| 6,823 | 7,871 | | Employee benefits including executive directors’ salaries and other benefits | 937 | 826 |
| | | | Health care and medical scheme costs | | |
| 438 | 492 | | – current medical expenses | 59 | 53 |
| 94 | 79 | | – defined benefit post-retirement medical expenses | 10 | 12 |
| | | | Pension and provident plan costs | | |
| 403 | 447 | | – defined contribution | 53 | 49 |
| (24) | 25 | | – defined benefit pension plan | 3 | (3) |
| 72 | 110 | | Retrenchment costs (note 4) | 14 | 9 |
| 329 | 337 | | Share-based payment expense (note 11) | 41 | 40 |
| 8,135 | 9,361 | | Included in cost of sales, other operating expenses, operating special items and corporate administration and other expenses | 1,117 | 986 |
| | | | | | |
| | | | Actuarial defined benefit plan expense analysis | | |
| | | | Defined benefit post-retirement medical | | |
| 6 | 4 | | – current service cost | 1 | 1 |
| 91 | 77 | | – interest cost | 9 | 11 |
| (3) | (2) | | – expected return on plan assets | – | – |
| 94 | 79 | | | 10 | 12 |
| | | | Defined benefit pension plan | | |
| 49 | 51 | | – current service cost | 6 | 6 |
| 144 | 141 | | – interest cost | 17 | 17 |
| (217) | (167) | | – expected return on plan assets | (20) | (26) |
| (24) | 25 | | | 3 | (3) |
| | | | Actual return on plan assets | | |
| (62) | 265 | | – defined benefit pension and medical plans | 32 | (8) |
| | | | Refer to the Remuneration report for details of directors’ emoluments. | | |