Total emoluments of Directors (including pension contributions) amounted to £4.7 million (2018: £6.0 million). Information relating to Directors' emoluments, share options and pension entitlements is set out in the Directors' Remuneration Report. Tony Griffin's remuneration is paid by Eurovet Animal Health B.V. in Euros but reported in Sterling for the purposes of these figures. The exchange rate used was 1.1345 (2018: 1.1286).

	2019 Number	2018 Number
Administration	37	33
Total	37	33

The costs incurred in respect of these employees were:

	2019 £m	2018 £m
Wages and salaries	4.5	4.5
Social security costs	0.6	0.7
Other pension costs	0.2	0.2
Share-based payments charge (see note 28)	2.4	3.3
Total	7.7	8.7

The Group operates a stakeholder personal pension scheme for certain employees and contributed between 4% and 14% of pensionable salaries. Total pension contributions amounted to £0.2 million (2018: £0.2 million).