Cash Flow Statement
in € thousand |
Note |
2017 |
2016 |
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1. Cash flow from operating activities |
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Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) |
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173,188 |
164,010 |
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Depreciation, amortisation, impairment and reversals on non-financial non-current assets |
|
122,595 |
122,431 |
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Increase (+), decrease (-) in provisions |
|
13,000 |
17,883 |
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Gains (-), losses (+) from the disposal of non-current assets |
|
814 |
621 |
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Increase (-), decrease (+) in inventories, trade receivables and other assets not attributable to investing or financing activities |
|
22,820 |
- 35,261 |
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Increase (+), decrease (-) in trade payables and other liabilities not attributable to investing or financing activities |
|
8,085 |
11,288 |
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Interest received |
|
2,248 |
2,674 |
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Interest paid |
|
- 12,836 |
- 16,964 |
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Income tax paid |
|
- 55,800 |
- 31,672 |
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Exchange rate and other effects |
|
1,351 |
- 451 |
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Cash flow from operating activities |
|
275,465 |
234,559 |
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2. Cash flow from investing activities |
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Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets, property, plant and equipment and investment property |
|
1,983 |
27,032 |
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Payments for investments in property, plant and equipment and investment property |
|
- 126,490 |
- 117,884 |
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Payments for investments in intangible assets |
- 5,472 |
- 12,323 |
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Payments for acquiring interests in consolidated companies and other business units (including funds purchased) |
|
- 5 |
0 |
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Proceeds (+), payments (-) for short-term deposits |
|
- 1,205 |
54,255 |
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Cash flow from investing activities |
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- 131,189 |
- 48,920 |
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3. Cash flow from financing activities |
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Payments for increasing interests in fully consolidated companies |
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0 |
-13,556 |
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Dividends paid to shareholders of the parent company |
- 46,738 |
- 46,062 |
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Dividends/settlement obligation paid to non-controlling interests |
|
- 25,923 |
- 24,907 |
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Redemption of lease liabilities |
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- 5,869 |
- 5,132 |
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Proceeds from the issuance of bonds and (financial) loans |
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0 |
10,000 |
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Payments for the redemption of (financial) loans |
|
- 40,494 |
- 42,754 |
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Cash flow from financing activities |
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- 119,024 |
- 122,411 |
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4. Financial funds at the end of the period |
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Change in financial funds (subtotals 1.–3.) |
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25,252 |
63,228 |
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Change in financial funds due to exchange rates |
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- 2,135 |
- 1,006 |
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Change in financial funds due to consolidation |
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0 |
4,760 |
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Financial funds at the beginning of the period |
|
232,397 |
165,415 |
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Financial funds at the end of the period |
255,514 |
232,397 |