OPERATING EXPENSES ESTIMATED LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

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20. OPERATING EXPENSES

The details of operating expenses are as follows: 2008 2007 Delivery and Selling Expenses Delivery, loading and transportation 560,049,035,831 371,286,516,937 Salaries, wages and employee benefits Note 21 20,206,920,927 19,159,756,474 Rental 7,732,277,023 4,603,486,948 Advertising and promotion 7,033,767,732 12,147,576,006 Depreciation 3,247,128,155 2,850,799,852 Professional fees 3,000,761,175 3,378,578,773 Taxes and licenses 2,684,309,928 2,465,198,709 Repairs and maintenance 1,415,253,012 1,560,719,716 Research and testing 1,109,390,927 2,508,089,958 Electricity and water 1,085,503,087 1,088,969,574 Spare bags 1,060,785,650 615,085,874 Miscellaneous each below Rp1 billion 2,946,481,132 2,845,673,713 Total Delivery and Selling Expenses 611,571,614,579 424,510,452,534 General and Administrative Expenses Salaries, wages and employee benefits Note 21 65,837,361,783 54,410,991,889 Rental 8,398,352,790 9,013,957,703 Depreciation 6,433,584,785 5,284,122,611 Travelling and transportation 4,278,698,810 2,483,890,857 Training and seminars 3,378,895,578 3,650,219,454 Repairs and maintenance 3,302,373,317 4,158,573,557 Donations 3,083,724,823 4,731,331,227 Medical 2,861,976,901 2,671,671,888 Communication 2,694,425,582 1,521,954,829 Professional fees 2,572,127,756 2,039,075,365 Taxes and licenses 2,310,539,270 740,500,994 Public relations 1,706,582,080 1,899,889,300 Miscellaneous each below Rp1 billion 6,165,020,905 4,593,878,255 Total General and Administrative Expenses 113,023,664,380 97,200,057,929 Total Operating Expenses 724,595,278,959 521,710,510,463

21. 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 Rp13.2 billion and Rp12.5 billion for the six months ended June 30, 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 June 30, 2008 and 2007, the Plan net assets totaled Rp522 billion and Rp507 billion, respectively. PT INDOCEMENT TUNGGAL PRAKARSA Tbk. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Six months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 Expressed in rupiah, unless otherwise stated 41

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