Notes 6-10
10. Personnel expenses
| In millions of EUR |
Note |
2008 |
2007 |
| Wages and salaries |
1,519 |
1,290 |
| Compulsory social security contributions |
279 |
240 |
| Contributions to defined contribution plans |
10 |
11 |
| Expenses related to defined benefit plans |
26 |
78 |
82 |
| Increase in other long-term employee benefits |
3 |
8 |
| Equity-settled share-based payment plan |
27 |
11 |
7 |
| Other personnel expenses |
515 |
313 |
| |
2,415 |
1,951 |
The average number of employees during the year was:
| |
2008 |
2007 |
| The Netherlands |
3,971 |
3,909 |
| Other Western Europe |
18,245 |
11,575 |
| Central and Eastern Europe |
20,390 |
18,749 |
| The Americas |
1,956 |
1,797 |
| Africa and the Middle East |
10,667 |
9,516 |
| Asia Pacific |
979 |
893 |
| Heineken N.V. and subsidiaries |
56,208 |
46,439 |