BMW 2009 Annual Report Download - page 97

95 Group Financial Statements
2009 2008
Net profit for the year after minority interest euro million 203.6 324.3
Profit attributable to common stock euro million 186.5 297.9
Profit attributable to preferred stock euro million 17.1 26.4
Average number of common stock shares in circulation number 601,995,196 601,995,196
Average number of preferred stock shares in circulation number 51,833,937 51,296,162
Earnings per share of common stock euro 0.31 0.49
Earnings per share of preferred stock euro 0.33 0.51
Dividend per share of common stock euro 0.30 0.30
Dividend per share of preferred stock euro 0.32 0.32
in euro million 2009 2008
Wages and salaries 5,299 5,991
Social security, retirement and welfare costs 1,267 1,245
thereof retirement costs: euro 744 million (2008: euro 811 million)
Personnel costs 6,566 7,236
2009 2008
Employees 90,755 95,699
Apprentices and students gaining work experience 5,452 6,034
96,207 101,733
Other disclosures relating to the income statement
The income statement includes personnel costs as follows:
Earnings per share of preferred stock are computed on the
basis of the number of preferred stock shares entitled to
receive a dividend in each of the relevant financial years.
Diluted earnings per share were not applicable in either the
current or prior year.
Personnel costs include euro 171 million (2008: euro
455 million) of expenditure incurred to reduce the size of
the workforce. The average number of employees during
the year was:
16 Earnings per share
17