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Other expenses mainly include rentals of EUR301 million (2014: EUR291 million), consultant expenses of EUR142 million (2014: EUR179 million), telecom
and office automation of EUR206 million (2014: EUR199 million), distribution expenses of EUR135 million (2014: EUR122 million), travel expenses of
EUR151 million (2014: EUR143 million) and other taxes of EUR144 million (2014: EUR124 million).
10. Personnel expenses
In millions of EUR
2015
Wages and salaries
2,178
2,107
Compulsory social security contributions
346
337
Contributions to defined contribution plans
47
42
Expenses/(income) related to defined benefit plans
28 78
(31)
Expenses related to other long-term employee benefits
3
8
Equity-settled share-based payment plan
29 33
48
Other personnel expenses
637
569
3,322
3,080
In other personnel expenses, restructuring costs are included for an amount of EUR90 million (2014: EUR101 million). In 2015, these costs are primarily
related to the restructuring of operations in the Netherlands, Poland and Portugal.
The average number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees during the year was:
2015
The Netherlands
3,791
3,897
Other Europe
25,161
24,739
Americas
20,985
22,610
Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe
15,102
16,212
Asia Pacific
8,728
8,678
73,767
76,136
2014 numbers have been revised to reflect the new regional segmentation.
11Amortisation, depreciation and impairments
In millions of EUR
Note
2015
Property, plant and equipment
14
1,222
1,088
Intangible assets
15
372
349
1,594
1,437
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