The bottom line: data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts in millions.

The Bottom Line

Data from recent industry financial reports. Dollar amounts in
millions.

Company                              Period        Ended

ACLARA BioSciences                     2Q          30-Jun
Analytik Jena AG                       3Q          30-Jun
Argonaut Technologies                  2Q          30-Jun
Biacore                                2Q          30-Jun
Cepheid                                2Q          30-Jun
Horiba (Analytical Instruments        FYE          31-Mar
INFICON Holding AG                     2Q          30-Jun
KewauneeScientific                     1Q          31-Jul
Misonix                                4Q          30-Jun
Misonix                               FYE          30-Jun
New Brunswick Scientific               2Q          30-Jun
Orchid BioSciences                     2Q          30-Jun
Pall                                   4Q          30-Jun
Pall                                  FYE          30-Jun
Roper Industries                       3Q          31-Jul
SEQUENOM                               2Q          30-Jun
Shimadzu (Scientific & Proces         FYE          31-Mar
Transgenomic                           2Q          30-Jun
Whatman                               6mo          30-Jun

Company                              Sales         Chg.

ACLARA BioSciences                      $0.4       -39.8%
Analytik Jena AG                       $23.0       112.8%
Argonaut Technologies                   $6.9         2.4%
Biacore                                $17.7        14.9%
Cepheid                                 $4.1        28.0%
Horiba (Analytical Instruments        $221.7         9.7%
INFICON Holding AG                     $36.6         9.7%
Kewaunee Scientific                    $24.2        24.8%
Misonix                                $10.9        38.4%
Misonix                                $34.9        17.8%
New Brunswick Scientific               $10.7       -33.3%
Orchid BioSciences                     $12.4        -0.2%
Pall                                  $471.4         9.9%
Pall                                $1,613.6        25.0%
Roper Industries                      $165.6         8.4%
SEQUENOM                                $7.7        -0.5%
Shimadzu (Scientific & Proces         $927.2        10.7%
Transgenomic                            $8.5       -10.0%
Whatman                                $65.8         3.7%

Company                            Op. Prof.       Chg.

ACLARA BioSciences                    ($5.6)           NM
Analytik Jena AG                       $0.2            NM
Argonaut Technologies                 ($2.0)           NM
Biacore                                $3.5          9.5%
Cepheid                               ($4.4)           NM
Horiba (Analytical Instruments         $6.3        -15.9%
INFICON Holding AG                    ($2.8)           NM
Kewaunee Scientific                    $0.6         10.9%
Misonix                                $0.9        166.4%
Misonix                                $1.6        219.4%
New Brunswick Scientific              ($1.5)           NM
Orchid BioSciences                    ($4.8)           NM
Pall                                  $75.8        255.8%
Pall                                 $167.7         46.7%
Roper Industries                      $28.0         -0.9%
SEQUENOM                             ($10.2)           NM
Shimadzu (Scientific & Proces         $119.8       119.5%
Transgenomic                          ($4.5)           NM
Whatman                                $8.9        210.5%

Company                            Net Prof.       Chg.

ACLARA BioSciences                    ($5.1)           NM
Analytik Jena AG                       $0.1            NM
Argonaut Technologies                 ($1.9)           NM
Biacore                                $3.3        353.0%
Cepheid                               ($4.4)           NM
Horiba (Analytical Instruments          N/A           N/A
INFICON Holding AG                    ($1.6)           NM
Kewaunee Scientific                    $0.5         42.3%
Misonix                                $0.6        228.8%
Misonix                                $1.0        446.9%
New Brunswick Scientific              ($1.2)           NM
Orchid BioSciences                    ($9.5)           NM
Pall                                  $54.6        507.8%
Pall                                 $103.2         40.9%
Roper Industries                      $15.2          1.3%
SEQUENOM                              ($9.3)           NM
Shimadzu (Scientific & Proces           N/A           N/A
Transgenomic                          ($4.7)           NM
Whatman                              ($11.9)           NM

NA = not available NM = not meaningful