Cash flow statement
in € thousand |
Note |
2018 |
2017 |
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1. Cash flow from operating activities |
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Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) |
|
204,220 |
173,188 |
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Depreciation, amortisation, impairment and reversals on non-financial non-current assets |
|
114,232 |
122,595 |
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Increase (+), decrease (-) in provisions |
|
- 6,042 |
13,000 |
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Gains (-), losses (+) from the disposal of non-current assets |
|
- 3,492 |
814 |
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Increase (-), decrease (+) in inventories, trade receivables and other assets not attributable to investing or financing activities |
|
- 30,149 |
22,820 |
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Increase (+), decrease (-) in trade payables and other liabilities not attributable to investing or financing activities |
|
7,121 |
8,085 |
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Interest received |
|
1,623 |
2,248 |
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Interest paid |
|
- 12,192 |
- 12,836 |
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Income tax paid |
|
- 48,275 |
- 55,800 |
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Exchange rate and other effects |
|
5,665 |
1,351 |
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Cash flow from operating activities |
|
232,711 |
275,465 |
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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 |
|
5,324 |
1,983 |
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Payments for investments in property, plant and equipment and investment property |
|
-126,516 |
-126,490 |
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Payments for investments in intangible assets |
-11,110 |
-5,472 |
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Proceeds from disposal of non-current financial assets |
|
4,154 |
0 |
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Payments for investments in non-current financial assets |
|
- 210 |
0 |
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Payments for acquiring interests in consolidated companies and other business units (including funds purchased) |
|
- 72,562 |
- 5 |
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Proceeds (+), payments (-) for short-term deposits |
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- 2,450 |
- 1,205 |
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Cash flow from investing activities |
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- 203,370 |
- 131,189 |
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3. Cash flow from financing activities |
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Payments for equity repatriation |
|
- 342 |
0 |
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Payments for increasing interests in fully consolidated companies |
- 51,845 |
0 |
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Dividends paid to shareholders of the parent company |
- 52,342 |
- 46,738 |
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Dividends/settlement obligation paid to non-controlling interests |
- 31,183 |
- 25,923 |
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Payments for the redemption of lease liabilities |
|
- 4,827 |
- 5,869 |
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Proceeds from the issuance of bonds and (financial) loans |
|
136,924 |
0 |
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Payments for the redemption of (financial) loans |
|
- 27,867 |
- 40,494 |
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Cash flow from financing activities |
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- 31,482 |
- 119,024 |
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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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- 2,141 |
25,252 |
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Change in financial funds due to exchange rates |
|
616 |
- 2,135 |
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Financial funds at the beginning of the period |
|
255,514 |
232,397 |
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Financial funds at the end of the period |
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253,989 |
255,514 |