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Profit margin – Pre-tax profit multiplied by 100 and divided by turnover Business activity key: 1 Automotive 2 Consumer packaged goods 3 General manufacturing 4 Pharmaceuticals 5 Process industries 6 Retail7 Mining/petroleum/utilities 8 Banking/capital markets/insurance/investment management 9 Real estate 10 Agricultural/fishing/forestry 11 Education 12 Engineering/construction 13 Government 14 Healthcare 15 Leisure16 Business services 17 Transportation 18 Entertainment/media 19 Technology/infocomms 20 Metal manufacture. Any figures in brackets denote losses.

1 1 Iceland Foods Group Ltd Deeside 6 30/03/2012 2,613,663 2,388,380 147,512 129,307 5.64% 5.41% 23,986 22,953 Iceland Foods Group Ltd2 2 Admiral Group Plc Cardiff 8 31/12/2012 2,190,000 1,580,000 299,100 265,500 13.66% 16.80% 5,324 4,252 Admiral Group Plc3 3 Ge Aircraft engine Services Ltd Cardiff 12 31/12/2011 1,264,558 1,208,395 48,172 62,445 3.81% 5.17% 1,291 1,091 Ge UK Holdings4 4 Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Nelson 7 31/03/2012 695,000 676,700 (131,000) 70,400 (18.85%) 10.40% 2,053 1,7125 Swalec Cardiff 7 31/03/2012 636,667 671,153 35,097 37,350 5.51% 5.57% 1,950 1,600 SSe Plc6 5 Calsonic Kansei europe Plc Llanelli 1 31/03/2012 621,316 566,197 8,516 14,599 1.37% 2.58% 1,656 1,637 Calsonic Kansei europe Plc7 7 Celsa (UK) Holdings Ltd Cardiff 20 31/12/2011 590,482 487,991 (5,103) (21,336) (0.86%) (4.37%) 1,196 1,240 Celsa (UK) Holdings Ltd8 9 Dow Corning Ltd Barry 3 31/12/2011 507,433 440,431 11,966 9,180 2.36% 2.08% 599 581 Dow Corning Ltd9 8 Redrow Plc Deeside 9 30/06/2011 478,900 452,700 43,000 25,300 8.98% 5.59% 967 933 Redrow Plc

10 10 PHS Group Plc Caerphilly 14 31/03/2012 419,128 394,594 40,744 56,432 9.72% 14.30% 5,049 4,940 Watling Street Ltd11 11 Wales & West Utilities Ltd Newport 7 31/03/2012 350,900 312,800 (127,200) (122,000) (36.25%) (39.00%) 1,468 1,449 CKI12 15 Wynnstay Group Plc Llansantffraid 10 31/10/2011 346,176 243,744 6,852 5,877 1.98% 2.41% 783 767 Wynnstay Group Plc13 12 Kronospan Holdings Ltd Wrexham 3 30/09/2011 325,674 292,193 8,794 10,859 2.70% 3.72% 904 919 Kronospan Holdings Ltd14 21 The Royal Mint Ltd Pontyclun 3 31/03/2012 313,878 215,146 8,064 1,426 2.57% 0.66% 915 892 Government of the United Kingdom15 17 Kingspan Ltd Holywell 20 31/12/2011 281,896 227,069 15,996 17,066 5.67% 7.52% 676 632 Kingspan Group Ltd16 14 Arriva Trains Wales/Trenau Arriva Cymru Ltd Cardiff 17 31/12/2011 272,402 258,363 23,373 17,509 8.58% 6.78% 1,998 2,009 Arriva Plc17 13 Capper & Co Ltd Pontyclun 6 30/04/2011 