Notes to the financial statements 10 Other expenses Group Parent company 2007 2006 2007 2006 Costs for premises1) Data costs Stationery Travel and entertainment –1,532 –2,321 –183 –526 –1,572 –1,848 –186 –503 –740 –1,234 –52 –292 –896 –1,611 –22 –278 Postage Consultants –256 –797 –440 –678 –248 –477 –233 –433 Marketing Information services –783 –362 –784 –319 –259 –264 –340 –231 Other operating costs Total –159 –6,919 –557 –6,887 –412 –3,978 –620 –4,664 1) Of which rental costs. –1,026 –1,269 –490 –639 Fees and expense allowances to appointed auditors and audit firms1) 2) PricewaterhouseCoopers BDO –46 –2 –46 –3 –9 –1 –10 –1 Audit assignments –48 –49 –10 –11 PricewaterhouseCoopers –18 –10 –6 –1 BDO –1 Other assignments –19 –10 –6 –1 Total –67 –59 1) The audit has been performed in a mutual process with the internal audit team of SEB. The cost for internal audit is SEK 117m (121). 2) The parent company includes the foreign branches. –16 –12 11 Depreciation, amortisation and impairments of tangible and intangible assets Group 2007 2006 Parent company 2007 2006 Depreciation tangible assets –628 –689 –4,819 –382 Amortisation intangible assets –223 –191 –28 –17 Amortisation of deferred acquisition costs –494 –404 Impairment tangible assets –9 –3 Total –1,354 –1,287 –4,847 –399 Office equipment is depreciated according to plan, which specifies that personal computers and similar equipment are depreciated over three years and other office equipment over five years. Properties are depreciated according to plan. 12 Gains less losses from tangible and intangible assets Group Parent company 2007 2006 2007 2006 Properties1) 791 92 3 3 Other tangible assets 5 5 3 1 Capital gains 796 97 6 4 Properties –18 Other tangible assets –8 –9 –945 Capital losses –8 –27 –945 Total 788 70 –939 4 1) Includes gain of SEK 785m on sale of properties in the Baltics in 2007. 82 SEB ANNUAL REPORT 2007
