Cash flow statement

Cash flow statement – HHLA Group

in € thousand

 

Note

 

2019

 

2018

1. Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

 

 

 

221,237

 

204,220

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

 

 

 

161,388

 

114,232

Increase (+), decrease (-) in provisions

 

 

 

393

 

- 6,042

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

 

 

 

- 6,043

 

- 3,492

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

 

 

 

12,385

 

- 30,149

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

 

 

 

1,466

 

7,121

Interest received

 

 

 

2,842

 

1,623

Interest paid

 

 

 

- 30,008

 

- 12,192

Income tax paid

 

 

 

- 43,596

 

- 48,275

Exchange rate and other effects

 

 

 

2,601

 

5,665

Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

322,665

 

232,711

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Cash flow from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

9,878

 

5,324

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

 

 

 

- 169,208

 

- 126,516

Payments for investments in intangible assets

 

22.

 

- 9,961

 

- 11,110

Proceeds from disposal of non-current financial assets

 

 

 

0

 

4,154

Payments for investments in non-current financial assets

 

 

 

0

 

- 210

Payments for acquiring interests in consolidated companies and other business units (including funds purchased)

 

 

 

- 2,007

 

- 72,562

Proceeds (+), payments (-) for short-term deposits

 

 

 

- 22,550

 

- 2,450

Cash flow from investing activities

 

 

 

- 193,848

 

- 203,370

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Cash flow from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments for equity repatriation

 

 

 

0

 

- 342

Payments for increasing interests in fully consolidated companies

 

 

 

0

 

- 51,845

Dividends paid to shareholders of the parent company

 

21.

 

- 61,719

 

- 52,342

Dividends/settlement obligation paid to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

- 29,661

 

- 31,183

Payments for the redemption of lease liabilities

 

 

 

- 45,799

 

- 4,827

Proceeds from the issuance of bonds and (financial) loans

 

 

 

0

 

136,924

Payments for the redemption of (financial) loans

 

 

 

- 39,733

 

- 27,867

Cash flow from financing activities

 

 

 

- 176,912

 

- 31,482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Financial funds at the end of the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

- 48,096

 

- 2,141

Change in financial funds due to exchange rates

 

 

 

2,129

 

616

Financial funds at the beginning of the period

 

 

 

253,989

 

255,514

Financial funds at the end of the period

 

43.

 

208,022

 

253,989