Cash Flow Statement

in € thousand

 

1–6 | 2016

 

1–6 | 2015

1. Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

 

66,855

 

82,639

Depreciation, amortisation, impairment and reversals on non-financial non-current assets

 

58,938

 

60,522

Increase (+), decrease (-) in provisions

 

6,910

 

- 8,053

Earnings (-), losses (+) arising from the disposal of non-current assets

 

- 315

 

- 478

Increase (-), decrease (+) in inventories, trade receivables and other assets not attributable to investing or financing activities

 

- 12,187

 

- 9,816

Increase (+), decrease (-) in trade payables and other liabilities not attributable to investing or financing activities

 

15,414

 

12,724

Interest received

 

1,065

 

1,732

Interest paid

 

- 7,514

 

- 10,128

Income tax paid

 

- 13,448

 

- 25,884

Exchange rate and other effects

 

- 3,186

 

- 5,466

Cash flow from operating activities

 

112,532

 

97,792

 

 

 

 

 

2. Cash flow from investing activities

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets, property, plant and equipment and investment property

 

695

 

497

Payments for investments in property, plant and equipment and investment property

 

- 54,549

 

- 62,252

Payments for investments in intangible assets

 

- 8,041

 

- 4,016

Proceeds from disposals of non-current financial assets

 

0

 

100

Payments for investments in non-current financial assets

 

- 34

 

- 1,686

Proceeds (+) from/Payments (-) for short-term deposits

 

16,369

 

50,000

Cash flow from investing activities

 

- 45,560

 

- 17,357

 

 

 

 

 

3. Cash flow from financing activities

 

 

 

 

Payments for acquiring interests in consolidated companies

 

- 13,556

 

0

Dividends paid to shareholders of the parent company

 

- 46,062

 

- 40,482

Dividends/settlement obligation paid to non-controlling interests

 

- 22,371

 

- 30,307

Redemption of lease liabilities

 

- 2,393

 

- 2,329

Proceeds from the issuance of bonds and (financial) loans

 

8,321

 

33,138

Payments for the redemption of (financial) loans

 

- 24,785

 

- 39,995

Exchange rate effects

 

- 325

 

130

Cash flow from financing activities

 

- 101,171

 

- 79,845

 

 

 

 

 

4. Financial funds at the end of the period

 

 

 

 

Change in financial funds (subtotals 1.–3.)

 

- 34,199

 

590

Change in financial funds due to exchange rates

 

- 403

 

- 1,704

Change in financial funds due to consolidation

 

4,543

 

0

Financial funds at the beginning of the period

 

165,415

 

185,617

Financial funds at the end of the period

 

135,356

 

184,503