38. Personnel Expenses and Number of Employees
The Group had an average of 6,113 employees in financial year 2008/2009 (2007/2008: 5,957), comprising 3,096 blue-collar and 3,017 white-collar employees (2007/2008: 2,919 and 3,038). The number of employees at 30 September 2009 was 5,934 (2008: 6,093). Personnel expenses amounted to EUR 358,608,000 in financial year 2008/2009 (2007/2008: EUR 351,909,000).
