Compensation of personnel holding key positions in planning, directing and controlling the Eni Group subsidiaries, including executive and non-executive officers, general managers and managers with strategic responsibilities in office during the year (including contributions and ancillary costs) amounted to €43 million, €44 million and €42 million for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and consisted of the following:
| (€ million) | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||
| Wages and salaries | 25 | 26 | 26 | |||||||||
| Post-employment benefits | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Other long-term benefits | 9 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||
| Indemnities upon termination of employment | 7 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| 43 | 44 | 42 | ||||||||||