(7) Personnel expenses/number of employees
Personnel expenses increased from € 79,692 thsd. to € 82,995 thsd. The increase is primarily due to the acquisition of ZSH-Group and to one-off restructuring expenses amounting to € 1,487 thsd.
At September 30, 2009, the MLP Group had the following numbers of employees in the strategic fields of business:
| September 30, 2009 | September 30, 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| of which part-time employees |
of which part-time employees |
|||
| Financial services | 1,513 | 188 | 1,767 | 443 |
| Feri | 265 | 66 | 253 | 53 |
| Holding | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 1,789 | 255 | 2,030 | 497 |
The number of employees in the financial services segment includes 58 employees of ZSH-Group.