Notes forming part of the financial statements
2. OPERATING COSTS
2020 | 2019 | |||||
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Before exceptional items | Exceptional items (note 5) | Total | Before exceptional items | Exceptional items (note 5) | Total | |
€m | €m | €m | €m | €m | €m | |
Raw material cost of goods sold/bought in finished goods | 1,280.5 | - | 1,280.5 | 1,065.0 | - | 1,065.0 |
Inventory write-down (note 14) | 2.2 | - | 2.2 | 3.2 | - | 3.2 |
Employee remuneration (note 3) | 144.4 | 3.0 | 147.4 | 143.4 | 5.3 | 148.7 |
Direct brand marketing | 18.2 | - | 18.2 | 18.0 | - | 18.0 |
Other operating, selling and administration costs | 119.6 | 50.4 | 170.0 | 201.9 | 2.1 | 204.0 |
Foreign exchange | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | (0.9) | - | (0.9) |
30.3 | - | 30.3 | 13.1 | - | 13.1 | |
Amortisation (note 12) | 2.5 | - | 2.5 | 2.4 | - | 2.4 |
Net profit on disposal of property, plant & equipment | (0.2) | - | (0.2) | (0.1) | - | (0.1) |
Auditors remuneration | 0.9 | - | 0.9 | 1.2 | - | 1.2 |
Impairment of intangible assets (note 12) | - | 36.6 | 36.6 | - | - | - |
Revaluation/impairment of property, plant & machinery (note 11) | - | 1.0 | 1.0 | - | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Operating lease rentals: | ||||||
– land & buildings | - | - | - | 8.5 | - | 8.5 |
– plant & machinery | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 |
– other | - | - | - | 13.7 | - | 13.7 |
Total operating expenses | 1,598.5 | 91.0 | 1,689.5 | 1,470.4 | 7.8 | 1,478.2 |
(a) Auditor remuneration: In the current year, the remuneration of the Group’s statutory auditor, being the Irish firm of the principal auditor of the Group, Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants is as follows:-
2020 | 2019 | |
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€m | €m | |
Audit of the Group financial statements | 0.9 | 1.2 |
Total | 0.9 | 1.2 |
The audit fee for the audit of the financial statements of the Company was less than €0.1m in the current and prior financial year. There were no non-audit fees paid to Ernst & Young during the current or prior financial year. Included in the amount above are amounts paid to other Ernst & Young offices in relation to subsidiary undertakings of €nil (2019: €0.6m).