Annual Report 2008
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Income from operations

For information related to sales and income from operations on a geographical and sector basis, see Information by sector and main country.

Sales composition
 
2006
2007
2008
 
 
 
 
Goods
24,107
24,270
23,568
Services
2,073
1,973
2,325
Licenses
502
550
492
 
26,682
26,793
26,385
 

Salaries and wages
 
2006
2007
2008
 
 
 
 
Salaries and wages
4,613
4,607
5,094
Pension costs
76
41
75
Other social security and similar charges:
 
 
 
- Required by law
640
642
749
- Voluntary
91
89
63
 
5,420
5,379
5,981
 

Salaries and wages include an amount of EUR 372 million (2007: EUR 35 million, 2006: EUR 78 million) relating to restructuring charges.

See note (56) Pensions and postretirement benefits for further information on pension costs.

Share-based compensation expense amounted to EUR 78 million (EUR 106 million, net of tax), EUR 111 million (EUR 84 million, net of tax) and EUR 107 million (EUR 78 million, net of tax) in 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively. See note (33) Share-based compensation for futher information on share-based compensation.

For remuneration details of the members of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board, see note (34) Information on remuneration.

Employees

The average number of employees by category is summarized as follows (in FTEs):

 
 
2006
2007
2008
 
 
 
 
Production
59,955
61,447
66,675
Research & development
13,227
12,804
11,926
Other
27,694
28,469
34,365
Permanent employees
100,876
102,720
112,966
Temporary employees
16,225
16,660
13,493
Continuing operations
117,101
119,380
126,459
Discontinued operations 1)
44,040
6,276
 
1) Average number of discontinued operations relates to MDS, Semiconductors and MedQuist. MDS was reported until June 2007, Semiconductors until September 2007 and MedQuist until August 2008

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangibles are as follows:

 
 
2006
2007
2008
 
 
 
 
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
554
562
729
Amortization of internal-use software
71
76
92
Amortization of other intangibles:
 
 
 
- Amortization of other intangible assets
- Amortization of development costs
192
173
227
218
389
318
 
990
1,083
1,528
 

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment includes an additional write-off in connection with the retirement of property, plant and equipment amounting to EUR 40 million (2007: EUR 28 million, 2006: EUR 20 million).

Included in depreciation of property, plant and equipment is an amount of EUR 57 million (2007: EUR 22 million, 2006: EUR 17 million) relating to impairment charges.

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of software and other intangible assets are primarily included in cost of sales. Amortization of development cost is included in research and development expenses.

Total depreciation and amortization
 
2006
2007
2008
 
 
 
 
Healthcare
257
333
486
Consumer Lifestyle
317
303
365
Lighting
255
332
540
Innovation & Emerging Businesses
82
44
68
Group Management & Services
79
71
69
 
990
1,083
1,528
 

Impairment of goodwill

In 2008, EUR 301 million goodwill impairment charges were recorded of which EUR 299 million was related to Lumileds (2007: EUR nil, 2006: EUR nil).

Other business income (expense)

Other business income (expense) consists of the following:

 
 
2006
2007
2008
 
 
 
 
Result on disposal of businesses:
 
 
 
- income
130
35
136
- expense
(64)
(65)
(45)
Result on disposal of fixed assets:
 
 
 
- income
108
107
72
- expense
(18)
(24)
(16)
Result on remaining businesses:
 
 
 
- income
90
127
53
- expense
(67)
(76)
(25)
 
179
104
175
 

Results on the disposal of businesses consisted of:

 
 
2006
2007
2008
 
 
 
 
Automotive Playback Modules
(30)
Philips Sound Solutions
12
CryptoTec
26
Connected Displays (Monitors)
23
Set-Top Boxes and Connectivity Solutions
42
Philips Speech Recognition Systems
45
Other
5
4
 
66
(30)
91
 

The results on the disposal of businesses in 2008 are mainly related to the sale of the Set-Top Boxes and Connectivity Solutions activities to Pace Micro Technology which resulted in a gain of EUR 42 million, and the sale of Speech Recognition activities to Nuance Communications which resulted in a gain of EUR 45 million.The result on the disposal of fixed assets is mainly related to the sale of fixed assets in Taiwan with a gain of EUR 39 million.

The result on the disposal of businesses in 2007 mainly related to the sale of Automotive Playback Modules which resulted in a loss of EUR 30 million. The result on the sale of fixed assets mainly related to the sale of certain buildings in Austria and the Netherlands as well as land in the US. The other business results are mainly attributable to certain settlements and the finalization of several divestitures.

The result on the disposal of businesses in 2006 is related mainly to the sale of the CryptoTec activities which delivered a gain of EUR 26 million, the sale of Philips Sound Solutions PSS to D&M Holding at a gain of EUR 12 million and the sale of Television at a gain of EUR 23 million. The result on the disposal of fixed assets is mainly related to the sale of certain real estate assets in Austria with a gain of EUR 31 million. Other business income consists of the settlement of certain legal claims and some releases of provisions.

This is an interactive electronic version of the Philips Annual Report 2008 and also contains certain information in summarized form. The contents of this version are qualified in their entirety by reference to the printed version of the Philips Annual Report 2008. The printed version is available as a PDF file on this website. Information about: forward-looking statements, third-party market share data, fair value information, US GAAP basis of presentation, use of non-US GAAP information, statutory financial statements and management report, revision and reclassifications and analysis of 2007 compared to 2006.
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