Personnel expenses1)  | 
      2012  | 
      2011  | 
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Figures in € thousand  | 
      
  | 
      
  | 
   ||
  | 
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Salaries and wages  | 
      405,625  | 
      401,546  | 
   ||
Expenses for severance payments  | 
      4,547  | 
      96,277  | 
   ||
Expenses for employee pensions  | 
      46,402  | 
      56,615  | 
   ||
Expenditure on mandatory social security contributions as well as income-based charges and compulsory contributions  | 
      112,460  | 
      108,652  | 
   ||
Other social expenditures  | 
      10,372  | 
      12,691  | 
   ||
Total  | 
      579,407  | 
      675,780  | 
   ||
of which sales  | 
      164,784  | 
      200,016  | 
   ||
of which administration  | 
      375,806  | 
      452,505  | 
   ||
Average number of employees  | 
      2012  | 
      2011  | 
   
Total  | 
      14,795  | 
      15,081  | 
   
of which sales  | 
      6,308  | 
      6,179  | 
   
of which administration  | 
      8,487  | 
      8,902  | 
   
Figures in € thousand  | 
      2012  | 
      2011  | 
   
Expenses for severance payments and employee pensions amounted to:  | 
      
  | 
      
  | 
   
Members of the Management Board and executive employees, in accordance with Section 80 paragraph 1 of the Stock Corporation Act  | 
      10,967  | 
      9,018  | 
   
Other employees  | 
      46,914  | 
      154,615  | 
   
Both figures include the expenditure for pensioners and surviving dependants (basis: Austrian Commercial Code valuation). The indicated expenses were charged to the Group companies based on defined company processes.
