[15] Other income statement disclosures

In the year under review, the cost of materials rose by €234,391 thousand to €1,713,907 thousand (2009: €1,479,516 thousand).

Personnel expenses increased by €43,324 thousand in 2010 to €968,210 thousand (2009: €924,886 thousand). Personnel expenses include wages and salaries of €755,923 thousand (2009: €705,902 thousand) together with social security contributions and expenses for pensions and other benefits of €212,287 thousand (2009: €218,984 thousand). The accretion of interest cost related to the discount on estimated pension obligations is not recognised under personnel expenses but is instead reported under financial expenses as a component of interest cost of the defined benefit obligation. The pension expense of €25,774 thousand (2009: €28,009 thousand) essentially comprise pension entitlements of €14,315 thousand (2009: €14,121 thousand) earned in 2010 and the unrecognised past service cost of €79 thousand (2009: €2,984 thousand).

In the year under review, impairment losses and depreciation expense on property, plant and equipment, together with impairment losses and the amortisation expense of intangible assets amounted to €347,117 thousand (2009: €364,927 thousand). Inventories were written down by €6,311 thousand (2009: €27,778 thousand).

The breakdown of lease payments expensed in the period and arising in connection with operating leases in which KION Group companies are the lessee is as follows:

Lessee: Expenses recognised for operating lease payments

(€ thousand)

2010

2009

 

 

 

Procurement lease contracts

57,913

55,093

Sublease contracts

43,015

45,586

Total recognised expenses for lease payments

100,928

100,679

The expenses in connection with subleases relate to leases in which KION Group companies are both the lessor and lessee. In 2010, the income from these subleases amounted to €52,806 thousand (2009: €50,550 thousand).

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