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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements continued

for the year ended 31 December 2007

4 Directors and employees

    2007   2006
        as restated1
    €m   €m
Staff costs – continuing        
Retirement benefit charges under defined contribution schemes   5.7   4.3
Retirement benefit charges under defined benefit schemes (see Note 23)   10.2   13.8
Retirement benefit charges   15.9   18.1
Wages and salaries   232.8   229.9
Social security costs   42.6   40.4
Share-based payments   0.4   0.2
Underlying Directors and employee costs   291.7   288.6
         
Exceptional staff costs – continuing (see Note 5)        
Retirement benefit charges        
– exceptional past service costs (see Note 5e)   –   (3.2)
– exceptional curtailments (see Note 5a)   –   (1.2)
Severance and other   7.0   16.5
    7.0   12.1
         
         
Directors and employee costs – continuing   298.7   300.7
Staff costs – discontinued operation   5.0   8.2
Directors and employee costs including discontinued operation   303.7   308.9

Further details of Directors’ remuneration for the year are provided in Note 43 and the audited part of the Remuneration Report. There were no Directors and employee costs in respect of the Company (2006: nil).

    2007   2006
        as restated1
    €m   €m
Staff numbers – continuing (average full time equivalent)        
France   1,512   1,477
Germany   698   669
Italy   535   520
Spain   1,156   1,200
United Kingdom   1,055   1,139
Others   1,014   963
Staff numbers – continuing   5,970   5,968
Staff numbers – discontinued operation   152   308
Staff numbers including discontinued operation   6,122   6,276

There were no staff employed by the Company (2006: nil)