 283 -14 -7 12.0 2355 -1 1 194.5 -1 0 12109 1 1 16.1 0 n/a n/a 4119 n/aALSTOM 180.02 -22 -48 68.2 1.9 3.4 264 n/a n/a 2.8 9518 1 -26 145.9 8 5 65238 -6 -30 2.8 -17 -25 51 6507 116Dassault Systemes 177.93 17 19 112.8 27.7 30.3 158 0 14 24.6 642 17 22 112.8 -8 -13 5693 28 39 31.3 -9 -15 53 3161 1Thomson 172.46 -9 -24 n/m 3.5 6.9 -149 n/m -337 -3.1 4864 -11 -24 149.8 34 38 32475 -34 -45 5.3 37 38 n/a 2337 -33Legrand 163.94 2 n/a 58.6 7.3 10.5 280 36 n/a 12.5 2232 11 n/a 73.8 -9 n/a 30237 22 n/a 5.4 -16 n/a n/a 3947 n/aPierre Fabre 106.02 6 12 204.5 10.5 14.1 52 31 25 5.1 1010 3 14 110.6 4 7 9136 0 6 11.6 7 5 n/a n/l n/lIpsen 99.23 17 14 89.0 18.3 22.8 112 17 18 20.6 542 1 7 146.5 -2 4 3699 3 3 26.8 14 11 n/a 1651 n/aL'Air Liquide 96.95 -5 33 9.7 1.4 10.3 1000 20 22 14.0 7170 11 23 199.7 11 10 35900 0 11 2.7 -5 21 n/a 13069 19Business Objects 94.68 8 73 123.1 15.1 18.9 77 55 108 12.3 627 16 83 142.0 1 25 4418 15 45 21.4 -6 20 n/a 1218 -34Bouygues 94.13 1 -25 8.0 0.6 5.5 1173 14 33 7.0 16791 15 15 141.0 12 20 119094 2 -5 0.8 -2 -21 15 9060 7Rhodia 92.07 -22 -31 48.9 2.5 7.3 188 n/a n/a 5.1 3710 2 -12 190.8 8 7 19444 -6 -18 4.7 -17 -16 n/a 1390 85BioMerieux 89.80 3 11 96.2 13.2 21.1 93 6 22 13.7 683 7 11 124.2 5 10 5498 1 1 16.3 2 10 43 1295 17Danone 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 26Essilor International 77.98 6 20 28.7 4.7 11.2 272 10 27 16.3 1666 7 14 66.9 4 2 24909 4 12 3.1 2 7 n/a 5497 31Burelle 72.47 152 183 138.9 4.6 9.5 52 11 23 3.3 1574 12 20 147.5 13 12 10670 0 6 6.8 154 163 28 183 31UBIsoft Entertainment 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 0SNPE 65.00 -17 -16 n/m 12.1 18.2 -60 n/m n/m -11.2 535 -2 -2 113.4 6 11 4719 -7 -11 13.8 -10 -5 25 n/l n/lInfogrames Entertainment 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 -70Suez 58.27 0 -37 2.3 0.2 5.4 2558 15 62 9.0 28507 2 -1 180.8 4 13 157639 -2 -13 0.4 2 -27 21 28536 65Gaz De France 50.16 -19 -31 2.5 0.3 9.2 2045 84 22 13.3 15387 24 41 290.5 -11 0 52958 39 41 0.9 -42 -51 0 18712 -3Veolia Environnement 43.22 0 n/a 3.4 0.2 6.9 1271 66 n/a 7.3 17346 2 n/a 71.8 0 n/a 241627 3 n/a 0.2 -2 n/a 19 11582 28Lafarge 37.79 2 1 2.5 0.3 8.9 1538 21 33 14.0 10972 11 13 136.9 6 10 80146 4 2 0.5 -2 -2 51 11874 26SNCF 37.79 n/a n/a 8.5 0.3 12.3 447 12 177 3.1 14425 -5 -2 70.1 6 12 205839 -10 -12 0.2 n/a n/a n/a 1186 n/aNexans 35.73 11 8 32.7 0.9 3.2 109 50 249 2.8 3844 14 24 196.3 3 11 19584 11 12 1.8 0 -3 32 1077 88Bull 35.04 -6 -34 >999.9 4.3 5.4 3 -79 n/a 0.4 806 3 -27 108.1 4 -9 7458 -1 -18 4.7 -5 -18 n/a 300 -33Neopost 33.60 25 42 23.7 5.9 11.8 142 16 54 24.9 568 9 16 119.7 7 10 4749 3 6 7.1 22 32 41 1860 11Ingenico 33.42 50 42 n/m 11.1 12.4 -27 -423 -937 -8.9 300 2 9 266.2 17 55 1128 -12 -31 29.6 71 103 41 357 66Groupe SEB 28.51 -2 11 22.7 1.7 4.9 125 6 17 7.4 1692 5 9 116.7 4 8 14505 1 1 2.0 -3 11 49 1008 -2Flamel Technologies 27.55 34 141 n/m 200.5 248.4 -21 -513 >-999 -156.3 14 -57 -16 53.1 -63 -40 259 16 51 106.4 16 69 n/a 233 10Compagnie Generale de Geophysique 27.00 17 28 63.4 4.5 18.9 43 136 90 7.1 598 26 24 151.2 17 8 3952 8 15 6.8 9 12 59 1634 144Christian Dior 26.11 -7 -21 1.5 0.3 5.0 1768 26 106 17.7 10001 10 13 173.1 12 11 57778 -2 2 0.5 -6 -23 64 9896 20Vilmorin Clause 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 64Eramet 21.99 -9 24 4.9 1.2 9.6 451 8 352 24.2 1863 8 24 150.8 12 31 12353 -4 -6 1.8 -5 32 50 2185 42148 The 2006 R&D ScoreboardThe 2006 R&D Scoreboard 149