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Innovision Research & Technology plc is a UK registered company (no. 03024348) and operates from its head office and IC design facility in Cirencester and system design facility in Wokingham, UK.

The board of directors of Broadcom Corporation and the board of directors of Innovision Research & Technology plc were pleased to announce on 18 June 2010 that they had agreed the terms of a recommended cash offer, to be made by Broadcom International Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom Corporation, to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company. Documents related to the transaction are available here

We are leading the way in providing semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) to enable customers to compete in the emerging market for Near-Field Communication (NFC), which is targeted primarily at the next generation of mobile handsets and consumer electronic devices. This activity builds on and extends our existing business supplying innovative Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and UHF IC solutions, utilising skills, expertise and IP developed over many years and across a diverse range of applications worldwide.

The company is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange, ticker symbol INN (share price information can be found by clicking on the LSE icon to the left). The company continues to invest in the development of new technologies and the enhancement and commercialisation of its near-field data communications product range.

The company's primary product is semiconductor IP, which our customers licences for integration into their own ICs and end system products. We develop this semiconductor IP on CMOS technology across a wide range of geometries from 0.35um to 90nm and below and have one fo the world's largest RFID and NFC focused IC development teams, with proven experience in mixed-signal IC design, with over 60 RFID/Wireless IC developments to date. Our design team operates across multiple-frequencies covering 125KHz, 13.56MHz, 800-900MHz, 2.4GHz+ as well as multiple standards compliant protocols including ISO 18092 NFC, EPC, ISO 14443A/B/FeliCa and ISO 15693. Our licensing approach has significant benefits both in reducing manufacturing and distribution costs and, through its royalty structure, ensuring participation in successful end products in selected markets.

We also have a range of chip products based on our own IP, which includes:

Topaz ®

IC suited to NFC tags/smartposter/one-touch set-up applications
Low power requirement
Mandated as Type 1 Tag Format by the NFC Forum, ensure interoperability with standards mandated devices
Follows ISO/IEC 18092 and ISO/IEC 14443-3 standards
Will operate with forthcoming ISO/IEC 18092 and ISO/IEC21481 based NFC devices directly
Offers 96 bytes of read/write memory
Anti-tear protection is facilitated by using shadow memory blocks

Jewel®

Read/write RFID IC for Mass Transit "Limited Use" Ticketing
Large memory able to support multiple applications on single ticket
Security features - One-Time-Programmable (OTP) journey/use counter
Collision detection
ISO, ANSI, ITSO and APTA (RIS) compatible

In compliance with AIM rules for company information disclosure (Rule 26), the following information is available on this website:

A description of the company (see above)
Details of directors and key advisors
All RNS notifications made in the last 12 months (see below)
Most recent admission document and shareholder circular
Latest Annual report and accounts
Latest Interim Report
Details of securities in issue and significant shareholders (see below)
Corporate Governance Compliance Statement and Board Committees

Significant Shareholders

Innovision Research and Technology plc is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange, ticker symbol INN. The Company's issued share capital consists of 91,556,121 ordinary shares of 1 pence each ("Ordinary Share") with each Ordinary Share carrying the right to one vote.

The Directors are aware of the following that, as at 29^th July 2009, were interested directly or indirectly in 3% or more of the Company's share capital:

	Number of ordinary shares of 1p each	Percentage of issued share capital
Herald Investment Management	11,594,438	12.66%
Marc Borrett	7,700,710	8.41%
Schroder Investment Management	7,394,102	8.08%
Invesco Asset Management	6,737,603	7.36%
Octopus Asset Management	6,388,889	6.98%
IS Partners Investment Solutions AG	5,250,000	5.73%
Legal & General Investment Management	5,000,000	5.46%
Majedie Asset Management	4,541,246	4.96%
Gartmore Investment Management	4,249,195	4.64%
Neue Bank AG	2,985,000	3.26%
British Steel Pension Fund	2,880,555	3.15%