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Notes to the accounts

11 Employees

 

Period ended 31 July 2007

Period ended 5 August 2006

 

Continuing

£m

Discontinued

£m

Total

£m

Continuing

£m

Discontinued

£m

Total

£m

Staff costs during the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wages and salaries

528.1

295.6

823.7

542.8

403.2

946.0

Social security

62.4

25.4

87.8

63.0

32.1

95.1

Share-based payment (note 31)

10.4

3.5

13.9

11.0

5.3

16.3

Pension costs (including defined contribution schemes) (note 10)

44.3

18.0

62.3

45.7

26.7

72.4

 

645.2

342.5

987.7

662.5

467.3

1,129.8

 

Following a change in analysis, the prior year disclosure for wages and salaries has been restated by £35.8m. This change has no effect on the Consolidated income statement.

The average number of persons employed was:

 

Period ended
31 July 2007
Number

Period ended
5 August 2006
Number

Detection

2,053

1,909

Medical

8,035

7,413

Specialty Engineering:

 

 

John Crane

5,631

5,953

Specialty – Other

5,097

4,965

Continuing operations

20,816

20,240

Discontinued operations

8,252

11,084

 

29,068

31,324

Key management

The key management of the Group comprises Smiths Group plc Board directors and Group Managing Directors who are not Board members during the year and their aggregate compensation is shown below. Details of directors’ remuneration are contained in the report of the Remuneration Committee elsewhere in this report.

 

Period ended
31 July 2007
£m

Period ended
5 August 2006
£m

Key management compensation

 

 

Salaries and short-term employee benefits

6.6

6.5

Cost of post-retirement benefits

1.2

1.4

Cost of share-based incentive plans

2.8

4.7

 

No member of key management had any material interest during the period in a contract of significance (other than a service contract or a qualifying third party indemnity provision) with the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Options and awards held at the end of the period by key management in respect of the Company’s share-based incentive plans were:

 

Period ended 31 July 2007

Period ended 5 August 2006

 

Number of
instruments
’000

Weighted
average price

Number of
Instruments
’000

Weighted
average price

CIP

425

£0.00

333

£0.00

DSS

109

£0.00

274

£0.00

ESOS

413

£8.57

2,174

£7.36

PSP

1,067

£0.00

904

£0.00

SAYE

14

£6.96

11

£5.97

 


Smiths Group divisions:
Smiths Detection, Smiths Medical, Smiths Specialty Engineering

 

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Registered office 765 Finchley Road, London NW11 8DS
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