Notes 26-30
- 26 Employee costs and share option plans for employees
- 27 Commitments and contingent liabilities
- 28 Leases
- 29 Statutory and other information
- 30 Share capital of parent company
29 STATUTORY AND OTHER INFORMATION
| 2007 $m |
2006 $m |
2005 $m |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees payable to KPMG Audit Plc and its associates: | |||
| Group audit fee | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| Fees payable to KPMG Audit Plc and its associates for other services: | |||
| The audit of subsidiaries pursuant to legislation | 6.1 | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Other services pursuant to legislation | 3.6 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| Taxation | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| All other services | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 |
| Fees payable to KPMG Audit Plc in respect of the Group’s pension schemes: | |||
| The audit of subsidiaries’ pension schemes | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 15.7 | 15.3 | 12.0 |
Other services pursuant to legislation includes fees of $2.7m (2006 $3.2m, 2005 $nil) in respect of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. All other services includes $nil (2006 $nil, 2005 $1.8m) in respect of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Included within the Group audit fee is an amount of $0.1m (2006 $0.1m) in respect of the audit of the Company.
Taxation services consist of tax compliance services and tax advice.
Related party transactions
The Group had no material related party transactions which might reasonably be expected to influence decisions made by the users of these Financial Statements.
Key management personnel compensation
| 2007 $’000 |
2006 $’000 |
2005 $’000 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term employee benefits | 31,525 | 21,321 | 19,334 |
| Post-employment benefits | 2,072 | 3,191 | 1,731 |
| Share-based payments | 11,515 | 8,417 | 5,663 |
| 45,112 | 32,929 | 26,728 |
Short-term employee benefits in 2007 include one-off employee costs of $11m in relation to the acquisition of MedImmune.
Total remuneration is included within employee costs (Note 26).
Subsequent events
There were no material subsequent events.
