Notes to the financial statements

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9 Remuneration of employees and key management personnel

Number of employees (continuing operations) – Group	Year ended 31 March 2014 number	Year ended 31 March 2013 number
Average number of employees:
Production	1,859	2,036
Sales, distribution and administration	2,686	3,247
Total employees	4,545	5,283

Remuneration of employees, including key management personnel (continuing operations)	Year ended 31 March 2014 £m	Year ended 31 March 2013 £m
Wages and salaries	157.0	176.5
Social security costs	15.2	17.2
Equity settled share based payments expense (Note 26)	1.5	1.9
Pension costs (Note 20)	7.0	7.1
	180.7	202.7

The above costs relate to continuing operations and include amounts paid to the Company’s Executive and Non-executive Directors.

Further analysis is as follows:

Directors	Year ended 31 March 2014 £000	Year ended 31 March 2013 £000
Salaries and benefits	1,374	1,528
Bonuses	833	613
Fees to Non-Executive Directors	327	331
Emoluments	2,534	2,472
Severance payments	577	–
Employer payments to defined contribution pension scheme	39	31
Gain on exercise of sharesave options	–	15
Highest paid director
Salary and benefits	656	656
Bonus	423	272
Emoluments	1,079	928
Employer payments to defined contribution pension scheme	9	9
Gain on exercise of sharesave options	–	5

Further information relating to directors’ remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2014 is provided in the Directors’ Remuneration Report on pages 45 to 62.