NOTE 8
| € million | 2010 | 2009 |
| Wages, salaries and fees | -451.0 | -448.4 |
| Social security costs | -41.0 | -39.0 |
| Pension costs | -23.5 | -39.6 |
| Defined benefit plans | 32.0 | 8.2 |
| Defined contribution plans | -55.5 | -47.8 |
| Share-based payments | -5.0 | -8.1 |
| Total | -520.6 | -535.2 |
During the financial year, the management of the statutory pension provision and related insurance portfolio of the Kesko Group employees was partly transferred from the Kesko Pension Fund to an authorised pension insurance company. Pensions are disclosed in more detail in note 20.
Disclosures on compensation paid to the Group’s management for employee services, and other related party transactions are disclosed in note 42, and on option schemes in note 35.
| € million | 2010 | 2009 |
| Salaries of managing directors (incl. fringe benefits) |
5.5 | 5.0 |
| Fees of Board members | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Total | 5.9 | 5.3 |
Average number of Group employees |
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| 2010 | 2009 | |
| Food trade | 2,881 | 3,035 |
| Home and speciality goods trade | 5,418 | 5,666 |
| Building and home improvement trade | 8,379 | 8,804 |
| Car and machinery trade | 1,138 | 1,291 |
| Others | 399 | 403 |
| Total | 18,215 | 19,200 |