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Unilever Annual Report & Accounts and Form 20-F 2003 85
Notes to the consolidated accounts
Unilever Group
2 Operating costs
€ million € million € million
2003 2002 2001
Restated Restated
Cost of sales (21 192) (24 049) (27 095)
Distribution and selling costs (10 096) (12 185) (12 605)
Administrative expenses(a) (5 922) (7 029) (6 868)
Operating costs (37 210) (43 263) (46 568)
Operating costs include:
Staff costs 3(6 225) (7 042) (7 359)
Raw materials and packaging (15 874) (18 086) (19 924)
Amortisation of goodwill and intangible assets(b) (1 139) (1 245) (1 387)
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets(c) (899) (1 337) (1 458)
Advertising and promotions (6 069) (6 839) (6 648)
Research and development (1 065) (1 166) (1 178)
Remuneration of auditors:(d)
Statutory audit fees (13) (15) (16)
Other audit services (2) (2) (4)
Other payments to PricewaterhouseCoopers for non-audit services:
Audit-related services (1) (10) (6)
Tax(e) (14) (6) (5)
General consulting (2) (16) (60)
Other services (1) (1) (1)
Lease rentals:
Minimum lease payments (413) (503) (548)
Contingent lease payments (3) (15) (28)
(416) (518) (576)
Less: Sub-lease income 8810
(408) (510) (566)
of which:
Plant and machinery (113) (141) (147)
Other (295) (369) (419)
(a) Includes amortisation of goodwill and intangible assets.
(b) Includes exceptional amount of €(11) million in 2003, €(22) million in 2002 and €(8) million in 2001.
(c) Includes exceptional amount of €(50) million in 2003, €(256) million in 2002 and €(263) million in 2001.
(d) A description of the services we allow our auditors to perform is given within the Corporate governance section on page 50.
(e) Includes €(10) million in 2003 for fees in respect of a prior year tax settlement.
3 Staff costs and employees
€ million € million € million
2003 2002 2001
Restated Restated
Remuneration of employees (4 895) (5 748) (5 975)
Emoluments of Directors as managers (11) (17) (18)
Pensions and other post-employment benefits 17 (430) (351) (494)
Social security costs (681) (741) (766)
Share option costs 29 (208) (185) (106)
Total staff costs (6 225) (7 042) (7 359)
Details of the remuneration of Directors and Advisory Directors are given in the auditable part of the Remuneration report as defined on
page 68.
The average number of employees during the year was:
‘000 ’000 ’000
2003 2002 2001
Europe 57 65 75
North America 20 22 30
Africa, Middle East and Turkey 53 52 49
Asia and Pacific 79 84 84
Latin America 31 35 41
Total 240 258 279