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	12 Employee and key management personnel costs 12a Employee numbers
	Group   Parent company   2009   2008   2009   2008         The average monthly number of employees during the year was:               Environmental Technologies 4,754   4,279   1,394   1,349 Precious Metal Products 1,948   1,957   861   852 Fine Chemicals & Catalysts 1,715   1,664   113   400 Corporate and Central Research 325   315   291   281         Average number of employees - continuing operations 8,742   8,215   2,659   2,882 Discontinued operations 518   155   -   -         Average number of employees - total 9,260   8,370   2,659   2,882                         Actual number of employees at 31st March - continuing operations 8,540   8,722   2,628   2,924 Discontinued operations -   927   -   -         Actual number of employees at 31st March - total 8,540   9,649   2,628   2,924
	The number of temporary employees included above at 31st March 2009 was 262 (2008 303) for the group and 47 (2008 58) for the parent company. The actual number of group employees was:
	Actual   Agency staff   Total headcount       At 31st March 2009           Environmental Technologies 4,623   276   4,899 Precious Metal Products 1,895   28   1,923 Fine Chemicals & Catalysts 1,689   11   1,700 Corporate and Central Research 333   4   337       Total group 8,540   319   8,859                   At 31st March 2008           Environmental Technologies 4,730   674   5,404 Precious Metal Products 1,959   17   1,976 Fine Chemicals & Catalysts 1,713   19   1,732 Corporate and Central Research 320   6   326       Continuing operations 8,722   716   9,438 Discontinued operations 927   33   960       Total group 9,649   749   10,398
	12b Employee benefits expense
	Group   Parent company   2009 £ million   2008 £ million   2009 £ million   2008 £ million         Wages and salaries - continuing operations 299.6   249.6   108.9   105.3 Social security costs - continuing operations 25.8   24.9   6.5   9.8 Pension and other post-employment costs - continuing operations 22.3   23.2   9.4   13.7 Share-based payments - continuing operations 5.6   9.8   3.4   6.7         Total employee benefits expense - continuing operations 353.3   307.5   128.2   135.5 Wages and salaries - discontinued operations 7.3   1.8   -   - Social security costs - discontinued operations 1.0   0.2   -   - Pension and other post-employment costs - discontinued operations 0.2   0.1   -   -         Total employee benefits expense - discontinued operations 8.5   2.1   -   -         Total employee benefits expense 361.8   309.6   128.2   135.5
	Termination benefits of £3.7 million (2008 £1.2 million) for the group and £2.7 million (2008 £1.1 million) for the parent company are not included above.
	12c Key management personnel
	The key management of the group and parent company consist of the board of directors and the members of the Chief Executive’s Committee (CEC). During the year ended 31st March 2009 the CEC had ten members (2008 ten members). Their compensation charged in the year was:
	2009 £ million   2008 £ million     Short term employee benefits 4.3   5.9 Pension and other post-employment costs 0.4   0.5 Share-based payments 0.1   1.4 Non-executive directors' fees and benefits 0.5   0.5     Total compensation of key management personnel 5.3   8.3
	In the year ended 31st March 2009 Mr N A P Carson, Chief Executive, bought his company car from the company for £8,500, which was its current market price at the time of the sale. This transaction was settled during the year. Other than this and the compensation above there were no transactions with any key management personnel. There were no balances outstanding at the year end. Information on the directors’ remuneration is given in the Remuneration Report.