Cash flow statement

Cash flow statement – HHLA Group

in € thousand

 

Note

 

2021

 

2020

1. Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

 

 

 

228,175

 

123,565

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

 

 

 

178,501

 

165,832

Increase (+), decrease (-) in provisions

 

 

 

12,812

 

47,245

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

 

 

 

264

 

185

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

 

 

 

- 28,952

 

- 1,962

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

 

 

 

12,511

 

1,108

Interest received

 

 

 

4,039

 

5,503

Interest paid

 

 

 

- 29,683

 

- 28,414

Income tax paid

 

 

 

- 61,368

 

- 21,347

Exchange rate and other effects

 

 

 

- 434

 

- 505

Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

315,865

 

291,210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Cash flow from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

2,106

 

1,051

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

 

 

 

- 176,807

 

- 174,657

Payments for investments in intangible assets

 

22.

 

- 11,014

 

- 7,955

Payments for investments in companies accounted for using the equity method

 

 

 

0

 

- 785

Proceeds from disposal of non-current financial assets

 

 

 

125

 

45

Payments for investments in non-current financial assets

 

 

 

- 526

 

0

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

 

 

 

- 16,247

 

0

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

 

 

 

- 25,000

 

5,000

Cash flow from investing activities

 

 

 

- 227,364

 

- 177,301

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Cash flow from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments for capital procurement costs

 

 

 

- 1,165

 

-499

Dividends paid to shareholders of the parent company

 

21.

 

- 20,842

 

- 29,549

Dividends/settlement obligation paid to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

- 25,456

 

- 36,197

Payments for the redemption of lease liabilities

 

 

 

- 47,202

 

- 47,461

Proceeds from the issuance of bonds and the raising of (financial) loans

 

 

 

34,041

 

0

Payments for the redemption of (financial) loans

 

 

 

- 24,298

 

- 37,211

Cash flow from financing activities

 

 

 

- 84,922

 

- 150,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Financial funds at the end of the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

3,579

 

- 37,008

Change in financial funds due to exchange rates

 

 

 

590

 

- 2,167

Financial funds at the beginning of the period

 

 

 

168,847

 

208,022

Financial funds at the end of the period

 

43.

 

173,016

 

168,847