Annual Report 2012 - Dialog

26 Expenses by nature
Annual Report 2012 l Dialog Axiata PLC l 115
Group Company
2012 2011 2012 2011
Directors’ fees 72,608 30,531 72,608 30,531
Independent auditor’s remuneration
- statutory audit 10,828 9,730 6,642 6,552
- other permitted services 7,671 5,181 6,775 3,852
Fees for other professional services 202,104 222,388 142,650 218,994
Depreciation, impairment and amortisation 11,556,231 10,304,727 9,004,359 8,092,473
Domestic interconnection and international origination cost 5,376,212 5,014,856 5,293,169 4,999,383
Marketing, advertising and promotion 7,312,378 5,859,060 6,884,042 5,620,779
Staff costs (Note 27) 4,272,122 3,257,630 3,635,306 2,992,271
Other operating costs 20,872,273 14,583,882 17,947,132 12,666,486
Total direct costs, administrative costs and distribution costs 49,682,427 39,287,985 42,992,683 34,631,321
27 Employee benefit expenses
Group Company
2012 2011 2012 2011
Wages and salaries 2,203,403 1,877,058 1,875,908 1,744,441
Social security costs 1,568,457 969,781 1,338,020 876,971
Pension costs - defined contribution plans 380,470 311,819 319,895 282,127
Pension costs - defined benefit plan (Note 24) 119,792 98,972 101,483 88,732
Number of persons employed as at 31 December:
4,272,122 3,257,630 3,635,306 2,992,271
- full time 2,993 2,544 2,234 2,146
- part time Nil Nil Nil Nil
2,993 2,544 2,234 2,146