Cash Flow Statement

in € thousand

 

1–6 | 2018

 

1–6 | 2017

1. Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

 

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

 

99,943

 

98,816

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

 

57,783

 

59,703

Increase (+), decrease (-) in provisions

 

- 2,350

 

- 10,391

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

 

- 3,350

 

110

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

 

- 38,422

 

12,863

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

 

13,509

 

24,250

Interest received

 

907

 

1,070

Interest paid

 

- 6,268

 

- 7,200

Income tax paid

 

- 24,805

 

- 30,105

Exchange rate and other effects

 

- 1,034

 

- 1,028

Cash flow from operating activities

 

95,913

 

148,088

 

 

 

 

 

2. Cash flow from investing activities

 

 

 

 

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

 

4,169

 

364

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

 

- 30,334

 

- 63,209

Payments for investments in intangible assets

 

- 6,430

 

- 2,256

Payments for the acquisition of interests in consolidated companies and other business units

 

- 72,236

 

0

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

 

20,000

 

8,795

Cash flow from investing activities

 

- 84,831

 

- 56,306

 

 

 

 

 

3. Cash flow from financing activities

 

 

 

 

Payments for equity repatriation

 

- 342

 

0

Payments for increasing interests in fully consolidated companies

 

- 51,845

 

0

Dividends paid to shareholders of the parent company

 

- 52,342

 

- 46,738

Dividends/settlement obligation paid to non-controlling interests

 

- 30,901

 

- 22,602

Redemption of lease liabilities

 

- 2,058

 

- 3,429

Proceeds from the issuance of bonds and (financial) loans

 

11,077

 

0

Payments for the redemption of (financial) loans

 

- 13,675

 

- 20,802

Cash flow from financing activities

 

- 140,086

 

- 93,571

 

 

 

 

 

4. Financial funds at the end of the period

 

 

 

 

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

 

- 129,004

 

- 1,789

Change in financial funds due to exchange rates

 

890

 

- 526

Financial funds at the beginning of the period

 

255,514

 

232,397

Financial funds at the end of the period

 

127,400

 

230,082