234,997 288,691 1,759 2,140 0.75% 0.74% 645 2,400 AF Blakemore and Son Ltd18 20 International Greetings UK Hengoed 2 31/03/2012 220,775 216,857 7,088 5,165 3.21% 2.38% 2,060 2,430 International Greetings Plc19 16 Mon Motors Ltd Cwmbran 1 31/12/2011 217,958 229,635 151 1,459 0.07% 0.64% 569 536 Mc 478 Ltd20 19 Sinclair Motor Holdings Ltd Port Talbot 1 31/12/2011 213,360 219,220 971 2,288 0.46% 1.04% 563 598 Sinclair Motor Holdings Ltd21 26 Finsbury Foods Plc Cardiff 5 30/06/2012 207,360 189,575 6,515 5,839 3.14% 3.08% 2,523 2,47122 28 The First Milk Cheese Company Ltd Wrexham 5 31/03/2011 194,088 164,590 3,871 (4,542) 1.99% (2.76%) 408 463 First Milk Ltd23 35 SPTS Technologies UK Ltd Newport 12 31/12/2011 188,039 131,514 45,710 30,828 24.31% 23.44% 506 405 Sports Technologies Group Ltd24 32 Watkin Jones Group Ltd Bangor 12 30/09/2011 185,839 142,095 11,066 10,670 5.95% 7.51% 245 243 Watkin Jones Group Ltd25 30 Moneysupermarket.Com Group Plc ewloe 8 30/06/2012 181,048 148,892 24,282 11,024 13.41% 7.40% 430 433 Simon Nixon26 23 CeM Day Ltd Swansea 1 31/12/2011 178,859 185,073 5,429 5,085 3.04% 2.75% 525 515 CeM Day Ltd27 25 Panasonic Manufacturing UK Ltd Cardiff 2 31/03/2011 168,598 166,793 7,853 (2,101) 4.66% (1.26%) 518 556 Panasonic europe Ltd28 29 Yuasa Battery europe Ltd ebbw Vale 1 31/12/2011 168,526 155,314 3,714 2,551 2.20% 1.64% 485 461 Yuasa Battery europe Ltd29 27 The Corbett Group Ltd Deeside 15 31/03/2011 162,072 166,386 259 222 0.16% 0.13% 160 222 The Corbett Group Ltd30 22 Convatec Ltd Deeside 14 31/12/2011 161,083 201,020 27,791 57,817 17.25% 28.76% 836 900 Cidron Healthcare Ltd31 Mir Steel UK Ltd Newport 20 30/09/2011 142,603 4,353 (854) (5,995) (0.60%) (137.72%) Mir Steel UK Ltd32 64 Dawnus Holdings Ltd Swansea 12 31/12/2011 136,619 78,569 12,291 2,960 9.00% 3.77% 1,524 600 Dawnus Holdings Ltd33 34 euro Alloys Ltd Newport 20 30/09/2011 135,119 135,189 1,037 1,149 0.77% 0.85% 12 11 euro Alloys Ltd34 53 Bro-Tech Ltd Pontyclun 3 31/12/2011 133,429 96,185 4,713 5,656 3.53% 5.88% 748 723 Bro-Tech Ltd35 40 Olaer Group Ltd Deeside 12 31/12/2011 130,533 112,175 6,485 2,709 4.97% 2.41% 540 474 Olaer Group Ltd36 55 Meritor Heavy Vehicle Braking Systems (UK) Ltd Cwmbran 1 30/09/2011 130,476 93,915 (2,023) (1,305) (1.55%) (1.39%) 419 390 Arvin International (UK) Ltd37 39 Spear Group Holdings Ltd Cwmbran 3 31/12/2011 127,792 (6,445) (5.04%) 669 Sgh (No. 2) Ltd38 48 Intertissue Ltd Neath 3 31/12/2011 126,683 99,901 20,424 18,386 16.12% 18.40% 300 293 Intertissue Ltd39 51 Control Techniques Drives Ltd Newtown 3 30/09/2011 125,910 96,913 28,032 21,668 