notes to the blom group accounts
Note 12: Payroll costs (Amounts in NOK 1,000)
Wages and salaries Employers' share of National Insurance contributions Pension costs Other benefits Total
2010
2009
213 599 45 072 9 661 8 882 277 215
230 146 45 724 8 788 12 896 297 554
The pension costs include both defined benefit and defined contribution schemes. The group had 1,093 employees as of 31 December 2010.
Note 13: Other operating and administrative expenses (Amounts in NOK 1,000) 2010
Travel expenses Rent and other office expenses Sales and marketing costs Provisions for losses on inventories and receivables External assistance Other operating and administrative expenses Total
6 619 25 861 13 465 27 214 25 432 52 665 151 256
2009
7 754 27 633 15 750 11 132 18 371 23 940 104 580
Other operating and administrative expenses include provisions for potential obligations in connection with the Pictometry agreement.
Note 14: Financial income and expenses (Amounts in NOK 1,000)
Interest and other financial income Interest and other financial expenses Net currency gains/losses Net finance
2010
2009
3 074 - 65 724 -6 557 - 69 207
3 377 - 34 995 7 943 - 39 562
Interest and other financial expenses in 2010 include costs in connection to the company’s bond loan and the financial reconstruction totalled NOK 21.6 million (note 8).
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