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19. Employee benefit expense

The following employee benefit expenses are included in cost of products and services sold, administration, exploration, research and development, other income, and property, plant and equipment:

  2013 (Revised – note 3)
2012
Wages and salaries $353,772 $347,615
Statutory and company benefits 62,287 61,884
Equity-settled share-based compensation [note 25] 24,289 22,780
Expenses related to defined benefit plans [note 26] 4,103 4,172
Contributions to defined contribution plans [note 26] 16,441 16,114
Cash-settled share-based compensation [note 25] 1,272 677
Total $462,164 $453,242