22.26% 22.36% 384 352 Digital Appliance Controls (UK) Ltd40 45 Ipsen Biopharm Ltd Wrexham 4 31/12/2011 124,457 104,480 19,197 (4,929) 15.42% (4.72%) 384 379 Ipsen Developments Ltd41 44 Alcoa Manufacturing (GB) Ltd Swansea 20 31/12/2011 124,331 106,381 38,347 (2,128) 30.84% (2.00%) 481 436 Alcoa UK Holdings Ltd42 43 Solutia UK Ltd Newport 3 31/12/2011 120,974 115,853 14,480 18,362 11.97% 15.85% 222 230 Solutia UK Holdings Ltd43 41 Global Foods Ltd Cardiff 5 30/04/2011 118,623 111,809 1,862 1,653 1.57% 1.48% 124 12244 37 Gmac UK Plc Cardiff 8 31/12/2011 117,316 122,022 26,703 25,947 22.76% 21.26% 310 325 Gmac Holdings UK Ltd45 49 SA Brain & Company Ltd Cardiff 15 01/10/2011 113,643 99,281 1,840 2,510 1.62% 2.53% 1,994 1,907 SA Brain & Company,Ltd46 42 Qioptiq Ltd St Asaph 14 31/12/2011 110,110 110,397 18,424 17,912 16.73% 16.23% 520 518 Qioptiq UK Holdings Ltd47 47 Gocompare.Com Ltd Newport 8 31/12/2011 108,926 101,494 34,432 30,374 31.61% 29.44% 139 84 Gocompare.Com Holdings Ltd48 36 Tetra Pak Ltd Wrexham 2 31/12/2011 106,733 122,382 3,693 10,241 3.46% 8.37% 127 128 Tetra Pak Ltd49 58 Momentive Specialty Chemicals UK Ltd Penarth 3 31/12/2011 105,898 88,762 1,947 833 1.84% 0.94% 148 149 Borden International Holdings Ltd50 18 Principality Building Society Cardiff 8 31/12/2011 105,000 111,800 24,500 30,800 23.33% 27.55% 1,173 1,12651 50 Mitel Networks Ltd Caldicot 16 30/04/2011 104,851 98,125 2,295 566 2.19% 0.58% 431 440 Mitel Networks Holdings Ltd52 24 Biomet UK Ltd Bridgend 14 31/05/2011 101,069 177,244 22,518 48,749 22.28% 27.50% 548 583 Biomet Acquisitions53 66 Rowecord Holdings Ltd Newport 12 30/06/2012 100,241 64,342 4,346 (4,302) 4.34% (6.69%) 1,051 903 Rowecord Holdings Ltd54 86 Harris Pye Group Ltd Barry 12 31/12/2011 97,598 66,551 6,447 3,881 6.61% 5.83% 624 560 Harris Pye Group Ltd55 63 Rockwool Ltd Bridgend 3 31/12/2011 97,412 78,682 (4,088) (10,582) (4.20%) (13.45%) 429 427 Rockwool Ltd56 141 Alcontrol Group Ltd Deeside 14 31/03/2011 96,996 34,467 (5,244) (423) (5.41%) (1.23%) 1,660 1,688 Alcontrol Group Ltd57 52 BA Cash & Carry (Cardiff) Ltd Cardiff 2 29/02/2012 96,377 96,905 871 597 0.90% 0.62% 177 170 BA Cash & Carry (Cardiff) Ltd58 68 IR Newport Ltd Newport 3 26/06/2011 95,266 73,967 43,254 (5,216) 45.40% (7.05%) 523 449 International Rectifier Co (GB) Ltd59 38 The Number UK Ltd Cardiff 16 31/12/2011 93,831 112,907 76,024 89,643 81.02% 79.40% 103 180 The Number UK Ltd60 56 Acorn (Synergie) UK Ltd Newport 16 31/12/2011 93,798 93,511 1,508 949 1.61% 1.01% 243 243 Acorn (Synergie) UK Ltd

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