
F-286
10. Selling, general and administrative expenses
2009
2008
€ 1,000
€ 1,000
Wages and salaries................................................................
............................
2,184
1,805
Social Security ................................................................
................................
198
193
Pension costs................................................................................................
277
274
Selling, general and administrative, other................................
.........................
1,483
770
4,142
3,042
Staff
The company employed an average of 59 full-time equivalent employees (2008: 46) in the Netherlands. This can
be split in the following categories:
2009
2008
Management................................................................................................
3
3
Administration ................................................................
................................
3
3
Operations................................................................................................
28
26
Sales................................................................................................
9
7
Others................................................................................................
16
7
Total................................................................................................
59
46
11. Research and development costs
2009
2008
€ 1,000
€ 1,000
Group research and development costs................................
.............................
(13,415)
(10,807)
Less: Recharged contribution to group entities................................
15,831
12,819
Capitalized R&D................................................................
...............................
5,458
3,312
Amortization capitalized R&D ................................................................
(956)
(494)
6,918
4,830
All intellectual property rights are held by the Company and subsidiaries pay a funding royalty contribution
based on 2.5% or 5% of sales, less intercompany purchases, depending on whether the development project is in-
house, as is the case with power controls and converters, or purchased from third parties as is the case with tele-
coms and batteries.
The research and development income and expense presented above comprises total costs for the year of €
13,415,000. Recharged contributions to group companies as discussed above amounted € 15,831,000. Addition-
ally € 5,458,000 has been capitalized offset by € 956,000 of amortization costs.
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