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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

4 Other income and expenses

Operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

	Before exceptional items £m	Exceptional items £m	Total £m		Before exceptional items £m	Exceptional items £m	Total £m
	2010				2009
Changes in inventory of finished goods and work in progress	11.3	–	11.3		12.6	–	12.6
Cost of inventories recognised as an expense	366.9	–	366.9		339.1	–	339.1
Employment costs (note 6)	224.2	–	224.2		218.5	(1.4)	217.1
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment	53.1	–	53.1		51.1	–	51.1
Operating lease rentals:
– minimum lease rentals	14.3	–	14.3		15.2	–	15.2
Net profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment	–	(1.0)	(1.0)		–	(3.7)	(3.7)
Other operating charges	103.0	32.3	135.3		101.9	57.2	159.1
	772.8	31.3	804.1		738.4	52.1	790.5

Fees paid to the auditors during the period consisted of:

	2010 £m	2009 £m
Audit of the group financial statements	0.2	0.2
Other fees to auditors:
– auditing of the accounts of subsidiaries	0.1	0.1
– other services relating to taxation	0.1	–
– other services relating to the issue of securitised debt	–	0.1
– other services relating to the rights issue (note 24)	0.2	–
Included in other operating charges	0.6	0.4