Report and Accounts 1999 / 2000 - Carlsberg Group

Notes to the Accounts
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Notes to the Accounts
1999/00 1998/99
Notes (DKK million) (15 months) % (12 months) %
1 Group turnover distributed over principal activities:
Beverage companies in Denmark 7,605 16 6,121 20
Beverage companies outside Denmark 35,313 75 21,907 70
Other companies 4,433 9 3,257 10
47,351 100 31,285 100
Licence fees are included in turnover. For further details, please see the Financial Review.
2 Total wages, salaries, personnel costs, fees to auditors appointed at the Annual General Meeting of
the Parent Company and depreciation are as follows:
1999/00 1998/99
(15 months) (12 months)
Wages, salaries and personnel costs:
Group:
Wages, salaries and remuneration 6,467 4,402
Pensions 361 278
Other social security costs 698 473
Other personnel costs 81 55
7,607 5,208
Parent Company:
Wages, salaries and remuneration 702 869
Pensions 53 56
Other social security costs 12 9
Other personnel costs 16 28
783 962
Wages, salaries, remuneration and pensions, etc. for the Group and the Parent Company include remuneration
paid to the Executive Board of the Parent Company of DKK 17 million (1998/99: DKK 12 million) and to the
Board of Directors of DKK 3 million (1998/99: DKK 3 million).
In the financial year, the average number of employees in the Parent Company was 1,749 (1998/99: 2,799)
and in the Group 23,641 (1998/99: 21,906) of whom 1,506 (1998/99: 2,355) were employed in pro rata
consolidated companies.
The information stated above regarding wages, salaries and personnel costs in the Parent Company was affected
by the establishment of Carlsberg Breweries on 1 July 2000.
Fees to the auditors appointed at the Annual General Meeting:
KPMG :
Audit 2 2
Other services 22 4
PricewaterhouseCoopers:
Audit 2 2
Other services 3 9
Other services relate to fees for due diligence, restructuring, etc.
Depreciation and write-down:
Parent Company 317 263
Group companies 1,836 1,091
Group 2,153 1,354
3 Other operating income, net includes Carlsberg-Tetley’s distribution of other beverages,
income from rental properties, profit from disposal of properties and external contributions
to the Carlsberg Research Center.