OPERATING EXPENSES ESTIMATED LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

These consolidated financial statements are originally issued in Indonesian language. PT INDOCEMENT TUNGGAL PRAKARSA Tbk. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 Expressed in rupiah, unless otherwise stated 40

21. OPERATING EXPENSES

The details of operating expenses are as follows: 2008 2007 Delivery and Selling Expenses Delivery, loading and transportation 243,239,213,540 192,360,286,455 Salaries, wages and employee benefits Note 22 8,252,891,262 9,212,656,980 Advertising and promotion 3,503,126,291 6,251,734,623 Rental 2,537,072,655 2,331,778,728 Depreciation 1,838,355,416 1,434,781,438 Taxes and licenses 1,558,865,413 1,424,325,782 Professional fees 1,480,611,715 1,586,199,278 Miscellaneous each below Rp1 billion 3,646,254,049 3,797,207,471 Total Delivery and Selling Expenses 266,056,390,341 218,398,970,755 General and Administrative Expenses Salaries, wages and employee benefits Note 22 23,745,039,059 21,411,687,937 Rental 3,861,923,557 4,279,853,556 Depreciation 2,730,736,385 1,366,270,274 Travelling and transportation 1,968,181,870 1,065,062,801 Repairs and maintenance 1,835,702,832 2,886,617,511 Training and seminars 1,408,309,709 1,944,219,789 Medical 1,403,295,818 1,356,700,745 Donations 1,330,824,316 2,098,733,254 Professional fees 1,243,854,694 1,182,538,901 Communication 1,239,666,645 842,610,233 Public relations 1,058,941,100 558,145,900 Miscellaneous each below Rp1 billion 3,477,941,612 2,670,304,826 Total General and Administrative Expenses 45,304,417,597 41,662,745,727 Total Operating Expenses 311,360,807,938 260,061,716,482

22. ESTIMATED LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

a. Retirement Benefits The Company has a defined contribution retirement plan covering its full-time employees. Contributions are funded and consist of the Company’s and the employees’ contributions computed at 10 and 5, respectively, of the employees’ pensionable earnings. Total contributions paid by the Company to the plan amounted to Rp6.45 billion and Rp6.21 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, which were charged to operations. The plan’s assets are administered by Dana Pensiun Karyawan Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, the establishment of which was approved by the Ministry of Finance on November 12, 1991, as amended by Decree No. Kep-332KM.171994 dated December 1, 1994. As of March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Plan net assets totaled Rp541 billion and Rp487 billion, respectively. The Company and Subsidiaries have appointed PT Mercer Indonesia, an independent actuary, to calculate the expected obligation for post-employment, severance, gratuity and compensation benefits of their qualified permanent employees. These consolidated financial statements are originally issued in Indonesian language. PT INDOCEMENT TUNGGAL PRAKARSA Tbk. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 Expressed in rupiah, unless otherwise stated 41

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